I'm so thrilled by all of the reviews I have received for this so far. They have inspired me to post another chapter!
A bit of sexual harassment ahead. Don't worry, it will be dealt with eventually...
"Good morning, Jane." Vince greeted warmly.
Jane smiled at him with an extra bounce in her step. "Mornin' Vince. Morning Frost." She nodded at the young man who was seated at his desk across from her.
"What has you so happy?" He asked but couldn't help smiling along with her.
"My family arrived on Saturday. It was a great weekend." She replied and sat down, pulling out a case file and going over her notes from the previous week.
The Rizzoli-Isles clan had enjoyed the rest of their Saturday together and a chat with Jane's excited mother. Their girls were as equally as excited and couldn't wait to see their Nonna the following day.
They spent a lazy Sunday morning together in their hotel room before checking out and meeting the two truckloads of their household items and Bass at their new home in Beacon Hill. Maura had organised professional movers to set up their place. While her wife managed that, Jane and Angela got to take the girls to do some sightseeing all afternoon. It had been a great day. Jane had picked up pizza for their dinner and arrived back to a completely set up home except for a the random boxes of decorations and other personal stuff that they needed to unpack themselves.
"I'm happy that your family has arrived, Jane. I'm lookin' forward to meeting them." Vince exclaimed and watched the brunette nod uncomfortably, getting straight into her work. He may have only known her for just over a week but he knew Jane was a woman of integrity with a strong work ethic. He admired that.
"The Johnson case was ruled a suicide by Pike, right?" Frost asked.
Jane smiled at the young man and nodded. She had a glimpse of how green around the gills Frost was when they were called out to a suspicious death last Thursday night. The poor guy had puked his guts out at the sight of the older man who had blown his brains out all over a nice mahogany desk. She was almost disappointed it was ruled a suicide, hoping to get her first case since arriving, but she would have to wait.
"Ok. I'm gonna finish the report for it and then we can open the Theobald case back up and see if the fibres that Pike found can help at all." Before he could ask if that sounded ok to Jane, Lieutenant Cavanaugh walked into the bullpen, the sound of a woman's high heels clicked gently behind him.
"Detectives!" He announced, gaining everyone's attention. "I'm here to welcome our new Medical Examiner. This is Dr Maura Isles." Cavanaugh stepped to the side to reveal a gorgeous petite honey blonde, dressed impeccably in a high waisted grey skirt, emerald silk shirt, and black four inch high heels.
After a few moments of staring, Jane looked around holding in a smirk as she noticed most of the men were fixated on the beautiful doctor. She looked back at her wife and smiled shyly when they made eye contact. It was going to be the first time they would be working together in thirteen years and she was beyond excited.
"Dr Isles is also the new Chief Medical Examiner for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Make sure you pay her the respect she deserves!" Sean ordered as a warning to his staff. He turned to Maura and addressed her quietly as the rest of the bullpen murmured their opinions on the new ME. The pair walked back down the hallway and out of sight.
"Whoa, damn!" Frost let out a low whistle with a grin on his face. He looked across at Jane and noticed her eyebrow raised in question. "Uh, sorry… A guy thing. Gonna be hard to concentrate getting autopsy results from now on!" A few other male detectives around them chuckled in agreement.
"I don't even care if she's worse that Pike, that woman is fuckin' hot!" Darren Crowe yelled out and most of the males in the room nodded at the bald detective.
Jane felt her jaw clench. She wondered if this what her wife had to put up with previously. All of the sexist jokes and borderline sexual harassment?
"Did you check that ass?" Another detective asked, making a crude gesture with his hands.
"And those legs! She's gotta be a runner." Knight claimed and the bullpen became a flurry of inappropriate comments.
Unable to reveal the nature of their relationship yet or feeling like she could defend her wife, Jane stood up and told Korsak and Frost she was going to get a coffee. She needed to calm herself before she hit someone.
Frost shook his head in amusement as he watched his new partner leave.
"What?" Korsak asked, interested in the younger man's thoughts.
Frost looked over to the older man with a guilty look. "We should probably be careful about that kind of joking around her. We haven't had a female detective in homicide before and it could get messy… We were a bit inappropriate." He claimed, feeling bad about being a part of causing the brunette to leave.
