Hello Everyone! I'm Back, finally!... Sorry for the absence, the past days had been awfully hectic where I live, so it's been hard to keep on with frecuent updates but I promise I'll catch up on them. This chapter it's mostly fluff. I tried to include some crime but I'm not too good at it. I hope you like it!
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The weekend passed and the week started hectically, the team caught a rather gruesome and complicated case. A father killed his wife and his 3 years old girl was still missing, Maura determined by the findings on the woman's body that the abuse was continuous and repetitive along the past years, several scars and marks on the body were conclusive about the awful abuses she suffered. This case was harder than many others, because Maura and Jane felt it close, for obvious reasons. At first Jane did not want Maura to perform the autopsy, she knew that it will be painful and will bring out a lot of bad memories but she did it anyways, the M.E. felt it her personal task to discover where this bastard was and punish him for what he had done and find that little child.
They expected to find the child either dead or alive, everybody prayed that the she'll be found alive of course but in the aftermath they were looking for a coldblooded killer that didn't hesitate to kill his own wife. It was midday and the team was getting ready to take the lunch break, the lack of evidence frustrated them, this guy was good and he knew what he was doing. Korsak's phone rang, his face dropped and expression hardened. Jane looked at Frost and he looked back at her, both asking the same question on their minds.
"Umm…Ok, yes sir… we're on our way." He hanged up the phone adverted his gaze towards both detectives in front of him. He sighed deeply "two hikers found Camilla Miller's body on a park near Medfort" He said with stone cold voice keeping his feeling at bay. Frost kicked his desk taking his anger out and Jane just sighed and looked down grabbing the bridge of her nose.
They all went, including Maura. Jane tried to stop her, but this case was personal for her. The team found the body completely naked and cold, starting to decompose. Frost was emptying his stomach and Jane looking for evidence in the surroundings with some rookies and Korsak was interviewing the hikers.
Maura approached to the body of the girl, getting closer she stopped, closed her eyes and breathed deeply, seeking for enough strength to continue. Holding her head up high she started to walk towards the body again. A single tear escaped from her eye, she saw the little body all bruised up, her blonde curly hair all tangled and dirty, no clothes, not even underwear. The body was covered by some dirt but nothing else. With all the strength she could gather she examine the child's body briefly and told the lab technicians to take the body to the morgue. The M.E. stood and walked rapidly to her car.
Jane noticed that Maura was wiping her cheek and almost running "Hey, I'll be back in a minute" she sad to a rookie with she was talking to. The man politely nodded. She sprinted to Maura "Hey…hey, Maura!" she said loudly, but the blonde didn't stop. The detective held her arm gently "Honey, are you ok?" she asked concerned
"Um... Yes, yes, I'm ok" she said looking at Jane and starting to walk again to the car, leaving Jane concerned and worrying for her, jane knew she was affected by the case and seeing the little body like that had made a big shock on her girlfriends.
They body was delivered and Maura began with the autopsy as she could. The team upstairs still having no leads to Joel Miller's whereabouts.
Standing in front of the glass board with the few pieces of evidence they got in front of her she sighed in frustration, it was like he disappeared. "I'll go downstairs, maybe Maura could tell us something" she walked away the bullpen going to the morgue, getting anxious as she approach to the room, knowing she was doing the autopsy of a little girl that was completely bruised up, cut, all messed up, naked, and probably raped.
Maura was immobile beside the autopsy table, looking down to the white sheet covering the little girl's body. She had tears on her eyes, Jane saw her from the window of her office. She knocked on the door that connected the morgue with the office trying not to startle her. "Hey" she said softly, managing a small smile. Maura rapidly wiped the leftover tears on her cheeks and managed a weak smile too, trying to act normal and not showing the vast range of emotions she was feeling.
"So… what did you find?" the brunette said massaging nervously the scars on her palms.
