Srry for the delay, I knew I had to write this chapter but I was on a break so it took me a bit longer.
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"Again." Jane almost yelled at the pale guy in front of her, while leaning over the table. "Why did you do this?"
Frost and Korsak had brought him in 30 minutes ago – all the while making comments on her dress of course – and she still hadn't gotten anything from him. Well, anything but a weird look at her appearance. She had asked all kinds of questions but he hadn't answered either one of them. He just kept sitting still, looking at his cuffed hands under the table. He didn't look like Maura's type at all, but maybe he just simplely changed over the many years. She had asked Maura if she had wanted to come to but she rejected saying that she would rather hear from Jane if they had him or not.
Jane was a bit worried. She knew they had evidence, lots of it actually and she knew in her heart that it was enough, she just wanted Clifford to confess. That would make her feel a lot better and she knew that it would be better for Maura too. Korsak then came in, his face didn't show anything so Jane couldn't read that what he had was good or wrong. He gestured to the hallway and she followed, while she signald to the uniform in the room with her to keep an eye on him.
Korsak, who had been watching the whole time, had seen Jane struggle with herself – well her anger - and her suspect. She desperately had wanted him to talk, probably because she was uncertain about their evidence. Korsak, however, had already heard that it was enough to put him away for a long time.
"It's okay Jane. We founds dozens of pictures of Maura in his house, one knife that doctor Isles has confirmed is the same knife that was used on the victims, some other knife's and I just got a text from doctor Isles saying that she could indeed confirm that the empty syringes we found contained Anatoxin-a."
Jane looked at him, her face showing a question. She needed to hear it.
"It's enough to but this bastard away for the rest of his life. Uniforms are already arresting him as we speak," Jane looked around and saw indeed cops go into the interrogation room, "and then he will go to court and jail soon enough. You don't need him to talk."
Jane now smiled at her old partner. She didn't remember the last time she had felt so relieved after a case. She wanted to walk away but held back a little, looking at Korsak. "Go, tell her." He said understanding. Jane nodded and gave Korsak a pat on his shoulder. "Thank you." He smiled back at her.
Maura had of course already received a text from Jane saying that they had brought them in and she had picked up that there was a lot of evidence. Jane had asked her if she wanted to be there with her when she interrogated Clifford. Behind the mirror, of course. But Maura had rejected, not wanting to cause too many reactions in her brain. Now she was waiting for Jane to come to her and tell her if they had him or not. She was feeling nervous though she had learned over the years how to prevent it. One simple reaction as shaky hands made you even more nervous and that causes a different reaction which then causes something different. It really was a chain of reactions in your body and if you could prevent your body from having the first one you wouldn't feel nervous. Maura had learned that but in this situation she had learned all control, her hands were shaking, her mouth was dry and her heartbeat had raised. Then Jane walked through the doors.
"Jane." She said with her voice so dry. Before she could even ask her how it went or Jane could tell her she walked around the table and right into the woman's arms. She knew Jane didn't hug that much but she also knew that she needed the brunette's strong arms more than anything.
The detective was startled a bit at first but then closed her arms around the woman.
"I was so scared." Jane said into the woman's hair. Maura nodded to let her know she had felt the same.
Maura backed out of Jane's hug to look her into the eye, whatever had happened the brunette's eyes weren't showing it.
"Do we have enough evidence?" The blonde asked, fear still on her face.
Only then Jane nodded and smiled. "Yeah, it's all there." Jane said. "He didn't say that much, well actually nothing," she said with a smile, "but that's okay because we got him."
"Maybe he has a psychological disorder. But then he wouldn't have had treatment because it would have been in his medical file. But looking at his stalking it is most likely that he is an intimacy seeker and I would-"
Jane beamed which made Maura stopped, she wasn't used to this reaction to her Google talk. Luckily for her Jane explained herself. "Google talk is back, for once I am actually glad that it is cause that means you are you again."
Maura smiled at her, understanding.
"Wanna come upstairs with me? The others are there." Jane asked, pointing towards the doors. Maura seemed to think it over for a second. The fibers were still being tested in the lab and now that they had caught Clifford there was no need to search her bodies for information. There were probably some tests that she could do though, she never really just simply let her bodies lay there without doing all of it. Maybe she should stay down and finish the autopsies before she had to go home and prepare for their double date. Jane caught the look in Maura's eyes and knew exactly what she was troubling with.
"It's fine Maur, your colleagues can do the last tests. You had some rough days. Just come upstairs with me."
The blonde then nodded and followed Jane upstairs.
When coming upstairs Jane saw her brother standing by the rest of the group, apparently he had to break up his studying to help them. When he saw her he gaped and stared down Jane's body to what she was wearing. "That's not yours." He concluded.
The detective put one hand on her hip and smiled, she was posing. "Why? You don't think I have this in my closet? I just thought that it would be a great dress to interview some suspects."
Frankie laughed at his sister which caused her to grin too.
"I'm kidding, it's Maura's."
They were then joined by Frost and Korsak, who both looked tired but happy. "I'm glad this case is over." Frost said. "Doctor Isles can you promise us from now on not to date any more suspects with schizoaffective disorder." He teased.
