"Me?" Maura asked, "What could he possibly want from me?"

"No, Maura, he doesn't want something from you. He's out to win you over. He basically told me I had nothing to offer you and he had everything to offer you and he was going to show you that. Except he was all creepy about it. You need to request a security detail. He might even be on his way there now!"

"That's preposterous," Maura said, not quite believing me.

"Maura, you didn't see him. He was bordering on maniacal. He did everything but threaten you. I don't think you're safe. Not at least until we can figure out how much of what he said was an actual intention and how much of it was just talk."

"Jane, this is William we're talking about. This is the same guy that freaked out when one of Korsak's cats tried to sit on his lap," she pointed out.

Normally I would have to stifle a giggle at the memory of William screaming like a little girl. "Get this wild animal off of me!" he'd yelped, and Korsak had nearly wet his pants laughing at him and his fear of a harmless house pet. But at that moment, the only thing I felt was cold fear for Maura and anger at William for his twisted outburst.

"He was far from that guy just now, Maura. This is really serious," I urged her to understand.

"You're right," she agreed, startling me. "It is serious. Because I'm not the one in a vulnerable position right now. You are. You're in his brother's facility with no means of protecting yourself. I'm not the one who needs a security detail, Jane."

"He wants you though," I reminded her.

"And if what you told me is true, he won't hesitate to go through you to get to me. I'm calling security, Jane." I could hear Maura's heels clicking on the floor. At first I thought she was pacing with worry as we spoke, then I realized she was hurrying somewhere.

"Don't. He left. I'm more worried about you. If you won't call a security detail, at least have Frankie come and stay with you. Let Ma know, too. I don't want her home alone at your house until we can deal with this."

"I'll call Frankie to come stay with your mother, but there's no way I'm leaving you alone in that place. Not now. I'm on my way there, and we're going to sit down with their security staff and get this figured out."

"No, Maura, don't leave work! You're safer at the precinct than anywhere else!" I could hear Maura's heels clacking on the stairs in the precinct garage as I yelled. Already Maura had put herself in a vulnerable position by leaving the precinct and entering the parking garage unguarded.

"Well, if he's on his way here, wouldn't it be better if I'm not around when he shows up?" she asked logically.

"He could still be here, Maura," I said as I tried to reason with her. Didn't she understand how much danger she was in?

"Good, then I'll give him a piece of my mind," she growled as I heard her continue to walk.

"Maura, he's unhinged. Don't make the situation worse. We need to notify law enforcement about this. This is serious stuff!"

"We will, after I get there." I heard the soft beep of the alarm on Maura's Benz disengage, the door to the car open and then close a moment later, and then the ignition start in Maura's car as she spoke to me. "I'll be there in an hour. Sooner if I can make it."

"No, you drive safely, you hear me?" Secretly I was relieved she was on her way. If she was with me, I could keep an eye on her.

"I will. I'm going to call and have one of the nurses sit with you. I'll be there soon."

"Maura, I'm not afraid of him," I lied, but Maura couldn't hear it.

"Good. Then you can help me not to be afraid of him too," she said as I heard her put the car in gear. "I'll be there as soon as I can, Jane. Let me call the rehab."

Maura disconnected her call with me before I could respond, and soon there was a nurse at my door.

"Ms. Rizzoli, are you all right?"

"Yeah, just a little concerned," I replied, not looking up at her. I was looking at my phone and hoping Maura would call me back.

"Dr. Isles told me what happened. You should have called us. We could have called security or just asked him to leave," she admonished gently.

"He's the director's brother, would you have really called security on him?" I countered.

"My duty is the wellbeing of my patients, Ms. Rizzoli. If the director's brother is threatening one of my patients, I'll make sure that stops immediately," she said forcefully. "Mr. Sheridan himself wouldn't put up with that, whether it's his brother or not."

"That's reassuring," I said sarcastically. The nurse didn't seem to notice. She was too busy checking the room. She picked up the nurse call button that William had tossed away from the bed and brought it back to the nightstand.

We sat there together in an awkward silence for over an hour, the nurse pacing between the door and the window and me rubbing holes into my palms with my thumbs before Dr. Grossberg arrived.