She composed herself "Um... well, the samples were taken and sent to the lab, we'll have something soon and the cause of dead was…was that her little body couldn't bear anymore" she said sobbing and speaking with a shaky voice, tears starting to stream down her face again.
The detective immediately hugged her tightly, squeezing her to her chest. Rubbing soothing circles on her back to tried to calm her. "Shhh, honey, calm down. Ok?" She said pulling away to look into her girlfriends hazel, teary eyes. "I know this is hard, honey. The past days had been awfully excruciating… We'll find this guy, and put him behind bars. He'll have what he deserve" she said trying to give her girlfriend a little comfort in this horrific situation
"That won't bring them back" she said sobbing weakly and wiping the waterfall that was continuing streaming down her hazel eyes and burying herself in Jane's embrace
"Is this affecting you, isn't it?" Jane asked, the sadness shimmering in her eyes, not letting Maura go of the warm, loving embrace. The smaller woman just nodded in the brunette's chest.
The brunette sighed deeply "Do you wanna talk 'bout it? She asked to the M.E. sobbing softly against her, who nodded and looked back at the autopsy table where Camilla's body was laying, covered by a blanket preventing from show the horrors that little baby passed in her last few days. She walked to her office, no feeling comfortable speaking in the morgue anymore.
"So… what's going on, babe?" the brunette detective asked showing compassion and sadness on her deep brown eyes.
Maura walked and sat on her desk chair, placing her elbows on the top and burying her face on her hands to compose herself. She sighed " I can't stop thinking that we could be lying on does autopsy tables… me and Kathy" she said trying to make her trembling voice stop "I could not look at that little angel and not imagine Kathy on the table.." Jane stopped her, hugging her with all she had.
"Don't say that, you both are fine, you'll always gonna be fine; I'll never let anything happen to you" Jane said determinedly, she pulled her away to make her look into her ever "You hear me, never!" she said, with her brown eyes locked on the gaze of the hazel eyes of Maura's. after a few seconds of looking intently at each other Jane kissed her passionately, showing all the love she felt for the M.E. the kiss lasted and both ended up gasping for air. Jane placed her forehead on her lover's forehead, cupping her face with both hands "I'll never let anybody hurt you or your daughter. You two are my life and I'll never let that anyone take you away from me. Never" from Jane's eyes a few tears. Maura was speechless at the pure love her girlfriend was expressing.
In Maura's eyes was adoration and admiration for the woman kissing her, she felt the luckiest woman in the world having her beautiful girls and this woman with her, kissing her, showing her love to her. The blonde kissed her; a chaster kiss this time "What did I do to deserve you?" the blonde said when say separated.
Jane giggled softly and kissed her once again. They sat on the couch "Um… I know this is tough for you, baby, but I need to know what you found" she said hoping that the question wasn't pushing Maura too further.
She sat strait and composed herself "I analyzed the ground of the area where… where Camilla was…" the words came out with difficulty due to the lump on her throat "was found and the ground on her body, I compared them, their different" she said and stood up, leading Jane to the lab. she showed her 2 test tubes "This is the ground on the park we found Camilla, this one is more rich in silica and this is the ground on her body which has an important amount of clay within its composition… and the strange thing is that by the state on decomposition it was buried at first"
"Buried?" The detective's eyebrows furrowed "so, she wasn't murdered there… she was carried to that location to…. hide her, maybe. But if the body was buried, why take the troubles to exhume it and throw it in some random park?" Jane said, beginning to guess the possibilities.
"Well, you know I can't guess, but it looks like those were events" she said to the brunette looking to her eyes.
Jane huffed "Why you always do that?" she joked at Maura, who just laughed softly.
"And so I found a trace of textile yarn a hair" Maura showed her a piece of brown yarn in a plastic bag "She had this on her hair, it's the same type of yarn found on Marina Miller's body, and the hair we fund on camilla's body also belong to Joel Miller" she said, anger showing in her eyes.
"Ok, that helps thanks…. Oh! And did you do the…" she stopped, no founding the strength to say those words.
