Jane's POV

It had been almost a week since Liz and Jon Luke went back to D.C. The task force had set up in the house for sale that was across the street. Liz did take the time out of her day to skype or facetime with Maura or me on most days. We were tiptoeing around my mother so that she wouldn't ask questions yet. Liz was very busy and couldn't disclose much about her investigation which was frustrating that I couldn't help her. We finally caught a case on Thursday.

My phone rang "Rizzoli" I answer. Maura's phone buzzed soon after. "Isles." She hums out.

"We will be right there." I say.

"I'll be there soon. Thank you." Maura says calmly.

I grab my keys and my jacket then wait for Maura to walk out the door. Maura and I were called to the scene where a teenage girl was on the ground with her arms folded across her stomach. It was such an odd scene. This girl in a yellow flowered sundress was posed so carefully.

"Any idea what happened?" I ask to my partner.

"No, a jogger on his way home found her and called it in. Uniforms are checking him out now." Korsak states while nodding his head towards the man. "Do we have a cause of death, Dr. Isles?" He asks.

Maura looks up to him nodding her head "Yes, a severed a jugular vein. The killer would have had to watch her bleed out." Maura follows her finger around the deep gash in the victims' neck.

"Time of death?" I ask my wife.

"Around three this morning, rigor has set in. But I can't be certain until I confirm in the lab. Also she seems to have been moved. There is a lack of blood on the ground for this to be the place she was killed. She also has several puncture wounds from an object around six inches long and an inch and a half wide with a hilt." Maura says to us.

"So a knife?" I interrupt her.

"I can't conclusively say that until I confirm it at the lab. But a knife would be consistent with the wounds structure." Maura says coyly at me then lifts her hand for help up.

I help her up. She brushes off her knees. Maura had the body released back to her lab. We drive back to the station in silence. I head to the bull pen and try to piece together anything that I can find.

"Korsak, do we have anything to go on?"

"The jogger was cleared. I have Nina and Frankie going over surveillance video from last night. We will figure out, Jane." He says to me with a kindness in his voice.

I knew he was right. We always figure it out. I started to rub my scars. It was a force of habit when I am stressed.

"I'm going to go check with Maur, and see if she has ID'd the victim." I say to him

He just nods his head in understanding and lets me go down to her. I get into the elevator and press the button to the basement. I know this case isn't any different than others I have worked. But this little girl was murdered and now laying on Maura's autopsy table. I just kept thinking what if that had been Liz. She was so young when her parents were murdered. He could have killed her too. I can feel myself getting hot with anger. I tried to calm myself down before exiting the elevator. When the doors came open I let out a deep sigh and walk into the lab.

"Hey, do we have an ID?" I say to Maura.

I hear Maura sniffle. "Kent is running her prints and labs now. We should have something in a few minutes." She whispers out.

I walk over to her and put my arms around her. "Maur, baby, what's wrong?"

"Nothing." She says to me.

"It is not nothing." I come back at her.

"Jane that is a double negative" she sighs out. "Why did you come walking in here angrily?"

"I… I…" I stutter my answer. "I didn't know that I had."

"Jane. We both know you did." She states very matter of fact. "Is it because of this young woman on my table?"

Maura turns to face me. Her face was red from crying it seemed. Maura wipes her eyes again.

"Because Jane, that is why I'm angry. This girl will never know what is to graduate from high school or college. She will never know the joys of bringing home her fiancée to her family. She will never have a child or grandchildren. Whoever did this took that away from her. She could have been any other girl." Maura was beginning to cry again and got choked up on her words. "She could have been our girl."

"Maur…" I trailed off as I took her into my arms. "I know, I know. That is why I was upset too. But it isn't our girl. So let's do what we do best and find her killer and bring her justice. Okay?"

Maura nods her head and wipes her eyes off. I pull her in for a hug. Kent comes bursting through the lab doors.

"Oh sorry, not trying to interrupt." He turns on his heels as he sees us.

"No, no Kent you aren't interrupting. Did you find anything?" Maura prods.

"Ah, yes. The victim's name is Deana Vincent. I also found trace amounts of chloroform in her system."

"Thank you Kent." Maura says. "That matches with my autopsy results as well. She was raped. I found no foreign DNA inside her. But I did find what appears to be skin under her fingernails. Could you please run it?" She asks Kent handing him the scrapings.

"Of course Dr. Isles." Kent grabs the tray the scrapings were in. Kent proceeds to walk out.

"Maura, that's great news we have an ID. I will go and try to find out her parents so we can call them. I love you." I say before kissing my wife.

"I love you too. I'll see you later." She calls at me as I walk out the door. I nod my head in agreement before getting to the elevator.

I catch the team up speed with our victim's name. Nina runs her name and finds out she was an honor student at a local high school. Korsak and Frankie go and get her parents. They were beside themselves with sadness and frustration. Her parents offer up some names of past boyfriends that could have had a grudge against her. We thanked them for their time and offered our condolences before having a uniform escort them out. Frankie, Korsak, and I each take a boyfriend and try to get some answers. None of them have anything worthwhile to give us. I sit at my desk feeling frustrated that we still had nothing to go on. I hear the familiar sound of heels clicking against the floor and look up to see Maura coming towards us.