"Jane, could you come with me, please?" Dr. Grossberg asked, her tone showing just how grave this situation was becoming.

I looked over to the nurse who had been waiting with me. She shrugged. No one had said not to go with Dr. Grossberg, but the two of us had clearly been waiting for Maura to show up. I thought about it though, and Dr. Grossberg had been my physician since I'd shown up at the rehab a month prior. There was no reason to distrust her. If she was going to harm me, she would have done it already. I trusted my gut and decided to go with her.

"Okay," I said, getting up to walk with Dr. Grossberg. "Where's Maura?" I asked.

"She's in with Dr. Gilfried and... well, you'll see," Dr. Grossberg said wearily.

We walked down to Dr. Gilfried's office, and she opened the door. Maura was there with Dr. Gilfried, a man in a security uniform, and Jeffrey Sheridan, and she was tearing into them. It's no wonder that she went directly there. She'd gone to give them a piece of her mind. This was the Maura I hadn't seen while I was in a coma. The Maura that went to any length to protect me. I wondered how many times she had been in a situation like this while I'd been injured. How many times had she stood there and screamed until people responded? What lengths had she gone to while I was so hurt, to make sure I got the care that I needed? I listened to her, chastising Jeffrey and berating the man in the security uniform. She had just turned toward Dr. Gilfried when I said her name, softly.

"Maura."

Maura stopped, dropping the finger she was using to point accusingly at Dr. Gilfried. I looked around, and everyone there seemed terrified of Maura. Secretly, I was proud of Maura's ability to raise hell. She wasn't always meek or awkward or goofy. When it mattered, Maura got the job done, no matter what.

"Jane," Maura said, relief washing over her features. She quickly crossed the room and pulled me toward her in a tight embrace. "I cannot believe what is going on here!" She stepped back to look me over carefully, cataloging my every feature and making sure I was safe and in one piece. "Are you all right?" she asked finally.

"Yeah, I'm more worried about you than anything else," I told her, clinging to her while everyone around us stopped and stared at Maura's sudden change in demeanor.

"Ms. Rizzoli, could you please tell me what happened?" Jeffrey asked, interrupting us nervously. Maura had struck some fear into him, it seemed. I looked over at him and grimaced slightly.

"Call me Jane," I said as I sat down on Dr. Gilfried's couch, pulling Maura down right next to me, my hand on her arm, trying to keep her calm. She did seem far calmer now that I was there. "And yeah, I'll tell you, but it's about your brother," I cautioned.

"I understand that, though I'm really quite surprised. That doesn't sound like William."

Maura actually growled beside me. I opened my mouth to protest, and he raised a hand to stop me. "But just because it doesn't sound like him doesn't mean it's not possible. Please, tell me what happened. I certainly can't have him wandering around here, threatening my patients."

I repeated the story for them calmly, and when I finished, they all started talking at once.

"Hey!" I yelled. "People! Calm down!"

They all stopped to look at me.

"First of all, the threat was more to Maura than it was to me. Second of all, we might be able to put a stop to this if Mr. Sheridan here has a frank talk with his brother."

"No, that's not acceptable," Maura said. "I want security stationed outside of Jane's door at all times."

"What? No, Maura!" I protested. Did she not understand that she was the one who needed protecting?

"Yes. And if that can't be arranged, I'm removing Jane from this facility right now, along with the endowment that I discussed with Jeffrey prior to her arrival," Maura threatened quietly, her voice unwavering.

"That won't be necessary," Jeffrey said, looking more concerned about the problems this could cause for his facility than he was with the loss of Maura's sizeable endowment to the facility. "Look, I don't know what's gotten into my brother, but I'll talk to him after he gets back from Chicago. He's got some kind of conference and was supposed to be getting on a plane at five o'clock tonight. I'll make sure that he actually went to the conference. We'll set up a security guard to be outside of Jane's door at all times until we can resolve this or Jane gets discharged, whichever comes first."

"When is William due back?" I asked.

