Maura woke up to the smell of coffee. She sat up slowly in bed and stretched. She looked at the clock on her nightstand it was a little after 8 in the morning. Maura took her time getting up and getting dressed she then made her way downstairs to see Jane trying to cook one handed in the kitchen.
"Good morning." Maura said to Jane as she sat down at the kitchen island.
Jane turned from the stove, spatula in hand and smiled at Maura, "Good morning." She said then turned around and flipped something in the pan she was hovering over.
"I hope you don't mind, I took the liberty of making you breakfast." Jane told her as she grabbed a plate from the cabinet. "It's an egg white and spinach omelet." Jane said careful placing the omelet on the plate. She took a slice of an orange and a few strawberries and put them next to the omelet then took the plate and handed it to Maura.
"This looks really good." Maura said as she put the plate down.
"Orange juice, coffee or tea?" Jane asked her as she handed Maura a fork.
"Coffee, please." Maura said and Jane grabbed a mug and poured the coffee then grabbed the cream from the fridge and placed them on the island for Maura.
Jane leaned back against the fridge and watched Maura eat. "Aren't you going to have breakfast?" Maura asked.
"Uh no, I'm not a big breakfast person." Jane told her as she poured herself some orange juice.
"You should really eat something to maintain your strength." Maura told her then sipped her coffee.
Jane smiled at her, "Orange juice will do just fine."
Jane went and sat down next to Maura, "Have you thought anymore about who'd want to hurt you?"
Maura shook her head, "I can't think of a possible reason." She said then put her fork down and cradled her head in her hands.
Jane put a hand on Maura's shoulder, "Hey, don't worry we'll figure it out."
Maura looked up at her and gave her a smile.
After breakfast Maura washed the dishes, saying it was only fair since Jane made the meal.
"So what do you want to do now?" Jane asked her.
"I have to make a few phone calls then after that, I don't know." Maura said with a tiny shrug of her shoulders.
Maura looked at Jane for a minute, "You know I never asked, but isn't there someone you need to call maybe to look after your place, water your plants, feed your goldfish?"
"My place is fine, there's nothing to steal, feed or water." Jane told her.
"You're pretty tip-lipped about your life." Maura said getting up from her seat. "I'll have to remedy that."
Jane arched an eyebrow at the challenge. "You can always try."
Maura went off to her office and proceeded to make some calls. Jane went upstairs and changed into a pair of shorts and put on her tennis shoes. She came back downstairs and went into the living room to watch TV while she waited for Maura to finish her phone calls.
Maura came back into the living room and sat down on the couch by Jane. "Everything okay?" Jane asked.
"Yes, I just needed to check on the Foundation." Maura told her. "The person I put in charge, Clint, he's the son of my father's best friend. We're practically siblings."
"Okay so what's with the worried look on your face?" Jane asked as she turned off the TV.
"He told me a few people are pulling their support from the Foundation because of what happened at the museum." Maura said to her.
"Ah hell, don't worry about it." Jane told her, "There are plenty of rich people in Boston who feel guilty about having all that money. I'm sure you'll find more people to support your Foundation."
Maura and Jane spent the rest of their day outside. They went for a small walk on the beach. Maura explained that the ocean air would help Jane heal faster which made Jane laugh.
"Let's go have lunch." Maura said and they went back to the house. Jane went upstairs for a bit to change clothes. She came back down and headed into the kitchen.
"Hey, check this out." Jane said to Maura. Maura turned to look at Jane who wasn't wearing her sling anymore.
"It's not hurting so bad." Jane said as her arm hung down at her side. "And look at this." Jane said and she slowly shrugged her shoulders once to show the improved movement.
"Wonderful." Maura said excited, and then she frowned, "I guess you won't need my help with your pants or shirt anymore."
"I mean well, it's still a little sore." Jane said to her with a smile.
They sat and ate lunch together. Maura talked about the Foundation, a company her father started. She told Jane about how her father ran the Foundation in the States while she worked at the Foundation in Paris where her mother lives. Maura explained to Jane that her father wanted to go back to Paris so he put her in charge of the Foundation in the States.
