Jane watched the latch on the door twist down. She pointed the gun at eye level and waited. Maura went to stand by Clint's desk out of the way.
The door opened and Jane came face to face with Clint. "Whoa who the fuck are you?!" He yelled then flinched at the sight of the gun.
"Who are you talking to?" the other man said as he approached the door and looked in.
"Rizzoli? What the fuck are you doing here?" Danny asked Jane. "And why are you pointing a gun at us?"
The two men eased their way into the office. Jane took a step back, still pointing the gun at them.
"Maura, what's going on?" Clint said to Maura who was still standing by Clint's desk.
"Everyone shut up for a minute." Jane ordered.
"Danny, what the hell are you doing here?" Jane asked him.
"Mr. Braun asked me to come in and talk about what happened at the museum." Danny told her.
"He asked you to come here after midnight?" Jane asked. She looked at him like he was full of shit.
"Why don't you put the gun down?" Danny said to her.
"Why don't you tell me why the hell you're really here?" Jane said eyeballing him.
"Clint, just tell us what's going on." Maura said to him.
"I'm not saying another word till this crazy woman puts down the gun." Clint said to Maura as he looked at Jane.
Maura came over to Jane and put a hand on Jane's shoulder, "Put the gun down." Maura said to her and Jane put the gun into the back of her waistband.
Danny laughed, "Wow, already got you whipped huh Rizzoli?"
"Start talking Danny." Jane said to him, "What the hell is going on?"
"Look, I'll tell you but not here." Danny told her.
Jane looked around, "Why not?"
"The offices might be bugged." Clint said as he opened the door to the office. Clint exchanged a look with Danny as Maura stepped out into the hallway. Clint followed her out and Danny stepped towards the door.
He slammed it shut and locked it. He spun around and kicked Jane hard in the stomach. The force of the kick knocked the wind out of her. She was hunched over trying to get air into her lungs. She heard Maura pounding on the door.
Danny punched Jane across the jaw, knocking her to the ground. He kicked her again in the stomach then bent over her and grabbed the gun from her waistband and pointed it at her.
"You couldn't just leave well enough alone you dumb bitch." Danny said to her.
Jane looked up at him, she was clutching at her stomach, trying to recover. She noticed that Maura wasn't pounding at the door anymore.
"You fucked her didn't you?" He asked smiling down at her.
Jane spun a leg around and swept Danny off his feet with her powerful leg. He crashed to the floor on his back. He was knocked out when his head cracked painfully against the carpeted floor.
Jane got up slowly from the floor. She leaned over him and grabbed the gun from his hand, "I really hope you're dead." She said then unlocked the door and stepped out into the hall.
She panicked as she realized that she had no clue where Maura was. Jane ran to the elevator and pushed the up button. She hoped to God Clint didn't take Maura out of the building.
She got on the elevator and pressed the 9 button. She waited for the doors to open, and without stepping out she yelled Maura's name and waited for a response. She waited only a moment then hit the 10 button and when the doors opened she did the same thing. She did this for two more floors and panic was starting to rise in her as the elevator opened on the 14th floor. The floor was being renovated there were plastic sheets hanging everywhere. She called out to Maura. "Please God." Jane said quietly.
Jane heard the most terrifying sound as Maura screamed for Jane to help her. Jane bolted in the direction of the screams.
"Maura!" She yelled as she ran up the hall. She pulled out the gun and had it in her hand when she burst through a set of plastic sheets. She stopped dead in her tracks when she saw Clint and Maura. He had her around the neck, a knife to her throat.
"Okay asshole, just let her go." Jane said approaching them slowly.
"Toss the gun down right now." He said to Jane as the grip he had on Maura tightened.
"Easy." Jane said putting up a hand, "Just take it easy." She said as she placed the gun down on the floor.
"You want to tell me what the hell is going on?" Jane asked him.
"I've worked at this Foundation for 15 years." Clint said to Jane. "15 fucking years and as soon as the little princess here wants a change of scenery, my promotion just vanishes and I'm stuck being her little errand boy."
"You're doing all this because of a fucking title?" Jane asked him in disbelief. "You're trying to kill her over a job? Are you out of your goddamn mind?"