"Tuesday night," Jeffrey answered. "In the interim, Jane is to have an escort to and from all therapies and meals." He said this to Dr. Grossberg and Dr. Gilfried.

"And you are going to call Frankie and have him set up a security detail outside of your house, Maura. I mean it," I looked at Maura sternly.

Maura looked torn.

"Dr. Isles, please do what Jane asks," Jeffrey said. "I don't know what this is with William, but until we can get to the bottom of it, it would be in your best interest."

"Maura if you don't call him, I will," I threatened.

"Jane this all seems like a bit much. I can take care of myself, and William is in Chicago until Tuesday," Maura tried to reason.

"We don't even know if he got on the plane, Maura! He could have just used that to give himself an alibi. My mother lives with you. It doesn't seem to me that he would hesitate to go through her to get to you, so if you won't do it for yourself, do it for her. Call. Frankie." I didn't care if I was seconds away from yelling. I'd yell if I had to, and if that didn't work, I'd be begging soon. I wouldn't stop until Maura was under protection of either my brother or one of the boys in blue that protected the city of Boston. Maura had to be protected at all costs.

"All right. I'll call Frankie," Maura acquiesced, getting up to leave the office and make the call.

"We've never had something like this happen here before, Jane," Jeffrey said to me as Maura walked away, as if that would make the situation all better.

"Well let's make sure it goes no further than it did today, shall we?" I responded, glaring at him. I sat up straighter and squared my shoulders, daring him to argue with me. This wasn't exactly Jeffrey's fault, but I didn't trust him. William was his brother after all, and it didn't take a detective to know where his loyalties would lie.

"Ms. Rizzoli, if you'll give me a list of names of approved visitors, we'll make sure nobody but the people you approve and our medical staff have access to your room," the head of security said suddenly, interrupting my thoughts.

"Okay."

Maura came back while I was giving the head of security a list of names.

"Frankie's going to come and spend the night tonight, but right now he's sending over some uniforms to sit outside the house. I also called your mother to make her aware of the situation."

"Is she flipping out?" I asked.

"By 'flipping out', do you mean worried and panicked?" Maura asked.

"Yes."

"Then yes, she's flipping out," she said, running a hand through her hair and exhaling.

"Great," I sighed. "Do you think you can calm her down?"

"If I can't, I'm sure Frankie can when he gets there tonight," Maura replied, trying to reassure me.

"Okay," I answered, not sure what else I could say or do to fix this situation.

"I'm going to make some calls and make sure William got on that plane," Jeffrey announced. "I will sit him down and have a good chat with him as soon as he is back in Boston. I'm giving you my word that if he's not himself, I will personally turn him over to the police. I don't know what's come over him, but his behavior is not acceptable and not becoming of a Sheridan. If you need anything else, please don't hesitate to get in touch," Jeffrey said as he walked out.

"I'm going to set up a security schedule," the head of security said. "Please make sure someone walks you back to your room."

"I'll do that," I said.

That left Maura and I with Dr. Grossberg and Dr. Gilfried.

"Are you all right, Jane?" Dr. Grossberg asked.

"Yeah, I'm just freaked out," I said with a shiver. I couldn't remember the last time I'd been so worried about Maura.

"Did he try to physically harm you in any way?" Dr. Grossberg asked.

"No. No, he just verbally made his intentions clear. He did not touch me." I shuddered at the memory of him bending down over me, sweating and full of rage.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Dr. Gilfried asked, concerned.

"There's not much to talk about. I'm worried about Maura. I'd rather be home with her so I can keep an eye on her. I don't think she's safe," I said as I took Maura's hand.

"I don't know if we can arrange for that, Jane. You still need therapy," Dr. Gilfried said gently.

"I know, but therapy could wait a few days. I would just feel better knowing Maura is protected."

"There's a police detail there though, right?" Dr. Gilfried asked.

"Yes. But it's not the same as being there myself."

"Jane, right now William is supposed to be boarding a plane for Chicago, which means he won't be anywhere near me for three days. And by the time he comes back, Jeffrey should be able to set him straight," Maura tried to reassure me. "That's three days of therapy you don't need to miss."