"It was skin under her nails. I can tell you that it is from a white male. Also I ran further tests on her blood work. There were high amounts of methylenedioxy-methylamphetamine in her system." Maura says.

"English Maur?" I say to her.

"MDMA." She tries again.

"Which is also known as?" Frankie asks.

"Ecstasy. I worked with it a lot in Chicago." Nina chimes in.

"X? How did she get a hold of that?" Korsak rubs his chin.

It was late when we all decide to go home. We had spent the latter half of the day trying to find out where to get Ecstasy in Boston. I head down to the basement to wait on Maura to finish up. I wait in her office. As I was waiting I got a facetime call from Liz.

"Hey, how are you?" Liz asks me.

"I've been better. We got a tough case today. Maura is finishing up in the lab now. How are you guys?" I ask her.

"Well, we are actually on our way back to Boston." Liz turns her phone to show Jon Luke driving.

"Hello, Jane." He says to me.

"Hi, Jon Luke. That is great when do you think you will be here? Has there been any updates on Fred?" I try to get some answers out of her.

"We will be there by tomorrow morning. There hasn't been any on our end. However we have had some luck with the correspondence letters between him and Hoyt. Hi Maura." Liz says.

"Hello Liz. How are you darling?" Maura says to her.

"I'm doing well. I hope you are too." Liz says to Maura.

"I'm doing better now. You're driving. Can we expect you here soon?" Maura asks Liz.

"They will be here in the morning, babe." I interject.

"That is good news. Any updates on your end?" Maura asks.

"Some, yes. Can we have dinner tomorrow evening?" Liz asks us.

"Yeah, of course." I say.

"I know a great French spot on the river. Or you two can come over to our home again?" Maura says excitedly.

"Actually, we were hoping the two of you would come to our home for dinner?" Jon Luke says while Liz turns the phone to face him. She flips the camera back around to her.

"Yes, we thought it would be less intrusive to your family." Liz says.

"How is that? We would have to tell them we were having dinner with Feds." I laugh out.

"Well, actually just your new neighbors. Jon Luke and I bought the home across the street. It is easier for us to lead the task force if we don't have to worry about another buyer. So the home is ours even after the case is over." Liz states.

"Hmm, it seems you thought of everything. Dinner at your home would be fantastic." Maura speaks out.

"Great! We will see you then. Please be safe. I hope you catch a break on your case." Liz says to us.

"Alright sounds good. You two be safe on your trip. Me too kiddo. Me too. See you tomorrow. Bye." I say.

"Bye. Be safe." Maura says

"Bye." Jon Luke and Liz say together.

Maura grabs my shoulder. I reach up and take her hand into mine. I kiss her hand and sigh. She leans down and kisses the top of my head. Maura motions with her head to come on. I stand up and grab my things. We head out to her car. She drove us home. Once we get home we have a late dinner. It was nice just to have a meal together after a long day. We sat down on the couch to watch some late night talk show. Maura and I end up going to bed shortly after the show ended. We had both pushed ourselves pretty hard today.

I woke up around two a.m. after hearing a noise downstairs. I grab my gun and search the upstairs to ensure no one was up there in our home. Maura heard me walking around and came to the doorway of our bedroom.

"What are you doing?" She yawns out.

"I heard a noise. Get back in the room. I'll come right back." I order her.

Maura almost snapped awake in that moment and nodded in understanding. She went back into the room and shut the door. I lower my gun at an angle that is easier to tread down the stairs. I slowly edge around the corner. I had my gun ready.

"Freeze" I shout to the intruder. "Turn around."

The intruder squeals and does as ordered. I turn on the light switch.

"Janey, why are you pointing a gun at me?" Ma asks me.

"Ma? What are you doing up at two in the morning?" I come back at her.

"I couldn't sleep. So I was making myself a snack and going to head back over to my place. I apologize if I made too much noise." Ma says to me.

"Jane? Jane is everything okay?" Maura asks from the top of the stairs.

"Yeah, it's just Ma." I holler back at her. Maura sighs and heads down the stairs.

"Good morning Angela." Maura says.

"Uh I guess. You didn't just have a gun pointed at your head though. Want some apples and peanut butter?" Ma says to her.

"That would be lovely Angela, thank you." Maura smiles at her and takes a piece of apple.

"What has gotten into the two of you? You have both been jumpy and irritable all week." Ma spits out.

"I haven't been sleeping well with our new neighbors moving in. Also we got a tough case yesterday." I say to her. "I'm sorry if I've been taking it out on you." I steal a piece of apple from her plate.

Maura nods in agreement. She walks by my mother and puts her had on her arm as she scoots past her. Maura gets a glass of water. She drinks half of it before offering me the glass to drink. I took it from her and took a small sip.

"It's alright girls. I just was worried you two were fighting or something. It's late I'm going to go off to bed. You need to get some sleep too. Now go to bed." Ma orders at us.

"You got it. I'll take her right up to bed. Goodnight Angela." Maura says with a smile.

"Go to sleep. No funny business. Night girls." Ma points at us.

"Goodnight Ma. I love you." I say as I lock the door behind her.

I go over and kiss my wife. She smiles sweetly at me.

"Let's go back to bed my love." Maura says to me.

She waited on me to check all the downstairs doors; before we both head back up to our room. We snuggle back down into one another and fall asleep quickly.