Most of the other detectives around him grumbled but agreed, except Crowe, of course. "Aww Frost, you got a soft spot for Rizzoli?! How sweet. If you ask me, bitch needs to get laid. She's too intense!" He mocked and his partner was the only one who laughed with him.
"Can it, Crowe." Korsak spoke firmly and looked over to Frost who was getting angry very quickly.
After ten minutes Jane still hadn't returned, they all became increasingly worried that she was reporting them all.
Frost looked up at Korsak. "I'm gonna go and find her." He said and got up. Korsak joined him and they made their way down to the cafe. She wasn't there. They both frowned and ordered a coffee, deciding to take a break anyway. They'd find Jane when they were done.
"Hey Sean." Jane greeted her boss less formally in the privacy of his office.
"Hey Jane." He gave a small smile and motioned for her to have a seat. "What's up?"
The tall woman sat down and slouched in the chair. She sighed heavily. "How long do you think Maura and I have to hide our relationship?"
He raised both eyebrows at this and looked down at his watch. "Jesus Jane, it's been fifteen minutes since she arrived!"
"I know but the guys are already bein' assholes!" The detective whined at him.
"Look, I know they can be jerks but you gotta ignore it if you and your wife are gonna be able to work together." He leaned back and smiled at her. "You are your mother's daughter."
Jane groaned at this. "What now?!"
"Angela was complaining to me just this morning about how unfair it was that you two had to hide your marriage from everyone."
"Oh she did, did she?" Jane laughed at this. Her mother was fierce and hated injustice almost as much as she did. The Italian woman hadn't said anything about it to her earlier that morning when she picked up her grandchildren for a day of sightseeing and spoiling.
Jane remembered barely being acknowledged with the distraction of the girls. Angela Rizzoli loved her kids more than almost anything but it was a drop in the bucket compared to how she felt about her grandbabies. "She doesn't know the details of what happened in San Francisco, Sean. I get why we have to hide it for now, it's just tough."
"Yeah. It's only for about a month, Jane. Trust me, it will benefit you. You need to establish your roles within the department and gain the respect of your colleagues individually. We agreed that it was best for you both after Hoyt."
Jane tried not to flinch at the name.
"The media around the case should ease off soon. No one knows who you are on the East Coast. Just try and keep your head down for a bit longer." Cavanaugh suggested.
"Yeah, alright." She replied dejectedly. She stood up and went to open the door but stopped as she placed her hand on the handle. "Sean, if anyone says anything about my wife—"
"You'll tear 'em a new one… I get it, Jane but she can handle a bit of crap from the guys. Maura's a tough lady. She's gotta be, she's been married to you for years!" He laughed and Jane rolled her eyes and let herself out.
Frost just happened to be walking back to the bullpen when he saw her come out of their lieutenant's office. "Uh, hey Jane."
"Hey Frost."
"Sorry about those comments before. I'm sure you'll have Dr Isles' back being another female and all but uh, the guys… They don't mean anything by the comments. Except maybe Crowe. He's an ass."
"It's all good. I'm not that upset." She informed him with a smile.
He looked at her in disbelief. "You sure?" He nodded in the direction of Cavanaugh's door.
Jane looked back and understood what he thought she had been doing. "Yeah, I had to talk to the lieu about something else."
"Oh ok. Cool. Well, wanna grab lunch later?" He asked, hoping she would say yes.
"Yeah, sure… I'm gonna go and get that coffee now." Jane moved to head in the direction of where Frost had just come from.
A soft knock sounded on Maura's office door. "Come in." The doctor called without looking up from her paperwork.
"Hey there." Jane said as she stepped into the spacious office bearing two coffees. The brunette smiled at the quirky set up. Her wife had eclectic taste. She placed their drinks down on the coffee table and looked at how at ease Maura seemed behind her desk.
"Hi darling." Maura greeted Jane with a wide grin.
The detective raised an eyebrow at this. "Probably shouldn't use pet names at work, babe." Jane stated as she used one herself and smirked.
"You're right. Probably not very professional." The ME stood up and walked over to the brunette, raking her eyes over Jane's body and back up to her face.
"Uh, don't um, don't look—" She stepped back slightly even though the doctor was still a few feet away from her. "Don't look at me like that!" Jane begged with wide eyes.
"Like what?" Maura asked innocently.
"Like you wanna tear my clothes off!" Jane exclaimed quietly, relaxing when the blonde stopped her forward progress.