Maura frowned. "Schizoaffective disorder. Hmm. That's a pretty dangerous disorder. It's characterized by recurring abnormal mood and psychotic components. The mood component may be elevated or depressed and he might have suffered from hallucinations, delusions and paranoia."
All raised their eyebrows and stared at Maura. While Jane had been smiling at her first she was now only staring down at her, the way she always did. Maura felt relieved by it. Jane was Jane again too.
"Sorry." She said. "I'm just glad that it is over." All faces now showed friendly smiles and Jane gave Maura a friendly bump with her elbow. "I think all of us are." She said while looking around at their smiling faces.
"I'm just glad that he didn't kill those other woman." Maura said, as serious as she always was.
The brunette smiled, "I'm just glad that he didn't get to you." All other detective's nodded and smiled in agreement.
Then they got interrupted by Jane's mother running towards them with outstretched arms. "Ma, what are you doing here? You can't come here!" Jane said as her mother turned towards Maura first instead of her. Angela surprised the blonde by giving her a hug. The woman then moved out of the hug to stare at both Jane and Frankie who was now by his sisters side. "Ma, come on!"
"I just wanted to see if my girls are okay!" she said, defending herself. She smiled at both Maura and Jane and pulled them in for a group hug. Both Maura and Jane groaned, this wasn't the most comfortable position they could be in.
"Ouch, let go Ma, you're hurting us." Jane said while trying to get out of her mother's hug.
Angela let them go and took a good look at her girls. "I'm just glad that it is over." Both now smiled at her. "So are we." Maura said.
There was a second of silence before Frankie grabbed his mother's arm and dragged her over to the elevators. "I'm sorry Ma, but you're not allowed to be here. You can chat with them later." Frost and Korsak laughed at Frankie's behavior. Only then Angela took a good look at her daughter. "What are you wearing?" she exclaimed, seeming pleasantly surprised by her daughter's appearance.
"Well thanks to you," Jane began, trying to sound as annoyed as possible, "I didn't have anything else I could wear." Next to her she heard Maura laughing, Angela however she offended.
"What do you mean, I brought you lots of clothes from your closet." She said, clearly not understanding what this was about. She let her eyes go down her daughter's body again, she really did look good in the dress, if only she would wear things like this more often.
Jane raised one of her eyebrows. "Yeah I don't think shirts with blood stains and holes are going the be the new fashion style, am I right Maura?" Jane said, now clearly hearing the others laugh.
"No. No I don't think so." Maura said, trying not to laugh to hard, she didn't want to hurt Angela's feelings.
"Come on Ma, let's go down." Frankie said to his mother. He then pushed her inside of the elevators and made her push the button.
It was already 5pm and all had missed their lunch break, Jane was starving.
"Let's say we all go to the dirty robber and have a meal?" Korsak suggested, seeing that the others were as hungry as he was.
"I feel like I'm starving to death." Frost added.
"That wouldn't be possible," Maura said. "The period of no food is not long enough and we would also have a very decreased level of vitamins first. Then we would suffer from symptoms like skin rashes, edema, heart failure and diarrhea."
The other all groaned and Frost even made a gagging move. "Ehw gross Maura. Please stop." Jane said to her friend.
Maura shrugged and looked around the group. "But uhm we can't. Jane and I have a date." She said. Al men raised their eyebrows and looked from one woman to the other. Frankie gaped at his sister. He could see that those two were certainly more than the friends they claimed to be he just hadn't noticed that they had confessed.
"Well actually," Jane said, turning her head to see Maura, "you have a date, I'm not coming." Maura frowned, she knew there now wasn't any danger anymore but she had still hoped and expected Jane to come along. Frankie was now looking at Jane like she did something terrible wrong. Frost and Korsak still looked from one to the other, gaping.
"Jane you can't just let her go on a date by herself." Frankie told his big sister. He usually felt that what his sister did or who she dated was her own business but now he felt the urge to say something.
Jane laughed, okay now Frankie didn't understand it at all. "We were never going on a date together." Though that would be great. "We had a double date so I could keep her safe but since that won't be an issue I'm not coming along."
"I hadn't even noticed that you asked Korsak to come along on a date with you." Frost teased. All men laughed at his joke and even Maura couldn't help but chuckle. Jane however laughed more sarcastically. "Haha, very funny."
Only then they noticed detective Cavanaugh walking up to them. He had been crazy busy but had helped them the last days wherever he could. "Good work detectives." He said with a smile. "That was quick work." They all nodded and smiled in respect. He then turned to Maura. "You too doctor Isles."
Maura saw that all eyes were on her, friendly. "Ow that is not necessary. The results of my autopsy didn't conclude in-" Jane's eyes widened, "Maura…" she murmured so Sean wouldn't hear it. The doctor looked away from Jane and turned her head towards Sean, who had raised his eyebrows.
"Thank you." She said.
"Detective Rizzoli," Sean started hesitated. Jane smiled, knowing what he wanted to talk about. "I know I know," she said, "no dresses." They all laughed.
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