The rest of the week passed in the same way, more or less. She ended up crying in the bathroom only two days, she still didn't eat and she avoided facing Jane's desk as much as possible. However, she did a good job. Just as Angela said, distraction was good for her.
Finally, the weekend came. Maura was looking forward to it so much, because she came home after eight in the evening every day that week. She missed those hours spent with Dylan, so she decided to make the weekend count. She told Angela to have a free weekend, because she had taken care of Dylan the whole week, so now it was Maura's turn.
She woke up to Dylan crying at nearly 5 in the morning. She got up from the bed and took Dylan into her arms.
"What's the matter sweetheart?" she whispered into her ears, cradling her in her arms softly.
Once Dylan calmed down, Maura laid her to the bed next to herself and fell asleep with Dylan's head on her chest.
They woke up two hours later, when the sun was letting itself into the bedroom.
Dylan's little hand clutched at Maura's silk pajamas. Maura smiled down at her.. "Goodmorning princess."
Dylan mumbled something and snuggled to Maura's chest.
"Oh come on..." Maura chuckled and lifted herself with Dylan out of the bed. They walked to the changing table, Maura laid Dylan down and changed her diaper. Then she took out from a dresser a yellow dress with a picture on a bee and put it on Dylan.
"Do you like this dress, ladybug?" Maura smiled and Dylan clapped he hands. "I take it as yes."
"I'll put you into a crib for a while, so I can get dressed too, okay ladybug?"
Maura put Dylan carefully into the crib and rushed to her closet. She picked out a dress too, with yellow-orange-white pattern. She quickly fixed her hair with hairbrush and hairspray and came back to Dylan, who was playing with a teddy bear in Red Sox jersey – the first toy Jane bought for her.
She lifted Dylan out of the crib and walked with her to the kitchen. Dylan was playing and tugging at Maura's hair and then tried to put it into her mouth.
"No no no, you can't eat that, sweetie" Maura chuckled and took her hair out of the little girl's grasp.
Dylan stuck out her lower lip, making a sad face.
"Don't do that puppy face," Maura said desperately and put Dylan into her highchair in the kitchen.
"Let's have some cereals, what do you think?" Maura smiled across the kitchen as she was taking out two bowls – one for herself and one flower patterned for Dylan. She filled both bowls with cereal and poured in some milk. Then she grabbed two spoons and walked with the bowls to Dylan, who was already beaming.
She sat down next to Dylan and let her eat by herself. Dylan had been pushing the spoon in Jane's or Maura's hand away for more than two weeks anyway. Maura quickly put on a bib as well, because she already knew what would happen if she didn't do that.
They finished the breakfast, Maura cleaned Dylan's mouth and took her out of the highchair.
"We're going to go shopping, Dylan." She said to her, as if Dylan could understand.
Maura took her purse and carried Dylan to the stroller outside the house. She put Dylan there, locked the house and moved off to the streets of Boston.
It was nearly noon when they came back home, Maura pushing the stroller and carrying two shopping bags. She pushed the stroller into the hall and put the bags aside. She lifted Dylan from the stroller and went to put her on the on the colourful child rug in the corner of the living room. She reached for a box and took out blocks with letters on them.
"What about we build a tower, ladybug?" Maura started putting blocks on each other. When she had made a satisfying tower out of 9 blocks, Dylan reached out and started laughing as she tower fell. Maura laughed too and started building a new one. Dylan started helping her with handing her the blocks and in the end she even put them in the place by herself.
"Okay, Dylan, stay here for a minute and play, I'll just pack out the shopping bags." Maura stood up and headed to the hall for the bags and then to the kitchen. She packed the bags out, but she suddenly heard rustling, so she turned to the source – Dylan crawling on all fours towards her.
"Aww, Dylan, I told you to stay there!" Maura said with a smile. "I'll be ready in a moment."
Dylan crawled to Maura, said down with a "huff" and wrapped her tiny arms around Maura's calves. Then she tried to stand up, still holding on Maura's legs.
"Ouch! You pinched me Dylan!" Maura laughed and Dylan focused her big chocolate brown eyes on her.
"Oh ladybug, you look so much like your Ma." Maura smiled sadly and tears appeared in her eyes. She blinked several times to get rid of them. "Do you want juice?" She asked Dylan as she prepared watered juice into a sippy cup.
Dylan reached for the cup with both hands and started falling backwards. But Maura caught her before the scared look in Dylan's eyes could turn into tears.
"Careful baby girl!" Maura said as she sat Dylan on her hip again and gave her the sippy cup. Dylan grasped it into both hands and started drinking. Maura kissed her head and let out a sigh.
Maura's mobile started to ring.
"Doctor Isles."
"Hey Maura, it's Tommy. I talked with Ma and she said you're alone with Dylan this weekend, so I wondered if you maybe wanted some company? I'm going to playground with TJ this afternoon, how 'bout that?"
Maura shot a look at Dylan in her arms, who was peacefully sipping juice.
"That sounds great. Where and what time are we going to meet?"
"I'll pick you up at two?"
"Okay. We're looking forward to that. Thank you Tommy."
"No problem. See ya!"
"Bye!"
"We're going to playground with Uncle Tommy, ladybug!" Maura said excitedly to Dylan, who responded with an eight-teeth-filled smile.
"Now, let's have some lunch before going."
