I am so, so sorry it took me so long to finish and upload this chapter. I've been so busy lately I've just forgotten about this but I promise that will change. But I hope the wait was worth it, so please tell me what you think I love to hear what you have to say. So thank you so very much for being patient with me and sticking around and I promise to get chapter 11 up faster than this chapter. And as always enjoy!
Chapter 10
Loud banging and shouting came from outside my apartment door, pulling me from my deep sleep. I sat up and realized Maura was still asleep next to me, not affected by the pounding on the door. For a second I ignored whoever wanted to see me to brush a strand of hair out of Maura's face. When I was getting up to grab a pair of jeans I recognized who was shouting, Korsak was here. Why the hell is he here? I thought, Right carpool… I had forgotten all about it, two of my tires blew yesterday while we were trying to identify our mystery man. I shook Maura to wake her up finally she groaned and shaded her eyes from the light.
"Morning," she said.
"Okay I hate to rush things here but my partner is right outside," I told her hopping on one foot to pull my pant leg on. "You need to hide."
"So romantic," she sighed swinging her legs off the bed.
"Give me a sec, Korsak I'm not dressed." I shouted hoping he would hear me.
He obviously did, the banging stopped. I rushed throwing on my socks and shoes and completely ignored a shirt; I had to get him back in his car so I could set things up with Maura. She came around the bed as I stood up and gave me a look, unsure of where to go. I did the fast thing and just shoved her into my closet, and then I went out and let Korsak in. He had to do a second take when he first saw me, being unaccustomed to me shirtless. But I didn't give it much thought before I turned back into the apartment and started digging in a stray laundry basket for a clean shirt.
"Uh… running a little late Janie?" he asked looking at everything in the apartment but me.
"Alarm didn't go off," I replied. "I should really get a new one."
"Are you going to pick up your car later?" he asked, moving to the kitchen.
"Might as well," I sighed, pulling out a green t-shirt and pulling it on. "I can't believe I have to pay for a blown tire on an unmarked police car. Isn't it the department's property?"
"I think they want you to pay because it's the third time that car has been in the shop," Korsak offered. "And the fact two tires blew this time."
"That car isn't cut out for police work, it should retire," I muttered. "Listen go ahead out to the car, I have to get some stuff together I'll only be a few minutes."
"Yeah just hurry up," Korsak said opening the door and stepping out. "Cavanaugh wants to talk to you."
I nodded and waved him out before shutting the door behind him. Back in my room Maura slid the closet door open and stepped out, shooting me an angry look. I came back with a smile but didn't say anything to her; instead I went over to my bedside dresser and grabbed my badge. Maura just watched as I tried to gather all of my things for work- the one thing I didn't keep in my room was my gun, which was by the couch.
"What time do you want to turn yourself in?" I asked, clipping my badge to my belt.
"I have to get everything in order to turn over to the BPD which will take awhile, even with Kurt," she said. "I suppose it will be around one, two at the latest."
"And Colin and Patty?" I asked, throwing a blazer on.
"Once I get my deal Kurt and I will lead you to them," Maura said. "It won't be easy if Colin has done what I suspect he has, you'll need backup."
"We'll deal with that after you turn yourself in," I said waving for her to follow me. "What about afterwards? Will you be in any danger with Doyle's men?"
"If things go south in there most of his men will die protecting him, but dad would never let his men touch me," she said. "Kurt and I will be fine."
"I didn't think Patty cared about Kurt?" I asked fishing my gun out of a drawer.
"He doesn't, but he cares about me," she told me. "Kurt was hired to protect me, and he'll keep on doing that. Patty wouldn't dare touch him in case someone came after me."
I nodded unable to think of anything else we needed to go over. Once she turned herself in I couldn't help her at all, she and Kurt were on their own until Patty and Colin Doyle were in custody.
"Korsak is waiting for me downstairs, wait ten minutes after I go then leave," I said.
She nodded and took a seat on the couch; I lifted up the files still on the table and pulled Frost's file from the table drawer and handed them to her. The first look I got from her was surprise, then confusion.
"Bring those with you when you turn yourself in, use it as a starting point for your deal. When you ask for the deal you have to play it in any way you can to get it to work. We make the deal but nothing is set in stone until we get Colin and Patty."
"Thank you detective," she said. "Good luck."