Clint pressed the knife to Maura's neck. "All you had to do was stay in Paris. Stay and run Daddy's company there and none of this would have happened." Clint growled into Maura's ear. Maura's hands clutched at the arm that was wrapped around her throat.
"So tell me Clint, what's the plan?" Jane asked as she stood her ground, "Are you going to kill Maura and me?"
"If I have to, then yes." Clint said to Jane.
"But you don't seem like the kind of guy that'd get his hands dirty." Jane said to him. "You're more of the brains. You're the guy behind the scenes, the type of guy that plans a robbery or something like that. But you didn't factor in a jackass like Danny fucking everything up."
Clint's grip on Maura loosened only slightly. Maura looked over at Jane and Jane caught something in her eyes. "That god damn moron couldn't find his ass with a map." Clint said to Jane.
"So tell me, now that your original plan failed, what are you going to do?" Jane asked him as she stepped closer. "You can't just kill us out right. No, that won't do. So I bet you plan on making it look like an accident right?"
"Maybe Maura just can't handle losing all those wealthy investors in the Foundation so she comes to the office here and what happens?" Jane asks as she takes another step towards them. "She throws herself out the open window over there?" Jane asked nodding her head to one of the window across the room that had no glass it in.
Clint made the mistake of looking over at the window, the knife at Maura's neck lowered and this gave Maura the opportunity she was waiting for. Maura elbowed him hard in the ribs, he dropped the knife and he let go of her. She turned around grabbed him by the shoulders and kneed him as hard as she could in the nuts. Jane came rushing over and tackled him to the ground.
They wrestled on the ground trying to fight for the dominate position. Clint got in a few good punches to Jane's ribs. Jane managed to get upper hand and punched Clint in the face, his nose gushed blood, his eyes rolled up into the back of his head. Jane flipped him over hard onto his stomach. She put his arms behind his back and sat on him.
Police sirens could be heard outside.
"It's over asshole." Jane said into Clint's ear as he struggled underneath her. Jane looked up at Maura, "Are you okay?"
All Maura could do was nod her head yes. Maura turned around when she heard a big commotion in the hallway. She flinched as the police rushed in with guns drawn. Detective Parker came in and went over to Maura as Revere police went to Jane and Clint.
"Ms. Isles are you alright?" He asked her with concern.
"Yes, I'm fine." Maura said looking over at Clint who was now passed out. "How'd you find us?" Maura asked turning her attention back to Parker.
"Ms. Rizzoli called us. We found Danny Maxwell downstairs and took him into custody." Parker told her as he looked over at Jane who was sitting on the floor leaning back against a concrete column. She was holding her right arm as she watched the police drag Clint out of the room. Maura looked over at Jane then back at Parker.
"We'll meet you downstairs." Parker told Maura then he left the room.
Maura went over to Jane who was now trying to stand up. Maura grabbed Jane under her left arm and helped her to her feet. "Thanks." Jane said with a grin.
Maura didn't say anything she just kissed Jane hard on the lips. Jane wrapped her left arm around Maura and kissed her back.
Maura pulled away after a bit and Jane looked at her, "Near death stuff turn you on or something?" Jane asked, "Because honestly, I don't get it." Jane said putting her good arm around Maura's shoulders as Maura put an arm around Jane's waist. "This is weird foreplay, Maura, you know that right?" Jane joked and Maura snorted as they left the office and went to the elevator.
When they got downstairs Maura took Jane over to the paramedics so they could look her over.
"You both need to come back to Boston with me." Parker said to them. "Let's get this mess cleared up once and for all."
The EMT checked Jane's shoulder, redressed her wound then asked her a bunch of random questions. The other EMT looked Maura over as well. They were cleared without any serious injuries.
Maura and Jane sat in the backseat of Parker's car as he drove them back to Boston. Maura sat close to Jane, holding her hand.
At the station Parker escorted Maura to a room down a long hall while another detective escorted Jane to room off to the left of the squad room.
4 hours of being held at the police station and being questioned was just too much for Jane to handle. "How many god damn times do I have to tell you what happened?" Jane said to the detective as she stood up and started to pace the room.
"Look, Ms. Rizzoli, we're just trying to get the facts straight that's all." The detective told her.
