A/N: Annajadekin wrote a prompt entitled Secrets are Never Kept Forever. I have now seen 3 other pieces written based on that prompt. I think mine is different enough to be entertaining. This is my first attempt at writing anything. I do not own the characters. Please enjoy.

I am updating the first three chapters after editing. Nothing has changed regarding plot.

The sound of the door to the morgue being slammed against the wall as it was unceremoniously pushed through sounded like a gun going off. The normally unflappable ME was annoyed with herself for the physical reaction she had while cutting into the breast plate of the young woman on her table.

"Cheese and Rice!" Maura muttered to herself.

"Did you get those results back, Maur? I need them like yesterday." Jane started badgering her without even greeting the doctor.

Maura looked up at her through the spattered face shield, looked back down at her hands covered in body fluids and back to the detective's face. A perfectly sculpted eyebrow rose. "Does it look like I have had time to review them, Jane?"

"Have the labs returned, Maura?" Jane repeated her question.

"Yes, but I haven't gone over them yet."

The brunette picked up the folder. "These them?"

"Yes, but I need to finish this. I know we are on a time crunch, Jane. I am being as efficient as I can."

Maura looked on as the detective thumbed through the reports. "I know, Maura, I know. I just need to find her. Alive. I need to find her alive. She is only 3." The detective's voice had dropped as she spoke and the tension radiating off her could be felt several feet away. It took every ounce of professionalism Maura had to keep her hands in the body she was processing and not wrap herself around Jane. She knew she would be rebuffed, but the desire was still there and all but overwhelming at the moment.

The husky voice that had ruined more than one pair of silk panties caused her to break her reverie. The detective was speaking into the phone as she thumbed through the pages.

"Alright, let's try and find these bastards. They were taken after noon, before 4. Maur, what was her liver temp?"

"33 degree Celsius at the time of discovery."

"So she'd been dead for 3 hours, when she was found 2 hours ago. She was alive in the ransom tape the parents received at 4:45. It is 9:15 now. She died around 4, leaving 3 hours and 40 minutes for travel. It takes 45 minutes to get to an interstate from their approximate location. Traffic at this time of day would take another hour to get 15 miles; therefore we are looking at a 140 mile radius at most because they wouldn't speed with an abducted child. We found the nanny within 10 miles, so focus on the immediate area without ruling out anything further."

Maura was certain she hadn't told her friend the time of death, however it was accurate.

"Ok, so she was found in woods where there was no Monarda didyma present, however she has that on her clothes. Narrow it down to areas where Monarda didyma or 'Beebalm' is present. This should be areas to the north, northwest, and southeast, though the southeast is outside of the immediate area. The residue found on her is from a cranberry bog. The major area where cranberries are grown is to the southeast of us, north of Martha's Vineyard, so forget what I said earlier and focus to the southeast. Methyl methacrylate is the base for many acrylic plastic polymers. Cross reference family and associates who work where plastics are made with people on the short list. Then check rural property to the southeast near cranberry bogs. They would want a relatively secluded area."

Maura's years of social training allowed her to keep her expressions strictly controlled. How did Jane know all of that off the top of her head? The doctor filed it away to look into later. Right now there was a little girl who was depending on them.