Hey everyone I'm back! Hope you enjoy this chapter, as always I'm open for suggestions, comments, reviews and messages guys! To the guest commenting on the painful grammar mistakes, sorry about this however I am writing from the note app on an iPad so very sorry but if the story still makes sense right? I'll try to keep an eye out for mistakes but I'm trying to update as much as I can, love you all and I really do appreciate the reviews! :)
Mentions of rape!
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Before Maura could respond the hospital room's door flung open and an older flustered man appeared through the door.
"I am so sorry sweetheart it was such a palava trying to get a taxi and then-" The older mans rambling suddenly halted as he took in the mood of the room.
"Arthur dear? Perhaps you and I should take Arabella home to bed and then one of us can come back to the hospital later whilst the other stays with Arabella?" Constance asked the older man who seemed to have not listened to a word she had just said and continued to stare at his daughter with tears rolling down his face.
"I'll kill him." The man stated emphatically.
"Dad?" Maura said, her voice cracking.
Arthur walked over to his daughter without responding and engulfed her in a hug.
The doctor sensing this was a private family moment slipped out of the room, not before glancing over at Jane and she signalling to both Constance and Jane she would be back in 10 minutes.
"Father please don't hurt Ian, I don't care what he has done to me but he is still my childrens father, promise me you wont do anything to him to land yourself in prison? Please. I can't lose you." Maura pleaded with her father as he continued to hold her in his bear like embrace.
"Darling don't worry about silly old me" Arthur chuckled as though to try and calm Maura's worrying mind.
"Father, please." Maura begged.
"I promise you, I won't touch a hair on his head." Arthur replied. I didn't say I wouldnt get someone else to do it for me though, he thought.
"Father can you take Arabella home to sleep, it's been much too stressful for her tonight. Could you maybe come back later though?" Maura asked.
"Nothing could stop me coming back to see my little pumpkin." Arthur whispered into Maura's ear, finally releasing her from his arms.
Arthur glanced down to see Maura's hand clasped tightly with another woman's.
"I am terribly sorry for being so rude, I'm Maura's father Arthur, I don't believe we've met before?" Arthur placed his hand out for the other woman to shake.
"I'm Jane Rizzoli, it's nice to meet you sir" Jane took the proffered hand, shaking it.
As Jane shook his hand Arthur noticed the badge on Janes hip. At least Maura has some proper protection, Arthur thought.
The movement made the young girl rouse from her sleep and start to shift in her sleep.
Arthur noticed this and turned to his wife "Connie, are you ready to go?" Arthur asked gently leading Constance to give her daughter a kiss and a whispered promise she would be back. Constance moved round to Jane and gave her back her phone.
"Thank you for letting me use your phone and for everything else" Constance motioned to her daughters hand grasped in her own. Jane nodded her head. Looking down at her mobile in her hand Jane noticed she had a text from Frankie, shit I forgot he was still here. Opening the text Jane had to smile at her younger brothers hundredth apology about her nose.
Hey Janie, I thought by now you must have found a doctor to set your nose, hope you don't mind but I have an early shift in the morning and needed to get home so I had to get home, if you need a lift home I'll pay you back for the taxi. Sorry about the nose again sis,love ya. F x
Arthur pulled Jane out of her thoughts as he lent down and pulled the young girl from Janes arms causing the little girl to fully awaken.
"Grampa, is that you?" The little girl asked, rather confused as to why her grandfather was here.
"Hello my little Arie, I'm just going to take you home so you can get into your big comfy bed and give Bass a cuddle, how does that sound?" Arthur cooed to his granddaughter.
"I don't want to leave Mommy by herself though Grampa, what if she gets hurt again?" Arabella asked, beginning to become distressed again.
"Hey Arabella?" Jane tried to get the attention of the young girl and it worked as the young girl shifted in her grandfathers arms to raise her curious hazel eyes to see the voice speaking to her "My names Jane, I'm a detective see?" Jane lifted her badge from her waist to show the girl "It means that I have to protect people and so that includes your mommy okay?" Jane said to Arabella, trying to calm her down.
"Okay" Arabella nodded after thinking for a moment "just don't let Daddy near her, please" The young girl pleaded causing Maura to take a deep breath so she wouldn't break down in front of her daughter again.
"Give mommy a kiss and cuddle goodnight, we'll come back and see her tomorrow" Arthur crouched down so Arabella could clasp her hands around Maura's neck and gave her a kiss on both her cheeks, like every other night.
"Love you mommy" Arabella shouted as she made her way out the door with both her grandparents.
"Love you more" Maura replied.
As soon as the door closed, Maura's whole body shook with the sobs ripping through her whole body. Jane couldn't just sit holding the women's hand and quickly moved to sit on Maura's bed, leaning over to pull the woman into her arms to offer some comfort to the broken woman.
The detective heard the other woman mumbling something into her shoulder so slowly pulled back to allow her to understand what the other woman was trying to tell her.
"The raped me, he raped me, he raped me" Maura keep repeating herself over and over like a mantra.
Jane pulled the woman back into her arms whispering words of comfort into the woman's hair, stroking her back with one hand and moving her other through the woman's silky blonde hair.
"Listen to me, I know I've only known you an hour.." Jane weakly laughed at this fact "but I'm here for you Maura, I feel like it was fate that I met you and that's a funny thing for me to admit because usually I find that kinda stuff shit" Maura winced at the use of the swear word, which Jane noticed "sorry I mean crap, I will do everything in my power to help you and that sweet little girl of yours, y'know she looks like a carbon copy of you? The freckled cheeks and blonde hair is identical! Sorry I tend to ramble a lot... The point is I'm here, you can talk to me or not talk to me but I'm here." Jane finished her little speech with a kiss to the blondes head. Why did I just do that? Jane thought as a deep blush spread across her chest.
"Thank you Jane, that means a lot to me." Maura said sleepily.
Another gentle knock came to the door, Dr Petroff slipping through as quietly as she could.
"Maura, can I come in?" Dr Petroff asked the young woman who seemed to be half asleep lent on Janes shoulder.
"Yes" Maura whispered so quietly the Dr struggled to hear the response.
"Yes?" The woman repeated what she thought the younger Dr said, trying to give her the sense of control she needed to be given back in her life even if it was something as small as this request.
"Yes he raped me." Maura replied weakly.