Maura smirked and moved closer to the taller woman, running her hand over the lapels of her blazer. "But you look incredibly sexy in your work suit."
"Maura Rizzoli-Isles!" Jane gasped, mocking an indignant tone of voice. "Unprofessional!" She accused and the couple broke out laughing.
Maura stepped away from her wife and sat in her new armchair. "What can I do for you, my love?"
"Maur, you gotta at least try!" Jane flopped down in the middle of the two seater couch across from the doctor.
The smaller woman gave a mischievous grin. "Fine. What can I do for you Detective?"
Jane rolled her eyes. "Nothing actually. I just wanted to see your office and I brought you a coffee."
Maura glanced around with a look of pure joy. "Isn't it wonderful?!"
"Yeah babe. It looks great."
"It's so exciting to be working with you again, Jane." Maura enthused. Jane agreed wholeheartedly. This led to the couple reminiscing about when they had met at the NYPD twenty two years ago.
Maura had just completed her Biochemistry degree and had been accepted as a medical student at Harvard university. She worked as a lab assistant in the coroner's office at NYPD for the summer, knowing she wanted to return there for her pathology residency.
Jane had been a rookie beat cop for six months and had accidentally bumped into the impeccably dressed woman in the police cafe, spilling coffee all over the honey blonde's cream blouse but thankfully hadn't burned her. It was the start of a close friendship between the gruff brunette and the socially awkward doctor-to-be, that developed quickly into something more.
"I better get back upstairs." Jane stood and looked a little lost when she realised she couldn't kiss her wife goodbye.
"See you tonight, sweetheart." That was enough to prompt Jane to smile gently at Maura and head back up to the bullpen.
The couple didn't interact at work much over Maura's first week because no homicide calls came in.
The brunette became increasingly relaxed around Frost and Korsak and went out with them again for a second time on Friday night for drinks.
Korsak had just finished telling them a story about one of his son's antics at university and it prompted Jane to think about Franky. Before she realised, she was sharing details with the guys that she hadn't intended to for another few weeks at least.
"I feel so old." Jane claimed. "My eldest, Franky, starts her last year in high school in just two months!" She groaned and took a long pull from her beer.
"Haha, then you'll have to worry about what she's up to when you're not around. Enjoy the last year of control you have over her." Korsak joked.
Jane laughed but shook her head. "Nah, whatever she does, she'll be fine. She's such a good kid." The brunette left off the part where she would normally say that Franky was her mother's daughter, meaning Maura. Their eldest was a rule abider and all round nerd.
"Where are you sending them?" Frost asked, interested in what kind of school Jane's girls would be enrolled at.
"Oh, umm. I think it's called uh, Boston University Academy, or somethin' like that." Jane mumbled into her drink.
"Shit! That's an expensive school, Jane. I didn't know detectives made so much!" Korsak stated, curious as to what Jane's spouse did for work to allow them to pay for such a pricey school.
"Is it?" Jane asked, having no idea. Maura had looked after all of that for them.
"Uh yeah. About $45,000 a year, per student." Korsak informed her and watched as Jane almost dropped her bottle. He realised she had no idea about the cost.
"Fuck." The brunette exclaimed and shook her head in disbelief. "My w- Jesus. Well, I didn't organise the schooling. Their grandparents are probably paying for it." She deflected from saying any more on the subject.
Frost laughed and slapped her on the back. "I can't believe you had no idea!"
"It's been a while since I've lived in this city. Private schools in San Francisco are pretty expensive but not that much! How do you know anyway, Korsak?" Jane asked.
"Oh, my ex wife, Melody, put our son Josh in there last year. I couldn't afford to help at all. Same deal with the grandparents. Melody's family are loaded." He told them and raised his beer. "To wealthy grandparents."
"Yep!" Jane tapped the neck of her bottle to his and they all took a drink. She glanced at her watch and realised it was late. "Ok fellas. I gotta go." She waved off their protests. "It's 9pm."
"Ok. Hey, we should invite the doc next week!" Korsak suggested as Jane threw some money down on the table.
"Oh yeah! I would looove that." Frost declared happily. They were well aware of his crush on the new ME.
"Don't you have a girlfriend?" Jane questioned with some judgement in her tone.