"You don't get to see them very often I take it." Jane said to her as she took a sip of her beer.
"No, not that often but they do come to some of the benefits the Foundation throws here." Maura told her.
"They must be real proud of you." Jane said, "I mean I know I would be."
Maura smiled at her, "Yes they're very proud of me."
After lunch Jane grabbed a book of one of the bookshelves that lined the living room walls and sat down on the couch.
"The Odyssey?" Maura asked Jane with raised eyebrows, "Very ambitious of you."
"You making fun of me?" Jane asked her.
"Not at all." Maura said, "It's just, The Odyssey isn't what you'd call light reading."
Jane just looked at her and opened the book to read. Okay she was pretending to read, she had no clue what the hell The Odyssey was about and she kept getting distracted by looking over to admire Maura when she thought Maura wasn't looking.
Maura prepared another wonderful dinner for them and they both sat down to eat. "So do you have any siblings?" Maura asked as she took a sip of wine.
Jane looked up from her food, "Yes." She said then went back to eating.
"Do you get to spend time with them often?" Maura asked.
"No." Jane said to her.
"Do you like working in security?" Maura asked changing the subject.
"No but it pays the bills." Jane said wiping her mouth then took a sip of beer.
"What would you like to be doing then?" Maura asked her as she began to clear the dishes from the table.
"It doesn't really matter anymore." Jane said to Maura as she took the last sip of her beer.
"Of course it matters." Maura said to her as she started to wash the dishes.
"Let's just drop it." Jane said to her as she put her beer bottle in the recycling bin.
"Okay." Maura said quietly and she finished washing the dishes.
They went into the living room and sat on the couch. Jane had the TV tuned to a baseball game and Maura sat on the couch reading.
"Give up on The Odyssey?" Maura asked Jane.
"Yeah, I realized I'd read it already so it wasn't that much of a challenge." Jane told her with a smirk.
Jane was in the middle of cheering on her team when the power went out. "What the hell?" Jane said as they sat in the dark. "Do you any flashlights?" She asked Maura.
"In the kitchen." Maura said and they got up and made their way slowly to the kitchen. Maura grabbed two flashlights from the drawer by the sink and handed one to Jane.
"Where's the fuse box?" Jane asked Maura and Maura shrugged.
"Okay do you have a basement in this mansion?" Jane asked and Maura lead her over to the basement door just off from the kitchen.
They carefully went down the stairs and Jane found the fuse box. She tinkered around in there for a minute before she turned to Maura. "There's nothing wrong with the fuses and there wasn't power surge to trip the safety."
Maura just looked at her confused. "It's not something in the house." Jane told her as she closed panel door on the fuse box.
Jane started to make her way up the stairs but stopped and Maura bumped into her.
"What is it?" Maura asked and Jane turned around, "Shhh." She said to Maura then she pointed to up the stairs.
"I think someone is in the house." Jane told her and Maura's eyes got big. Jane crept up the stairs slowly, Maura grabbed onto Jane's hand and Jane stopped and turned to her.
"Maybe we should just stay down here and they'll go away." Maura whispered and Jane shook her head no.
"You stay down here; I'll go and see what's going on." Jane told her. It was Maura's turn to shake head no. "Trust me okay?" Jane said to her and Maura let go of her hand.
Jane continued up the stairs, she paused by the opened door and listened, she heard at least two voices. 'Damn it.' She mentally cursed as she thought of her gun sitting in the nightstand drawer in her room.
Jane crouched down a bit and passed through the door, she ducked down further when she got behind the kitchen island. She popped her head up and looked around in the dark. She didn't hear the voices anymore so she assumed they were upstairs. She stood up and went over to the bottom of the stairs and listened, it sounded like they were in one of the rooms upstairs. Jane walked softly up the stairs. She pressed her back against the wall and continued down the hall. She passed the bathroom and slipped into her room. She was just about to grab the gun from her nightstand when something hit her across the back.
Jane tumbled forward onto her bed, she couldn't breathe. She rolled over to see a man in a ski mask lifting a wooden bat over his head and getting ready to swing down with it. Jane rolled out of the way and the bat came crashing down on the bed. Jane kicked the man in the side of his knee and it buckled and he dropped to his knees. She punched him in the head and his head snapped to one side.
