Alright guys, after almost a month of absence, I'm back, don't know for how long or how many new chapters. I'm not saying that I got my mojo back, but I decided to force things a bit…I just couldn't leave those 4 stories unfinished..

Enjoy…

Chapter 28 :

Love conquers all :

The next morning Maura got up around 7 am awaken by Louis crying in the next room.

Immediately turning the baby monitor off as not to wake Jane up Maura quietly extracted herself from her fiancée's embrace sat on the edge of their bed, slid into her blue silk robe and mechanically walked towards the nursery.

"Hey little man, you're already up?"Maura said walking towards the crib cracking her neck as she tried to wake herself up.

Gently picking him up Maura was immediately welcomed by the most wonderful smile she's seen in her entire life.

"Well I see you inherited your mother's smile, let's hope you haven't inherited her rather colorful personality as well."Maura smiled holding little Louis tight as she sat back on the rocking chair behind her.

Opening her robe, offering her breast to the starving child Maura started to think about what had happened with Dean and how Doyle miraculously barged in to save their lives.

Even if Maura had no doubt of what Doyle was capable off to protect her she was surprised even amazed that he would risk his own life to protect Louis, Jane and their parents as well.

Actually for the first time since she first met him she was grateful that her biological father was a mob lord because as protective as Jane was over their family Doyle was right : they could not do this without him.

"You know I never wanted this to happen. All I wanted was to be your mommy and to take care of you and your mom. I obviously never expected Dean to surrender without a fight but I was convinced that after realizing your mom wasn't interested in him anymore he would just loose interest. Little I knew your….Dean isn't the man we thought he was and now his actions are only motivated by his ego and his desire to get back at me not by is undying love for you and your mother. I hope that someday you will be able to understand my actions and forgive me for sending him to jail. I hope you won't think that I did it out of jealousy because I wanted to keep you all for myself. You must know that I would have loved for you to have a normal relationship with him even if it meant sharing you on week ends and holidays. God I love you and your mother so much and I promise I'm going to do everything to keep you safe even if I have to leave the country or give my life. I promise."Feeding her son holding him tight Maura was still unable to let go of the guilt that had kept her awake all night.

Standing a few feet behind laying against the door Jane was carefully listening to Maura talking to their son but chose not to interrupt them knowing that she needed to make amends for what she considered being a mistake.

As painful as it was for Jane to watch Maura blame herself like that she knew it was a necessary process, that Maura need to punish herself for a while before moving on.

Actually Jane knew exactly how Maura felt because she had felt the same after shooting herself. She had felt guilty for weeks afterwards for putting her loved ones through that pain and was grateful to have Maura in her life to understand her need to whine for a little while before pulling her up and helping her to move on.

Stepping back in her living room Jane was surprised to find her in laws casually having breakfast with Angela.

"Good morning sweetheart, how did you sleep last night?"Angela enthusiastically asked greeting Jane with a plate full of pancakes.

"Good, good."Jane grinned looking at Mr Isles .

"So how did you two love birds spent the night?"Angela probed eager to find out if the two women had finally managed to have sex for the first time since Jane gave birth.

"Ma!How can you ask me that?Especially in front of Maura's parents?"Jane hissed tapping her foot on the floor.

"It's alright Jane. We have nothing to hide. Jane and I spent the evening talking and making plans for our future one of them being going on vacation."Maura suddenly replied from a distance.

"Hey… I missed you." Jane pouted taking a step towards Maura kissing her tenderly.

"Well our little guy here was starving and I didn't want to wake you up. Right Louis?"Maura replied handing the little prince to Jane.

"So you're planning on going on vacations?"Angela smiled picturing herself having Louis for herself while Jane and Maura would be away.

"Yes, after all we've been through I think the tree of us deserve some vacation. We're leaving in a couple of hours and please don't ask us where we're going because we have no idea, we're just gonna hit the road and see where it takes us."Jane replied looking straight in her father in law's eyes for support.

"Good for you Jane!You're right, after all you have been through over the past few months you deserve some quality time together."Mr Isles asked biting the inside of his cheek as a punishment for lying to his wife.

"You're taking my grand son away from me?"Angela pouted, a tear running down her cheek.

"Oh Angela, please don't be sad. Jane and I really appreciate all you and my parents have been doing for us but Jane is right, we need time by ourselves but if it makes you feel any better we are planning on getting married as soon as we come back." Sitting on the arm of their couch seeing the pain in Angela's eyes maura couldn't help but feeling guilty for taking her away from her grand son but knew that by staying in Boston she would put her and her parents in danger.

"Oh...that's a terrific news, I suppose planning a second wedding should keep us busy while you're away, right Constance?"

"Absolutely, I realize that we barely let you have a few minutes by yourself ever since the wedding and the tree of you deserve some quality time."Observing her daughter nervously twisting her hair with her fingers Constance knew that there was something wrong but knew better than confronting her in front of Angela.

Half an hour while Jane was packing their things in their bedroom Maura and her mother were in charge of packing Louis' things, clothes, diapers...

"You know you can tell or ask me anything, right?That you father and I would give everything including my life for you and your family?"Constance suddenly said.

Turning her back on her mother as she was folding Louis' night clothes Maura's heart suddenly stopped. Even if her mother and her were never as close as Angela and Jane were, Constance as always been able to see when Maura was hiding or at least trying to hide things from her.

"I know mom, I know..."Maura replied in a barely audible sight closing her eyes.

