Epilogue
A couple of months has gone by since Geoffrey Dowell was put behind bars and normality has again settled over Boston and its police department, let alone Jane, Maura and the guys. And time has shown that they are spared from the next lunatic who decided to psych out right after the last psycho.
Of course, they had to work terrible cases again when someone tried to cover their affair, their greed or other idiotic motives.
But tonight is a night just for family and friends and Jane sneaked up to Angela and asked her if she would be willing to host a dinner for this morning.
Angela would never deny it that it surprised her that her only daughter had come to her with such a request. Somehow, she had felt that her daughter was up to more, but Jane wasn't in the mood to let her in on whatever Jane has planned or she was only hoping for more.
However, Angela has agreed to host a dinner tonight and is now standing in Maura's kitchen, a smile playing around her lips when she remembers on how Jane bad moved in with Maura. It was a sneaking process. Jane had spent more and more time at the ME's place and brought her clothes with her.
One evening, when Maura was still in her office, Angela sat down next to her daughter on the couch and pretended to pay attention to the TV. But then she asked Jane if she and Maura had planned to move in with each other.
Jane almost died as she choked on her beer, but then she realized that Angela wasn't that wrong. Most of her wardrobe was deposited in Maura's bedroom and she spent as good as no time at her apartment anymore. So, she decided to talk about the fact with her girlfriend.
Maura had blinked a couple of times and a deep frown had crawled on her forehead. She let the words sink in and in that moment she seemed like she wasn't moving or even breathing and Jane did the same. But then she started to smile like a Cheshire cat and asked the Italian if she would be willing to rent her condo. And Jane had agreed happily. That's how they decided to move in together.
Angela blinks a couple of times when Maura comes to Jane and wraps her arms around the detective's middle and pretend not to look at them from the corner of her eyes.
Jane is looking down at the smaller woman and arches an eyebrow with a smile. "Hey, there. What's wrong?"
Maura is looking deep into brown eyes and frowns a little. "I think you should go and check on Tommy and Frankie. They are still sitting in front of the TV."
Jane lowers her eyebrows and growls loudly. "Not for long if I am done with them."
Maura chuckles amused and gives the Italian a peck.
"Be nice to your brothers," Angela warns Jane and shakes her head as her daughter grumbles something unintelligible.
Maura chuckles and walks to the fridge to get a bottle of water out of it.
"Do you know why Jane suddenly want me to host a family dinner," Angela asks and looks briefly at the blonde.
Maura shakes her head and sips her water. "Well, maybe she want to spend some time with her family after the Dowell case consumed so much of our time. I think it's nice."
"It is indeed," Angela replies and looks at the doctor with a smile. "I must hope that none of you is going to be called to a new crime scene tonight."
"That won't happen, Angela." Maura says with a smile. "None of us is on call this weekend." She puts the bottle on the surface of the kitchen island as the door bell is ringing and heads towards thru front door. "I get that."
She always loves it when her house is full with her family and friends and smiles when she looks into the face of Korsak and Frost.
The older man smiles broadly and hands Maura a nice bottle of Barolo Le Rocche del Falletto. "For you, Maura."
Maura's eyebrows shoot up and her smile grows even bigger and she let the two men into her house. She hugs both of them and points in the direction of her living room. She knows that this is going to drive her girlfriend crazy, but she couldn't care less right now. She is just happy that all of them can share a night together without being at work or being tied up in knots. And without hoping that there will be the next almost unsolvable case. Tonight, they will be just friends who enjoy their night together with a nice meal and a couple of drinks.
Jane growls as she makes her way to the stairs and grit her teeth. "My brothers are some a -" She stops herself when she spots Maura at the front door and furrows her brows. "Again, what's wrong?"
The blonde glance at the taller woman and shakes her head as she walks to Jane. She trace the Italian's chin and kisses her gently. "I love you." She whispers.
Jane's eyes are softening and she smiles a little . "I love you too, Maura."
Maura runs her hand over the detective's shoulder and frowns. "Where are you going now?"
