Masterson put three beers and one red wine on the table where the group decided to sit. He sighed and sat down at the free chair and frowned. He feelt everyone's eyes on him. Where should he start? And should he start right ahead?

Jane frowned as she sipped her beer. " So? "

" So what? ", he replied more in a whisper as she leaned forward on his elbows.

Jane raised a suspicious eyebrow and turned her bottle between her hands. " What happened in Baltimore? "

Maura sighed and looked warningly at her wife. " Jane, stop pushing. "

" Why? ", Jane replied with drawn eyebrows. " We have a right to know what's going on. And ... "

" I had a life, okay. ", Masterson cut her while he looked down at his hands. " I had a life, a really good one. With friends and family. And if I say family I mean my own. I had a wife and a six year old son. "

Maura looked at him in suprise. " You were married? "

Masterson closed his eyes shortly and nodded in agreement.

" Why didn't you tell me? "

" Now who is pushing? ", Jane retored and looked at Maura who rolled her eyes.

Masterson sighed heavily before he he took a big sip from his beer. " Because ... because I try to forget. "

Korsak looked long at him. " You were so engrossed in your job so they left? "

Masterson looked up and shook his head. " They are the reason why I got so engrossed in my job. They are the reason why I don't start a new relationship or why I even don't try to have one. "

A knot formed in Maura's stomach. " What happened to them? "

Masterson played with the lable at his bottle and gritted his teeth. " They ... died ... got killed. I think it was a warning for me as I got closer to the serial killer who rant and waved in Baltimore. It was the same M.O. ... well, almost the same M.O. that Fred Sinclair used to have. Womens got kidnapped, were raped, and unloaded. My wife, Victoria, was very understanding that I had to solve this case before I could sleep peacefully at night again. I knew that she would knew that I would try to take my time for her and our son Max, no matter how. And I did. ", he paused and sipped absentmindedly his beer. " I took my time with my beloved family. I worked hard on the case and I got so close to this motherfucker. ", he looked at Maura ans smiled sheepishly. " Sorry Maura. ", he said and Maura smiled a little. " Well ... it seemed I got too close. I finished one day a little earlier cause Victoria and I wanted to go for dinner in a restaurant because it was our anniversary. She sent me a message that she would be in the city for some preparations, she took Max with her before she would drop him off at her parents house. I didn't mind a little time for myself so I sat in our living room and watched sports. I think after I while I fell asleep because I haven't selpt for a while. And as I woke up our house was still dark and empty ... lifeless. Deep in my heart I felt that something was completely wrong. I don't know if my inner voice told me that something happened to my family. But I knew it. Well, what do a alarmed hhusband and father do? I called right away my wife's parents and all our friends, asked them if Victoria and Max showed up at them. But no one have seen them. I reported them missing immediately after I made the calls. The whole Department I worked with searched them in every tiniest corner of Baltimore. "

Jane was pale and her hands were sweaty. She had expected a lot but such a story, she hadn't. " And then you found your family? "

Masterson swallowed hard and shook his head. Tears threatened to fall. " No, it was another Detective from Homicide. Well, a close friend of mine ... of ours. He called my partner. I was in an interview as Jeff got the call. I thought I would have our guy but as you can imagine I was wrong. When I finished the interview I cam out and saw his face. He was as white as a sheet. And there I knew they had found my family, I knew they were death and I think in that second I died too. I didn't sleep any longer, didn't went home, couldn't eat. The only think I could think of was to find this bastard and kill him. I wanted to kill him like he killed my family, like he killed me. He didn't just killed Victoria. He cut open her chest and ripped out her heart. He didn't cut it out he ripped it ou with bare hands. We never found it. But he was more merciful with my son. He ... ", he took a deep breath. " He cut Max's throat. I couldn't go home because the ghost of Victoria and Max were still in the house. So I went in pubs and drowned my sorrow and grief with alcohol ... for almost a year. But as I drove drunken to an hotel I almost had a car accident and from there on I knew I would have to change some things and that my wife and my son wouldn't want that I fall so deep down I did. So I apply for a transfer. And here I am, inn Boston. And I chase again the son of a bitch who once destroyed me. And the coward shoot his own head. That's not fair, not for me or all the other familes he had destroyed. Where's justice? I want him to pay for every single murder. "

An uncomfortable silence laid over the group of four. It was a heavy story, it was a sad story.

Korsak cleared his throat. " And what if ... what if Fred Sinclair isn't the murder of your wife and your son? "

Masterson emptied his bottle and licked his lips. " Then this bastarf is still out there ... somewhere. And i will find him rather sooner then later. But for now all that matters is to solve this case and bring peace to the families of those women we found at the wall in the warehouse. "

Jane laid down on the bed and sighed loudl. " I hadn't expected such a story. "

Maura came out of the bathroom and shrugged with her eyebrows. " Me neither. I knew that something must have happened to Ryan for that he change that much but that he lost his son and wife ... "

" I would go crazy too if something would happen to you and Alexis. ", Jane said as she put an arm under her head. " I don't know what I would do then. "

Maura laid down too and took a deep breath. " Happily we have you who prevent us, no matter what. I know we are safe with you and I hope that you are too with us. "

Jane turned her head to look at her wife and frowned. " Don't you think that Masterson tried to prevent his family from something like what had happened to him, Maura? "

Maura sighed loudly and furrowed her eyebrows. " Of course I think he tried it. But ... he isn't you. "

" Our family is in permanent danger. ", Jane suddenly said thoughtfully. " His family got killed because her was to close to a serial killer. What about our family if I think about Hoyt and ... "

" Hoyt is dead. ", Maura cut her wife off. " You killed him. "

Jane frowned deeply and looked at the ceiling. " I know but I can't say it often enough. He had two apprentices. What if there are more out there? "

Maura looked long at Jane. " And I can't say it often enough. I don't like sentences which starts with ' what if '. "

Jane smiled a little and looked at her wife again. " What if I kiss you right now? "

Maura smiled too and shrugged. " Try it. "

Jane turned completely to her and kissed her softly and long while Maura replied the kiss and sighed softly.

As they parted Maura put a hand on Jane's cheek and looked deep into her eyes. " Our family isn't in permanent danger, Jane. Because you do everything to catch the bad guys. "

Jane wanted to counter with something but Maura stopped her with another soft kiss. Maura leaned her forehead against her wife's. " Don't you dare to think that you put us in danger, Jane. "

Jane took a deep breath and nodded slowly. " I love you, Maura. "

Maura smiled softly. " I love you too. "