Chapter 10

The doctor came in about an hour later to talk with Jane. "So Detective Rizzoli how are you feeling?"

"Well let's see." She held up her hands. "I have matching holes in my hands, a splitting headache, my ribs are killing me and I have this cute little cut on my neck. Just what a girls needs, a bunch of scars."

"So tell me how you really feel?" The doctor laughed as he read her chart. "We'll probably be able to release you sometime tomorrow but you're going to have to take it easy for the next week or so."

"Define what you mean by 'take it easy'. Are you saying I can't go back to work for a week?" Jane asked already knowing what the answer was and not liking it.

"At least a week, maybe more. It depends on how fast you heal. Can you even hold on to anything?" He reached for the TV remote and handed it to Jane and she promptly dropped it. "How would you be able to hold your gun?"

"Ok point taken. But if I take it easy I can go back before a week right?" She laid her head back in frustration.

"I don't expect you to be back any earlier than a week. Then you can go back once I'm convinced you are fit for duty and if you don't take it easy it will take longer to heal. So it would be in your best interest to take it easy."

"I can help her with that." They both turned towards the door and saw Maura standing there. "I've taken the next week off to take care of her."

"You did that for me?" Jane asked in a whisper and Maura nodded her head.

"Well then Dr. Isles I trust that you will be able to keep her from doing too much too soon. She needs time to heal. She wants to go back to work but I told her she couldn't." The doctor was looking between the two women.

"Well of course you can't go back to work Jane. You'd be useless."

"Don't sugarcoat it Maura tell me the truth."

"Think about all the things you need your hands for Jane." She saw the look on Jane's face and she knew exactly what she was thinking and she actually blushed in front of the doctor. "At work Jane."

"Well I need them for that too you know."

"That would be my signal that it's time for me to leave the room. Jane just take it easy. You need to make an appointment to come in next week for a follow up checkup and I will take out your stitches and determine then if you can go back to work. I'll stop by again tomorrow for one last check on you and sign the paperwork."

"Thank you doctor."

"Just behave."

"Like that's ever going to happen." Jane looked around the doctor and saw Korsak standing in the hallway.

"I can behave when I want to or in this case when I have to. I guess I owe you a thank you for saving my life."

"Nah I was just covering my partner's back. No thanks needed. How ya feeling Janey?"

"How many times have I told you not to call me Janey? But I guess as long as you saved my life I'll let you this time." Jane smiled up at her old partner. She really missed working with him.

"You still didn't answer my question, how are you feeling?"

"Well let's do an inventory shall we?" She held up her hands. "Two holes that shouldn't be there." She pointed to her head as best as she could with wrapped hands. "I have a headache like I've never had before." She turned her hand towards her midsection. "I have four broken ribs that make breathing difficult. And there are various bumps and bruises that shouldn't be there but hey I'm alive right?"

"Next time I don't care what you say, I'm following you."

"There better not be a next time where she takes off on her own. Right?" Maura turned to Jane for confirmation.

"Not if I can help it, there will not be a repeat performance of this. This hurts too much. And I can't come back to work for at least a week." She complained to Korsak.

"Well you got the Doc here to take care of you. That should make it a little easier right?"

Jane smiled up at Maura. "Yeah she's taking the week off to help me out. Maybe I won't want to come back after all." Just then Frost walked around the corner and into her room. She looked at him before he had a chance to say anything. "Thank you for saving my life, I hurt where no one should hurt, I should be getting out of here tomorrow and I don't plan on doing this again in this lifetime." She looked up at Maura. "Did I miss anything?"

"No I think you covered everything."

Frost stood there with his mouth hanging open not knowing what to say or do. "Frost close your mouth your collecting flies." Korsak loved picking on Frost every chance he got.

"What is it you do not like about me Korsak? The fact that I'm not a rough and tough cop like you or the fact that I can do things with a computer you could never dream of doing?" Frost challenged.

Jane pulled Maura down so she could whisper in her ear. "Watch this, they have this argument every couple of weeks." Maura settled on the bed next to Jane.

"My dreams definitely do not center around what I can do on a computer and if yours do then you are in worse shape than I thought."

"I said your dreams not mine, can't you even understand that bit of what I said you moron?" Frost said as he was walking towards Korsak.

"At least I can keep my meals down when I enter a crime scene, hell even the Doc over there can do it and she's just a little bit of a thing." Both men turned towards Maura.

Jane nudged her then whispered. "Are you going to let him get away with calling you that?"

Maura whispered back. "Now Jane why ever would I want to say anything when he called me little? His delivery may not have been suave or debonair but he did call me little."

"I'm sure during her first autopsy she got a little sick too right Dr. Isles?"

Maura looked at both men with a big smile and shook her head. "With repeated exposure you could possibly get used to it and I will help you if you'd like."

Frost turned green at just the idea of repeated autopsies. "Oh look at that even thinking about that makes him ill. Can I watch too Doc? I'll bring lunch for everyone. Maybe even desert something like a nice juicy Cherry Danish." Korsak turned and smiled at Jane and Maura knowing full well that Frost would not be seeing any more autopsies than absolutely necessary.

"Vincent would you leave him alone, he can't help it. Some people just can't help it. But I would be more than happy to help you if that's what you would like Barry."

"Thank you Doctor Isles I will see what I can do on my own but I will keep it in mind." Frost then turned to Jane. "They are going to arraign Hoyt in the morning, the CSU's found 8 jars in the cellar and each one contained an intact uterus. All of his trophies."

Jane looked between Frost and Korsak, and neither one of them were joking now. They were all business. "Eight of them? Do we have any matching missing persons or other cases with women who have been butchered and had their uterus removed?"

"Nothing yet but I started the search as soon as CSU told me about the jars. There's no telling how longs he's been at this, some of these could be from years ago and may not even be in the system. But I'll keep looking."

"Thanks Frost. Let me know if anything comes up."

"Jane you will not be working on any cases while you are recovering." Maura chided her.

Korsak nudged Frost and nodded towards the two women on the bed then whispered. "Bet ya $5 the Doc wins this one."

"You're on." Frost reached out to shake his hand.

"Maura you can honestly believe that I am going to sit around and not do anything for a week."

Maura gave her a knowing smile. "I didn't say you wouldn't be doing things. I'm sure we can think of something to keep you busy."

As soon as Frost saw the look on both women's faces he reached in his pocket and handed Korsak the same $5 he had received from Korsak to pay off the earlier bet. "That's just not a fair fight."