"Look, I don't mean to be alarmist, but we have no idea whether William actually got on that plane and we have no idea whether he'll stay in Chicago for the entire three days. We also have no idea whether Jeffrey will convince his brother to cut the crap. That is his brother, after all. I would think his loyalties would lie with his family, and less with the patients in this facility," I argued.

"We have a security guard outside of your door at all times Jane," Dr. Grossberg reminded me.

"And Frankie will be with me, until we can put a stop to all of this," Maura added.

"I don't know, Maura. I'd rather be there with you," I practically begged her.

"Let's just wait and see, okay? Try not to worry so much. Frankie is very capable, and there's a patrol officer right outside the house too." Maura sounded like she was reassuring herself as much as she was trying to reassure me.

I groaned in frustration. I knew Maura had a point, and that she was in good hands. It didn't stop me from worrying though.

"Jane." Dr. Grossberg interrupted my thoughts, obviously trying to change the subject. "While we're all here, I just thought I'd let you know that your imaging studies all came back clear. Your hardware is still in place and you have no ligament tears or other soft tissue injuries around your hip. Your pelvis is in great shape too."

"That's good news," I muttered unenthusiastically.

"Yes, it is. It means we'll be able to work on getting rid of your limp, because it's not due to a new injury, or misplaced or ill-fitting hardware. Your bloodwork is due back tomorrow and I'll have the results for you on Monday."

"How did the appointment with the gynecologist go?" Dr. Gilfried asked.

I blushed. "It was fine. She told me my physical exam and my ultrasound were both normal."

"Did she clear you for intercourse?" Dr. Grossberg asked.

I could feel Maura watching me intently. "Yes. She said to take things one day at a time and when I'm ready, it can happen."

"That's good," Maura said, taking my hand and squeezing it.

"Yes and no. It means that the problem I'm having is all in my head," I said.

"And we'll get through it, Jane," Maura said, placing a kiss on my cheek.

I watched Dr. Gilfried smile at me. "I'll let you know what the blood test results say about any chemical imbalances, Jane."

"Okay." I didn't like being potentially imbalanced. William, on the other hand, was imbalanced, and that was putting it lightly.

"Come on, I'll bring you back to your room," Maura said.

We said goodbye to the other two doctors and Maura walked with me back to my room. There was a security guard seated on a chair outside.

"Hi, I'm Christopher," He introduced himself.

"I'm Jane, and this is Maura," I said.

"I'll be here for the next couple of hours, and then I'll switch out with another guard," he said kindly.

"Okay." I really wasn't all that reassured.

"I checked your room before I started. Everything seems to be in order," he said confidently, waving us in.

"Thanks," I muttered, looking around from the doorway.

Maura and I walked into my room and sat down together on the bed. "I really don't like this, Maura."

"Jane, you'll be fine, I promise," Maura said, taking my hand and squeezing it.

"It's not me that I'm worried about, Maura. It's you. I don't want you going home alone. What if he's still here and he follows you?" The worry was evident in my voice. I'd never felt so powerless.

"Jane, I'm going to drive directly home, and I'm going to pull the car into the garage and close the door behind me. I will go right inside and sit with your mother until Frankie gets there after his shift," Maura promised, sounding almost fearless.

"Make sure you have a security guard walk you out, and make sure you check the backseat of your car," I demanded.

"Do you really think William knows how to break into a car?" Maura asked, starting to get exasperated.

"I don't know, Maura. I didn't even think he was capable of making threats like he did. I have no idea what he is capable of, and I don't want you getting hurt!"

"Jane," Maura said, wrapping her arms around me. "I don't want to keep bringing this up, but he's not out to hurt me. He wants me, but from what it sounds like, he wants to hurt you."

"Maybe it would be better if we found a different rehab for me to go to. I don't like that William is the director's brother," I countered.

"Jeffrey seemed to be quite upset about this development. I don't think he wants his rehab making the news, especially after Wilma's suicide earlier in the month. I think he'll keep a close eye on things," Maura said logically.

"Still, wouldn't it be better to go somewhere else? Why stay here and be in danger like this?" I tried to get Maura to see the logic in leaving, preferably to go home.

