01/23/2016
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Fire
Hoyt's Last Mistake
Part 9
Maura walked down to her office. She had two bodies to autopsy but she first had to get her head straight. She felt like shouting form the highest mountain. The endorphins made her feel almost high. She pulled put her purse down and took a deep sip of her coffee. Thank God for the café. While Stanley did not make the same quality of coffee that Angela did it was bearable. She had finished the coffee Jane made her on the way in. This was not going to be a fun case. Senior Criminologist Susan Chang came in bringing her some files. Her face looked as if it had some bad news.
"Good morning Dr. Isles you look well rested." She said with as she tried to smile. "I hope you had a good night's rest as today is likely to be complicated. I thought I should warn you. The FBI has been called in on the case. Agents Dean and Grant are here. These are the files they sent down. There is also a Special Agent Carrie Harper with them. She is here on some case Hoyt was supposed to help with. He was testifying for the FBI against a cell mate of his."
Maura cringed at that news the FBI using Hoyt was just plain stupid. He had clearly taken advantage of their foolishness. She shook her head as she thought about the situation it was clearly a colossal mess one that could have been avoided if the Federal agency was in the least bit competent. Sending the agents they did was just what they did not need. Having one of the male agents here would be distracting enough both would be truly annoying. She knew both men still seemed to have a desire to take Jane as their lover. The last time both men had been in Boston they had almost come to blows over her. The only thing worse would be if Casey Jones were in town. Fortunately the Army Colonel was in Afghanistan. Maura hated war but she was glad that it was keeping that son of a bitch away. The two FBI agents she could put up with. The so called officer and gentlemen not so much as he tended to not take no for an answer and he seemed to think that some long ago affair gave him the right to invade Jane's personal space. Angela had not helped matters any either as she made no secret of the fact that she wanted him to sire her grandbabies. As if he would even be around long enough to do the task. Jane would have far better luck with a sperm bank.
"Thank you Senior Criminologist Chang. As soon as I review these files I will be ready to begin my autopsy."
"Yes Doctor Isles." Suzy said. She was smiling clearly picking up on Maura's happy mood. "I do hope those men don't get in the way."
Maura looked up sharply.
"I mean they tend to get in the way of the investigations Detective Sgt. Korsak, Detective Rizzoli and Detective Frost run."
Maura nodded at that. She almost smiled at the innuendo but she was not yet ready to let anyone know what had happened. She still had to process the morning and she and Jane had to discuss it. Not that she was ashamed of their loving or their being together. It was more like she wanted to get it all clear in her mind. Then there was the fact that she was not really one to gossip. Of course given the total support she had always gotten from her senior staffer she might well be one of the first to know after their families the truth despite her and Jane's long friendship with Korsak and Frost. Suzy was one of the few people Maura was absolutely certain would be happy for them. She was genuinely kind and caring if a bit shy and a bit intimidated by them. Maura however had come to depend on her steady and meticulous nature. Jane and the Detectives might always credit her with helping solve their toughest cases but Maura knew full well it was often Susan and her team that found vital clues and leads. "Thank you for the warning."
There was a nod and her staffer fled back to her lab. Maura set her cup down and headed to change into her scrubs it was time to get to work.
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Jane closed her eyes then opened them. Damn they were still there. "So what do we have?" She asked."Why is the FBI here?"
"We are here because Hoyt is extremely dangerous."Agent Dean said. "He also tends to have a fascination with certain members of BPD.
Joey Grant said. "Yeah Janie he seems to have a fixation on you."
"Yeah think, Joey really I would never have guessed." Jane replied with not a little sarcasm.
"Rizzoli, your being sarcastic won't help matters." Sean Cavanah said.
"Yes sir, I just want to know why Hoyt was in that van." Jane asked.
"He was due to testify for us on a matter of some importance." Agent Dean explained.
"Why, what could he possibly know?" Jane asked. "Whose bright idea was it to transport him in a regular van?"
"We needed his testimony Detective." A woman's voice said.
Jane head snapped up. She had not seen the other agent. Fuck me sideways another Fed. This is so not my day. She thought with her annoyance clearly showing on her face.
"Detective Rizzoli this is Special Agent Carrie Harper. She was helping coordinate Hoyt's testimony against Zaire El Muson. He is a major Heroin dealer who has been setting up distribution rings in various federal prisons."
Jane looked at the FBI agents and then said very softly. "You let Hoyt out to testify for a damned Drug case, are you stupid or just totally incompetent!"
"Detective I hardly think our reasons for using Charles Hoyt is any of your business." Carrie Harper said coldly.
Sean sighed and moved to stop his detective from killing the FBI agents. It would be too much paperwork to deal with not that he did not completely agree with her on this.
"Detective Rizzoli you may not shoot them. As much as they all deserve it the paper work would be a bitch." Sean said.
Jane glared at him. "Really Sean not my business, I swear if he gets anywhere near Maura or my family he is dead man and if he gets anyone I care about I will bury all three of you after I kill you slowly and painfully."
"How dare you threaten us!" an outraged Carrie Harper said looking shocked at the BPD finest as she was glaring at her and the other FBI agents.
Agent Grant however replied. "Janie it was not our idea. The bosses in Washington gave the order."
Jane gave him a hard look. "Fine Joey but what I said stands. This time the bastard is not walking away if he comes after me and mine."
"Yeah Janie we get that." Joey said knowing he was the only one she might listen too.
Agent Dean sighed and nodded; he did not like it but he knew it was to be expected. He also knew that Harper would never have Jane's respect or cooperation because she had clearly not read the files which would make a difficult case even more of a nightmare. Damn Washington for sending Harper she was a fine agent but to used to being the Alpha female and that posturing would so blow up in their faces because Jane Rizzoli was never going to back down to another woman.