"I think you're the one who I should be wishing the luck too…" I said before I walked out the door.
It was the last time I would see her before she handed everything in to the police, everything had led to this. Things had to go perfectly if she was going to make it out of this a free woman and Kurt too.
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After Maura had flagged down a cab and gotten home she walked into her home and saw Kurtis on the couch holding the puppy he had been handed the night before. Maura had no idea why someone had just given Kurt a young Rottweiler puppy, no questions asked, but she wasn't going to question it. Kurt was smiling and was good with dogs and Maura herself was rather fond of animals. They never judged and were loyal and loving; it was something Maura hadn't found in many people.
Kurt set the dog down when Maura made her way over to them, realizing things would be over pretty soon. But Maura didn't speak to him yet, instead she was focused on the dog that now had a new collar and tags around his neck. It was obvious that last night Kurt had gone out to buy supplies for the dog- for that Maura was happy. But right now wasn't time to get acquainted with the new addition to their home. It was time to get to work and finally bite the bullet; things were going to end in only a few hours.
"I named him Grant," Kurt said letting the dog, Grant, out the back door.
"Works for me," Maura said, not fully interested. "I told Jane we would turn ourselves in around 1 to 2, we need to get things ready."
"What all do we need?" Kurt asked.
"I don't know what's going to happen when we take them to dad, we have to go in before them it's the only way things won't turn really bad." Maura explained dropping the files she had taken to Jane.
"So do we have everything we need?" Kurt asked, raising an eyebrow.
"No," Maura replied. "Get J.T.'s pearls, we'll turn them over as well."
"What's the plan then?" Kurt asked spinning the dial on their safe.
"Walk through the front doors," Maura replied. "We'll end up in an interrogation room soon enough."
"If we get out of this where are we going to go?" Kurt asked.
"Don't worry about it now, right now we need to get our story straight and get over to Police Department," Maura said, sighing heavily.
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Colin Doyle had everything he needed to bring things to a close with his father and that woman. Even now, using the word to describe Maura Isles burned Colin's tongue; he would not associate her as his family. It didn't matter now however, Colin knew Maura and Kurt were on their way to turn themselves in to the cops. He didn't know what their game was but he knew it could seriously hurt his plan- or seriously help it.
Patty was unaware of Colin's action in the past twelve hours there was no way for him to know that he had been betrayed by his own son. Colin smiled at his achievement no matter how bad things got in the warehouse he would have plenty of firepower to cover him while he went after Maura. Then there was that damned bodyguard and cop-friend of Maura's, Colin had yet to figure out how to get rid of Kurt. The Detective was only a bonus if she happened to get in the way or somehow managed to figure out who he was and his connection to the murders. Colin had done what he could manage to keep them from getting a hit through facial recognition but if the cop had somehow gotten an image to Maura he knew he was done for.
"So uh, Colin, when will we get the rest of our pay?" It was Patty's long time friend and partner Kenny.
"Once the job is done," Colin replied turning on his heel. "Don't worry about your money, just do your job and you'll get what I promised you."
Colin held back a smirk from breaking out across his face; it was sad to see that Patty's trusted partner would turn on him for 75K. It was almost sad that a member of the Irish Mob could be bought so easily, most true members wouldn't turn their backs on their partners no matter the amount placed in front of them. Colin could only guess that mobs weren't as good as they use to be, nowhere near as structured or held strong with loyalty. Money was the only thing that mattered these days, Colin knew that all too well.
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I paced nervously in anticipation for things to come to the boiling point; there was nothing that I could work on for the next thirty minutes while I waited for Maura. Korsak was sitting at his desk with his feet up as he flipped through another case file. Frost was out running an errand of some kind, trying to get a lead on the case I assumed. Olivia was up with us too, sitting in my desk chair and watching me as I paced back and forth. She had no idea what was going to happen in the next couple of hours but I knew she could sense something was up.
The seconds ticking away on the clock weren't helping with my case either. I had never been a nervous person- I couldn't be after all I was a cop. Tough as nails and fearless was how fellow officers described me and I wasn't about to deny it; I would go into a situation with one magazine and not bullet-proof vest if things came to that. But something about having Patty Doyle turned over to us was unsettling, it couldn't be that easy. Then again maybe it wasn't the idea of having a serial killer and Patty Doyle handed over to us that was making me nervous- it might just be the idea of being turned on by Maura. It was a real possibility that she would screw me over and I'd lose my job and possibly even spend some time in prison. That was what was scaring me more than anything.
