Sorry, took a bit longer than I though it would to get this out. Still not that bad though. Anyways, here is the chapter 8. I hope it answers some questions, and as always, Enjoy!


Maura's POV:

"Jane honey, did you hear me?" I ask into the phone, slightly panicking when I don't get a response. I can hear voices in the background, one of which is Jane's, but I can't make out what she's saying. That is until she starts yelling.

"What the fuck do you think your doing?!" She yells, followed by Angela's voice I believe.

"Jane watch your mouth." Is Lucas there? Who's at the door? I turn to Francine, the new M.E. I'm supposed to be training, panic written all over my face. "Maura are you okay?" She asks concerned.

"No I don't think so. My wife just called, that's who I've been talking to, and then someone showed up at our house, someone she's yelling at. I can't get her to respond to me and I'm sort of freaking out. I need to leave and sort all of this out." I say as I grab my purse.

"Yes of course go! I'll be fine here." She says and I smile at her. This is the first time that I actually have positive feelings towards her. I rush out of the morgue and towards the elevator, getting impatient waiting, and decide to take the stairs. I try Jane's phone again but it goes straight to voice mail. I'm truly panicking now. I make it to the main floor and practically run out of the station and straight for my rental car, dialing Jane's number again.


Jane's POV:

"What are you doing here?" I ask the woman standing in front of me.

"I came here to see Maura. Is she in? She hasn't been returning my calls for the past week. I really need to speak to her." She says.

"Um no she's not here and I'd appreciate it if you didn't come to my house unannounced trying to see my wife." I say defensively, folding my arms over my chest.

"Well it's not just your house, it's Maura's too, and she knows I'm coming, so if you'll excuse me I'll just go wait for her over there." She says, pointing to my living room before attempting to walk right past me.

"What the fuck do you think you're doing?!" I yell at her, grabbing her arm so she can't get past me.

"Jane watch your mouth." My mother scolds and I instantly remember that my 2 1/2 year old is still home. Claire rips her hand away from me, hitting my phone in the process and sending it crashing to the ground, shattering the screen. I glare up at her and for a moment I can see fear in her eyes before she masks it. It's too late though, I've already seen what I needed.

"You're going to regret that." I say menacingly, and she visibly gulps, slowly backing towards the door. "You know what, I think I'll just call her later." she says before hightailing it right out the front door. I contemplate chasing after her but think better of it. Instead I reach down and pick up my now broken phone and sigh.

"Janie, who was that?" Ma asks me with concern. I turn to her and give her an apologetic smile. "That was an old fling of Maura's, Claire. We had an episode with her years ago, just after we got married actually. She assaulted Maura and I had her arrested. I guess she's back to start some shit." I say and Ma frowns at me.

"Jane, language. Lucas is right upstairs, watch what you say." She scolds me and I glare at her momentarily. The house phone starts ringing and I rush towards it, not surprised when I see that it's Maura.

"Hello?"

"Jane thank god! What the hell is going on? You stopped talking to me then I heard you yelling at someone and then the line went dead. I tried your phone several times but it went straight to voice mail. Are you guys okay?" She asks in quick succession, not giving me the chance to answer her questions.

"Yes baby we're fine. Just had a visitor that I wasn't too fond of." I say, an angry tone to my voice. "Was is Claire?" Maura asks in a soft voice.

"Yup. She came to the door looking for you. She said you were expecting her." I say, leaving it open for Maura to respond to that tidbit of information.

"What all did she say Jane?" She asks me, and I can tell that she's slightly worried. For a second I feel as if maybe Claire was correct in what she said but then I remember that Maura is an honest woman who loves me very much and wouldn't do anything to jeopardize our marriage. I just can't help the jealous wife part of me coming out though.

"She said that you haven't been answering her calls this past week and that she needed to talk to you. She actually tried to get past me and wait for you in the living room, but I stopped her by grabbing her arm. She freaked out and whipped her arm away from me, knocking my phone out of my hand. It landed on the floor and shattered. That's why you couldn't call me back because it's broken now."

"Oh god Jane I'm so sorry. I promise you I have not talked to her since she attacked me all those years ago." Maura said frantically.

"I know you didn't Maur. I honestly think that she's upset about being arrested and made a fool of. She must be trying to split us apart as some sort of payback or something." I say, trying to let Maura know that I'm not upset with her.

"She's not still there is she?" Maura asks. "No, when she knocked my phone down I glared at her and scared her into leaving. She said she'd call you later, then hightailed it out the front door." I say, chuckling slightly at the memory.

"Jane, I'm coming home. I don't want to be away from this anymore. If Claire is going to try and start problems then I want to be there with you." Maura says insistently.

"No Maur, you're fine, I got this. She's a small fish babe, and she won't last long." I say, not fretting this Claire woman's presence at all.

"No Jane you don't understand. Claire's family has connections. I'm assuming she used these to get the Governor to say what he did about the phone calls. If she want's to mess with us she very well can. I must contact mother and see if she can't get a hold of Claire's mother, see if they can't put a stop to this."