"You're treating me like a damn suspect." Jane said to him, "I've answered your questions, more than once so unless you have some new questions or something else you'd like to pull out of that little grab bag you call a brain I'm leaving." Jane said then headed to the door. She didn't even wait to see if the detective had any more questions she just opened the door and left.
Jane went to the front desk, "Where's Detective Parker and Maura Isles?" Jane asked the cop sitting behind the desk manning the phones. He just looked up at her and shrugged his shoulders.
Jane was just about to yell at the guy when Maura came around the corner. Jane went over to her, "Are you done? Can we get out of here now?" Jane asked her.
"Yes." Maura said to her.
Jane called a cab and they headed over to Jane's apartment. She grabbed the spare key she hid and unlocked her door. "Jesus Christ." She said upon seeing the mess. She'd forgotten her apartment had been broken into. All her things were flung about, there was broken glass on the floor, the stuffing from the couch cushions were everywhere.
"I can help you clean up." Maura said to her as she looked at the mess.
"Forget it." Jane said, "I'm not staying here. I'm going back to Revere." Jane told her as she looked around her apartment.
She went into her bedroom threw a few things in a bag then came back out. "Okay let's go." Jane said and Maura. Before they went out the door Jane grabbed a picture frame and that was sitting on table by the door. They went down to the parking garage and go into Jane's car.
"Where to?" Jane said as she backed out of her parking spot.
"Revere." Maura told her.
"Don't you want to go to your place? Call your parents?" Jane asked her.
"I called them at the station. They'll be flying in soon" Maura told her. Maura looked at Jane, "I'm tired and I just want to go home with you."
Jane smiled when Maura said that. "You got it." Jane said as she pulled out of the garage.
The sun was coming up as Jane drove them to Revere. Maura fell asleep during the drive and Jane had to wake her up when they got there.
"I'd carry you in if I could." Jane told Maura as she opened the car door for her. Jane grabbed her bad and the picture frame from the backseat and then slammed the door shut and they went into the house.
"What's the picture of?" Maura asked as she went into the kitchen and sat down at the kitchen table.
Jane handed her the picture frame then went to the fridge to get some orange juice.
Maura looked down at the picture and smiled. It was the whole Rizzoli family. Jane stood in between her parents; an arm around each of them. One brother stood on one side of the father, and the other brother stood on the side of the mother. Maura looked at Jane in the picture, how proud she was standing with her family.
"You have a beautiful family." Maura said handing the picture back to Jane.
"Thanks." Jane said taking the picture and handing Maura a glass of juice.
Jane gulped down her orange juice. "I need a shower so bad." She said smelling herself.
"We both do." Maura said with a tired smile. "Want to go upstairs and conserve water?"
Jane smiled at her, "Let's go."
They went upstairs and stripped off all their clothes and got into the hot shower together.
"You're going to have a nasty bruise here." Maura said running a finger down the left side of Jane's ribcage.
"It was worth it." Jane said wrapping her arms around Maura's waist and pulling her in. Jane kissed Maura's neck as she pulled her under the spray of water. Maura kissed Jane on the lips then pulled back a little as the water cascaded down Jane's back.
"Thank you for saving me again." Maura said looking into Jane's eyes.
Jane gave her a crooked smile, and half shrugged, "All in a day's work."
Maura smiled at her again then kissed her lightly on the lips.
Maura washed Jane's hair, massaging Jane's scalp. "Mmm that feels really good." Jane said with her head tilted back. Maura smiled then she helped Jane rinse out the shampoo.
"You're wound is getting slimy and very unattractive." Maura said to Jane as she looked at Jane's arm. "Time to get out." Maura said turning the water off.
They dried off and Maura wrapped a towel around herself before she redressed Jane's wound. Jane grabbed a towel and wrapped it around her body.
They went down to the bedroom while Maura rummaged through the dresser looking for clothes Jane wandered up behind her. "Let's just stay naked for the day." She said and pulled on Maura's towel and it fell to the floor.
Maura turned around and snaked her arms around Jane's neck, "Fine by me." Maura said and kissed Jane on the lips as she tugged on the front of Jane's towel, it opened and fell to the floor.
Jane's arms slid around Maura's waist and she pulled her backwards towards the bed as they kissed. The back of Jane's knees hit the edge of the bed and Jane plopped onto the bed. She smiled as she stared at Maura's stomach.
