Jane came home and saw the frightened, worried and especially horrified expression of her mother. She swallowed hard and went to the playpen to lift up her innocent daughter. " She kissed Alexis' cheek longer then normally. " I've missed you terribly, baby girl. "

Alexis giggled and started playing with Jane's hairs.

" You look tired. ", Angela said with a low voice.

Jane turned to her and nodded slowly. " It was a long and awful day, Ma. "

Angela took a deep breath. " Where's Maura? "

Jane kissed Alexis' cheek again and bobbed her up and down. " Maura is still ... with ... ", she sighed heavily. " She's still with Frost. "

Angela sat down at the kitchen island. " So ... is it true? Detective Frost is ... Is he gone? "

Jane drew her eyebrows together and sighed. " Yeah. He's ... Yeah he's gone. "

Angela stood up and walked to Jane to hug her but Jane turned away and shook her head. " Ma, please ... not now. I ... I need my space. "

Angela dropped her arms and pressed her lips together. " Okay. I'm sorry, Jane. You know, if you need me ... I'm right here. "

Jane smiled a little and nodded. " I know. Thanks, Ma. "

Maura came late home. She had needed several attempts to perform the autopsy on her friend Frost. She slipped out of her shoes and walked into the kitchen, sighing. She desperately needed a drink.

" You're late. ", came Jane's voice from the living room.

Maura winced and put a hand on her heart. " For heaven's sake, you scared me, Jane. "

Jane sat up at the couch and looked guilty at her wife. " I'm sorry. What was the cause of death? "

Maura sighed and poured herself a glass of white wine. " He died by suffocation. "

Jane nodded and drank from her glass of whiskey. " So ... Frost was gassed. "

Maura went into the living room and sat on the coffee table. For Maura an unusual gesture. " How much have you been drinking? "

Jane ran her index finger along the rim of the glass, frowning. " Still not enough to forget what happened. With what Frost was gassed? "

" Conventional exhaust. ", Maura said. " What are you drinking? "

Jane took a sip of her drink. " Frost suffered! Your Greenore. "

" He was narcotized. He didn't suffer. ", Maura said and hit Jane's thigh. " Jane, I've saved it for special occasions. Greenore is very rare. "

" It is a special occasion, Maura. ", Jane replied dull and looked at her wife. " Korsak and I spoke to Cavanaugh and asked him to leave it to us to bring the message to Camille. "

Maura sipped her wine and nodded. " What did he say? "

" He agreed. I also asked Ma if she can watch out when we're in Norfolk. She agreed too. "

" When do you want to leave? "

Jane sighed heavily. " As soon as possible. That's the best. As with a plaster. Tear off with one hitch. Then it doesn't hurt so much. "

Maura took Jane's hand and kissed it. " But this will hurt, Jane. "

Jane closed her eyes and took a deep breath. " I know. And it scares me. "

Maura linked their hands. " I know and that's why I accompany you. You don't need to do this alone. "

Jane smiled a little. " Thank you. ", she whispered.

Maura frowned. " For what?

Jane sighed heavily. " For loving me. "

Maura smiled, leaned forward and kissed her wife gently. " You're more then welcome. "

A few days later, the tight-knit team of inverstigators came to a driveway of a cozy family home. The grass was neatly trimmed and the invited to a social barbecue.

Jane took a deep breath and nodded to herself.

" Jane. ", Maura whispered.

Jane looked up and smiled a little. " I'm okay."

Korsak frowned worried. " Are you sure."

Jane nodded and walked to the front door. She hesitated a moment and rang the doorbell.

It took only a moment and the door was opened. Camille's friendly eyes sparkled and she smiled broadly." Jane! What a suprise How are you. "

Jane forced herself to smile. She was immediately aware that Camille hadn't seen her companions. " Hello, Camille. Can we come in? "

Camille's face fell as she opened the door more and when she saw Maura and Korsak. " Where is Barry? "

Korsak pointed to the living room. " May we sit? "

Camille nodded and walked to her couch. " What happened? "

A oppressive silence settled over the living room. Jane leaned on her knees and clasped her hands. " Camille, we should wait until Robin is with us. " Camille's wife came down the stairs and smiled as she saw the visitors. " What a suprise. I didn't see you for a while. "

Jane cursed the moment and sighed.

Camille looked at the detective worriedly, frowning. " What's going on? This is certainly not a courtesy call. And where is Barry? "

Jane squeezed her hands and looked concerned up. " Well, ... so ... We currently have a very tricky and nerve-racking case. You may have heard of it. ", she paused a moment. " So ... Frost ... we get hints who will be the next potential victim and Maura ... and Maura tries to decipher the hints ... in a predefined time. She really do all she can. We ... we all do our best. Frost was on the way to get us lunch as ... "

" Is Barry seriously injured? ", Camille cut her off and Jane stared at her.

