Chapter 14: What was lost
"Well, welcome Dr Isles, or should I say Maura Doyle," he hisses.
"Where am I, people will be looking for me you know," she hisses back, trying to keep the panic out of her voice as she struggles with the rope.
"The silhouette comes close and kneels by her, stroking her hair, "Oh yes my dear, she will, and that's what I'm counting on."
Maura squints trying to make out the face leaning next to her. She gasps as the pretty boy comes into focus. Its Dr Tim Horton. He is the one leaning close stroking her hair. She struggles to get away from his touch.
"Ah, Maura, I thought we had a connection," Horton says as he faints hurt
"Get your filthy hands off he," Maura spits as she squints at him and struggles with her bindings. "You're a Doctor, you took an oath, why are you doing this?" she questions as she looks at him.
He picks up a syringe and a bottle, he talks calmly as he fills it with the liquid . "Maura, not everyone is born into such privilege as you," he looked at her. "The more you have, the more you spend, as the saying goes. I made some bad choices and some bad investments. This opportunity presented itself and , well, I would be a fool to pass it up." He looks back at the syringe, pulls it from the bottle and approaches a very wide eyed Maura. "This is a quiet neighborhood, we need to keep you calm." he smailes as her approaches her.
"Did you pay Amy to so called 'look out for me'," Maura comments as she struggles to pull away from the needle. "Or was she part of the plan too. "
Tim Hortons stops his advance as he considers her question. " In a moment of weakness, Amy told me of her grave financial situation, so I passed it along to the powers that be for consideration."
"Did you induce that moment with those blue eyes of yours?" Maura hissed.
"Maybe," he smiles, "you could have been mesmerised by them if you had gone out for dinner with me when I asked? Unlike dinner with Amy, I had other things I wanted to show you, " he smiles and strokes her cheek.
"You bast-," she was cut off as a finger lay on her mouth to shush her.
"It would have been easier then, you know, when you didn't remember. Now you will start to put the pieces together and my employers did not like that option." He approaches and sticks the needle deep into her left arm. ."Now Dr Isles, you know better than to struggle, it only makes it hurt more."
Maura cries out as the needle penetrates her tense deltoid muscle. She watches the plunger go down as he injects the fluid into her. She cries out part from the pain but mostly because of frustration at her helpless state.
She feels a slight nausea as she fights the fade into black.
"Sleep princess, I have left clues and soon you shall see your princess charming." Tim Horton laughs at the thought. "Ah yes, to deliver both of you should fetch me a good price. One I intend on collecting." He kisses Maura on the cheek before leaving the dark room.
"There you have it Henry, thats what I remember. If it has, which I hope to God not, followed her here, she could still be in grave danger." Janes eyes drop to her lap as Hendy looks over at her.
They have just entered where the van was found and are parked. "Jane , I know your comrades will keep your family safe, I know mine would do the same for me." She looks over at him and smiles.
"I know, I know, lets just look for Maura, her disappearance is on me. We need to find her, I can't let anything happen to her ." her voice rasps as she obviously struggles with her emotions.
"I'll ask my Lieutenant Park if you can help out on the case. Maybe he can contact your Leu and we can work together on this?" says Morrison.
"That would be great ,"Jane acknowledges.
Henry feels bad for her, he wants to offer words of comfort and hope to his distressed colleague but he knows there is no justice in false optimism. "Jane, you can't blame yourself. I knew Amy since she was a little girl, I would have never expected this. When her Mom took ill, she put all she had into making her comfortable. She was an only child to a single Mom and she was a loving and compassionate nurse, something went wrong, horribly wrong." He thinks and then can't help himself, he lies to this beautiful women in his passenger seat. "We will find Dr Isles and she will be alright, really, I feel it in my gut." They make eye contact and both share a chuckle, knowing full well he lied but it helped reduce some tension. "You and Dr Isles are good friends , yes?" Jane looks at him.
"Yeah, we've been through alot together, you know," she sniffs and nods. Henry couldn't help it, he reached out and patted Jane's hands that were resting on the lap. She immediately recoiled, no one touched her hand but her family and Maura. She wouldn't even shake hands until about a year ago. A moment of awkward silence, then Henry opened his door to exit the car as did Jane. They walked in silence to the scene , both pondering how stupid they felt.
Sean looked for Angela, then he spied her at one of the tables in the cafe. He makes his way over to her, she saw him and the look on his face was not good. She excused herself from her customers and turned to escape Sean, as she rushed to the cafe counter. He caught up with her. He gently but forcefully took hold of her right arm. "Angela, I need to speak with you, please put down the coffee pot." She complied and put down the pot. She went with him , but did not look up. He took her to a secluded area just outside the cafe. "Angela, look at me," she still avoided his gaze, until he put his hand on her chin and guided her head up until she looked him in the eye. "Women, honestly, I love you but I don't know why you do the things you do," he smiles softly at her as he catches her attention. "You called the Isles, seriously, you called them. Angela, I have nothing to tell them yet and you may have compromised the case."
"Sean , they have a right to know, thats their baby girl." Angela justifies.
"Did you call Jane, about the kittens, " Sean questions.
"Again , right to know, those are my girls, I want them to know what's going on here. Sean, what's happening are Maura and Jane okay? " she sternly questions Cavenaugh.
Sean let out a sigh and shook his head, he looked back into Angela's eyes, he kept a gentle grip on her arms as he spoke, " You know Jane is with Maura and that she will not let anything happen to Maura and vice versa, you know that." He gently stroked Angela's cheek and wiped the stray tear. "Now help me here, no more panic calls. Truth is Maura may be in danger and I need you to keep things calm for me, we are under a lot of stress and we don't need to complicate the situation with hysterical parents'"
Angela nods, she has two children in the police force and now a new love in her life also on the force. She kicks herself at the way she impulsively reacted. She is a member of a cop family and she has to start acting like one.
With determination in her eyes she drew close to Sean and kissed him on the cheek. "I'm sorry Sean, I'll think next time, I will." Cavenaugh melted, he gave her a goofy grin and leaned and took her lips in a hard reassuring kiss, not caring who saw. He knew his Angela would make it right. With that they separated keeping hand contact until the last fingers passed between them. As Angela turned to face Sean as he approached the elevator, "I'll fix what i've done, I will".
"I'll send the Isles down to you, get the coffee pot ready. Ang, I know you will." They exchange smiles as the elevator doors open.
Jane and Henry go under the caution tape as he badges and explained her presence, she takes a good look at him. Trying to place him in her line of reference. maybe a modern day "Columbo"? A younger version, but with a disheveled top coat as opposed to a trench coat, definitely the same endearing demeanor. the Patrol Officers joke and have a good time with him, while his fellow Inspectors look on with a critical view. She knows that feeling all too well, as a female Detective in a male world. He glances up momentarily at his fellow Inspectors before dropping his glance and rejoining Jane. "I still have a cold reception in Homicide, I came from Robbery, they still want me to earn the badge, so to speak," he smiles as he approaches Jane but makes no eye contact.
"Trust me , I know the feeling, add to that being a woman, believe me when I say , I know," she smiles at him. "they'll come around," she places a gentle hand on his shoulder, "they will, take my word for it."
"I hope, soon," he gives a chuckle as he looks at her. They continue to the van.
Jane decides she likes this Inspector , she can work with him.