"Do you really want to go somewhere else, where you won't get the same level of care and you'll have to start over from square one?" Maura questioned, her logic always overruling my own.

"If it means not putting you in danger, and not giving William ways to show up, then yes," I argued forcefully.

"Jane, let's just give this a few days, okay? You're not in any danger right now, and neither am I," Maura said, trying to calm me.

"We don't know that for sure, Maura!"

"It's more likely that William went to his conference. He must know you wouldn't keep quiet about this. Do you really think he'd stick around?"

"Maura, that fucker was so crazy before, I wouldn't put anything past him."

"Watch your language," she said sternly.

"Stop deflecting," I growled. "He wants you back, Maura. And he's willing to go to any length to get you."

"He can't have me. I'm already taken," Maura said flippantly, in an effort to play down the situation.

"That's reassuring for me, but he doesn't quite understand that."

"Did you really think I want anything to do with him? Or that he could possibly convince me to stop loving you?" Maura asked suddenly.

"No, not at all. He was right about me not being able to give you all the things you deserve though," I pointed out.

"That's William's way of finding your weaknesses and playing them against you. Don't let him do that. You give me everything I need, Jane."

"And you deserve more than just what you need," I whispered. "You're my everything, and you deserve a lot more than just what I have to offer you."

"I only want what you have to offer. Nothing more, nothing less," she said as she leaned in to kiss me. "I just want you, Jane. I want a forever with you in it. What we have, where we go, the things that we do, none of that matters as much as having you there to do it all does."

I sighed, but squeezed my arm around Maura's waist as I kissed her back. "I love you."

"I know," Maura said with a grin as she pressed back against my lips. "I love you."

"I know." And I did know. William's little mind trick didn't rob me of that fact.

"I should go, your mother is probably pacing a path into the carpets," Maura said with a sigh.

"Probably," I admitted. "Please be careful. Please?"

"Of course, Jane. Try not to worry."

"Call me as soon as you get home?" I hated how vulnerable I sounded, but I hated how vulnerable we both were at that moment even more.

"Absolutely," Maura said firmly.

She kissed me on the cheek and gave me a reassuring smile as she left. It took her almost an hour to get back to Beacon Hill, and I felt like I couldn't breathe the entire time. Frankie was already there by the time she arrived, so I felt better about her safety and Ma's safety. I could hear Ma worrying loudly in the background when Maura called to tell me that she had arrived home.

"I'm sorry, Maur. I hope she calms down soon. I wish I could be there to help."

"Just stay safe. Don't worry about us. Frankie is here and there's a patrol officer outside. Don't let the guard leave your room. I haven't heard from Jeffrey yet about whether William actually went to Chicago."

"I'll call Frost and see if he can get footage of William getting on the plane in the airport."

"Good idea," Maura said. "Call me back and let me know."

It felt good to have something to do, something productive that made me feel like I was keeping an eye on Maura even if I couldn't be there with her. I put a call through to Frost, and he was happy to make a few calls to contacts in Chicago. He told me he would call me back as soon as he had some information.

"Jane, a male matching William's description and using his boarding pass was seen boarding a flight to Chicago at five-twenty," Frost said when he called me back. "The flight is due to land in about forty minutes, and I've requested that someone review the gate security footage when the passengers disembark."

"Okay Frost, thank you."

"I'll call you back as soon as I know more."

"You're a lifesaver, Frost. Thank you."

"Stay safe, Jane."

I called Maura to let her know, and she passed the information on to Frankie while I was still on the phone.

Frost called me back about an hour later and told me he was emailing me footage of William getting off his plane in Chicago. I thanked him and then pulled up the video on my tablet computer. William was in fact getting off the plane at O'Hare airport, pulling a rolling carry on bag behind him and dialing on his cell phone. For the time being, everyone was safe. I thanked Frost again, then called Maura to let her know.

A few minutes later my cell phone rang, the number came up as blocked. I let it go to voicemail, too freaked out about the day's events to answer for an unknown number. I waited for the new voicemail notification to come up, and then dialed in. The message sent chills down my spine.

