Maura Isles saw her daughter many times over the course of the two years Elena had been away, and not once during that time did Rania and her husband give up on trying to take Elena away. And worst of all Elena had been gone for six months on a covert op.
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"She will come today" Rania said to her husband, Abdullah. Maura's "funeral" was the perfect opportunity to lure Elena back home and Rania's chance to make Elena stay, one way or another.
On the private Jet provided to CIA personnel
"Agent Isles, we will be landing in approximately one hour." said the stewardess
"Thank you, Ramona" Elena replied, she sat in her seating thinking about the phone call she had received informing her if Maura's death. It was possibly the worst news Elena could ever receive in her life. Elena to some extent, would blame herself for leaving and causing Maura and Jane so much pain, but she believed at the time that she had no other choice. Elena thought she was keeping Maura safe, but it seemed as if it had the opposite effect. All Elena had thought about while making her decisions was that she did not want to lose Maura, and now she had, forever.
As the plane began to reach its destination, Elena thought back to the time when Abdullah and Rania, her biological parents, had barged into her life and screwed everything up.
"Shh Colin, if my mom wakes up, we are so screwed" Elena said to her boyfriend Colin, as they entered the house. They were not drunk, but just particularly giddy, it was 2:30 am after all. They had just gotten back from Coachella and had a late flight back to Boston.
"I am awake, no need to sneak in, and we have guests." Maura's voice came from the den, and upon hearing her voice Elena and Colin immediately tried to regain composure.
As Elena and Colin made their way to the den they looked at each other and said "Uh oh"
When they walked in, Elena saw two familiar faces but she could not quite place it. "Elena, Colin, this is Queen Rania and King Abdullah of Jordan, they, uh, they are you're uhm biological parents." Maura said. As she spoke, Elena's eyes widened and she immediately remembered, she knew who they were, but never wished to have a relationship with them, the Isles and the Rizzoli's were her family, even Paddy Doyle had taken to protecting her. But their "majesties" meant nothing to her.
Elena had never felt more alive than when she was with Maura and Jane, yet ironically she never felt more dead than in this moment when she felt her whole world was about to come crashing down. If there was one thing, Elena had learned from Jane, it was to always trust her gut, and right now Elena's gut was telling her that things would never be the same.
Elena sighed and said out loud " Boy was I right"
"We will be landing in 15 minutes" the pilot stated over the speaker.