I just wanted to mention I do change POV a lot; I apologize if it confuses you. I'm one of those writers who cannot what so ever stay in one POV whether it be 1st or 3rd. Either way I really hope you enjoy this chapter, I really enjoyed writing it for you. Thank you for reading in advance. Enjoy.

Chapter 2

The restaurant the two women sat in was crowded but still amazingly silent. The first woman medium size with short black hair, heavily warn from long years in the service sat across from a beautiful blonde looking extremely tired but still smiling at everything the first woman said. The blonde was eating lobster while the black haired woman ate s sirloin steak, both enjoying an afternoon together.

"So where are you planning to go during the divorce?" the black haired woman asked.

"I take it living with you isn't an option is it CJ?" the blonde asked.

"Sorry Elena, my apartment barely holds one," CJ replied smiling. "But I swear to God the second that asshole husband of yours is your ex, I'll hurt him if he comes near you."

"You're a good friend CJ," Elena smiled at her.

CJ took a large bite of steak smiling widely at her friend; the two had known each other for a long time. They had met through Elena's husband who was also in the armed services, CJ and Elena's soon-to-be-ex had grown apart. CJ had tried to be Elena's moral support but had no experience dealing with issues such as the ones her friend was facing. Elena was CJ's closest friend and the only one who seemed to fully understand her. For another few minutes the two ate in silence; that was until CJ looked up to see Elena clutching at her chest.

"Are you alright Elena? Is something wrong?" CJ asked, slightly concerned.

"Yeah just some heart burn, I'm fine," Elena assured CJ.

"Are you sure?" CJ asked, still concerned.

"I'm just a little nauseous, I'll be back in a minute," Elena said, rising.

The second she took a step away from the table she collapsed to the floor, sending CJ springing up knocking her chair back almost a foot. CJ ran over to her friend's side, slamming hard down on her knees pulling her friend up close. Unable to understand what was happening she went back to what training she had received back in Boot. She check for Elena's pulse and in finding none started to panic.

"Somebody call 9-1-1 now! She's not breathing!" CJ shouted, unable to hold back tears.

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Maura and I entered the overpriced restaurant that neither of us liked because of those prices. A woman had dropped dead an hour ago under suspicious circumstances, and we had been called in because of the odd circumstanced. Maura went straight over to the dead woman, who had been moved when the paramedics tried to revive her. I was lead over to the victim's friend, a CJ Elliot, a current Sergeant in the United States Army. She was obviously in distress about her friend's sudden death; I stopped in front of her.

"Are you CJ Elliot?" I asked.

"Who else would I be goddamnit," CJ growled, standing. "Who the hell are you?"

"Homicide Detective Jane Rizzoli Boston PD," I replied, holding up my badge. "Could I ask you a few questions?"

"Why the hell not?" CJ shouted. "Why not look for her killer than wasting your time on me?!"

"No one ever said this was a homicide," I said.

"You think she just died? Are you fucking stupid?! Look at her, check her medical history! Elena was in perfect health!" CJ yelled, almost hysterical.

"Jane," Maura's voice just barley came over CJ's rising voice; I excused myself.

I leaned down over the victim's body glancing at Maura's to get what she was thinking, or trying to at least. She shook her head; no doubt at the shame of a girl in good health could die of a heart attack.

"What's up Maura?" I asked.

"I can't tell you more until I get her back to the morgue, but I don't believe she died of natural causes," she told me.

"That makes two people in this room, you and the victim's friend…" I muttered. "Get her back to the morgue and perform the autopsy, I'll take the friend back an interrogate her. She's awfully sure that this was a murder."

I ordered Korsak and Frost to say at the scene and collect anything they thought might be evidence if this did in fact turn out to be murder. CJ was placed into a police car and driven to the precinct with me following behind in an unmarked police car. Maura stayed back to help transport the body of the young Elena Morgan to the morgue. I escorted CJ up to the interrogation room; she fought me all the way, shouting that I was wasting time; I just wanted to punch her. Instead I shoved her down into the metal chair and took my seat across from her; she growled at my harsh action but didn't say a word.

"I don't want a lawyer if that's what you're waiting for," CJ said.

"I wasn't but knowing that," I said. "What is your relationship with the victim?"

"I was her friend," CJ replied.

"Is there anyone who would want Elena dead?" I asked.

"Her soon to be ex husband," CJ replied quickly. "He thought she was sleeping with me…"

"And was she?" I couldn't help but ask.

"Hell no!" CJ shouted. "Elena isn't gay, and just because I am doesn't mean I was trying to sleep with her!"

I sat back in my chair, I wasn't sure if CJ could have been who had killed Elena if it had been a murder; I would have someone keep a close eye on her. CJ was obviously extremely upset about Elena's sudden death; but for all I knew she was lying trough her teeth and was just a good actor. I wanted to push the interview farther to get more information, at least until Korsak or Frost returned. CJ ran her hands through her hair, looking angry and sad at the same time; I couldn't help but feel sorry for her.