Jane grabbed the bat from the man who was momentarily stunned. She lifted it up with her left hand and hit him as hard as she could on his back and he fell forward, he was knocked out. Jane ripped the mask off him, she didn't recognize him. She checked for a pulse and found one. She stepped over him and grabbed the gun and ammo from the drawer.
She looked out into the hall to see if anyone was there. She made her way down the stairs and was just about to the kitchen when someone grabbed her from behind. She whipped her head back and cracked the person in the face. They let go of her and stumbled backwards.
Jane turned around and the masked man punched her in the face and Jane tumbled back and fell to the floor, the gun she had in her waist band skittered across the kitchen tiles. The man started to move towards Jane as she turned over to crawl to the gun. The sound of shattering glass and a body thudding to the floor made Jane turn around.
She saw the masked man on the floor, broken chards of glass all around him and Maura standing over him.
"Are you okay?" Maura asked Jane as she went over to her and helped her up.
"Yeah I'm fine." Jane said then grabbed the gun and put it back in her waistband. "Get your driver and let's get the hell out of here." Jane told her and Maura made a quick call to the guest house.
Jane pulled the mask off the other man and didn't recognize him and neither did Maura.
Jacob came to the door worried, "I don't have time to explain let's just go." Maura said to him and all three of them went to the town car. Jacob started the car and drove like a bat out of hell.
"Ms. Isles, where are we going?" Jacob asked her once they were on the highway.
Maura went to speak but Jane put a hand on her thigh and stopped her, "We're going to Revere, an address on Sprague Street." Jane told him.
"Here call the police and tell them about the attack." Jane said handing Maura her cellphone.
She called Detective Parker and gave him all the information. When he asked where they were going, Jane shook her head no and Maura told him that she couldn't say at the moment. She hung up with the detective then looked at Jane.
"Your lip is bleeding." Maura said to her as she lifted a hand to wipe the blood from her chin. Jane flinched and pulled away from her.
"I got it." Jane said and used her sleeve to wipe away the blood.
"What's in Revere?" Maura asked her.
"A house." Jane told her and when Maura looked at her Jane said, "It's the house I grew up in."
"Oh." Maura said and they rode in silence.
An hour and a half later they pulled onto Sprague Street. Jane gave Jacob the address and they pulled in front of the house. They got out of the car and stood in front of the white two story house.
"Listen Jacob, why don't you take off." Jane told him and he looked at Maura. "Just go home or wherever and don't tell anyone where we are."
"Ms. Isles, is that what you want?" He asked her. Maura looked at Jane then back at Jacob.
"Yes." Maura said, "And please don't tell anyone where we are."
"Of course Ms. Isles." He said then he got back into the town car and drove off.
Jane went up the walkway to the house and Maura followed. "How are you going to get in?" Maura asked.
Jane went over to the mail box and popped the bottom off of it and out slid a key. "Ta-da." Jane said holding up the silver key.
Jane unlocked the door and they went inside. Maura looked around. Off to the left was a large living room to the right was the dining room.
"I'm fixing the place up so I can live here eventually. Sometimes I stay here on the weekends so it has electricity and the cable is hooked up." Jane said to her.
"It's a lovely home." Maura said as she wandered into the kitchen area.
"I know it's not what you're used to." Jane said following her.
"Stop, it's perfect." Maura said smiling then her smile faded as she realized something, "Oh no. You left your things back at the summer home." Maura said to her.
"That's okay I have some clothes here." Jane told her, "I'm going to go see if I can borrow a car from a buddy of mine and then we can go shop and get some food and maybe some things for you to wear." Jane told her.
Jane reached into her pocket and pulled out the gun. "Here, take this." Jane said holding out the gun for Maura.
"I really shouldn't." Maura said to her.
"Do you know how to shoot it?" Jane asked her. Maura shook her head no.
Jane dropped the clip out of the gun and put it in her pocket then she pulled back on the slide and popped the bullet from the chamber and put that in her pocket as well.