"Hey Janie do we know anything more on that Heartly guy?" Korsak asked, glancing over at me.
"He is an ex-marine served something like two tours during Desert Storm I think, left the military moved in with a friend, the friend was killed in some kind of robbery gone wrong, after that he's been off the maps," I replied.
"So why's he mute?" Korsak asked. "You gotta be able to talk if you're in the Marines."
"Okay so he went mute after he left, it's happened before," I said shrugging.
"He doesn't have any medical records past the time his friend was killed," Olivia said, pulling up Kurt's file on my computer. "If he went mute because of an accident of any kind there would be a record of it."
"You're not supposed to do that," I said referring to my computer.
"So arrest me," Olivia said getting Korsak to laugh. "Maybe he just took a vow of silence?"
"My bet is he was struggling like a lot of Marines do after they leave, he probably went quiet after his friend died," Korsak said, sitting up in his chair. "Maybe not talking was his way of coping."
Olivia knew all about Kurt now and was aware of my actions since the beginning of the case so she understood that I still needed to play it as if I had no clue about him. It wasn't like I knew much about him anyway- I just knew that he was loyal to Maura and he had a soft spot for dogs. I also knew he had a problem with his anger but I couldn't blame him for that, serving his country had taken a toll on him and he was just having trouble adapting. When Hoyt had nearly killed me and when I shot myself to subdue an armed gunman who had me as a hostage I had to recover and come back to work. But things had never been the same; I was in pain most of the time and I was in constant fear of Hoyt escaping again. Traumatic experiences do a lot to a person and sometimes it's difficult to come back from it.
"I have to run down to my car and make sure no one at the body shop stole anything," I said, wanting to get some fresh air.
"I'll go with you," Olivia said. "God knows I don't want to be stuck here alone with Korsak."
"Hey respect your elders," I laughed, nudging Olivia's arm with my elbow.
"Shut it Rizzoli," Korsak smiled.
Olivia and I both laughed as we left Korsak and headed to the elevator. I always parked my car out front of the precinct and one out of five times I've been towed for it. Some people just had no respect for police officers. When we got out to my car I unlocked it and started to search the glove compartment; Olivia just leaned on the back and waited.
"You didn't come out here to make sure you have all of your belongings did you?" she asked.
"I don't think 'I need some fresh air' would be any better," I replied.
"True," she said. "So I've got some news for you."
"Oh yeah? Bad or good?" I asked getting out of the car and shutting the door.
"I guess it depends on how you look at it," she replied.
"Alright then," I said slowly. "Lay it on me Doctor."
"Gabriel is going back to D.C. in a month or so and recently I've been talking to my old colleague from when I worked for the FBI," she started. "He's aware that I live with Gabriel and the long distance thing wouldn't really work… Long story short he offered me my old job back."
For a second I didn't know what to think- I mean I knew she liked what she had done before coming here and how she sometimes wanted to go back but the timing wasn't great.
"Great timing," I said sarcastically but with a smile. "You're better off there then here, that's for sure."
"It was going to happen sooner or later," she shrugged.
I knew she was right and I was happy for her but really her timing sucked, right now was not the time to tell me this.
"What about your replacement?" I asked.
"I don't leave for a month so I have plenty of time to find a suitable replacement," she emphasized suitable.
"Not Pike," I said immediately. "If you allow that jackass into my precinct I'm out of here."
"God no, Pike is a pompous ass and almost completely incompetent I would never allow him to work here," she assured me. "Which brings me to something else."
"Great, what more could there be?" I asked rolling my eyes.
"The doctor who was here directly before I was hired and you were promoted," she started.
"Yeah, someone I've never met," I said. "What about it?"
"The previous Chief Medical Examiner for the Common Wealth of Massachusetts was Dr. Maura Isles," she told me. "Dr. Isles hasn't had an actual job since then; I assume that's when she went to Patty Doyle."
Just one surprise after another but this I could actually use to my advantage later. My only question was how come no one recognized her or knew about her? And why was none of it in her file? Things were just getting more and more confusing and difficult- I felt another headache coming on.
"Okay great, things just get better and better don't they?" I asked. "I may just retire after all of this, it's killing me."