"Then tell me what is going on, did you have a fight with Jane?"Her hand on Maura's back gently trying to make her confide in her Constance was doing her best not to push her daughter to hard, knowing how defensive she could be when it came to accepting people's help.

"I...We got a visit from Doyle last night, apparently someone is spreading the truth about my affiliation to him, that's why we're leaving, because he's convinced that every single mob family in Boston is soon going to be after me."Saying those words were as hard as splitting razors blades would have been for Maura.

"Dean, that son of a b..."Constance groaned making an mental note to personally visit him in prison to give him a taste of her hands on his face.

"I did this mom, it's my fault...I...sent him to jail and now he's trying to hurt me, oh mom what if one of Doyle's ennemies gets to Louis or Jane just because I was too pride to allow him in our lives?"Maura mumbled bursting into tears.

"Oh Maura, this is not your fault, you did what you had to do to protect your family. Jane told him repeatedly that she didn't want him in your lives and he even waived his parental rights but he came back anyway. He was a a threat, not to mention a corrupted FBI Agent, you did the right thing. Come here."Constance said pulling her in her arms.

"I know I did the right thing, but..."

"There is no but, God knows what he would have done if you hadn't put him away, maybe he would have hurt you or kidnapped Louis. You did the right thing alright?Now tell me all about Doyle's plan to protect you, because I'm sure he's got one."Constance said whipping the tears of her daughter's face.

"He told us he was going to take care of this and ask us to go away for a while just the tree of us and not to tell you or Angela, you know how worried she gets."

"Does your father know about this?"

"Yes he does, he was baby sitting Louis when Doyle came over. Oh mom, this is going to end up in a blood bath, I know what he's capable of in order to protect me and to show his ennemies that threatening me equals a death wish."Slowly calming down Maura started to imagine what Doyle was going to do to make sure she and her family were safe. She knew that as the cold blooded killer and over protective father that he was he would spare no expense to make sure that every single criminal in the state knew that touching or even thinking about hurting her would as efficient as signing their own death certificate.

"Well I don't care how many criminals he has to take care off, as long as you, Jane and my grand son are safe, now come on, we need to finish packing before Angela decides to handcuff herself to Louis." Constance smile trying to bring a smile on her daughter's face.

"Alright, thank you mom, thank you for everything."Maura smiled.

An hour later Jane and Maura were driving towards her grand father's cabin. After considering it carefully they decided to stop by the station to warn Frost and Korsak that they might have a war on their hands very soon and as unethical as it was to ask them not to go after Doyle. Seeing how terrified Jane and Maura were both Frost and Korsak agreed to keep this quiet and to inform them if anything happened to Doyle.

Her eyes focused on the road, knowing two of Doyle's best men were following them Maura was still unable to let go of her guilt. As rational as she was and even if she knew she made the right decision Maura couldn't help but thinking that none of this would have happened if she hadn't been so stubborn and if she hadn't tried to be a bigger man than Dean. Taking a quick look at her rear mirror, marveling at the little angel sleeping in his car seat Maura started to think about what her mother said : What if she hadn't taken the matter in her own hands and allowed Dean to continue to threatened them?Would he have had the guts to kidnap Louis or to come after her? Smiling at the thought Maura knew that one way or another Dean was going to pay for what he was doing to her, she knew that there was no way Doyle would allow him to live after threatening her and as immoral as it was she didn't care. She was Louis's mother and as hard as growing up without a father might be she knew that with Jane and their family's help there was no reason for him to grow up unbalanced or traumatized.

Quietly sitting in the passenger's seat Jane couldn't help but seeing how worried Maura still was. She knew that it would take time for her to forgive herself, but was hoping that with Doyle's help, this nightmare would be over soon, once and for all.

Obviously ever since she decided to have this child without Dean's help Jane had wondered what kind of damage growing without a father could cause on a child, especially a boy. Even if she knew that thanks to Frankie,Frost and Korsak her son was going to grow up surrounded by men she knew that not growing up without knowing were he came from might be difficult for Louis but she knew that keeping Dean away from Louis was the best decision she ever made. A few months ago, after considering it Jane and Maura agreed that if Louis ever asked they would tell him the truth about his father but after all that happened she didn't know what she was going to tell him, but somehow looking at that beautiful fiancee of hers Jane knew that no matter how many questions Louis might have in the future, they would face and answer them together as a team. She knew that as long as they stick together, no mobster, or corrupted FBI Agent or serial killer could ever hurt them or pull them appart. All her life Jane had fought for what was right, she had always had this immense sense of duty and a profound desire to help people and had always been driven by that thirst for justice. Today for the first time in her life what was driving her was love, the unconditional she had for her fiancee and her son and that visceral need she had to keep them safe and she knew that Maura shared the same need. After surviving Hoyt several times, shootings, hostage situations, or even Ian together Jane knew that what united her and Maura and now Louis was stronger than any threat and that their love would allow them to overcome this challenge and that they would come out of it stronger, ready to face the rest of their live together, as a family.

So guys, what do you think?I know this wasn't the best chapter I wrote so far, but It's been a month since I wrote anything, so I'm a bit out of practice, forgive me?
Should I continue this story?

Dean's fate hasn't been decided...yet...Ideas are welcome,thanks for all the nice emails you sent me over the past month, your encouragements helped me a lot :) and if you guys want me back on FF I'd be happy to wrap up all my fictions :)