"Ok it's unloaded now." Jane said holding the gun out to Maura again.
She cautiously took it from her. "Now what?" Maura asked.
"Put two hands on it like this." Jane showed her as she moved Maura's hands into position. "Now you just aim and fire."
Maura held the gun out, closed one eye and pretended to pull the trigger, "Pow." She said and Jane laughed.
"Okay Ms. Badass, let's not get carried away." She said taking the gun from Maura. She reloaded it and showed Maura that she put the safety on.
"Stay here and don't answer the door for anyone." Jane told her. "I'll be back in a bit then we can go shopping." Jane said as she went out the door.
While Jane was gone Maura wandered through more of the house. There were 3 bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs and one bedroom downstairs that was off from the living room. While Maura poked around she was hoping to maybe see a glimpse into Jane's life, maybe old pictures or something personal but she didn't find anything. There was nothing in the 3 bedrooms upstairs, no beds, no nightstands, nothing.
Maura went downstairs and into the master bedroom. There was a bed, nightstand and small chest of drawers. Maura couldn't help it and she pulled out one of the drawers. Inside was a dark blue long sleeved shirt. Maura pulled it out and held it up and looked at it, on the back it read: Boston SWAT and on the front left side it said the same thing in smaller letters.
Maura heard the front door open and she panicked. She shoved the shirt into the drawer and slammed it shut. She hurried from the room as Jane called her name.
"I'm here." Maura said as she went into the kitchen where Jane was.
"Let's go shopping." Jane said. They got into the beat up gray Toyota Jane borrowed from her friend and took off.
They went to a 24 hour Target and bought some clothes for Maura and a few groceries.
They got back to the house and Maura helped Jane put things away. "Why didn't you want me to tell Detective Parker where we were going?" Maura asked.
"Was he the only one that knew where you were?" Jane asked her as she shut the fridge.
"No, a few people at the Foundation knew where I was as well." Maura told her. "You don't think Detective Parker told those men where I was, do you?" She asked.
"I don't know." Jane said "But I wouldn't put it passed anyone at your Foundation either."
"Oh I don't believe anyone at the Foundation would want to hurt me." Maura said to her.
"You didn't think anyone had anything against you either. But clearly someone does or they wouldn't be coming after you so hard." Jane told her.
"This is so completely messed up." Maura said to Jane.
"I agree." Jane said to her.
Jane's cellphone rang, "Be quiet." Jane told Maura before she answered it.
"Hello?" Jane said.
"Jane, where the hell are you?" Danny said on the phone, "I've been trying to get ahold of you since you left me that message."
"I've been a little busy." Jane told him, "What do you need Danny?" She asked.
"Can't a guy just call and see how you're healing?" Danny asked.
"Any other person? Yeah sure." Jane said "But you're not any other person Danny. You always want something."
"Are you doing private security now?" He asked her.
"What makes you say that?" Jane asked him.
"Detective Parker contacted me and he told me you're babysitting the rich lady from the museum." Danny said to her.
"It has nothing to do with my job so I don't see how that's your business." Jane told him.
"Well I need you for a job tomorrow night." Danny told her. "Are you going to be available?" He asked.
"No, I told you I wasn't going to be available for a while and besides I'm injured. You can't expect me to go to work so soon." Jane argued.
"You're working right now Jane." Danny told her, "I'm sorry but I'm gonna have to let you go."
"What? You're firing me?" Jane asked getting angry.
"Sorry." He said and hung up.
"Son of a bitch!" Jane yelled and Maura jumped a little.
"He can't just fire you like that." Maura said to Jane as Jane stormed out of the kitchen.
"Apparently he can because he just did." Jane said to her and plopped down in the arm chair in the living room. It was the only piece of furniture in there aside from the TV and the stand the TV was sitting on and a coffee table.
"I'm sorry." Maura said to her.
Jane looked up at her, "Why? it's not your fault."
"I feel a little responsible." Maura said to her.
"Don't worry about it." Jane told her as the anger left her body. Jane sighed as she sat in the chair. "Hey, how did you find out about our security company?" Jane asked out of the blue.