"This little freckle right here is my favorite." She said as she lightly brushed a finger across a small amber freckle near Maura's belly button. She kissed it then pulled Maura on top of her as she lay back on the bed.
Maura propped herself up on her hands and looked down at Jane. Jane's hands dragged up and down Maura's bare sides. Maura slipped her right leg in between Jane's and pressed up with her thigh. Jane's eyes fluttered shut at the contact.
Maura leaned down and kissed Jane's breasts. Jane's hips moved so she could rub herself against Maura's thigh. Maura kissed Jane's neck, kissed her jawline and moved to her ear, "Let me take care of you." She whispered in Jane's ear and Jane's hips stilled.
Maura smiled and her right hand slipped in between their bodies. She dragged to fingers up and down the length of Jane's slick folds. Jane's eyes closed, her hands grabbed onto Maura's ass, her fingers gripping tightly at the flesh. Maura covered Jane's breasts in kisses, then sucked a nipple into her mouth her teeth sinking in.
"Fuck Maura." Jane groaned and hissed as Maura slipped two fingers inside of her. Jane's hips bucked as Maura pumped slowly in and out of her. Jane lifted her head up and caught Maura's lips and kissed her, slipping her tongue inside of her mouth. The heel of Maura's hand pressed against Jane's sensitive clit and Jane groaned into Maura's mouth. Jane's hands clutched at Maura's back, "That feels so good." Jane said to Maura in ragged breaths.
Maura smiled down at Jane and using her leg for added pressure she thrust her fingers harder and deeper into Jane. Jane's body arched up, her head went back, and her eyes slammed shut. Jane let out a long anguished moan that sounded a lot like Maura's name as she came.
Maura collapsed onto Jane and they lied there till their breathing had calmed. Jane wrapped her arms around Maura and rolled them over so now Jane was looking down and into Maura's eyes, and the words, "I love you" just slipped out of Jane's mouth.
Maura's muscles tensed, her eyes flitted back and forth. "I… I…"
Jane rolled off of Maura and sat up on the side of the bed. "I'm sorry." Jane said and without looking back she got up, grabbed a pair of sweatpants and a t-shirt from the floor and left the bedroom.
She put on the clothes and was almost up the stairs when a knock at the front door stopped her.
Jane went to the front door and opened it to see an older woman with faded blonde hair, dressed in an expensive outfit standing there. "What?" Jane said rudely to the woman.
"I'm looking for Maura Isles. Detective Parker said she'd be here." The woman said to Jane.
Jane looked the woman up and down, "And who the hell would you be?" Jane asked her.
"She's my mother." Maura said as she came out of the bedroom dressed in a pair of yoga pants and a t-shirt. Jane turned around and looked at Maura then back at the woman at her door.
The woman looked at Jane, "Hello I'm Constance Isles." She introduced herself.
"Come in." Jane said then stepped to the side and let Constance into her house. Jane shut the door and looked over at Maura.
"Um, you can sit at the kitchen table." Jane said to Maura and Constance.
Constance was looking around Jane's home and Jane could tell Constance was judging her.
Maura and Constance sat down at the table. "Mother, what are you doing here?" Maura asked.
"I came here because of what happened with you and the Foundation." Constance said as she watched Jane walk into the kitchen and open the fridge.
"Why isn't Dad here?" Maura asked.
"Your father is handling things at the Paris Foundation." Constance explained as Jane put down a glass of water in front of both Maura and Constance. "I've come to straighten things out and take you home."
"Take her home?" Jane asked interrupting.
Constance looked up at Jane who was standing in the kitchen. "Yes home to Paris." Constance told her.
"Mother, I can't go to Paris." Maura said to her. "I have a life here."
"What life Maura? Staying here in this…. house?" Constance said as she looked around.
"Hey." Jane said offended.
"Mother, listen to me, I'm staying here and I'm going to continue to run the Foundation." Maura told her.
"Maybe you should go with her." Jane said and Maura turned and looked at her with surprise.
"How can you say that?" Maura asked and Jane just shrugged her shoulders.
"Excuse me for a moment." Maura said to Constance then stood up and grabbed Jane by the arm and practically dragged her into the bedroom.
"Ow damn it, you're pinching my arm." Jane said as Maura let her go and slammed the bedroom door shut.
