Thieves Without Honor

Break Down

"I like that, you're so cool." Julia said to her son, dry cleaning in hand, with Luna trailing behind them. "You're looking good, right?" Only to come to a stop in shock when they spotted Horatio across from them, with his sunglasses in place, and hands on his hips.

"Could we have a minute, kids?" He slowly removed his sunglasses to look at Julia.

"Um, take these with you," She handed the dry cleaning down to Kyle, still shocked to see Horatio wasn't in Brazil, "Go ahead sweeties, I'll see you in a second." She sent them off with a nod, before turning to Horatio.

"I guess you weren't expecting to see me again, huh?" He approached her.

"No." She admitted. "But Horatio, I didn't want you to die. I thought you'd have a better chance in Brazil than here against Ron Saris." She needed him to understand, she didn't send him away for the sake to get him out of her life, but she didn't want to see Ron hurt, or kill, him.

"So, I take it that's his dry cleaning."

"He's living with us now. Whatever Ron is, or isn't-"

"He's a killer," He interrupted dryly.

"He got me my children back,"

"Yes, but he killed Kathleen Newberry to do it."

"I had nothing to do with that." Julia protested. "The one witness who saw what Kyle did is gone. Can't you just let this go?" She pleaded with him slightly.

"One of my CSI's is missing,"

"And you think Ron had something to do with-"

"It was a rode side abduction, that's his signature."

"Oh my god," Julia whispered to herself in disbelief.

"If you stay with this man, you and the children are going to die." He swallowed hard at that thought.

Julia glared into his baby blue eyes for a moment, before storming off to her kids. Julia and Kyle looked back at Horatio for a few seconds before they walked off.

Luna hesitated, glancing between Horatio and Julia, looking as if she was debating something. She sighed slumping forward and followed Julia back to the car, not seeing Horatio's concerned look being thrown her way.

~10~

"I'll say hi to your children for you." Ron smirked at Horatio while getting up from his seat in the interrogation room he had been brought in for some CSI's disappearance.

"You do that." The look in Horatio's eyes promised hell if Ron laid one hand to Julia or the children.

"Ouch," Ron covered his eye in mock pain from where he had slammed his head on the table to accuse Horatio of beating him up, if he wasn't released, as he left the room.

Horatio placed his hands on his hips, irritated with the situation at hand. Ron couldn't be charged with Kathleen's murder, and he was living with his family putting their lives at risk every time he walked through the front door.

~10~

Luna was currently at her desk with papers everywhere, trying to figure out how she was going to keep the business afloat. After the fiasco with the client and Horatio, many clients heard about her squealing and her contracts were pulling out.

She also had to deal with this whole problem with Jane Doe. She knew her lover was lying to her yesterday. Jane Doe never lied to her. She didn't know what was happening but that sick feeling in her stomach hasn't gone away since Jane came home.

Just as that thought passed, the door opened and Jane came in looking like she wanted to be sick. She stopped in shock when she realized Luna was in the room with her.

"Oh... I thought you had gone back to the warehouse to sort everything out?" She nervously shifted on her feet.

"I did. But I finished sorting out the paperwork, so here I am." Jane started inching out of the room.

"I'll just... leave you to it," She turned around to leave.

"Jane," Luna snapped. She slowly turned around to face her. "Sit down." Luna commanded pointing to their bed. Jane obediently sat down on the bed, wringing her hands together like some child being sent to the principle's office. Luna crouched in front of her, leaving no escape route for her.

"Look at me," She requested softly, waiting until Jane was looking at her before continuing on. The quicker they get to the bottom of her behavior, the quicker they can get on with their lives. "What happened when you left the house yesterday?"

"Nothing. Really it was nothi-"

"Stop lying to me!" Luna hated to have to be harsh and firm with her, but she's run out of options. "Jane, I love you, so much darling, but you're a shitty liar. You always have been," She reached up caressing Jane's face. "It's one of the things I love about you most."

She tried to hide the tears as she pulled away from Luna's hand, looking away, praying for this conversation to be cut to a swift end.

"That's it. Right there. That's what I'm talking about Jane! Why do you keep pulling away from me?!" She took her hands planting them firmly on Jane's shoulders, determined to get the truth out of her.

"Because you always have to know everything, don't you Luna! There's no such thing as privacy around you and I'm sick of it!" Jane roughly pushed Luna off her and stood up looking right in her eyes. "You always have to be the one that's right, the one who makes decisions! Damn my opinion, you know what's best! You never ask me anything! I want to be heard Luna! You just go off and plan everything expecting me to just sit around waiting for you to tell me what to do! Not anymore, Luna, no more." Jane lowered her voice to a whisper, feeling completely drained after her outburst.

"Jane, I didn't mean to-," Luna managed to choke out before the door was ripped open, Julia stepping in.

"What is going on here?" Only for Jane to turn and run out the door, with tears streaming down her face. Julia looked back over to Luna with a raised eyebrow. "What was that about?"

Luna couldn't be bothered to give her an answer. Had she really just left Jane hanging like that? But... I thought she was happy. How did this go wrong? Luna stumbled over to her bed, collapsing on it. She didn't realize what had just happened. She felt numb all around. She didn't feel Julia sit down next to her, or the arm that her mother wrapped around her.

"Luna? Are you okay?"

Luna looked up at her mother. The one responsible for letting her and Kyle getting sucked into an orphanage. She wanted to hate her so bad, but she couldn't. If Julia hadn't left her and Kyle, she would have never met Jane in the first place. That alone redeemed herself as a mother. Then she had her assistant bribe Kathleen to leave town so Kyle couldn't be tried. Luna was planning on doing the same thing actually.

"Yeah," She lied. "I guess we just need a little space. I'm fine really."

"If you're sure," She stood up giving her a kiss on her forehead before making her way to the door. "I'll be downstairs if you need me." She gave Luna one more look before closing the door behind her.

Luna sighed, thinking it would be best to just retire for the night. She walked into the bathroom stripping off her clothes after turning on the shower. She climbed into the shower, wincing as the hot water cascaded down her back. She and Jane had never had a fight before, she never realized she was slowly crushing Jane to her bidding. The weight of Jane's words came rushing back to her in waves.

You always have to be right!

My opinion be damned!

No privacy around you!

I want to be heard!

Not anymore Luna!

Luna let her body fall against the wall of the shower slowly sliding down until she was in a sitting position. She curled her legs under herself resting her arms on her sharply bent knees. Letting the tears run down her face. She couldn't remember the last time she had cried. She always had to be brave, either for Kyle or Jane, but here she could break down in piece.

Forgive me, il mio tesoro.

A/N: What! Luna and Jane fighting? That's unheard of. What's going to happen to their relationship? Who knows. I can say the next chapter might make you hate me a little. Just so you're prepared. Chapters might be coming out a bit more slowly then usual, I'm a bit behind on them so be aware.

I can't believe we're halfway through this story! Thank you guys for your reviews and adding it to your favorites. It means the world to me!

MsBitaboo