"The Rape Kit… Yes I did, it was conclusive, same man" she said looking sadly at Jane who had to breathe deeply in order to calm down her rage towards that bastard. She couldn't understand how the man who was supposed to protect her was capable of this horror
"Ok, Thanks, Maur" she said, kissing her forehead and left, she ran to the bullpen and told the team the findings. After a while of thinking of where he could be, they decide to go to the house again and search the backyard to see if there was evidence of a pit or fosse. The found nothing and after a frustrating way back to the headquarters and more thinking when they got there, Jane remembered that the company Joel miller owns was investing in properties and lands to construct so they all put hands to work and found the addresses, and looking in the houses still in construction. They found evidence of a pit and a dirty shovel in the backyard with Joel prints on it. they took samples of a sheet on one of the beds which composition and yarn was the same yarn they found in both bodies, but he wasn't there.
The next day they found him in the basement of one of the other houses, completely drunk and unaware of the police approaching. They caught and put him behind bars as they wished since they got the case on their hands. I was almost 4:00 and Jane went downstairs to tell Maura the news and go for Kathy and pick her up from Daycare. She got to the office and told her, she was happy that that monster will never hurt anybody again even though that costed his wife and an innocent child's life.
"So, it's time to pick little bug up from Daycare" she said happily, approaching to the desk
"Aw, I'm sorry, Jan. I won't be able to come with you, I was about to tell you, we need to finish the documentation to send the bodies to the funeral home. Can you pick her without me? please" she said, looking sorry. After days like this she just wanted to go home and cuddled with her little sunshine and her incredibly awesome girlfriends on the couch watching a movie or something.
"Sure, I'll go back to your house then and given that we closed the case, we can go home early" she said, exited to spent the night snuggling in the couch with both Maura and Kathy, and maybe finishing the night heating the sheets. "Bye, my love, I'll see you in a while" she pecked Maura's lips and went to her car, tackling the road.
Jane parked in front of building and walk inside with rapidly running into Richard on her way in "Oh! Hi, Richard" she said kind of surprised "Hello, sweetie" she said, smiling at the girl grabbing his hand.
"Hello, Jane. How are you, How's Maura" he said politely
"We're fine, thanks. How are you and…and Claire" she asked, the words fighting to be kept inside and feeling heavy
"Everything it's good… Um… this Saturday is Meli's birthday and I was about to call Maura to invite you, but here you are" she said smiling nervously "So, it'll be this Saturday afternoon at 3 maybe, if it's ok. It's gonna be an intimate reunion, family and some of the closest friends and of course, you and Kathy cannot miss it"
"Oh, that amazing!" she looked at the little girl "We'll be there without fail, I promise. Thank you" she winked an eyes and smiling brightly she said to the girl and her father who was smiling too.
Both said goodbye and followed their ways. She got in Kathy's classroom, which was almost empty, excepting for Kathy and a few kids playing around. She leaned against the doorframe "Hey, Bug! Time to go home" she said loudly smiling lovingly at the girl.
The girl ran into her godmother, who held her immediately "How is my little bug?" she said kissing her cheek. "So, how was your day?" she said, grabbing the little girl's nose, making her giggle
"Great!" she said smiling "How come mommy didn't come to pick me too?" she asked curiously.
"Well, munchkin, she got stuck at work" she said walking to the car "But, we are going to have some fun today… why don't we go to the park and then make something nice for dinner?" she excitedly asked to the girl she was placing at her booster sit on the back of the car.
In excitement the girl screamed a 'yeah' and clapped her hands at the funny idea her godmother had.
They went to a park near the house, first they had a picnic with some sandwiches and juice that Angela made at the café and after both played on the park for at least 1 hour, leaving Kathy exhausted and Jane pretty tired as well. They gather their thing and head back Maura's house.
Jane entered the house carrying an almost sleep Kathy "Ok bug, I'll let you take a short nap while I make dinner" she said to the already sleeping girl; Jane placed her on the couch and started to make dinner for the three of them.