"I actually never heard of your company but someone said you were highly recommended and that your firm had handled big parties before." Maura told her.
"Who was this someone?" Jane asked.
"Clint Braun." Maura told her.
"The guy that's running your Foundation while you're gone?" Jane asked.
"Yes." Maura said to her.
"Something's not right." Jane said to her, "I don't know what because I'm really tired right now but I know something's not right." She yawned.
"Um, Jane, I have a question." Maura said to her.
"What's that?" Jane asked as she grabbed the remote for the TV.
"There's only one bed." Maura said to her.
"Yeah I forgot about that." Jane said, "That's okay you take the bed I'll sleep in the chair."
"We could share the bed." Maura suggested, "I don't snore or steal the covers."
Jane looked at her, "Okay."
"I'm going to go upstairs and take a shower." Maura told her then grabbed a few things from the shopping bags and headed upstairs.
Jane watched TV and rubbed her sore shoulder a bit. She pulled the collar of her shirt down a little and lifted the gauze to check on her wound. It looked red and possibly infected. "Damn it." Jane mumbled to herself and released her collar.
She got up from her seat and went upstairs. She knocked on the bathroom door but got no response. She opened the door and went inside, the bathroom was already steamed up so it made it a little hard for Jane to see as she rummaged through the drawers for a first aid kit. She was down on one knee looking under the sink when the shower turned off and Maura opened the curtain and stepped out. Jane spun around on her knee and was eye level to Maura's naked stomach. Maura yelled and grabbed for the nearest towel and Jane slammed her eyes shut.
"I didn't see anything." Jane said scrambling to her feet and running out of the bathroom.
Maura came downstairs moments later fully dressed. She saw Jane sitting in the armchair with her face in her hands. "What were you doing in the bathroom?" Maura asked.
"I was getting the first aid kit." Jane mumbled her face still in her hands. "I'm sorry. I really didn't see that much." Jane said looking over at Maura.
"Are you hurt?" Maura asked, "Did you pop out one of your stitches?"
"No, but I think the bandage needs to be changed." Jane said to her.
"Come on then." Maura said waiting for her to get up.
"It's fine" Jane told her.
"Why don't you go take a shower then we'll change your bandage." Maura told her.
Jane didn't move.
"Get up and go now." Maura ordered and Jane got up and hustled upstairs.
Jane finished showering and wrapped a towel around her body as she stepped out of the shower.
"Are you finished?" Maura called from the hall.
"Yes." Jane said and Maura came into the bathroom and grabbed the first aid kit from under the sink.
"Sit down on the toilet." Maura told her and Jane sat down.
Maura stepped in between Jane's legs. "This looks infected." Maura said to Jane.
"Just pour some anti-septic on it I'm sure it will be fine." Jane told her and Maura grabbed the brown bottle and unscrewed the cap.
"Okay." She said with a shrug and tipped the bottle and the fluid poured over Jane's right arm.
"Fuck that hurts!" Jane shouted and her left hand grabbed onto Maura's shirt at her waist. Maura put a hand on Jane's left shoulder and held her down.
"Oh be still you big baby." Maura told her then she screwed the cap back on the bottle and put it on the counter. She cut up some gauze and pulled off strips of tape.
"Stop squirming." Maura said as she put the gauze on the wound. "There you go all better." Maura said and Jane stood up in front of her and without thinking Maura ran her hand slowly down Jane's arm.
"Um, thanks." Jane said to Maura who was just inches from her. "I better get dressed now."
"Sure." Maura said and quickly left the bathroom.
When Jane came back downstairs she didn't see Maura in the living room. She stepped into the bedroom and saw Maura already in bed. She was on her side facing away from the door.
Jane cautiously approached the bed and lifted up the blanket then slid into bed. She was facing Maura's back and suddenly she was wondering what Maura was thinking about.
Jane listened to Maura's breathing and she knew that Maura wasn't asleep yet. Jane inched closer to Maura and put a hand on her arm. "Hey, I'm not going to let anything happen to you." She told her.
Maura turned and looked over her shoulder at Jane, "I know you won't."