Jane is looking long at her and she frowns as well before she looks down at herself. She is just wearing yoga pants and a well-worn shirt. "Um, I go and change into something more appropriate, if you don't mind."
Maura is eyeing the brunette and tilts her head to the side. "Okay."
Jane scoffs and kisses Maura once more before she hurries up the stairs.
The doctor smiles again and joins Angela in the kitchen again.
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The dinner went well and Angela earned all kind of compliments for her dishes and the matriarch is quite rightly flattered.
"So," Frankie says and leans back in his chair, looking at his sister. "what is the reason for us being here?"
Jane looks long at him and swallows the last bite of her food. "Having a nice time with your family and friends?"
Tommy grunts amused and shakes disbelievingly his head. "Uh-uh, not buying that."
Frost and Korsak are shaking their heads as well and chuckle as they see the Italian's annoyed face.
"All right," Jane says, wipes her mouth with her napkin and clears her throat. "All right, that's not the complete truth. I want to thank all of you to that you bear with me and that you are supporting me every time. Without any of you, it would be hard to do this job proper. I couldn't do this job proper without you, and I wanna thank all of you because of that." She takes a deep breath and smiles when all of them click glasses with each other. She entwine her hand with Maura's, who is sitting on her left side, and swallows hard.
Maura looks questioningly at the detective and furrows her brows. "Jane, are you alright?"
Jane is downing her beer and shakes her head, but then she suddenly nods. "No … Yes …" She licks her lips and tries to smile, but she knows that the smile must look more like an grimace and the others are exchanging a skeptical look.
The Italian rolls her eyes and she seems to nod to herself encouragingly. She takes a very deep breath and her right hand is placing a small black velvet box on the dining table, and the whole becomes very quiet.
She turns her whole body to Maura and smiles wryly. "I know, that must come unexpected and maybe you think that I am crazy, because you're even not really divorced yet. But when you know, you know, right? Anyway, you don't have to decide anything right away the next couple of months or years. I mean …" She scoffs and shakes her head. "You can take all the time you need, Maura. I just … I love you from the bottom of my heart and I wanna spend the rest of my life with you and … I was never so sure of anything else than of this, because you know how I am and you already have me seen at my best and at my worst, and you understand me. Since you came into my life, I feel whole again, I feel alive again. Sometimes, you are driving me crazy with your shoptalk, but that's something of you I love so much, and I would die if I would never hear it again. And -" She pauses and simply shrugs. "And you are the love of my life, and I would never allow it that someone is hurting you, Maura. And I can't imagine a life without you in it anymore, Maura. It's driving me nuts if I can't see you for an hour or two. And … you make me feel things I've never felt before. So, I'm gonna ask you now, Maura Isles. Will you marry me?"
Still, the whole room is silent and Jane's heart feels like it is going to jump out of her chest.
Maura is looking with tears in her eyes at the Italian and she feels like the time has frozen. She swallows hard and a tear rolls down her cheek when she closes her eyes for a second. This time it feels different, this time there is no nagging voice in the back of her head that tells her to get up from the chair to run. This time it feels right even though she knows that it will take some time until she is officially divorced, but her heart is telling her that she wants nothing more than to spend the rest of her life with Jane too.
She looks at the detective and nods slowly. "Yes," she whispers.
Jane is staring blankly at the doctor and she raises her eyebrows high like she is not believing what she has heard. "Yes?"
"Yes," Maura repeats and starts to smile like a Cheshire cat, and the others starts to cheer loud and happy.
The detective beams broadly and presses her lips to the blonde's without any care for the world.
Angela squeals and raises her hands high over her head like she is winning some special prize.
"God, I love you." Jane whispers as she breaks the kiss and cups Maura's face with hands.
Maura smiles broadly and kisses the Italian once again. "I love you too, Jane."
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So, this is it. This is the last chapter of Our Lady's Tears! I hope you enjoyed reading this story as much as I enjoyed writing it.
I leave it here because I am going to write a sequel.
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