"Jane. You really didn't think I'd just leave for Chicago and not say goodbye did you? I'm not you, after all. I don't run away from my problems. In fact, I plan to take care of one particular problem as soon as I come home. You were smart to send the police to Maura's house. But who will watch over you, Jane? Some guard on my brother's payroll? I'll see you soon."

I shivered, trying to stop the bile in my stomach from making its way up into my throat. I dialed Frost back.

"Jane?" He asked into the phone.

"Frost, I'm forwarding you a voicemail. He's taken this thing to a whole new level. He knows Maura has a security detail. He knows what's going on at her house. He knows there's a guard outside my door here."

"Okay. I'll listen to it and call you right back," he said gravely.

Frost called back not five minutes later. "Korsak and I are on our way. Just stay put."

When they got to the rehab a little while later, I was ready to go home.

"How does he know, Frost? How does he know that Maura has a security detail?" I demanded.

"Let me see your phone, Jane."

I handed Frost my phone and he started playing with it.

"He put some malware on here. He put an app on here that's been recording your calls and texts. He knows Maura has a security detail because he listened to your calls. I figured as much when you told me that he had taken your phone while you were asleep."

"So what do I do now?" I asked.

"I'm going to take the phone back with me to BRIC and see what I can get off of it. Software like this is hard to remove, so it would be better to let me look at it and see what I can do. For now, use the house phone."

"If he bugged my cell phone, don't you think he bugged the room phone too? Maybe the room itself is bugged."

"I don't know if he's that sophisticated, but we can send a team in to do a sweep. Jane, I'm really concerned about your safety here," Frost said.

"Jane, is it possible for you to go stay with the Doc?" Korsak added.

"I'm not cleared for outpatient therapy and they have security outside my door," I said bitterly, repeating what Maura had said to me.

"Still, Jane, that was all set up before he sent you that message and he knows that they're here."

"Bringing me to Maura's house is just going to make it easier for William to get to both of us at the same time," I pointed out, even though it pained me to do so. I wanted to protect Maura, but I had to be sensible about the situation.

"That's true," Korask acknowledged. "One of us should stay here with her," Korsak said to Frost.

"I'll stay. You've been awake too long as it is," Frost said to Korsak. "But you get tomorrow night," he added.

"Fine with me," Korsak said. "Be safe, Janie. I'll see you tomorrow night."

"No, wait you guys, you don't have to do that. He's in Chicago. We know that. He's not coming back here tonight." I felt terrible putting them out.

"He could catch the very next flight back to Logan, Jane. He could be here in three hours. We have no idea what he's going to do. It's better to not risk it," Korsak said. "Just let Frost stay tonight, and tomorrow we'll worry about anything else that comes up."

"Okay. Fine. You're right. Thank you. Let me ask them to bring you up a cot," I said to Frost as we waved goodbye to Korask.

While we were waiting for the cot to come up, I used Frost's phone to call Maura and tell her what was going on. She was upset that my phone had been compromised, and even more upset that William had left me a threatening voicemail. Once I told her that Frost was staying with me, she calmed a bit.

"Frost doesn't think that William found my tablet computer, so I can still send you messages from there," I said. "And Frost is going to take my phone back to the precinct in the morning to see if he can get the malware off of it."

"Okay, Jane. If anything happens, have the nurses call me. Right away," Maura said worriedly.

"I will," I said to her calmly, trying to give her back a sense of safety I didn't feel for myself. "Just try to get some rest. We all need to be awake and alert for whenever William shows back up."

"You too, Jane. Be safe. I love you."

"I love you too, Maura. Good night," I said sadly as I disconnected.

I handed Frost back his phone and he got settled on the cot.

"G'night, partner," he said.

"G'night. Try to sleep, Frost. There's a guard outside the room, too."

"I will." He sounded as unconvinced as I felt. We were both wide awake.

We turned off the lights and crawled into our beds, but I don't think either one of us got a minute's worth of sleep that night.

A/N: I don't think I can thank CharlietheCAG enough for her infinite patience as a beta, especially with this chapter. Thank you, Charlie.