A/N: It was so nice to finally be able to update last week. Here is another chapter for you all so I hope you enjoy it as much as you did last chapter. Thank you to all of you who reviewed, I loved reading them all. Like I said, here is another chapter, please let me know what you think, I love reviews.
Jane and Maura decided it was better to drive separately to the scene so Jane could have the freedom to go after a lead and not worry how Maura would make it back to BPD to the morgue. Arriving at the scene Jane immediately noticed it was another secluded place. Another heavily wooded area but the area was accessible by biking trails. Maura had arrived a couple minutes before Jane had and was already down by the body. What damn grandma is out at this time of morning? They need to be home eating their breakfast and now out slowing me down.
Only just getting out of her car Frankie was already running up to her. "Morning Jane."
"Morning Frankie."
"Is Dr. Isles here?" he was peeking around Jane trying to look into the car to see if Maura was in fact with Jane.
"No. Why would we be together?" she asked wondering why Frankie was all of a sudden concerned about the whereabouts of Maura.
"I was just wondering is all. You sometimes come together, just being curious."
Something is up with Frankie. Jane arched her eyebrow at Frankie. "Okay."
"So what did you do last night?"
"I went to sleep."
"You and Dr. Isles didn't do anything?"
"Yeah, we ate dinner."
"That's it?"
Jane grabbed Frankie's arm and took him to an area that was out of earshot from all the other officers and detectives at the scene. "Alright, spill it little brother. What do you know?"
"Nothing." Frankie was now looking like a little boy who's hand was caught in the cookie jar.
"Spill it Frankie, I know that look. What do you know and who did you find it out from?" Jane was now starting to lose her patience with her younger brother.
"Ma."
"What about her?"
"She called me last night."
"And?"
"She had this crazy thought that you and Maura might be a couple and that you had slept together last night." He said it so fast it took an extra second for what he said to register with Jane.
"What?!" I'm gonna kill Ma. Jane had a look of fury while at the same time a look of being scared in her eyes.
"So you did?"
Letting out a deep sigh Jane decided there was no reason to skip around the truth. "Yes."
"Alright Janie."
"Excuse me?" she was now completely confused at her brother's excitement.
"Congratulations Jane." Frankie was so happy he gave Jane a big hug.
"For what?" Jane was now slapping at Frankie to get him to quit hugging her before all the officers and detectives at the scene noticed them.
"I'm proud of you Jane. You finally found someone that cares for who you are and accepts you for you." Frankie couldn't help but let his dimpled smile show.
"Umm. Okay."
"That's all you really have to say Jane is okay?"
"If I tell you something you have to promise me that it stays between me and you. Do not tell Ma because I will tell her when I am ready to." Frankie was now staring intently at Jane waiting for her to continue what she was going to say. "I like Maura, like a lot."
"Do you love her?"
Not sure how to answer that question yet because it was too early in their relationship to know for sure. "I'm not totally sure Frankie, but I get that feeling in my gut when I'm with her."
"You mean like the butterfly feeling and stuff?"
"Yeah, like the butterfly feeling and stuff." Jane smiled at the thought of the sensation she feels when she is with Maura.
Frankie gave her another hug to let her know everything was going to be okay. "I better let you go before Frost and Korsak come looking for you." He stepped to the side to let his sister pass so she could start casing the scene looking for clues. As she walked by she turned back around to Frankie and gave him a smile. Thanks Frankie, I needed that. She turned back around and headed to the body so she could get her day started.
Jane walked up to the body and stood next to Maura that was kneeling down continuing with her initial examination. "Well according to our vic's temperature she has only been dead for about 3 hours." Excited at the news that the vic had only been dead for a few hours she asked "do we have any ID?"
"Her purse was laying by her head." Handing over the purse to Jane she said, "I haven't looked inside yet."
"Thanks Maur." Jane quickly turned on her heels and headed towards Korsak and Frost who had just arrived at the scene not too long ago. "Hey, we have the vic's purse, wallet and license are inside."
Korsak was now excited at the possibility they might be able to find the victim's vehicle untouched. "What's the name and address? I will get our patrol units out there to start looking for the vehicle. I hope whoever this guy's accomplice is hasn't gotten to the vehicle yet."
"Her name is Diana Carson and her address is 429 Walnut Street."
Korsak immediately grabbed his hand held radio and called to dispatch to find out what type of vehicle has been registered to the victim. After finding out the type of vehicle he asked the dispatch to put out a BOLO for the red Audi registered to the victim. "I hope we can catch this bastard red handed."
"That would be nice. I'm going back over to get some more information from Maura. Let me know if they find anything." Jane turned around and headed back to Maura.
As Korsak and Frost watched Jane walk away Korsak said, "She sure does seem to have a glow about her this morning."
Frost chuckled, "And it seems she has a little more switch in her step." Both men shared a laugh and got back to taking notes from the witness who was biking on the trails that came upon the body and called it in.
Jane walked up to Maura who was now finished with her initial examination and standing up from her previous kneeling position. "Yes Jane there are bruises around her neck but it does not mean that she was strangled."
"But…"
"You apparently didn't learn your lesson the first time you decided to go against me."
"Fine."
"You should know by now that I will not have any conclusive evidence until I get the body back to the morgue to do the autopsy." Maura put her hands on her hips waiting for some sort of rebuttal from Jane.