Korsak cleared his throat. " We got the hint that our ki ... our perp had kidnaped Frost. We'd traced Frost's phone via GPS in the harbor. The entire BPD made it to there as fast as possible ... "

" Camille. ", Jane said with a hoarse voice. " I'm so terribly sorry. But we couldn't help died in the line of duty. "

Camille looked at Jane as if she had just told her that the sun revolves around the earth. " My son is ... dead? "

Jane bit her lower lip and nodded. " I'm so, so sorry. I wanted ... we wanted that you hear it from us. From his friends. We did all we could do. I am so deeply sorry. "

Camille closed her eyes and a tear ran down her cheek. " Did he had a lot of pain? "

Maura shook her head. " No. He felt nothing. He fell asleep and ... "

" How did Barry die? "

Maura sighed and choose carefully her words. " He died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Barry, however, was narcotized. As I said, he felt nothing. "

Camille nodded and began to sobbed loudly.

Jane stood up and wrapped her arms around Camille. " I'm so sorry. Camille, I can't say how sorry I am. "

Jane sat on the hotel bed, staring into the distance. " I will personally put a bullet in the head of this sick bastard and SPIT on his dead body. "

Maura snuggled into Jane and wrapped a arm around Jane's waist. " I will not stop you. "

Jane raised her eyebrows. " No? "

Maura shook her head and sighed. " No, not after today. "

" But you're the reasonable person. "

" But I am also a human who has lost a good friend. "

Jane ran a hand up and down at Maura's arm. " I'll missing him. "

A tear ran down at Maura's cheek. " Me too. He was such a kind person. "

" And such a pansy. ", Jane laughed.

Maura chuckled. " Yes, sometimes. "

Jane came into the bullpen and sat down with a sigh at her desk. It was hard for her to sit on the opposite of Frost's desk

Frankie came to her and put an hand on Jane's shoulder. " How was it? "

Jane rubbed her face and sighed. " Hard. Did you found anything while we were in Norfolk? "

Frankie nodded slowly and looked at his notepad. " I have actually. Frost was seen the last time in the Newland Street. An eyewitness saw that a metal green Lexus had stopped Frost and that Frost got into the car voluntarily. "

Jane drew her eyebrows together. " Either he knew the driver or he was threatened. "

" The eyewitness said that the two were quite familiar dealing with each other. "

Jane looked at Korsak when he came with a cup of coffee into the bullpen. " Does Frost worked on any exceptional case? "

Korsak thought for a moment and pulled his corners of his mouth downward. " No. Why? "

Jane grabbed Frost's stack of files and pushed out her lower lip. " Call it gut feeling. The answer is right under our noses. "

Maura came into the bullpen. " Jane? "

Jane didn't looked up. " Yeah. "

Maura licked her lips and put a file on stack. " This is the tox screen. I could find the narcotic Embutramide in Frost's blood. "

Jane frowned and looked up. " You already told us that he was narcotized. "

Maura shook her head and furrowed her eyebrows. " No ... yes. But that's just is mainly used in veterinary medicine. For euthanasia of animals. "

" Wonderful. ", Jane mumbled.

Maura closed the file in which Jane looked and looked directly into her wife's eyes, frowning. " The first tox screen was a fake. I didn't knew the technician who performed the test. And Susie thought he was newly hired. "

Korsak drew his eyebrows together. " Are you saying that the killer was right in front of us and tricked us? "

Jane gritted her teeth. " I don't like it. He's entering our comfort zone, kill one of and making fun of us. This is no ordinary serial killer. He even fooled Maura. "

Korsak nodded slowly and looked at the board with photographic evidence. " He's well acquainted with our approach. Maybe he once worked for the Doc. "

Maura thought for a moment and bit her lower lip. " It's a possibility. "

Jane frowned deeply. " You said you didn't knew him. "

Maura rolled with a sigh her eyes. " Jane, do you have any idea how many lab technician have worked her since I am the chief medical examiner? I can't remember every face. "

Jane frowned and took a deep breath. " Can you make sure that we get a list of your current and former employees? And I need a statement from Susie ... Please. "

Maura shrugged her eyebrows and sighed. " This will take a while. I send Susie immediately upward. "

Jane smiled a little. " Thank you. "

Korsak looked long at her. " What do you think? "

Jane leaned back in her chair. " I think ...that we have a huge problem if the sicko has a forensic training. But it all fits. No evidences, no witnesses . He knows that he's three steps ahead of us. "

Korsak sucked in his lower lip and nodded in agreement.