"Why were Elena and her husband getting a divorce?" I asked, snapping CJ's attention back to me.

"That bastard abused Elena for years, she had finally had enough," she replied slamming her fists into the table.

"And you were helping her?" I asked.

"Listen Detective, instead of investigating me go talk to her fucking husband," CJ fell silent after the words left her mouth.

I was unable to get her to say another word; I had a uniformed officer stay with her while I ran downstairs to see if Maura had found anything in the hour I had been talking to CJ. Maura was standing over the victim; she had already made the Y-incision and was examining the victim from the inside. I waited for Maura to acknowledge me, which could take forever because she was making notes to herself. Instead of waiting for another ten minutes I tapped her shoulder from across the autopsy table. She finally looked up and gave me a small smile to greet me, I smile back but then went into my detective mode.

"Find anything?" I asked.

"Nothing remarkable, I won't know for sure what caused the heart attack until I get the tox-screen back," she told me.

"You sent for a tox-screen?" I wasn't sure why she would to that.

"Look at her heart Jane, it's perfectly healthy, I mean not one imperfection," Maura explained her action.

"So she most likely was poisoned…" I said to myself. "Did you find any signs of abuse?"

"No, not recent and not old," Maura said. "I'll check again. Why?"

"The friend told me that Elena's husband was abusive," I explained.

"Like I said I haven't found any sign of abuse on this girl," Maura repeated. "You witness could be lying."

"Either way I'm going to pick up the husband later today," I said. "Maura, would it be okay if I let the friend come down and see the body, to see how she reacts?"

"She was there when Elena died I don't think it would do any good to hurt her more," Maura was stern about it.

"I guess you're right, but if she wants to see Elena, I'm not going to stop her," I told Maura.

"I'll call you when I get the results from the tox-screen," Maura said with a half smile. "Now go do your gumshoe thing and leave me alone, I have to work and I can't with you distracting me."

Not about to kiss her while she was examining a body, I left her with a smile and went back up stairs. Korsak and Frost where back upstairs, smiling at their good work; both had collected a good bit of evidence that they had given to the crime scene crew to get processed. I felt that now was as good of time as any to let what happened in the past stay in the past. To work together as a well oiled machine we couldn't have any bad blood between us, I knew that and so did they. One thing I loved about my ex-partner and my current partner was that they had given me my space and had let me get over things in my own time. After they had seen me two days ago paying respects to a man I owed nothing too, they had realized I was still going through a rough patch, even with the woman I had loved for a long time by my side. I went over to the two of them in brick, and sitting down on a desk between the two, I let them know how I felt.

"I hate you two so much, I hope you know that," I said harsher than I meant to. "However it doesn't change that we have been through a hell of a lot together and that you're my partners. I'm sorry I've been such a bitch to you guys, anf I'll finally accept your apologize if you accept mine."

For a long while the two of them where completely silent; which made me think it wasn't a one way street. Before I was able to say another word Korsak and Frost broke out laughing, in my face, together.

"Damnit Jane of course we forgive you," Korsak laughed.

"Yeah, so this being over wanna work on the case?" Frost asked wiping the tears that streamed down his face from laughing away.

"I hate you two…" I muttered turning to the screen. "What do you got for me?"

"Well after you left we asked around and got the security videos from the restaurant," Frost told me, getting back into working mode.

"Great, any of the two friends?" I asked.

"Yeah, and even better we have the kitchen too," Korsak informed me.

"Great let's see it," I said waiting for Frost to play the footage.

Frost first played the security footage from the dining room; Elena Morgan and CJ Elliot sat on the far side of the room talking like old friends. We watched the two talking for twenty minutes before they actually got their order. The waiter didn't seem at all suspicious and from what we saw he came straight from the kitchen over to the table, not stopping once. There was no way that the waiter poisoned the food before he went over to the table but we wouldn't know for sure he hadn't done it until we watched the rest. It was only ten minutes later that we noticed Elena rubbing her chest, she also looked as if she was sweating heavily. We watched as Elena got up from her seat then collapsed to the floor, CJ springing up from her seat to run over to her friend and then less than a minute later shout for someone to help. Since the video had no audio we could only guess what she was shouting; Frost switched the video over to the kitchen. Same story there no one looked to act very suspicious or wade over the food for too long someone had to have done something to the food between the kitchen and the table.

"Frost go back to the dining room."

I watched it again from the time the waiter brought the tray from the kitchen to the time he delivered it to the table.

"Wait Frost pause it right there, you two see that?"

Korsak and Frost got up to examine the frozen image closer; they saw what I saw but didn't yet acknowledge me.

