The next morning Jane came into the kitchen and smiled as she greeted her mother before she grabbed a mug out of the cabinet.

"Morning, Jane.", Angela said before she walked to the fridge. "Vince told me that you'd left earlier yesterday so you could join Maura and the kids in Somerville."

Jane poured herself a coffee and nodded. "Yeah, it was nice and the kids were like dead when we came home. And speaking of Maura ... Where is she?"

Angela closed the refrigerator door and pointed at the ceiling. "Upstairs in her yoga room."

Jane rolled her eyes as she poured a second cup with coffee. "Would you mind watching the kids five minutes longer?"

"If course not.", Angela replied.

Jane smiled and thanked her before she made her way upstairs. She pushed the door open and paused as she saw that her wife was stretching on the floor. "I swear to God everytime I see you like this my whole body hurts."

Maura didn't look at her. "In the bedroom you don't seem to mind my yoga skills."

Jane entered the room and sat down next to Maura and shoved the mug toward her. "Is something bothering you?"

Maura sat up and stretched. "No. Why do ask?"

Jane shrugged. "Because Ma is downstairs watching the kids."

Maura took the cup and sipped the hot liquid. "Angela offered to watch them. She said that I surely needed some time to myself and that I should do something I would enjoy. And I was in the mood for some yoga. That's all."

Jane nodded slowly and sipped her coffee. "Are you going to work today?"

Maura frowned confused. "Why wouldn't I?"

"Maybe you want to spend more time with Al and company."

Maura sighed and put the mug down. "As much as I would love to, I am still the Chief Medical Examiner of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and I have obligations, Jane. I can't stay away forever."

Jane nodded again and resisted the urge to grin. Janr felt horrible for being happy that Maura wasn't able to be a stay-at-home Mom, but she would never admit it especially not to her wife.

Maura looked at her and sipped her coffee. "Are you questioning those people that threatened Aaron today?"

Jane sighed heavily and looked into her already empty cup. "Yeah, but first we have to find them."

Maura raised her eyebrows and took a deep breath. "You'll get them."

Jane smiled sweetly. "You are so Pollyannaish."

Maura laughed and got slowly up. "I just believe in your skills."

Jane stood up too and followed her wife into their bedroom. She raised her eyebrows as Maura pulled her shirt over her head. "Are we going to practice other skills now, Maura?"

Maura turned around and looked at her wife, "Why are you so aroused those days?"

Jane's shoulders slumped and she looked frustrated.. "I don't know.", she whined.

Maura walked toward their bathroom. "I just want to take a shower but you can come with me."

Jane hesitated for a moment. "I don't want you to feel like you have to just because my sex drive is going crazy."

Maura turned her head toward Jane when she stopped at the door. "You can come with me or you can stand there and stare. Your decision, Jane."

Jane didn't needed to think twice and practically ran after her wife.

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Jane sat in the interrogation room and stared at a grey haired woman who looked to be about fifty-five. "Why did you threatened Aaron Jones, Miss Richmond?"

Harriett Richmond looked at Jane and drew her eyebrows together. "I don't know what you are talking about."

Korsak opened his notepad. "Several clients of Aaron Jones recognized you, your brother Michael and your son John from Aaron's studio."

The elder woman looked away. "That's impossible. We were at my studio."

Jane opened an file and raised her eyebrows. "That's interesting because everytime when Aaron got those unwelcomed visitors, your studio was closed."

"You can't know that.", Harriette hissed.

Jane nodded vehemently. "Oh yes, we can. Maybe we are not allowed to take a look at your client list as long as you don't allow it or we don't have a warrant for it. But we are allowed to stand in front of your shop and ask your clients questions as long as they haven't entered your studio. So we accidentally stood in front of a random esoteric shop and it happened to be yours. And we asked the people some questions and we had a lucky hit because some of them were your steady costumers.", she looked straight into Harriett's eyes. "And they told us that it was unusual for you to close at that time of the day. And it happened to be on those days when Aaron Jones got threatened. Every. single. day. Isn't that a odd coincidence?"

Harriette folded her hands and licked her lips. "Just because I'm a medium it doesn't mean that I don't need a break. I am just human like you."

Korsak looked over the rim of his glasses. "Why did you harass Aaron?"

Harriette rolled her eyes and groaned. "I didn't harass Aaron nor did I kill him."

"Did you get your son and brother to kill Aaron?" Jane wanted to know.

"No.", Harriette emphatically.

Jane slammed the photo of Pamela on the metal table. "Pamela dropped your services after you couldn't ... 'connect' with her dead son. But Aaron said he did connect with him."

Harriette just shrugged. "It's a free country."

"And I think losing clients to a person like Aaron is a strong motive for murder." Korsak replied.

Harriette took a deep breath and leaned forward. "Listen, maybe I didn't really like Aaron because he lied to those people who came to someone like me because they wanted to know if their loved ones were happy, where they are now, or they needed to know if they were in pain in the last minutes in this life. And the dead can talk through me."

Jane scrutinized her skeptically. "You know, I know a person who almost says the same thing. But she is an M.D. and speaks for the dead too. But she uses forensic science. And I'd rather believe in that because I love facts I can touch."

Korsak looked down at his notepad to hide his smile.

