Hey everyone! This will be the last update of 2018 and it's from my old laptop because my main one has been taken away to be repaired. Luckily I have everything on the OneDrive and USB so I haven't lost anything. Check the chapters as for some reason from part 36 onwards they got messed up

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A New Family, a New Future-Part 28:

Hope was watching Louisa as she moved around the school and she wondered how different things could have been if she'd said no at one point in her life. She knew Louisa was closer with herself, Maura and Cailin and knew the exact reason why and wondered how long it would be until Jane began to piece the jigsaw together and realise the horrible truth she was hiding.

She also had her eye on Natalie. There was something about the girl that had Hope high on alert. She knew things that she shouldn't. Yes her mother knew Jane so knew some parts but the stuff about Maura wasn't public knowledge; the only things that were was the fact she was adopted, married to Jane and Louisa's adoptive guardian.

"Hope…?" came Louisa's voice and Hope turned and looked at her.

"What is it Louisa?" she asked.

"Time to go home. The day has finished. We need to go and see the Principal," Louisa said and Natalie showed them to the office again and it wasn't long before they were in the car heading back to the building where they were staying. Hope would never air her concerns with Louisa so she'd wait until Jane and Maura arrived back before she would say anything.

"How did it go?" were the first words that cam out of Maura's mouth as she and Jane arrived back.

"It went well but I need to keep an eye on this Natalie who is our guide. She says your mother knows you Jane but not how," Hope said, "other than that it was OK. I think she was just nervous about being the new kid in town. The Principal has managed to get her timetable as close to how it is at her school but she is sometimes doing work that she is in a different lesson for."

"But she coped well?" Jane asked and saw Hope nod before she looked, "I need to find out who this Natalie girl is and how she knows me."

"And how she knows intimate stuff about Maura that is not public knowledge," Hope added, "the only thing that is public is Maura is adopted and married to you Jane and you are both Louisa's adoptive guardian…but she knew more than that. I will keep my eye on things and keep you posted."

"This whole thing is really odd," Jane said, "keep the gun loaded and watch for any trouble. They're on about getting Cailin and Constance here so they are safe for sure. It appears the gang that killed Sadie is trying to cause trouble again and Paddy won't stand for it and now there's another gang war."

"However Paddy managed to get a note to Frankie warning that secrets were about to come tumbling it and we all have to hold onto hope," Maura said, "the hope and secrets are linked but we can't figure out what it's code for."

"I think bringing Cailin and Constance here would be a good idea because then at least they are safe for sure," Hope said, changing the subject before hearing Angela walking in the door. She excused herself and hurried over to help Angela get the food ready as they'd already agreed on a proper New York take out with a bit of everything.

Louisa clearly smelt the food and came into the main area and the went over to Jane and Maura and hugged them both before she went and got some food. Maura looked and raised an eyebrow and the two silently agreed to have a chat with Louisa about how the day had gone.

"So Constance and Cailin may well be coming to see us," Maura said casually, "well Cailin at the weekend and Constance when she gets back from Spain."

"Something's happening in Boston and it's that serious we can't get home," Louisa said into the silence after everyone had begun to eat silently.

Jane looked at Maura and Louisa watched as panic set in with Maura and she looked into her eyes and saw the panic set in.

"You tell me now what the hell is going on Maura!" Louisa said putting her cutlery down and rounding instantly on the doctor.

"I…I…" Maura started but the words failed her.

"There's trouble in Boston so we got redirected here," Jane said, "it's a gang war that the rival gang to Paddy's started and he didn't like that so he retaliated and now we are stuck here until it calms down."

"When were you going to tell me the truth?" Louisa asked, "because we promised no more secrets," she said before grabbing her plate and putting more food on it and then going back to her room and slamming the door as if to make a point.

Jane sighed and actually ran a hand through her hair.

"How did she find out?" she asked.

"She's a smart girl. She may well have heard something at school. Something as big as this she was bound to find out eventually," Hope said.

"I thought she'd have flipped out more at Hope," Maura said.

"We are her parent figures," Jane said, "therefore her first lash out point will be us Maura," she said before thinking and then going to head to Louisa's room.

"Jane Clementine Rizzoli! Get back here now!" Angela said and Jane sighed and stopped.

"Ma I need to talk to her," Jane said.

"No she's just like you in the fire department. Let her cool down first and come to you," Angela said as she looked at her daughter.

"But she may want more food…"

"Then Hope or me will go," Angela said, "I think the last people she will want to see right now are you and Maura."

Jane looked at her mother before sighing and then sitting back down hoping that Angela was right and Louisa would calm down and She and Maura could talk to her and explain their actions. They hated it when Lou was mad at them. They wanted to protect her but sometimes it backfired and this was one of those times. So all they could do was wait for Louisa to talk to them first and hope that once again she would forgive them for keeping secrets from her.

Hope just sat there drinking and eating feeling rather uncomfortable about all the secrets that were being kept and she had remained silent throughout the whole thing and that had gone unnoticed by Jane and Maura but not by Angela and she wondered what the woman was hiding and she was determined to find out what exactly was going on.