A/N: Okay, so we met Korsak's first wife Dana in the episode Class Action Satisfaction and his third Melody in Seventeen Ain't So Sweet, but we don't know the second, so I decided to make her up. Originally I paired him with Dana, and I was going to have them get back together, but now I've got a whole different idea going on in my head, and I'm running with it. So here's Korsak's second wife (I wanted her to be the one he was married to the longest). Also, this is set around Season 4, but I'm keeping Frost alive and Angela and Sean together.
Name: Kaitlyn (nicknamed Katie by Korsak)
Married to Korsak: 12 years
Left Because: Korsak refused to quit his job for her
Played by: Kathy Najimy
Korsak, Jane, Frost, and Frankie were all sitting in the squad room working on the last of their paperwork. They were all bored, and Frost and Frankie had taken to throwing paper balls at each other. After a while, a woman entered the squad room, glancing around until her eyes landed on Korsak.
"Vince." her voice came out softer than she'd intended, but he heard her and looked up. The others did the same. What they saw caused some suspicion.
The woman was splattered with blood from head to toe, her cell phone held loosely in her hand. She had tear tracks on her face and seemed shaken up.
"Kaitlyn?" Korsak said, standing up and cautiously taking a step toward her.
"You know her?" Jane asked, glancing the woman up and down.
"What happened to you Katie?" Vince asked the woman gently, ignoring Jane's question.
"I-i saw someone get killed." the woman, now identified as Kaitlyn, said.
"Korsak! Don't touch her, she might be lying!" Jane said as Korsak reached to take the woman's hand.
"She wouldn't lie to me Jane." he replied, taking her hand anyway and leading her to his desk.
"Will you please at least tell me how you know her?" Jane questioned, getting frustrated.
"We were married. I was his second wife." Kaitlyn answered for him. Frost and Frankie's eyes widened in disbelief.
"Katie, I need you to tell me what happened, okay?" Korsak said. Kaitlyn nodded.
"Uh, I was at work, and I heard a scream from down the hall. I turned my phone's camera on and went to check it out. I opened the door down the hall, it was uh, Maria Delgado's office. She's a defense attorney. Her office is there because the company I work at and a law firm share a building. I thought it was strange because Maria told me that she was going out to lunch. I guess she left something in her office that she needed. Anyway, as soon as I opened it, I got splattered with blood. Jason Levenson had stabbed her. He's a prosecution attorney from another firm. I got a picture of him holding the knife over her body, and I ran. I see you on the news all the time Vinny, and I thought it was best to come here." she explained. Korsak nodded.
"Okay Katie, I'm gonna need your phone so we can look at the pictures." She nodded and handed her phone to him. He in turn handed it to Frost.
"Alright, we're gonna need those clothes." Jane said. Kaitlyn nodded and took the hand Korsak offered her.
"I'm gonna take you down to Dr. Isles so we can get your clothes. She'll give you something to wear until I can get you home to change." he told her as he led her to the elevator.
"Vinny, I can't go home. Jason will find me, please don't leave me alone!" she begged.
"I won't Katie, I promise." he soothed gently. He placed a hand on her back as they entered the elevator and rode down to autopsy.
"Dr. Isles?" Korsak called. Maura appeared in the doorway.
"Yes Sergeant?" she asked. She took one look at Kaitlyn's blood splattered clothes and realized the reason for the visit.
"Uh, this is my second wife Kaitlyn. She's witnessed a murder, and her clothes need to be bagged for evidence." Korsak explained. Maura nodded.
"Susie?" she called. The senior criminalist walked over and stood next to her boss.
"Yes Dr. Isles?" she said.
"Please take Ms..." Maura trailed off, realizing she'd never gotten the woman's last name.
"Oh, it's still Korsak." Kaitlyn admitted. "I never got remarried and never bothered to change it. My maiden name is Hunziker." She blushed slightly at having to admit she'd never changed her name.
"Okay, take Mrs. Korsak to the crime lab and get her clothes bagged please." Maura said. Susie nodded and led Kaitlyn toward the crime lab, leaving Korsak and Maura alone.
"So that's the mysterious second wife hm?" Maura said casually.
"Uh yeah. I haven't seen her in a while, but she's apparently seen me on the news." Korsak answered. Maura nodded.
"I see. Do you mind my asking what happened between you two?" Korsak shook his head.
"It's okay. We had a real good marriage for a long time. We were married for twelve years. Everything was going great until I got shot during an arrest. I was in the hospital for two weeks. She'd had reservations about my job since the beginning, but that was the breaking point. When I got out, she begged and begged me to quit, but I wouldn't do it. We fought about it during the weeks that I was recovering. The day I went back to work, I came home to find her with her bags packed. She told me that it was my last chance to quit or she was leaving. Guess you know the rest." he explained.
"Stubborn old fool just loves his job too much." They both turned to find Kaitlyn smiling softly and fondly, leaning against the wall.
"But I never loved the job more than you. Not once." he told her. She pushed a strand of hair behind her ear.
"I know Vinny. I never doubted that." she said softly.
"I'm just gonna...go help Susie process your clothes." Maura said, slowly walking away. Korsak held a hand out to Kaitlyn, and she took it. He carefully laced their fingers together and led her back into the elevator.
