Jane's eyes widen in disbelief. She is even more anxious than before, knowing now that they are closing in on their lead suspect. "Who is he?"
"He is a neurosurgeon at Mass General."
"Does this Dr. Kota Thorn have any priors? What is his tie to Hoyt?"
"We are still working on it I'll have more for you after the interrogation. Some of the guys are bringing him in right now."
Maura heard the name Jane was asking about. She suddenly felt weak at the knees. She had to sit down. Maura clutched her stomach as she slowly lowered herself onto the nearby chair. Jane turned to look at the doctor. Maura couldn't even make eye contact with the detective.
Jane was looking at Maura with concern for her friend. "Okay, keep me posted. I'll tell Frost and Korsak. Love you." With that Jane hung up her cellphone and placed it back on her belt. "Maura, are you okay? What's wrong. Do I need to call Kevin?"
"I used to be involved with him."
Jane not realizing Maura was eves dropping on her conversation with Dean. "Involved with who Maura?"
"Kota Thorn."
Jane listened intensely as her best friend shed some light on her background with the suspect. "We were very close. I basically lived with him for a little over two years. We were young and in med school. I was at Boston Cambridge, he went to Boston College. He was so charming."
"What happened?"
"He started acting different. He would come home in a terrible mood. He started coming home later and later. Eventually he just stayed away and wouldn't come home until after I left for school in the morning. I tried to talk to him about it one night at dinner. We went to Giacomo's. When I started to ask why he was acting weird, he completely lost it on me. He started to yell at me, then he slammed his napkin on the table and stormed out. I was so embarrassed. I went home packed my stuff, and moved in with one of my classmates until I had arranged to get my own apartment."
"Did you ever find out what his deal was."
"No, and at the time I so angry that I didn't even care to follow up with him."
"Do you think he is dangerous?"
"I really don't know. That was 13 years ago. I have no clue what kind of person he is now."
"I need to go update Frost and Korsak. Are you going to be okay? You don't look so good Maur."
"I think I'm going to get my things and go home. If there are any developments that require me being here, I'll come back in."
"Okay." Jane turned to walk out. She took a look at Maura through the window. Jane felt a little bit of guilt dragging her pregnant friend through this emotional roller coaster with her, but she was glad she had her today. She didn't know how she would get through this if it wasn't for Maura. The elevator doors opening pulled her from her thoughts. She stepped on and pressed the button for the homicide floor.
BRICK
"Hey Frost, Korsak, Gabe said the FBI got a hit on the partial, Kota Thorn. He's a neurosurgeon at Mass General."
"Have they questioned him yet?" Korsak asked.
"No they were bringing him in."
"Alright, I'll get started on warrants for his home and office." Frost stated.
Jane let out a long breath. "I feel like we are so close." She looked at the picture of her daughter posted on the screen. "We're coming baby. Hold on for mommy."
Maura's House
Maura drove up the drive way, put the car in park, and sat there. She didn't realize how much of a toll the day had actually taken on her. She felt so tired. Her feet and her back hurt. All she wanted to do was take a hot bath and go to bed. She got out of her car and slowly walked inside.
She opened the back door and laid her purse down on the island.
"Hey honey. I hope your hungry." Kevin greeted his wife with a kiss on the cheek. He was preparing dinner for the two of them. He had candles lit, music playing, and the table was set. Kevin really was a romantic. "How did the rest of your day go?" Kevin asked helping lower his wife on the couch and handing her a glass of water.
"I was wanting to talk to you about that." Maura had to look away from her husband. She didn't want him to take this wrong. She had nothing to do with this guy anymore, and she didn't want him worrying over nothing. She wasn't even the target in this case. It was unfortunately Jane, again. "They found a suspect."
"Honey that's great! Why do you look so bummed about it?"
"His name is Dr. Kota Thorn. He just so happens to also be my ex-boyfriend from college."
"Oh…" Kevin's face immediately showed signs of worry and concern.
"I'm not the target Kevin, it's Jane. You have nothing to worry about."
"You think this guys doesn't know that you and Jane are best friends. You think he didn't realize that he broke into your house. Maura, sweetheart, even if your not the target, I'm going to worry about you. You and this psycho have a history, what is to stop him from getting to you if he wanted. He already got to Jane." Kevin realized how awful that sounded the second he said it. He wished he could take it back, but there was no going back now.
Maura was starting to get emotional. Her eyes started to water. "I need to be alone."
"Honey come on." Kevin had to help his wife stand up, because she was struggling with her current state of being. "I didn't mean to upset you. Why don't you sit back down and relax."
"All I want right now is to take a nice long bath. I need to sooth the muscles in my back. I want to be alone."
"I'll have dinner ready for you when you get out." Kevin hollered at Maura as she waddled down the hallway to her master bathroom. She hadn't considered that her relationship with Jane may have just made it that much easier for this maniac to kidnap Regina.