"Why are you trying to get rid of me?" Maura asked her.
"Look, all I'm saying is, maybe you should go with her. Let stuff die down here a bit, then you can come back." Jane said to her.
"I don't want to go to Paris." Maura said taking a step towards Jane.
"But you should." Jane said going to the bedroom door and opening it.
"Jane." Maura called after her as she left the bedroom.
"She'll go with you back to Paris." Jane said to Constance who was now standing near the front door.
"Excuse me, but you don't speak for me." Maura said to Jane. "I'm not going to Paris." She said to her mother.
Jane turned around and looked Maura dead in the eyes. "Don't you understand? There's nothing here for you."
Maura took a step back from Jane, the words Jane said hurt her and Jane knew it.
"Do you need to grab your things?" Constance asked Maura.
"She doesn't have any things here." Jane told Constance as Jane opened the door.
"But Jane, wait please." Maura said as Constance led them out onto the porch.
"Just go." Jane said to her quietly then shut the door.
Maura stood dumbfounded on the porch. She wanted to burst into tears but the only thing stopping her was the rage that was building inside of her.
Constance and Maura got into the town car and Constance told the drive to go to the airport.
"No." Maura said to the driver, "I'll be going to my home in Boston."
The driver didn't know what to do, "Ma'am?" He said to Constance.
Jane watched the town car from her living room window as it sat in her driveway.
"I'm not going to Paris. I'm staying here and I'm cleaning up the mess that's been made." Maura told her mother. "I have a life here now with responsibilities and I'm going to continue that life in Boston."
Maura looked at her mother, "I'm an adult and I won't be running to my parents when something goes wrong. I am more than capable of handling the situation at the Foundation."
"Does this new life include that woman?" Constance asked her.
"That woman's name is Jane and yes it includes her." Maura told her mother as she sat back in her seat.
Constance looked at her daughter and knew that there was no way of talking Maura out of it, "Take us to Boston please." Constance said to her driver.
Jane watched the car pull out of her driveway and take off down the street. She left out a sigh then looked around her now empty house.
Constance dropped Maura off at her home then went back to the airport.
Once Maura was inside she went into her office and played the answering machine. Most of the messages were from concerned donators and Maura wrote down the names of the people who left the messages so she could call and ensure them that everything was okay. The rich needed to be coddled when it came to their money.
She made a call to Detective Parker who told her that the police would be gathering evidence at the Foundation but that everything should be back to normal in a few days. He also informed her that the items stolen from the people at the museum were recovered and that they would be returned to their owners shortly.
"That's wonderful news." Maura said to Parker. She asked if the investigation at the summer home was over and if she could return there and he told her that everything was cleared up. She thanked him and then hung up.
Maura called Jacob and asked that he drive her to Falmouth. While Maura waited for Jacob she called Jane's cellphone it went straight to voicemail and Maura didn't bother leaving a message.
Jane went into her bedroom looked at the disheveled bed. She sat down at the foot of the bed and put her head in her hands. 'How could things have gone so badly?' Jane wondered as she sat there.
She didn't want to think about it anymore she was tired so she crawled into bed, threw the blanket completely over her and tried to fall asleep. She poked an arm out from under the covers, grabbed the pillow Maura used and drew it under the covers and close to her. She hugged it tightly to her chest and fell asleep.
On the ride to Falmouth Maura had fallen asleep in the car and dreamt of Jane. Jacob woke her when they got to the summer home. She unlocked the door and went inside and Jacob went down the path to the guest house.
Maura went upstairs and into the room that Jane had been staying in. She gathered Jane's things and put them in her duffle bag that was in the closet. Maura took Jane's bag downstairs and put it in the living room by the couch. She then went into her office, pulled out the list she made and started calling people to let them know what was going on with the Foundation.
When Jane woke up it was dark outside. She sat up in bed, her body feeling sore. With a groan she got out of bed and went to the kitchen. She grabbed her cellphone and turned it on then grabbed a beer from the fridge. She popped the cap as she typed in the code to listen to her messages.
Maura's very pissed off voice spoke into Jane's ear. "I don't appreciate the way you just handed me over to my mother and ushered me out the door. I don't know who the hell you think you are Jane Rizzoli but I will not be treated that way again. Not by you or anyone else. You better call me when you get this message."