"Well, is there anything that you can tell me now instead of making me wait for hours?"
Maura leaned in towards Jane so that her lips were close to her ear so she could whisper to Jane. "If you are good and can wait a couple hours I will make it worth your while this evening."
Jane immediately felt the warmness of a blush creeping up her neck and looked around to make sure no one was looking their way. "Yes Dr. Isles."
Maura backed away so that she was an appropriate distance away from Jane and smiled knowing the affect she had on her. "What I can tell you Jane is that she is between 23 and 26 years old and was stabbed four times in the abdomen. All four stab wounds are below the bellybutton."
"Our victim, Diana Carson, was 25 years old according to her driver's license. I think this case is going to be added to our list of other cases. This follows the same MO as the others and it looks like our assailant is becoming more and more violent with each victim he is choosing. This person, whoever is doing this, is turning into a serial killer and this is the last thing we need in the city of Boston."
"Jane! We got a hit on the BOLO. The patrol cars that were sent over to search around where the victim's house is found the victim's car. And you'll never guess what else, they caught the bastard trying to take the car." Korsak had to stop for a moment to catch his breath from running over to get Jane.
"Awesome Korsak, let's go get this asshole. I'll see you back at work Maur." Before Maura could say that she would see her later Jane was already taking off with Korsak and Frost to go and get the suspect who was seen with the victim's car.
A few hours later Jane, Korsak, and Frost were sitting at their desks in the bullpen planning their method of attack for interrogating the suspect. "So who wants the first crack at this asshole?" Frost asked being the first to break the silence.
"I want the first shot at this asshole."
"I agree with Jane, she does have great methods for getting to break a suspect down so I'm all for her taking the first shot." Jane could only smile over at Korsak knowing that was a compliment.
"But I want Maura up here behind the glass watching because I want her to be able to read this guy and make sure whether he is giving us the truth or not."
"Sure thing Jane, I'll go ahead and call her up right now." Frost grabbed his phone and called down to the morgue to ask Maura to come up. "She said she'll be up in a minute.
"Great."
"So what's your name?" Jane asked the first question.
"Santa Clause."
"Really?" The answer to the first question was already getting on her nerves.
"Yup."
"Well Santa Clause I hate to break it to you but your real name is Kevin Martin, courtesy of your fingerprints on file. You can keep being a smartass and we can do this the hard way or you can cooperate and we can do this the easy way."
Kevin defiantly crossed his arms across his chest indicating that he was not willing to open up to the detective but as soon as he looked at Jane and saw the death stare that was being directed towards him he sheepishly dropped his arms to the table showing a willingness to talk.
"So where did you get the car from?"
"It was on the side of the street abandoned so I just thought I would take it."
"So you expect me to believe that you were just strolling along and took the car because it looked abandoned?"
"Yeah."
"Well guess what? I don't." Jane slammed her fist down on the table in frustration causing Kevin to jump in his seat. "Let's try this again. How did the car become in your possession?"
"Look, I was going to be paid to pick it up and drop it off at a strip joint. You know, where they strip the car down and sell the parts."
"Yeah I know what one of those is. How much did you get paid?"
"Well I wasn't going to be paid until the car was dropped off."
"Who was going to pay you for doing this?"
"I don't know his name. All I know is I have a burn phone that this guy gets a hold of me on and tells me where to go pick up the cars and which joint to take them to so they can be stripped down."
"So you have absolutely no idea who this guy is?"
"No."
Three pictures were laid out in front of Kevin. "Have you seen any of these girls before?"
"No."
"Well, all three are dead and you were caught in the possession of Diana's car," she said pointing to the newest victim.
Kevin's eyes grew wide as saucers as the reality of the situation hit him. "Oh my god. They're all dead?"
"Yes."
"I had nothing to do with their deaths. I swear. All I was doing is what I was told so I could make money. I'm sorry those girls are dead but I had no idea."
Jane stared into Kevin's eyes trying to decide whether she believed him or not. "I'll be right back." Walking out of the interrogation room Jane headed to the next door inside the room where Maura was observing the interrogation. "Well Maur, can you tell if he is telling the truth?"
"Yes Jane, all his facial features are those of who is telling the truth. He was truly shocked to learn of the deaths of those women."
"Thanks Maur." Knowing no one was around but her and Maura, Jane leaned over and gave a quick kiss on the lips to her girlfriend and walked out of the room and back into the interrogation room.
"Well Kevin, you are under arrest for being in the possession of a stolen vehicle of a murdered woman."
Kevin could only hang his head in shame as Jane called for the uniformed officers outside the interrogation room to come in and take the suspect to jail. Walking out just behind the officers and Kevin she was greeted by Maura who had just come out of the room from where she was watching the interrogation. "Thanks Maur. I always appreciate that facial recognition thingy that you can do."
"No problem. Come over tonight and I'll give you some facial recognition techniques to learn." Winking, Maura brushed passed Jane who was now left standing there with a full blush creeping up her neck. God, this woman is going to be the death of me. Jane smiled and walked back to the bullpen to get back to work on the case with Frost and Korsak and to let them know what little information she was able to get from the suspect.
Well I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I apologize for not a lot of interaction between our girls but this was more of a storyline chapter and I promise that if you stick with me there will be more interaction between our two ladies. Hope you enjoyed and please don't be shy to leave a review. I love hearing from you all =o)