Maura stood there staring at the door Jane had stormed out of. She knew Jane was right, she was playing with the brunette's feelings. She hated herself for making Jane feel the way she did. The honey blonde truly loved Jane but there were a lot of things that the detective simply didn't know about the situation. She had every intention of staying with Jane this time but while at work Ian had rung her. He had reminded her of what would happen if she were to try and leave him and she knew she had to go back. She couldn't bare the thought of him following through on his threat.

The honey blonde didn't know how long she had been stood there lost in her thoughts. It was only the sound of her phone that snapped her out of the trance she had been in. As she unlocked her phone to read the text message Maura couldn't help but cringe at the time. Ian had told her to be back by now.

From Ian: I'm giving another 20 minutes to get back here before I follow through with what I said.

After letting out a deep breath she slipped her phone back into her handbag and after picking up her suitcase she walked out of Jane's condo, making sure the door was locked behind her. With a heavy heart she walked down the stairs and out to her car. Putting her bag in the back seat she climbed into the drivers seat and pulled away from the apartment block.

Ten minutes later Maura found herself pulling up outside her house. She really didn't want to walk in there as she knew what was going to happen but she didn't have a choice. It was either she went in there or other people could possibly suffer. The honey blonde decided it would be easier to leave her suitcase in the back of the car and slowly walked up to her front door. As she walked through the door Maura immediately felt a hand come into contact with her face, causing her to stumble backwards and subsequently close the door as well.

Maura didn't know how long it continued for but when Ian finally walked away from her, all she could feel was pain. The medical examiner slowly and painfully managed to shuffle into a sitting position, with her back resting against the front door and tears in her eyes. She knew she would have to ring into work ill since she could barely move but as she reached out her hand she realized she had left her phone in her handbag, which was still in the car. She couldn't stop the groan that escaped her mouth as she attempted to stand up. She wanted nothing more then to be back with Jane but she had a strong feeling that wasn't going to be an option any more, Maura didn't even think she would have Jane as a friend any more.

Meanwhile…

After a while of driving around Jane decided she would head home and see what Maura's decision had been, even though she was pretty sure she knew what Maura would have decided. She ended up driving past Maura's house and wasn't surprised to see the honey blonde's car in the drive way of her house.

What did surprise the brunette detective was that she instinctively stopped her car outside of the house. She had an uneasy feeling about something but she could place her finger on what it was. A part of her wanted to go in the house and see Maura, but part of her just wanted to head home. Eventually the detective shook her head and restarted the car before heading home. Jane just put it down to the fact that she didn't want Maura to leave. She assumed the part of her wanting to go in the house and check on Maura was because she had wanted Maura to stay at her condo. After a few seconds she drove home to get some sleep before having to head into work early tomorrow to find a lead in this case.

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