"You should have retired when you ended up in the hospital the last time," Olivia said with a smile.
"I almost did, remember?" I reminded her as we started back up the stairs. "Glad I didn't."
"Lonely Rizzoli," Olivia chuckled.
I pushed her gently as we passed through security and entered the elevators. Stepping out onto our floor the clock caught my eye and I saw it was one. Shuddering I realized it was time, now was when I got to see how good Maura actually was. I walked to my desk and sat down suddenly feeling a rush of heat and my face turn red. Now wasn't a time to panic, it was time to work and that was what I was going to do.
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Kurt made sure the guns were secure under the seat in their locked boxes before he exited the car and followed Maura into the police station. Maura was in no way dressed for a gun fight, which Kurt knew turning over Patty and Colin would turn into. She was in a black skirt, white blouse and a grey jacket along with a pair of black heels. Kurt prayed she could handle herself in those shoes; Maura would never sacrifice style for anything- even turning her own blood in. But that wasn't going to happen for awhile now, first they had to cut a deal and it was obvious Maura was nervous- her hands shook terribly.
"Can I help you?" a large black man in a police uniform asked, as the two neared the metal detector.
"We have information on the Wallace case," Maura didn't miss a beat. "We were hoping to talk to the detectives."
"I'll need you to wait here for a minute," the officer said before walking away.
Maura chewed at her lip as the two of them waited for the officer to get back. Kurt was unsure how confident he should be about their plan if Maura was already getting nervous. But that was what he did- he kept a straight face and was calculating of everything. He would do everything he could to make sure they stayed out of prison- and if he couldn't do that he would at least keep Maura out of jail. But as Kurt continued to think about what he needed to do the guard came back and waved them forward.
"Alright, follow me."
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As I sat waiting the officer that was on duty at the front desk walked into the office. He was a younger guy but good friends with me, his name was Sampson. I stood to greet him at the same time Korsak and Olivia did, he smiled but remained serious.
"There's a Dr. Isles and Kurt Heartly in interrogation room two who say they have information for you," he said. "They didn't give me any details."
"Thanks Sampson," Korsak nodded and waved him out, then turned to me. "If they're here together that could mean they know each other."
"Let's just see what they want before we charge them with anything," I sighed. "Knowing someone in the state of Boston is not a crime."
I followed closely behind Korsak as he headed to the interrogation room, he seemed overly eager to talk to Maura and Kurt- obviously something had gotten to him recently. Korsak opened the door and walked in and after I took a deep breath I followed him, completely unable to keep from meeting Maura's eyes. The door swung shut after me leaving the four of us in the small room with the one-way mirror hiding Olivia. Korsak took a seat in a metal chair while I remained standing and let Korsak lead in the questioning.
"Alright Dr. Isles, Mr. Heartly," Korsak started. "Last time we talked neither of you knew the other. Why don't we clear that up first?"
"Listen Detective… Korsak? Right? We know each other and I'll explain that, but that isn't why we're here." Maura said, keeping her eyes on Korsak.
"Fine, start there," Korsak said crossing his arms. "Why are you here?"
"We came because we wanted to confess to robbing J.T." Maura told him.
"But not killing him? Or the others?" Korsak pushed.
"We didn't kill them," Maura said, defensively. "That's the other reason we're here, but I'm not disclosing anything until I can make a deal."
That made Korsak laugh, which in turn scared me because it was so sudden- something had most defiantly gotten into him. So I decided to take over- maintaining my usual hard-ass interrogation personality. Maura didn't show anything on her face and neither did Kurt but I could tell they were both amused.
"What makes you think the information you have can get you a deal?" I asked, leaning into the table.
"Get me your boss and I'll tell you what I can give you," Maura was harsh and almost sarcastic.
"We're not going to waste Cavanaugh's time to make deals," Korsak was even harsher, Kurt started to tap his foot.
Maura and I both glanced at him at the same time, but it was her who placed a hand on his knee to calm him down. Unfortunately I had, had no idea Korsak would be Mr. Jackass to them today, so I couldn't have warned them earlier. But Maura seemed to have a handle on Kurt for the moment, which I was glad off.
"C'mon Korsak, let's humor them and get Cavanaugh in here," I said, looking over at my partner. "What harm could it do?"