"Good eye Janie," Korsak said smiling.

We had most likely just caught the killer on tap, but only the back of his/her head. I had Frost play it through to the moment Elena Morgan collapsed of her fatal heart attack. Just as we had suspected we saw the person who had most likely poisoned the food, dash out of the restaurant the second CJ started calling for help. According to Frost and Korsak no one had seen anything suspicious; but we both knew we would have to go and question people again. I remembered I had left CJ alone with an officer guard almost an hour and a half ago. Before I could excuse myself from Korsak and Frost the young officer walked in, I almost punched him.

"Ms. Elliot is asking to see the victim," he said. "What do you want me to do?"

I could tell he was tired of being shouted at by an Army Sergeant, I could hear her from time to time shouting.

"Go ahead and take her down to the morgue, let her be semi-alone," I told him. "Maura will watch her."

The officer nodded and went back to the interrogation room, returning in a few minutes leading CJ to the elevator. I could see that the tears that had plagued CJ's face was now replaced by anger and annoyance. Returning to Frost and Korsak, who where both staring at me.

"What?"

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The young officer led CJ off the elevator and told her to wait as he went to inform the doctor. CJ stood patiently and quietly as she waited, anger still running hot in her blood.

"Dr. Isles Ms. CJ Elliot is her to see the body," CJ barley heard over the noise.

Seconds later the cop returned and led CJ to the door that connected to where her friend's body was. The cop nodded and CJ moved forward, tears welling up in her eyes when she saw the marks from Elena's shoulder where the doctor had made the Y-incision. Maura stood back not being seen by CJ, she watched as the Sergeant ran her hand through Elena's hair. For the longest time CJ was silent; after a few minutes she looked up and saw Maura staring at her.

"You must be the doctor…" CJ said.

"I'm very sorry for your lose Ms. Elliot," Maura said.

"Sergeant Elliot…" CJ corrected her. "Have you found anything out about this?"

"None that I can talk to you about," Maura said. "It's an open investigation; however I do have a question for you."

"What would that be?" CJ asked looking Maura over.

"You said her husband abused her, but I couldn't find any evidence of it," Maura explain, CJ cut in before she could ask her question.

"And you won't, it wasn't physical abuse Doctor… um… I don't know your name…" CJ stopped.

"Dr. Maura Isles…" Maura told her. "What kind of abuse then?"

"Nice to meet you," CJ said it slowly, like she didn't quite believe Maura. "What kind? Mental, verbal anything that didn't involve hitting her… You won't find a mark on her."

Maura could see the pain in the sergeant's eyes, at those words. One thing Maura noticed other than the pain in CJ's eyes, however; she saw recognition, but she didn't know of what. For awhile the two stood in utter silence, CJ glancing between Maura and the body of her dead friend. Maura couldn't wait much longer for the silence to break so she broke it herself.

"How did you two met?" Maura asked, trying to get CJ to talk.

"I knew her husband, we had served together, when I got to know Elena, who at that time was his girlfriend I started to see what kind of guy he really was. I ended up being closer to her than him, and when her husband left the military it just got even worse." CJ told her.

"How long have you been in the service?" Maura asked.

"Nearly seven years, I've served five tours in Afghanistan," CJ replied.

"Thank you for your service," Maura had never really dealt with servicemen or women.

"It's all I've ever been good at," CJ explained. "I've made a lot of mistakes; the Army wasn't one of them."

Maura couldn't help but smile; she couldn't understand how Jane thought CJ could have possibly been the killer. CJ was, well seemed to be, very kind and open willing to answer questions. But Maura wasn't a detective and if that's what Jane thought Maura couldn't fight it. Something however was very off to Maura, something she couldn't put a finger on; it was as if she knew CJ from somewhere but no idea where. She had never in her life known a CJ, well at least not a CJ Elliot. Her brain was fried from the other day with Jane's break down and something that she couldn't quite get out of her mind. CJ took a step towards Maura, which caused Maura to step back, she worked with the dead and talking with the living was in fact a chore.

"Why do you do what you do Dr. Isles?"

"People judge, the dead don't and one thing I can always do is give them a voice, bring them justice like they deserve," Maura told CJ with a sideways glance at the body of Elena Morgan.

"Is what you do instrumental in the detectives finding the killer?" CJ asked.

"I'd like to believe it is," Maura replied, nodding.

CJ smiled for the first time, causing Maura to smile back; she still couldn't understand what it was about the sergeant she felt she knew. After a second the smile faded and CJ turned her back to Maura, ready to leave; she took a step forward and then stopped abruptly.

"Dr. Maura Isles right?" CJ didn't wait for an answer. "You don't remember be do you?"

"No, I don't, not at all," Maura said being caught off guard.

"Well I remember you…" CJ grinned slightly and strode to the elevator, leaving Maura puzzled.