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As Maura left the meeting room, Richard Isles grabbed her arm and practically dragged her to his office. He closed the door and unceremoniously asked, "What did she want? "
Maura began to wander aimlessly around the room "She is completely insane!"
Her father began pacing nervously, "Damn it, Maura! WHAT DID SHE WANT?!"
Maura was startled to hear her father yelling, "She offered to forget the debt in exchange for having me at her beck and call for an entire week to fulfill her desires."
Richard Isles smiled deviously, "Then you know what to do."
Maura looked horrified at the prospect, "I can not believe you 're even considering this!"
Richard spoke bluntly, "If you do not accept, we will be left with nothing Maura. NOTHING! What do you think will happen when we are in complete ruin? You can forget your friends, your travels, your designer clothes and your charity projects."
Maura stared open-mouthed. Was her father thinking in selling her? "I will not be sold as a prostitute."
"If you not do this, you may have to do it in less favorable conditions. It could have be much worse," he tried to appeal to her feelings, "Need I remind you that you were in love with that woman?"
Maura looked away, "That was a long time ago."
Her father placed his hand on her shoulder, "Try to remember what happened twenty years ago and don't let that woman get to you. You are an Isles Maura, and we face all the challenges head on."
Maura got up from the chair and furiously confronted her father, "It's so easy for you!You're not the one who will have to deal with her!"
"It's just a week, Maura and then we can forget it. I will talk with our lawyers to have a contract drawn up and I will require a confidentiality agreement. Nobody has to know about any of this."
For the first time Maura looked into her father's eyes and saw the man he really was: someone who cared more about his position than his daughter. She was suffocating and needed some air, but before leaving she said flatly, "I will accept the deal, but when the week is over, I will be resigning from the board."
Richard smiled serenely. All he had heard was that his daughter was going to accept the Jane's proposition. Thank god, he won't have to give up his life of privilege. He went to his phone and called his secretary, "Clara, get me the legal department. I need to draw up a contract immediately." After he had replaced the phone, he turned to finish discussing the details with his daughter, but Maura had already gone.
R & I
Jane leaned back in her chair and stared into the distance. It had taken a lot of effort, but in the end she had the Isles right where she wanted them. She smiled sadly at the memory of the woman who made it possible: Elisabetta Faria . Like every time she remembered her friend, she felt a lump in her throat. The woman had been her cellmate during the years she had spent in prison and gradually they had become friends. The Italian and her husband, attracted to the American dream, had arrived in the country in the 50s. After several years of trying to get ahead, they decided to give up trying to make an honest living for something more lucrative. She and her husband had robbed the largest diamond stockhold in the history. Her husband had been wounded in the escape and she had just enough time to hide the loot before the police caught up to her. She had considered giving up her fortune, but after hearing Jane's story, she changed her mind. The woman needed closure to that time in her life in order to move on and she couldn't achieve that without seeking retribution against those had her thrown in prison. And with all she knew about them, Jane would need a lot of money to do so.
Unfortunately, she was already very ill and they only could share just a few years of friendship. During that time, Jane considered the Italian woman her family. For someone who had been alone since the death of her parents in that fatal accident, this was a priceless gift.
When she was released from prison last year, Jane did not put a lot of stock in what her friend had told her. She thought that maybe this was the delusion of a poor sick woman, but when she opened the door of that warehouse and found a box hidden just as Elisabetta had described. Jane suddenly realized that just about anything could be possible. She took the box and only when she was alone in her motel room did she dare to open it.
She thought she was going to faint. That old box was filled to the brim with diamonds. Reaching out to the contacts she had made in prison, Jane managed to sell all of them on the black market. Miraculously, Jane had more money than she could spend in 10 lifetimes. And in that moment, she began to plan her revenge.
She bought a fantastic apartment in the most exclusive area of the city, rented an office in downtown Boston and hired the best law firm in the city to collect as much information on the Isles corporation as possible. She did not have to wait long to receive good news: Richard Isles was ruined. She smiled, remembering the feeling of victory when she had heard that information. Immediately, Jane instructed her lawyers to gain control of the company. If life had handed her that opportunity, she was not going to squander it.
At first she had planned to destroy them, leaving them with nothing, just as they had done to her. But when she walked into that room and saw Maura, everything had changed. Jane recalled each hurtful word that she and her father had spit her the last time they seen each other. That's when Jane changed her mind. She was going to take away something more valuable than their company, she would take away their pride. They would learn once and for all to stop playing with the lives of those around them.
She drummed her fingers on the arms of the chair. Although the main reason for the proposal had been to humiliate them, but all she wanted to do since she had seen Maura was kiss her. She recalled the shy and innocent girl Maura used to be, but the Maura she found in that room was an attractive and sophisticated woman accustomed to people bending to her will. Jane was determined to teach her a little humility.
R & I
Maura was furious with her father for putting her in such a position. She felt used, sold like a commodity during a negotiation. When she arrived at home it was already lunchtime, but she had no appetite. Maura went to the bar for a glass of the strongest alcohol that she could find and poured herself a full glass. She drained the brandy and poured another glass. She sipped the second slowly, thinking about what she was going to do. When she felt calmer, she pulled out the card that Jane had given her that morning and dialed the phone with trembling fingers.
After hearing two rings, a woman answered "Jane Rizzoli's Office. How can I help you?"
"My name is Maura Isles, Jane is expecting my call."
"One moment please," she heard music across the line and started to get nervous. Suddenly she was aware that she had no idea what she was getting herself into.
She only had to wait a few minutes before she heard Jane's voice again "Well?"
Though she had agreed to be hers for a week she wasn't going to give Jane the pleasure of seeing her humiliated. Icily, Maura told her, "I accept the deal."
"I knew you would not let this opportunity slip away," Jane mentally calculated the time needed to prepare everything. She still had to finalize a couple of details, "Tomorrow afternoon my driver will pick you up at your home. Be ready."
Maura was slightly alarmed, "Ready for what?"
Jane smiled when she heard the tinge of fear in Maura's voice, "You'll have a week to find out."