AN: Euhmm... No, nothing to say about this part... Except; remember that I changed a bit of the band's background!

A week after the meeting in Cavanaugh's office, Jane found the official papers on her desk. It was official now, she would go on a 8-month tour with a rockband in three weeks, and she still hadn't told anyone. She even hadn't said a single word about the operation to Maura, but now she would have to tell her.

On her way to the morgue, she prepared the conversation in her head, knowing it would go completely different. When the elevator stopped and the doors opened, she found the Medical Examiner in her office.

'Hey, you got a minute?'

'Sure, come in.' Jane entered her best friend's office and closed the door. 'Is something wrong?'

'Why would there be something wrong?'

'You never close the door unless something is bothering you.' Jane sighed and sat down in the sofa, Maura sat next to her a few seconds later.

'I'm leaving.' Jane said without looking at Maura.

'What? What do you mean?'

'Cavanaugh asked me for a special assignment, I won't be in the US for eight months. I need to get away for a while, this thing comes just in time.'

'This is still about your mother, isn't it?'

'Yeah, it wasn't just a regular fight. This will last for a while.'

'Jane, you don't need to run. I'm here for you, always.' Maura said while she put her hand on her friends back.

'I already said Yes to it. Cavanaugh arranged everything and I just got the papers. It's official, I'm leaving in three weeks.' They both sighed.

'Is it dangerous?'

'No, I'll come back alive.' Jane laughed 'I may get a little deaf, but it's not dangerous.'

'Can you tell me what it's about?' Jane shook her head.

'No, sorry. But I can tell you that I'm really going to miss you.'

'I'm also going to miss you.'

'We can call, and Skype… It's only for eight months, then I'll be back.'

'I can fly over sometimes.'

'Yeah… Hey, will you do something for me?'

'Sure.'

'When I'm gone, and my ma asks about me, don't lie to her. Tell her that I'm on a special operation for eight months, and that I took the job because of her.'

'You're not going to tell her you're leaving?'

'No, but I can count on you, right?'

'Always.' Maura answered before hugging her best friend tightly.

In contrast to what Jane had expected, Maura was really supportive about her decision. She helped Jane with everything she could in the remaining three weeks. She helped her packing her stuff, filling in the paperwork she still had to do, she even let Jo Friday, Jane's dog, live with her until Jane was back. Maura had even driven her to the airport that morning, and the parting had been hard. Jane even thought she saw a tear on Maura's cheek right before she turned for the last time.

Almost nine hours after Jane left Maura at the airport in Boston, the car that was sent to pick her up, stopped in front of a house. Jane stepped out of the car and the driver helped her with her bags after he rang the bell. The door was opened by Sharon, who immediately smiled when she saw her.

'Hi! Come in!' Sharon said after she hugged Jane.

Jane took her bags and followed Sharon into the house. The tour would start the next day, but Jane wanted to start well-rest at her job, so she would spent this night at Sharon's.

After Sharon showed her where she could sleep, she and Jane sat down in the living room with the television as background-noise.

'So, how was the flight?'

'Long… like every flight, I guess. The hardest part was leaving, though.'

'I know, saying goodbye to your family isn't always easy.'

'It wasn't really my family… I haven't spoken to my parents for a while, and my brothers were cool with it. Saying goodbye to my best friend was the hardest part.'

'I can imagine that, that's the reason I take mine with me on the tour.'

'Really?' Jane asked raising an eyebrow.

'Yeah, do you know the other band members?'

'I did some research, but no, not really…'

'Okay, wait here.' Sharon smiled while she stood and left the living room. When she sat back in the sofa next to Jane, she had a photo in her hand. 'Okay, this is the whole band, and this,' Sharon said while pointing to the guy next to her. 'this is Robert, the guitarist and my best friend. We met in high school and even dated for a while. But we broke up after a few months and stayed friends afterwards.'

'Sounds cool. And who are the others?'

'This is Ruud, the other guitarist and my second-best friend, I also know him since high school, just as Martijn, he plays the keyboard, and Jeroen, he plays the bas. And the last one is Mike, he's the drummer.'

'I'll try to remember it.' Jane laughed and looked at Sharon. 'Would you mind if I went to bed? I'm actually really tired. Jetlag probably.'

'Yeah, sure, no problem. You can sleep as long as you want, I am a morning person, so don't be afraid you'll wake me.'

They both said their goodnights and disappeared in different bedrooms.

The next morning, Jane got up around 10 am, but she only considered the day started at 1pm. By then, she had gone for a run, had a shower and filled her stomach with the brunch Sharon had made for her. She had helped Sharon with the dishes and they were still standing in the kitchen.

'So, what's the planning for today?'

'Well, the show starts at 8 tonight, but we have to be there at 4 for the sound check. In an hour the bus is here to pick us up because it's a one and an half hour drive. The concert will end around 10, and around 11 the bus leaves for tomorrow's concert.'

'So, we still have an hour. Great, could you show me those letters from that stalker?'

'Yeah, sure. I started collecting them a week before I came to you.' Sharon left the kitchen and returned with a bunch of envelopes in her hands. 'You can keep them if you want, I don't need them back.'

Jane took the letters and watched them al briefly. All of them were written in the same handwriting, on different papers, and all signed by The Dark Passenger. All of them told Sharon how beautiful she was, how in love this dark passenger was with her.

'Do you recognize the handwriting? Or the paper?'

'Not as far as I know.' Sharon said with a desperate tone.

'Do they come with the mail?'

'Most of them. Sometimes I find them under the door of our studio, but the last one really scared me. It was sent to my house, he knows where I live.'

'And you're still here?!'

'I found it the day before yesterday, I spend the night a Robert's then, and last night you were here.'

'Right… It's probably too late to look for fingerprints, but I promise you, Sharon, I'll do anything I can to find this freak.'

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