There was a knock on the door and they all turned as Sean Cavanah called them visitor in.
"I'm sorry to interrupt Captain but Senior Criminologist Chang found some substances on the carpet of the van. It was an industrial grade solvent used to clean out certain specialized machinery. We were able to trace it to a warehouse on the docks. I thought you might like to know at once. Detective Rizzoli wanted any information brought up to you as soon as we had it. There are only three companies that use that solvent and they are all on Dock 7."
"Thank you Doctor Isles." Sean said. "Any idea on who may have killed out victims?"
"Not for certain Captain though it is clear that one of the killers used a left hand and the other right a large blade was used to eviscerate the people in the van." Maura explained.
Gabriel Dean watched as Jane visibly relaxed as the doctor entered. He saw her expression soften as she gave them the brief report.
"Well that much is obvious." Harper said with an almost mocking tone. "Hoyt is left handed that will hardly solve the case. Now where are those locations so we can check them out.
Jane spun around and glared. She looked ready to shoot Harper. Fortunately for the FBI Special Agent Maura reached out and caught her arm and handed her the report. She was clearly taking this as a chance to calm her down with a personal touch, which did not go unnoticed by the three men in the room.
Dr. Isles eyes hardened as she replied to the Special Agent. "The warehouses in question were likely only a stopover point. They are not in an area that Hoyt would consider overly secure."
"Oh and why is that Doctor?" Harper demanded.
Maura smirked a little as she replied. "The warehouses are in the Irish Mob's territory. I do not believe that Charles Hoyt would consider such a place as safe for his type of entertainment."
"Why is that?" Harper asked clearly not getting it. "I would think they would gladly let Hoyt hole up there for a price."
Dean and Grant did however and they nodded. They nervously looked over at the BPD captain of homicide each knowing the history there.
"Well Special Agent Harper if you had done your research on Boston you would know that the Irish Mob is run by Patrick Doyle. He won't let anyone play in his territory."
"Yeah I tend to agree with the captain on this one."Joey said. "Hoyt might be a cold blooded killer but he is not suicidal. Doyle would gut him if he was stupid enough to hole up in one of his places. Is it wrong to hope he is that foolish?"
"Agent Grant Hoyt is a witness in a federal case we need him alive."Harper said. "It is not right to hope the mob kills him."
"Well then you had best hope he stays out of mob territory." Dean said. "I cannot see the Italians liking him in their area either. If only not to piss off Doyle it would cause a war if he was found being given sanctuary there."
Joey wanted to laugh at that. Doyle in might die quicker at the Italian's hands but only because Don Marco was not one to take chances and because he had absolutely no patience. He would never risk Hoyt getting a hold of Jane again. Doyle might play with Hoyt and make him suffer because he was not known to be forgiving and because he would want to make a point. Both men were not the kind to take attacks on their families lightly. So Hoyt would die. If Joey were a betting man he would say both were not hunting the bastard. Too bad the Don would not tell Janie the truth. She might sleep better. Joey could not and would not say that though. He had learned about the Don's relationship to Jane Rizzoli by accident and he would never tell anyone. It was not worth his life to spill that information and he did kind of owe the Don one for saving his life back when he was a kid. Plus he knew that it would mess Janie up to know her father had been a mobster and that her grandfather ruled the Italian Mob in Boston. It was stressful enough for her to know her best friend was the daughter of Paddy Doyle.
"Why is that Agent Grant?"
"Well the Don is old school. He tends to see all Italians as belonging to him. Rizzoli here is Italian from an old Boston family. Not to mention she is one of the highest ranking in the BPD. He might not like cops but as I said he is old school and does respect the good ones. Jane here is one of the best. Dean I think you are right on your assessment. Don Marco would kill Hoyt." Joey recalled how he had found out about Janie being the Don's Granddaughter. It had been back when he was only a boy. Janie had fallen and broken her arm. They had to do surgery to repair it and Jane had a very rare blood type. The hospital had been out of blood and the Rizzoli family had been in a panic. Joey had been staying over and so he had been sitting quietly in a corner when Frank and Angela got into an argument. Angela had wanted to call the Don so he could donate blood but Frank wanted nothing to do with the man. Joey had not understood that even now. Janie's arm had been badly hurt and she had lost a lot of blood. Without a transfusion she could have lost her arm or died. However in the end Angela had called the Don and he and several of his family had shown up and donated blood for Jane. The Don had spotted him and sworn him to silence. Joey had agreed because the Don had saved him from drowning when he was five. However he never forgot as that was the kind of information that could save your life one day.
"So the Italians don't share and the Irish are killers why would they care?" Harper asked.
Maura was annoyed at the description of Patrick. He was a bastard and a killer but he did have a code. She was slowly beginning to accept it even if she did not totally agree with him or his life. Her look was one of someone barely holding on to her patience.
"Doyle will likely get Hoyt for us." Cavanah said. He caught Maura's eye and said. "This time I'd have no problem with him dealing with Hoyt."
Maura nodded and Cavanah seemed to relax.
"I hardly think a mobster would care despite what you say Captain."
"Oh Doyle will care, the bastard kidnapped Rizzoli and Isles here and hurt them both badly." Joey Grant said. "Only a total idiot would dare harm Doyle's family."
Harper head shot up at that.
"Family Patrick Doyle does not have any family?"
"Dr. Isles here; is his only surviving child." Joey said "He also seems to have claimed Rizzoli here as she saved the good doctors life a time or two."
Jane reached out and smacked Joey that was so not Harper's business.
TBC….