"No Maura, maybe you don't understand. I'm not afraid of this dumb bimbo. I'm Boston's finest detective. I will handle this woman and get her to leave us alone or she'll seriously regret it. Just stay in New York and finish your job. We wouldn't want this whole week to be a complete waste." I say to her.

"But Jane-" Maura starts but I cut her off.

"No Maura, stay in New York. I promise you I'm capable of handling this. You don't need to worry about anything but finishing your job. Claire won't be a problem." I say with finality. Maura is silent on the other line for a bit too long for comfort. "Maur?" I ask, wanting to know she heard me.

"Jane, do you not want me to come home?" She asks in a very small voice that I have trouble hearing her.

"What? Of course not." I say a bit to quickly, and my voice goes up an octave.

"You're lying to me. Why don't you want me to come back Jane?" I can tell she's very hurt by the tone of her voice. I feel like a horrible wife for making her feel this way. I sigh deeply before responding.

"It's not that I don't want you to come home, its that I need you to finish your job so all of this wasn't for nothing. I also want to handle this Claire situation myself. She's trying to pin us against each other so we need to not let her do that anymore." I say, but she stays silent on the other end.

"Believe me when I say that I physically ache for you to be back home Maur. I want to hold you in my arms and fall asleep. I want to wake up to your beautiful face instead of your side of the bed being empty. Please don't think that I don't want you here, because I do." I say sincerely. I hear Maura sigh on the other end of the line.

"Okay." She responds.

"I'll get Claire for us Maur. I'll make her stop her stupid little tirade so we can be left in piece. You just finish your job and come home to us. We need you, Lucas and I. I'm a good parent but I'm not his mommy. He asks about you everyday without fail. That boy loves you. And so do I. We need our rock back, but not till you finish and make sure that you keep your job." I say to her.

"Okay Jane, I'll stay, and I'll let you handle Claire, but I'm not happy about this." Maura says to me, and I can tell by her tone that she isn't happy. I'm glad she's going to let me handle this though. "Thank you baby. And I'm sorry about earlier and you not being able to get a hold of me."

"It's fine Jane. I know what's going on now. Is Lucas by you? I want to talk to him." She says, changing the subject which I'm grateful for. "Um hold on a sec, he's upstairs." I say before making my way up there. I find him in his room playing with his cars. "Luke buddy, mommy's on the phone. She wants to talk to you." I say sweetly, handing him the phone. He smiles cheekily and takes the phone from me.

"Hi mommy!" He says excitedly into the phone. I smile happily and make my way out, across the hall to my room and lay down on the bed. Already this day is exhausting and it hasn't even really started.


Maura's POV:

"Hi mommy!" Lucas says excitedly into the phone. I smile wide upon hearing his beautiful voice. "Hi baby, how are you?"

"Good, playin with cars." He says and I chuckle.

"Oh are you having fun?" I ask him, hearing him crashing his cars in the background as he plays with them.

"Yup."

"Well good I'm glad. Are you having fun with mama?"

"Yea, we made pancakes!" He says excitedly. I know how much my little man loves pancakes. I can just picture him sitting on the counter while Jane mixes the batter, letting him add an ingredient here and there. The thought makes me smile wider.

"Oh were they yummy?" I ask him, already knowing what he's going to say.

"Duh mommy, you know dis." He says, making me chuckle.

"Of course baby, how could I forget? When I get back you and mama should make me some okay?"

"Okay mommy!" I knew that would make him happy.

"When you comin back mommy? I miss you." He says, suddenly taking on a serious tone. The sound breaks my heart.

"Soon baby, just one more week and I'll be home." I say to him sweetly.

"Seven more sleeps." He says accurately, which surprises me.

"How did you know that baby?" I ask him.

"Mama told me." He said casually, and I can hear his cars crashing together in the background again.

"Well mama is right. I'll be home after 7 more sleeps and then we can watch Cars together." I say happily, excited about spending time with my son.

"Okay mommy." Luke says cheerfully into the phone. He absolutely loves that movie, and we always watch it together when I'm home.

"Hey buddy, you done talking to mommy?" I hear Jane ask him followed by rustling of the phone. "Well say goodbye to her first bud."

"Bye mommy." Luke says into the phone. "Bye baby, I love you."

"Love you too mommy." More rustling and then my beautiful wife's voice. "Hey." She says. "How's he doing?" I ask, concerned mother coming out full force. I hear Jane chuckle at me and I frown, even though she can't see me. "Why are you laughing?"

"It's just you've asked that like a thousand times and I keep telling you he's fine. You're always so worried Maur. Relax, I've got this. I am a good mother you know." She says, but she doesn't sound mad or offended so she must be teasing me.

"Of course I know you're a good mother Jane, I just can't help but worry about him, he's my baby." I say sadly, suddenly missing him even more than I was before, if that's even possible. My hand suddenly comes to rest on my stomach, caressing my unborn child. A smile creeps upon my face at the thought of two children running around the house instead of just Lucas.

"And I have not asked a thousand time Jane. That would take much longer for me to do." She starts chuckling again and I huff out in annoyance. "Sorry Maur, you're just so damn cute sometimes." She's still chuckling lightly, but her words make me smile.

