Jane got out of the elevator and found Korsak. "Sit down," he told her. Jane suppressed a laugh.
"What could be so bad? I see dead bodies every day," she said. Korsak looked at her and she saw in his eyes that something was really wrong. Slightly confused, she sat down. "Okay, what is it?" she asked.
"Maura," said Korsak.
"Oh my God, is she okay?" Jane asked, extremely concerned.
"She's fine, Jane. She's ... she's the one who's taken over from Doyle," he said.
"What? No, don't be ridiculous. She would never do that! I can't believe you! Why on Earth would you say something like that?" she asked.
"We have sources inside Doyle's ... Maura's ... operation. They rang Doyle's phone and she answered ... and she also ordered the killing of a rival gang," he said.
"That's stupid! I don't believe you. I'm going down to see Maura right now to clear this up," she said. Jane got up and walked as fast as she could to the elevator. Korsak followed her into the elevator. "GET OUT!" she screamed.
"You need backup if she tries to hurt you," he said. Jane couldn't believe the way that Korsak was talking. She tried to push him out of the elevator but he was too strong and the door shut before she could try again.
"We are talking about the same Maura, right? The medical examiner that has done nothing but help us for years! My best friend in the whole world who has been there for me through everything! I don't understand how you think she could be responsible. Your information is wrong or somebody's setting her up or ..." she said.
"I know you love her," he said.
"What?" she said, but she didn't deny it. She couldn't. "How?" she asked.
"Come on, it's so obvious! The way that you go everywhere with each other even though every other medical examiner I've ever met stays in the autopsy room. The way that you look at each other ... you don't look at anyone else that way. Oh, and remember when that guy hit on Maura and you told everyone you were just 'pretending' to be dating so that he would leave her alone. I mean, that didn't even make sense, all she had to say was no," he said.
"Okay, I get it," she said.
"Or the way you grab each other's arms all the time. Oh, remember when you traded clothes. I mean, come on," he said.
"Okay, okay, I said I get it!" she said. The elevator doors opened but Maura was nowhere to be seen. Jane searched the whole floor despite Korsak telling her it was a waste of time. She tried calling Maura; however after the eighteenth message Korsak took away her phone.
"Come on Jane, face facts. She's gone. Now we just have to do our job and bring her to justice like the rest of the criminals," he said.
"I will investigate the murder of those gang members Maura ALLEGEDLY ordered the killings of. If I find out that she actually did it, then I will deal with that. However, last time I checked we had an innocent until proven guilty system in this country. So why don't you stop making allegations and start getting me some hard evidence," she said.
"Okay," he said, unable to say anything else. He had never seen Jane so upset in his life. And they'd been through some pretty bad things together.
"So let's go to the crime scene then," she said, walking back to the elevator, trying to convince herself that nothing was wrong, that Maura could still be innocent, that the love of her life wasn't a criminal. Korsak said nothing, following Jane into the elevator, partially relieved that she wasn't trying to shove him out again. But he could see the pain on Jane's face and he had a feeling it was only going to get worse.