"Yep but it can't hurt to look! I mean, the doc's probably only got a few years on me but I don't date older women. However, damn, she's really, really sexy…"
Jane rolled her eyes at him. "How old are you?" She asked, realising she had no idea.
"Thirty one." He frowned at Jane's smirk. "What?" He asked defensively.
"I'd say she's got about ten years on you!" Jane declared and watched his eyes widen in disbelief.
"No way!"
"Oh yeah! Gotta be with her amount of experience." Korsak agreed. "But I have to admit, she looks great for whatever age she is." He commented more appropriately and Jane was grateful.
"Well, she's still hot… Even with that ice cold front she's got going." He referred to her professional demeanour at work.
"She's not cold." Jane defended. Her wife did come across as aloof and clinical because of the nature of her work but she was anything but cold.
"I agree, Jane. I like the doc but I think she spends too much time around dead people. She can be a little unfriendly." Korsak confirmed and grew concerned at Jane's obvious upset. "Hey, we're not saying anything bad about her. Just making an observation, that's all."
"Yeah, most of the guys have named her 'Queen of the Dead'" Frost confessed with a laugh but stopped when he noticed Jane's unimpressed look.
"I think she's- really nice. Invite her Friday and you'll see." Jane stated and got up to leave. "Ok, I'm out. See ya Monday morning unless we get a homicide."
Early Sunday morning, Jane's phone buzzed with an incoming call from dispatch. A second later, Maura's began ringing too.
Jane reluctantly unwrapped her body from the smaller one and answered. "Rizzoli." Her half asleep voice husked into the phone.
"This is Dr Isles." Maura answered professionally, sounding much more awake.
They had their first call to a crime scene together. This was going to be interesting.
"You take your car. I'll take mine." Jane instructed. Maura accepted that they would have to do this to avoid any questions and to maintain the secrecy of their relationship.
Jane threw on her rumpled suit that she had thrown over the armchair next to her side of the bed.
"Jane, Armani really shouldn't be treated in such a manner." The doctor declared indignantly. She couldn't believe she had forgotten to hang it up after she peeled it off the long, tanned body last night.
Actually, she could believe it. Jane had strutted into their room after a long day at work and Maura had forgotten everything but her name at the sight of the confident woman.
The detective smirked as she remembered why it hadn't been taken care of properly. "I promise I'll get it dry cleaned, baby." She put her jacket on and grabbed her phone. "I'm gonna go. Love you."
"Love you. See you soon." The couple kissed and Jane left the room.
Maura took slightly longer to get dressed and left a note for their still sleeping daughters, grateful that their teens were responsible enough to feed themselves and stay entertained on their own.
Jane reached the scene first and yelled at the university security guard that was paying very little attention to other people's proximity of the body. "Hey!" She rushed over and Frost, who had arrived a moment after her, ran behind, following her lead. "Get away. Move!" Jane spread her long arms out wide and pushed back the few onlookers that had potentially contaminated their crime scene.
"Fuck, look at that." Frost gagged slightly pointed to the blood that now had multiple footprints through it.
Korsak turned up and directed a few uniformed officers to take over from Jane and Barry in creating a perimeter for them.
Pulling on latex gloves, Jane squatted down next to the young woman's body. "Damn. I think she's a student. Young, maybe twenty." She searched the young woman for ID.
"Jane, don't tamper with the body!" Maura rushed up to the detective, carrying her black medical bag.
The brunette looked up and pulled back at the sound of her wife's no nonsense voice. She knew how meticulous Maura was and stood up right away. "Sorry Maur."
Korsak and Frost exchanged interested glances. It was obvious the two women knew each other and not just from calling each other by their first name. They wondered if the two had become friends in the last week since the ME had started.
"She has her ID in the top pocket. Can you hand it to me when you're ready?" Jane asked the petite woman as she pulled her gloves on and hunched over the body with ease, skirt, heels, and all.
The doctor handed the student card to Jane and smiled gently, then went back to her examination of the evidence around the body.
"Danielle Davis." Jane read the card and handed it to the older detective. "Uh Korsak, take this. Maybe you can see if she lives on campus and secure her dorm?"
"Sure thing." The older detective agreed happily. It was nice to not have to lead an investigation for once and Jane seemed extremely competent.
Frost stayed away from the body as much as he could. It wasn't a terrible case but there was still a decent amount of blood under the young woman.