After a while the detective woke Kathy up, the child was tired but excited and passed 7:30 Maura arrived and the delicious smell of something cooking trapped her immediately. She took off her heels and left her purse on one of the armchairs.
A loud scream was heard "MOMMY" the little girl ran to her mother's open arms, almost knocking her off "How is mi baby girl?" she asked sweetly, "I'm fine, mommy" the girl said hugging her mom's neck tightly. "Did you have fun with Auntie Jane?"
"We had amazing fun" she happily said, still attached to her mom's neck.
"Well, dinner's ready" Jane approach to Maura and kissed her "Hello, my love" she said and placed the trays on the table that was set by Kathy and Jane beforehand. They eat in a comfortable silence accompanied by sporadic talks about Kathy's day, the visit to the park and the rest of the M.E. day doing boring paperwork and reviewing some other reports from passed cases.
After the table was cleared away, the dishes were washed and Kathy was showered and ready to bed they sat on the couch and talk for a while watching a movie for kids. After a short while Maura noticed that Kathy was yawning and her eyelids were getting heavy, the girl was barely awake.
"Ok, baby, time to go to sleep" Maura said, lifting the girl from the couch.
"Mommy, can Auntie Jane tuck me in, just for tonight?" Rubbing her eyes sleepily the girl asked, clinging to her mother's neck again.
"Of course she can, honey. But you have to ask her first" she said looking at her girlfriend and winking an eye at her.
The girl lifted her head from the crook of her mother's neck "Can you tuck me in, Auntie Jane?" she asked barely awake and using her best puppy eyes on her godmother, knowing that she could never say no to those big, beautiful hazel eyes that looked just like her mother's.
"How can I resist to those eyes" she stood up, smiling broadly and grabbing the sleepy girl from her mom's arms. "I'll be back soon" she pecked her lover's lips and walk upstairs.
She laid the girl on the bed and pulled the covers up to her chin, making sure she was warm and cozy for the night. The girl was getting comfortable under the sheet and Jane stood there with her for a few more minutes, to make sure she was down for the night "G'night Auntie, love you" the girl said suddenly, falling asleep right after
"I love you too, baby girl" she said, her heart swelling with love. She kissed the side of her head and went downstairs with Maura, she had a loving and silly smile on her lips throughout the way to the living room.
"By the way you're smiling I can tell that everything went smoothly" she smiled, giving Jane a kiss.
A little smiled curled up in the brunette's lips, remembering Kathy's words "You know that I love to tuck her in".
"Oh! I know" the blonde said, snuggling closed in Jane's chest. "You know, last saturday morning Kathy said something that I need to… discuss with you" Jane said, sounding nervous.
She sat straight "Oh! What is it, babe? She asked, puzzled by the sudden question.
"Ok, this might sound crazy but Kathy asked me if I'll be living here" she said hesitantly with a nervous look on her face and rubbing her hands.
Maura looked surprised at her, nor did Kathy or Jane mention it before; she thought about it for a second and smiled at the brunette sitting beside her "It doesn't sound that crazy, you know" her eyes sparkling.
"It doesn't?" Jane's answer came with a surprised tone in it "I mean, I would love to, but don't you think is too soon for it" she asked
Maura grabbed Jane's hands in hers and smiled a small smile towards Jane "I think that… that I would love that too. If you want it, I want it too" she said, the shimmer on her eyes spoke of so much love.
"You-You sure?" she asked in disbelieve at the words her love just said "Are you really sure that we are ready for this"
"I'm sure that as long as we love each other and we are together, we are ready for everything fate has prepared for us" she said, seeing the brunette's eyes filling with tears. "I love you, Jane, so, so much" she said before kissing Jane deeply
"I love you too, Maura" she said after the broke apart. "You have no idea of how much I love you" kissing her again, leading both to a restless but passion and love filled night