Harriette leaned back in her chair and crossed her arms over her chest. "Just because you don't believe in things that are supernatural, it doesn't mean that they don't exist, Detective."

Jane raised her eyebrows when she looked at Korsak. "I am very open-minded, but that doesn't convince me. What do you say, Sergeant?"

Korsak closed his notepad and pulled the corners of his mouth downward. "Me neither."

Jane slowly looked at Harriette and smiled slightly.

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Maura leaned over the newest body on the autopsy table and laughed amused. "You are open minded?"

Jane looked annoyed at her. "Yes, I am and it is nothing to be amused about."

Maura chuckled and waved as she looked up. "I'm sorry, Jane. It's just ... you don't even eat food you're not familiar with, or drink beer that's new to you. Shall I mention that you poured the new brand down the drain last night."

Jane gritted her teeth. "It was too sour."

Maura chuckled and pulled off her gloves. "Yesterday you told me it tasted to sweet."

Jane slumped her shoulders and growled low. "Whatever. Maura, don't tell me that you believe in shit like supernatural connections and blue plasma clouds that float in the hallway."

Maura looked at her and tilted her head with a small smile. "What would change if I did?"

Jane lowered her eyebrows. "I would still love you but I would have to insist on a divorce" she replied without having to think about it twice, and her wife chuckled. "Come on, you're a science geek and science geeks don't believe in supernatural stuff. Even you need to see, to feel, and to analyze evidence to believe what you have in front of you."

Maura sighed and walked to her laptop. "No, I don't believe in things like plasma clouds and séances, Jane. But I find it quiet interesting how people react like this when they have the hope of saying farewell to their loved ones."

"You're just saying that because you don't want a divorce." Jane stated skeptically.
"No.", Maura laughed. "I mean, no, I don't believe in the supernatural and, no,I don't want a divorce."

Jane grinned and nodded toward the female dead body. "What happened to her?"

Maura exhaled loudly as she looked over her shoulder at the woman. "She was a part of a tragic car accident in the Callahan tunnel. She was on her way to see her mother."

Jane scrutinized the face of the young woman. "She looks so young."

Maura nodded slowly. "She just turned nineteen."

Jane pressed her lips together. "What a shame."

Maura nodded agreeing. "Yeah, it is. I'm still waiting for the other bodies."

"How many cars were involved in this accident?" Jane wanted to know.

Maura took a clipboard and frowned. "Five as far as I know."

Jane looked at her wife. "And how many people died?"

Maura licked her lips. "Way too many."

"Maura," Jane said as she looked directly in her wife's eyes. "You have a look on your face that says there were children involved. Were there children involved?"

Maura looked up and sighed heavily. "I don't know whether any children got killed or not. But I know there were families involved."

Jane felt the urge to take Maura in for a hug but she knew better. "You call me if you need anything?"

Maura smiled and nodded. "Of course, Jane."

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Jane took Alexis to her bed and pulled the duvet over her daughter's body.
Alexis sighed and frowned. "Ma."

Jane smiled. "Yes, baby?"

"Why couldn't Mom put me to bed tonight?" her daughter wanted to know.

Jane raised her eyebrows in surprise. She had totally forgotten that tonight Maura usually put their kids to bed. "Mommy still had a lot work to do when I came home, Al. You know that sometimes Mom or me can't come home as early as we want. Or that we have to leave late at night and that Nonna has to look after you."

Alexis looked at her mother. " Why?"

Jane smiled a little as she ran a hand along Alexis' cheek. "Because that's our job, Al. Mom and I try to catch all the bad guys. That's what we do."

Alexis nestled deeper into her bed. "Are there still a lot of bad guys in Boston?"

Jane nodded slowly. "Sadly, yes. But you don't have to be afraid, Al. I make sure that we are safe."

"I know.", Alexis as she was about to drift into sleep.

Jane smiled and kissed her forehead. "Good. Now close your eyes and sleep, baby girl. I promise that when you wake up Mommy will be here."

Alexis sighed and smiled content.

Jane smiled too and stood up.

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Maura sneaked into her bedroom and made a face as the door creaked a little. She walked carefully to the closet and changed into her pajamas as fast as possible. She would love nothing more than to lay down on the mattress and sleep through without being disturbed. Maura laid down on her side and carefully kissed Jane's cheek. This would have to do for now.

Jane stirred and frowned. "What time is it?", she asked with a sleepy voice.

Maura hated herself for waking Jane. "A bit after two. I didn't mean to wake you."

Jane turned on her right side but didn't open her eyes. "I was just resting my eyes. I wasn't sleeping."

"You were snoring." Maura chuckled.

Jane wrinkled her nose. "I don't snore."

Maura nodded slowly and ran a hand over Jane's cheek. "Oh, yes, you do. Especially when you are in the slow-wave sleep."

Jane's eyes shot open but they were still cloudy. "Okay, I was asleep, you're right. So no Google now please."

Maura chuckled and kissed her wife's lips. "Okay."

Jane pulled Maura closer and wrapped her arms tightly around her wife. She sighed content and smiled as she closed her eyes. "This is so much better now."

Maura nestled her nose against Jane's throat and nodded. "Yes, it is.", she agreed.