"Well thank you then, for the compliment."

"No thank you, for being so cute. And I know you didn't ask a thousand times Maur, it's just an expression. I want you to know that Lucas and I are good and we love you. We're waiting patiently for you to come home so we can be together again." A lone tears makes it way down my face after she says this. I miss my family so much, and it's only been a week.

"I love you both too, very dearly. I do need to go now though Jane. I left work early so I need to make a phone call." I say, wiping the tear away from my cheek.

"Oh okay. Um well call us later on the iPad so we can see your beautiful face. I love you Maur." Jane says, and I can tell she doesn't want to end the phone call. I don't either but I have things I need to do. "I will honey, same time as usual. Give Lucas a kiss for me. And I love you too Jane." I say sweetly.

"Bye Maur."

"Bye Jane."

I hang the phone up and rest my head back against the headrest of my rental car. I take a few deep breathes before dialing a number I really don't want to.


Jane's POV:

"Alright mister, I'm going to go downstairs and talk to Nona. You stay here and play with your cars for a little bit longer okay?" I say to my son, ruffling his hair. He looks up at me and smiles. "Okay mama." I smile back and start to make my way out of his room, down the stairs and into the kitchen where my mother is sitting with cup of coffee, waiting for me no doubt. I get a cup of my own before joining her at the table.

"So do you care to explain what is going on?" She asks, always straight to the point. I sigh in frustration and take a long sip of my hot drink. The soothing liquid runs down my throat, burning slightly, helping me to relax. I look up at her as I set my cup down on the table.

"That was Claire, she used to be involved with Maura way back when. Four years ago after Maura and I were first married she ran into her at a coffee shop. The two started talking and Maura invited her over to our house. I came home that night and saw them together talking, not knowing who this woman was. I didn't find out until the next day that they had dated in the past. I kinda flipped out on Maura for that, and also the fact that she had kinda ignored me the night before. Either way I left the house, only to come back later to find Claire assaulting Maura in our bed." Ma's eyes about bug out of her head at this, but right before she speaks I cut her off.

"Not like you think. She didn't rape Maura or anything, but she did bruise her and kiss her without permission, biting her lip and busting it open. She also freaked her out really bad. I guess Claire had an ulterior motive in wanting to get Maura back, but Maura didn't want it so she forced herself on her. I walked in just in time and knocked her ass out, cuffing her and sending her to jail. My guess is she's back for vengeance and messing with Maura and I." I say, sighing at finally getting that all out. Maura and I had decided to keep it between us but I can't very well keep that up now that Ma saw what happened earlier.

"Wow Jane that's quite the story. How come you never told me about that?" She asks, somewhat glaring at me. I can't really tell if she's mad or just concerned.

"Well we didn't want to worry anyone. Plus Maura was a little embarrassed so we just kept it between us, and Korsak and Frost because they came and arrested her." I take another sip of my coffee and wait for Ma to add her two cents.

"Well I wish you would have told me but I can respect Maura's wishes to have kept it a secret."

"What about me? If I was the one who wanted it kept a secret you would have been upset?" I ask, annoyed that she would even say that.

"You're my daughter."

"Maura's your daughter too Ma, remember? I can't believe you just said that." Now I'm upset and Ma can tell.

"Now Jane I didn't mean it like that." Ma tries to defend herself.

"Then what did you mean?"

"If anything Jane that situation was worse for you. I said I respected Maura's decision to keep it from me but if it was you I wouldn't have. That shows I love Maura." She really isn't helping her case right now. I want to say more, to snap at her and make her know that I'm upset, but I have to get to work, and I don't want my mother upset while she watches my son.

"I have to get to work. I'm going to be say goodbye to Lucas." I say before getting up and setting my cup in the sink and heading back upstairs. Lucas is still playing with his cars, but there is a significantly larger mess one his floor than when I left earlier. I chuckle, boys will be boys.

"Hey buddy, I gotta go to work now okay." I say, kneeling down next to him. He sets his cars down and stands up, giving me a hug, "Bye mama." He says. I pull back and kiss his forehead. "Bye buddy, I love you."

"Love you too."

"Nona's downstairs okay. She'll be up in a minute to check on you. Be a good boy for her okay?" I say as I stand.

"Okay mama." He says, not taking his eyes off his cars that he's playing with again. I walk back out, glancing at him one more time before heading to my room. I grab my gun out of the safe, clip it and my badge to my belt and head for the stairs. Ma is at the sink doing the dishes when I get to the kitchen.

"Thank you for doing those." I say, feeling bad for my behavior earlier.

"It's not a problem honey. Your wife's away, I don't expect anything to get done." She says, and I'm about to snap at her when I see her playful smile; she's teasing me. "Ha ha very funny Ma." I say, giving her a small hug and kiss on the cheek. "I'll have dinner ready when you get home." She says to me as I make my way to the back door, grabbing my keys off the hook. "Thanks Ma, love you." I say before heading out the door, not really wanting to go to work.