Korsak sighed and raised his hand to wave for Olivia (or whoever was behind the glass) to get Cavanaugh. For what seemed like forever we waited for Cavanaugh to come in, grunt a couple of times, get in Maura and Kurt's faces and then decide whether or not to make the deal. When he finally did come in he seemed pissed and was walking and talking quickly.
"This better be good you two," he said to Korsak and I.
"These two say they have information on the case, but wanted to talk to you," Korsak said. "They want to cut a deal."
"I'm not into making deals," he said to Maura and Kurt. "Spit out what you have and we'll see if we can come to an agreement."
Maura ran through everything beginning to end. She started with her and Kurt's plan to steal the pearls from J.T. then to rob the VanCroft's but having to leave before they could get what they came for. Then she explained that she had never once talked to Desmond, and how exactly she knew who framed her and Kurtis. Before Korsak had a chance to interject Maura explained why they had lied and how they knew each other, which I knew to be a lie, but Maura was saving her cards for later. Never once did she mention her brother's name, just details. Cavanaugh listened the entire time, taking the other metal seat and leaving me the only one standing.
"We may have taken the pearls but we didn't kill anyone," Maura said. "The VanCroft's we went for the egg but they were already dead, we cut our losses."
"Alright and how do you expect to prove all of this?" Cavanaugh glanced at Kurt, who remained silent.
"That's where I need the deal," Maura said.
"Let's hear it then," Cavanaugh sighed.
"We want full immunity from the robbery; it doesn't show up in our files. Both neither Kurt nor I are implicated in the murders of any of the victims and I also want to keep my medical license," Maura said. "In return I'll hand over the stolen property, files I have on the homicide division that could destroy their reputations and set countless convicted murderers free and I can give you the real killer."
"That's asking a lot Dr. Isles," Cavanaugh said, rubbing his eyes. "I can give you everything but the clean file and your license."
Maura nodded at Kurt who produced the pearls and the files to Cavanaugh, and then he sat back. I knew Maura had to give up her dad now, it was the only way she could get what she wanted.
"What if I can give you someone the police have been after for years?" Maura asked.
"I doubt you can do that," Cavanaugh said, not even considering it.
"What if I can give you Patty Doyle?" Maura asked. "And told you the killer is his son Colin Doyle?"
Neither Korsak nor Cavanaugh moved, they sat stunned at the proposal. It's true it seemed too good to be true but Cavanaugh couldn't pass it up. There was no way he would pass this up.
"Then we could give you the complete deal," Cavanaugh finally said. "But how to you plan to do this? What makes you think you can give us Doyle and his son if we can't even catch him?"
"Because I have something you don't," Maura said smiling, Kurt smiled to and Cavanaugh and Korsak listened.
But Maura didn't say anything; she just remained sitting there with a smile on her face. I watched both of them closely, realizing Kurt was building up the suspense; he was going to tell them.
"Maura is Doyle's daughter," Kurt's voice boomed in the enclosed room. "Colin is her half brother. She and I can take you right to their front door."
Korsak's jaw had dropped when Kurt spoke- he had no idea Kurt wasn't mute it was almost comical. But I held back my laughter as Maura continued to work Cavanaugh.
"We give you them we get the deal," Maura said. "But you have to do it our way."
"You expect us to trust you?" Korsak said, still in shock.
"Of course she does," Cavanaugh said standing. "If we don't get Doyle she doesn't get the deal."
Cavanaugh started over to the door about to leave Korsak and I with Maura and Kurt.
"We'll play it your way Dr. Isles, but Detective Rizzoli will watch you like a hawk and I will hold you to this. Jane, Korsak I'll get the team together but I need the plan from you before we move in."
When Cavanaugh left and only the four of us were in the room again Maura looked at me and spoke.
"Kurt and I go in ahead of all of you. You all have to stay far enough away you won't be seen, stick a wire on me I don't care but we'll signal when you come in." Maura was determined. "I don't trust things will go easily so be ready for anything."
Korsak nodded but had a look on his distrust on his face as he walked out to get ready and call Frost. I stayed with Maura and Kurt, knowing they were my responsibility. Before Olivia could stop me from leaving I lead the two downstairs and waited until we got orders to head out and for Korsak to relay the entire plan. Today was going to be a long day, and I could feel that someone was going to get hurt… or worse.