"What do ya think, ba— Dr Isles?" Jane looked around and breathed a sigh of relief that Frost hadn't noticed her almost slip up. "Uh, a .38?" She looked at the bullet wound in the back of the student's back.
Maura looked up at her wife affectionately and with some arousal. Commanding Jane was a sight to behold. "I think that I need to get this body back to the lab and I'll tell you more once I've done the autopsy." The doctor smirked at the groan she received.
Barry got a little closer as he heard the exchange. "So uh, doc? Can you just give as an idea of what you think happened here?"
"I'm sorry, Detective-" Maura trailed off, not knowing the young man's name.
"Frost." He informed her and they smiled at each other.
"I'm sorry, Detective Frost but I don't guess. I will perform the autopsy as soon as we get back to headquarters. You're welcome to observe." She internalised her grin when she noticed his face pale.
"Uh, no. I'm good. Jane can do the observing." He stood back and let the CSI techs finish their job and load the body into the coroner's van.
This was different for Frost. An ME that didn't assume she knew before gaining evidence. He hoped that she was as good as Cavanaugh claimed. They could use a few wins under their belt.
Frost watched as Maura walked away, admiring the toned legs and ass.
"Ahem." Jane cleared her throat and raised an eyebrow at him.
The African American man guiltily looked away from Jane. "Oh umm." He looked back as the doctor got into the charcoal coloured Mercedes. It suited her. He looked back at Jane's unimpressed stare. "Uh sorry, Jane…" She kept staring at him. "Oh c'mon! Can you blame me? She obviously works out!" He smiled when his partner rolled her eyes and chuckled. Jane shook her head at his mostly harmless behaviour. She really couldn't blame him. Maura's ass was flawless.
"Yeah, ok, Romeo. Let's find Korsak and go over what we know."
The three detectives were searching Danielle's room for anything that would help them with their investigation when a young woman tried to burst in.
"Danielle! Dani?!" The short brunette cried out.
Jane went over to her immediately and held her back. "Hey, hey!" The young girl was a mess.
"Wh- where is she?"
"Who are you?" Jane asked tenderly. The young woman obviously knew the victim.
"I'm- Natalie. Dani's best friend… Is- is it true?"
"I'm so sorry, Natalie. Danielle was found murdered on campus just two hours ago." Jane caught the falling body as Natalie broke down sobbing. She rubbed her back for a moment before asking, "Do you know anyone who would do this to her?"
"N-no!"
"Shh, it's gonna be ok. Listen, Natalie. Go with officer Bryce, ok? He'll take you home." The young woman nodded in compliance and the officer wrapped an arm around the woman and escorted her away from the room.
"Found a phone, Jane." Frost held up the iPhone. "Everything's been wiped though."
"Damn."
"Her backpack is here too but no laptop. The charger is right there. Doesn't make sense." Frost shared with the trio.
"Ok, we'll have to work with what we got. Let's go guys." Jane instructed and they left for the BPD.
Jane hung up her work phone. "That was Dr Isles. She's about to start the autopsy. You guys wanna come and observe?"
"Hell no!" Frost answered and Korsak laughed at him.
"I'll come, Janie." He slipped with the nickname and she quirked an eyebrow at him. "What?" He asked innocently. "It suits you!"
"Whatever, old man! Let's go." Jane got up and led the way out of the room.
"So, you know Dr Isles huh?" Korsak asked directly and knew he was right when Jane looked across at him sharply. They got to the elevator and pressed the down button. She didn't say a word until they stepped into the empty space and the doors closed.
"Uh, I guess. We've hung out a bit this week." Jane offered and sped up her gait once they got out of the elevator, hoping to avoid more questioning. While her wife couldn't lie because of hives, Jane could but was hopeless at it. She blamed growing up with a Catholic-Italian mother who could sniff out a lie from a mile away and make you feel like you'd suffocated a puppy when you told one.
"Hey." Jane greeted the honey blonde who had changed into scrubs, running shoes, and was wielding a scalpel with finesse. The sight of the instrument still made Jane slightly nervous.
Maura looked up and smiled at her wife, lowering the tool slightly and then noticed the older man who had been at the crime scene earlier. "Hi Jane. Hello Detective." She greeted Vince.
"Vince Korsak, this is Maura Isles." Jane introduced them.