"Alright Katie, after we get your statement, I'm gonna take you to your house so you can some clothes and things, and you'll come stay with me." he said. She nodded. It was quiet between them for a little while.
"You know, all this time I've been here, and I never said I'm sorry." Kaitlyn spoke up.
"What are you talking about?" Korsak asked, surprised.
"Leaving." she answered. "I shouldn't have. I know how much you love your job. I knew it when I married you."
"It's alright Katie. I never blamed you." he said.
"I know you didn't. You're too good for that. But I blamed myself." she replied. Korsak released her hand and pulled her into a hug.
"Don't ever blame yourself. You hear me?" he whispered in her ear. She closed her eyes, nodding gently. The elevator doors opened, and they broke apart slowly. Korsak took her hand once more and led her back into the squad room.
"Jane, can we get Kaitlyn's statement so I can take her home?" he said to his former partner. Jane nodded.
"Uh yeah. Let's go." she replied. Korsak motioned for Kaitlyn to follow Jane into an interview room while he grabbed a pad of paper and a pen from his desk. He joined them in the room and nodded that it was okay to begin.
They went through everything that Kaitlyn had said when she arrived, Kaitlyn answering any additional questions they had.
"Okay, you can take her home now." Jane said to Korsak. He nodded and slid the pad of paper over to her before standing and leading Kaitlyn out. They went downstairs and were headed outside when Korsak stopped in front of the cafe.
"Have you eaten today?" he asked. He knew that whenever she got immersed in her work, she wouldn't stop to eat. Kaitlyn bit her lip like she always used to do when she was guilty, whether she'd spent too much money shopping or she'd redecorated without letting him know. Slowly, she shook her head. Korsak gave her a disapproving look and took her into the cafe and up to the counter.
"Hey Vince. Who's this?" Angela asked with a smile at Kaitlyn.
"Angela, this is my second wife Kaitlyn, Katie, this is Jane's mother Angela." he introduced them.
"Nice to meet you Angela." Kaitlyn smiled.
"Nice to meet you too. We've all wondered about you." Angela said. "What can I get you?" The two of them ordered and sat at the bar to wait. While they were waiting, Sean entered the cafe. He did a double take when he saw Kaitlyn. He cautiously walked over.
"Kaitlyn?" he asked. She gave a small smile.
"Hey Sean." she said.
"Wow it's been a long time. How are you?" Sean questioned.
"I've had better days." she shrugged.
"She witnessed a murder this afternoon Sean." Korsak supplied.
"Oh no, are you okay?" Kaitlyn nodded.
"I'm alright Sean. Just scared." she assured him. He nodded just as Angela came out of the kitchen with Korsak and Kaitlyn's orders.
"Hey Sean. You want your usual?" she asked.
"Yeah. Thanks Ang." he said.
"You got a girlfriend Sean?" Kaitlyn asked. Last she'd heard, Sean would never love again. He nodded.
"Yeah. I was a little surprised myself, but...Angela's amazing." he said with a smile. A few moments later, Angela came back out, handing Sean his usual lunch.
"Thanks Ang. I'll meet you down here tonight, okay?" he said. Angela smiled and nodded, and Sean left to go back to work.
*After Lunch*
Korsak and Kaitlyn were just about to leave when Jane, Frost, and Frankie ran into the cafe, all three out of breath.
"Where's the fire you three?" Korsak asked, only half kidding. With the luck of the BPD team, a fire was entirely plausible.
"Well, we were looking for people with connections to Maria Delgado, so we could have a head start before we go to look at the body, so we were looking through all of her memberships to different places and stuff like that." Frost began.
"And we found some people with connections to her that also have connections to you." Jane said.
"Who?" Korsak asked, both afraid and confused. Kaitlyn grabbed onto his hand, also afraid, but no one commented.
"Dana and Melody." Frankie answered gravely. Vince ran a hand down his face. Just what he needed.
"Dana was your first wife right? I remember you telling me about her. And I heard about your marriage to Melody in the news." Kaitlyn commented. Korsak sighed.
"Yeah. What are their connections to Maria?" he asked tiredly.
"Maria was an alcoholic. She attended AA meetings with Dana's group. She was trying to turn her life around, which included losing weight that she gained from all her drinking. Apparently Melody got the funds for that yoga studio she wanted to open. Maria had a membership to try and lose the weight. The place is called Melody's Methodical Meditating." Frost explained.
"And I know this isn't exactly the right time, but Maura would probably say something like meditating and yoga aren't the same thing and then list off the differences." Jane said, trying to lighten things up.
"But we can handle their interviews so that you can take Kaitlyn to change." Frankie offered. Korsak nodded.
"Okay. Go pick 'em up."
By the way, I do NOT ship Rizzles, so there will not be any in any of my stories. Sorry to those of you who do ship them, but I don't. I ship Maura with either Frankie or Tommy and Jane with Casey. And yes, Angela and Sean are like my number one Rizzoli and Isles couple, so they will be together and stay together and probably have a lot more scenes in this story. BTW, if you ship them too, you should check out my story Love Is Sweeter The Second Time Around. ;)