"It's nice to meet you, Detective Korsak." The doctor gave him an easy going smile and he gave one back.
"You too, Dr Isles. So, let's see what we got?" He moved closer to the body to watch.
They watched Maura thoroughly examine the young woman's body and listened as she gave her professional account of the wound and trace evidence found on the victim. "Gunshot wound was from close range. Definitely a .38." She claimed as she pulled the bullet out and placed it in the metal tray. Maura continued to examine the body and found a hair on Danielle's leg.
Korsak got increasingly excited about the amount of evidence she had gained so easily. "A hair?!" He almost yelled. "That's the best piece of evidence we've had in forever!" He high-fived Jane and kept watching.
"I'll have the lab process this as quickly as possible." Maura lifted the small plastic evidence bag and placed the hair inside of it with her tweezers. The doctor looked closely at the young woman's legs. "I would look into whether Danielle played sports for BU."
"Yeah?" Jane asked, waiting on her wife's rationale.
"Her musculature indicates that she played something that required a lot of running and possibly kicking but, while her arm muscles are defined, her quadriceps are much larger for an even- bodied sport." Maura explained and Jane tried to put the pieces together.
"Like soccer?" Jane asked.
"That would fit." Maura confirmed.
"Pfft, pansy sport." Korsak commented and Jane agreed.
"Well, I would hate to know what you think about fencing and ballet." The doctor joked with them, giving her wife a knowing look, and kept working.
"They aren't sports!" Jane teased and Korsak agreed. He was surprised at how relaxed the ME seemed. It contradicted his initial impression of her. Jane had been right.
Maura rolled her eyes and continued to talk about the evidence on the victim's body.
Korsak watched as Jane and Maura figured out more about Danielle's murder by bouncing ideas and questions off each other. It seemed like Jane knew exactly what questions to ask the doctor to get the information they needed to further the case and Maura was just absolutely brilliant and seemed to know everything about everything.
The last piece of information they gathered was that Danielle had broken her ankle badly in the last year. "This type of injury is usually only seen in professional athletes and required surgery but she hasn't had any. I'll put my estimation of when it occurred into my report once I complete an X-ray of the area. All I can say conclusively is that if she did play professional sports, she hasn't for some time." Maura declared and began to sew the young woman back up.
"Ok, thanks doc." Korsak stated with the utmost gratitude.
"No problem." Maura gave him a warm smile.
"Uh, see ya."
"Bye Jane. I'll have that report completed before the end of the day."
"Hey guys, we got info on Danielle." Frost sat at his computer, accessing her university file. Korsak came up behind him to view the screen. "Confirms what the father said about her having a soccer scholarship." Jane and Korsak exchanged knowing looks. "But couldn't maintain it coz of an injury."
Jane added what the father had told them in his interview, "Daddy doesn't know about this obviously. So, how does a twenty year old manage to pay thousands of dollars in tuition?"
All three turned to the sound of heels clicking into the bullpen. Frost watched as Maura walked over to Jane's desk and perched on the edge. He also noticed Jane's eyes glance down at the bare legs and back up again. He raised an eyebrow in curiosity.
"She was possibly working as a prostitute." Maura stated with confidence.
"What?!" Jane balked at the idea but knew her wife would have a evidence for such an accusation otherwise she wouldn't have said it. She tried to keep her eyes off the smooth, toned legs that were so close to her hand.
"Sorry it took a few days but the lab identified that the hair we found on Danielle's body was made from synthetic materials. We traced the particular combination of materials to a factory that makes toupees and wigs specifically for the sex industry. The only place they supply near Boston is in Quincy at a store called Amazing." Maura informed them and frowned slightly at the two men's stunned faces.
"Brilliant! Thanks Maura." Jane exclaimed. "Shall we go check Danielle's room again and see if we can find anything that confirms this? We can also visit the store and see if we can find out anything… Guys?" Jane frowned when they failed to move.
"If you need anything else from me, just call." Maura stood up and made her way out of the bullpen.
"Uh guys?" Jane questioned.
"Right, yeah… Ok, let's go." Korsak snapped out of his daze and grabbed his jacket.
"I can't believe we have all of that evidence! She's like a dream come true!" Frost exclaimed excitedly and stood up to put his jacket on.
Jane smiled proudly, wishing they knew just how brilliant her wife truly was.
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