Frankie came into the bullpen the next morning and frowned as he saw that Jane wasn't sitting at her desk like she usually did at this time of the day. "Where is Jane? Paolo Hernandez' wife just arrived."
Korsak looked over the rim if his glasses and stood up from his chair. "She and the Doc have an appointment. I told her that we would interview Mrs. Hernandez if she couldn't make it in in time. I think they need some time after the drama with Masterson."
Frankie followed the older Detective and shrugged. "Yeah, that should help. Well ... Maura shouldn't stress so much right now."
Korsak had his hand on the door knob of the conference room as he looked confused at Frankie. "What is that supposed to mean?"
Frankie raised his eyebrows and smiled nervously. "Uh ... nothing?"
Korsak eyed him skeptically and walked into the room. He put his notepad on the table and looked at the dark haired woman. "Thank you for coming, Mrs. Hernandez. I am Sergeant Korsak. I am sure my colleague already introduced himself to you."
Michelle nodded and looked at him with a worried look. "You said it is about my husband Paolo. Why was I contacted by a Homicide Detective?"
Korsak looked at her and sighed. "I'm afraid I have to tell you that your husband was murdered." he paused as the woman started to sob."We found his body yesterday."
Michelle looked at him as she cried. "I knew that something had happened to him when he didn't call me. It wasn't like him. Paolo always called me when he was out of Chicago because he knew how worried I can be. What happened to him?"
Frankie cleared his throat. "The murderer uh ... Beat Paolo to death."
Michelle sobbed harder and shook her head. "Can I see him?" Korsak opened his notepad and the file and nodded. "Of course you can. But first we'd like to ask you some questions, if you don't mind." Michelle nodded and took the tissue that was offered by Frankie. "Of course. I will help as much as I can." Korsak nodded and slid the photo of Samantha to her. "Do you know her?" Michelle looked at the photo as she blew her nose and furrowed her eyebrows. "That's the woman who's been missing for quite a while. Samantha ... uh ..." "McKenna.", Frankie finished the sentence and Michelle nodded. "Did you or Paolo know her personally?" Michelle shook her head and looked at him. "No. I mean, I can only speak for myself. I don't know if Paolo knew her. He was here in Boston more times than I was.. But I am sure he would have mentioned it when the news said that this girl was missing. What happened to her? Is she dead too?" Korsak nodded slowly. "Yes." Frankie frowned. "Did your husband mention that he visited some clubs or that he met someone who was interested in him while he was in Boston?" Michelle thought for a moment and took a deep breath. "He only went to one or two pubs. But he never told me that anyone tried to hit on him. You know, Paolo was a good husband and father. He never lied or cheated on me. And he never would have. If a woman tried to hit on him, he would have turned her down. And he would have told me. We had no secrets from each other." Korsak looked at her and sighed. "Why did he want to move to Boston?" "He always liked it here. And Paolo had lots of friends here. He always told me that he never felt at home in Chicago because the people he knew there always turned out to be ... to be criminals." Frankie drew his eyebrows together. "He has no criminal record." Michelle sniffed and frowned. "As I already said, Detective, he was a good man. As soon as Paolo learned that someone was a bad influence, he cut off contact. He always wanted to be a role model for our children." Frankie nodded slowly and sighed. "Would you mind writing down the names of these 'bad influences'?" Michelle accepted Korsak's notepad and wrote the names in it. "Not at all." Korsak looked at the page, closed his notepad, and moved his glasses off his nose. "Thank you for coming to Boston. You were very helpful. Detective Rizzoli will accompany you to the morgue so you can see your husband." Michelle nodded slowly. "Thank you."
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Jane sat in the Café and sipped her coffee as she received a text message. She opened it and frowned. "That's Frankie. He and Korsak interviewed Michelle Hernandez. She said that Paolo had some dubious friends in Chicago. He's going to check on their names." Maura sipped her tea and automatically put a hand on her stomach. "Do you think that his murder is not related to Samantha's?" Jane looked at her and drew her eyebrows together. "I'm starting to think that we've been looking at this completely wrong. What if it isn't about the murderer cutting their eyes out because of what he saw in them, but cutting them out because of what they'd seen?" Maura put her cup down and titled her head to the side. "But Samantha's background didn't show any illegal activity." "Neither did Paolo's.", Jane replied with a frown. "But we've just focused on them. I mean, Samantha lived a normal life. But then she suddenly became a member of an S&M website. Who brought her into this world? I am pretty sure '50 Shades of Gray' didn't."
"And when the books did inspire the murderer?"
Jane looked with big eyes at her wife. "What shall I do? Arrest E.L. James for writing books about SM and sex?" she drew her eyebrows together as Maura tilted her head to the side."What?"
Jane blushed a little and looked in her mug. "Everyone was so hysterical about it. So ... I ... I got curious and maybe I bought one book ... or two ... or three." Maura chuckled and sipped her tea. She liked it when her wife looked embarrassed when she got caught. "We are not doing a book review now." Jane almost shouted as her wife opened her mouth and some heads turned to them. Now it was Maura's turn to be embarrassed and to blush and she sank a little into her seat. "I was about to ask you if you'd like to have another coffee because you couldn't have one at home after you dawdled. I need another tea." Jane turned crimson and tried to hide her face behind her cup. "Oh, sorry. I would like to have another coffee." Maura smiled and took Jane's hand before she got up and walked to the counter. Jane rolled her eyes at herself and shook her head. She watched her wife and smiled broadly as Maura walked back and she noticed the little baby bump. Maura sat down again and drew her eyebrows together. "Why are you smiling?" Jane accepted the cup and nodded to Maura's stomach. "You're starting to have a little belly." Maura sipped her tea with a grin and furrowed her eyebrows. "I noticed it just this morning myself as I got dressed." Jane smiled and sighed. "I think we should tell Korsak and Cavanaugh soon, especially if you start to get a bump - before they think you eat too much." Maura rolled her eyes as she sipped her green tea. "There is a little difference between a baby belly and a belly that's caused by too much food, Jane." Jane grinned but said nothing. Maura sighed and rolled her eyes with a smile.
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The two women entered the bullpen and Jane sat down at her desk. Frankie looked at her curiously. "How was the appointment?" Jane shrugged and leaned back in her chair. "Good."
Korsak looked up at Maura. "You sure you're alright?"
Maura licked her lips and looked at Jane. "Well, to be honest, there is something I'd like to tell you, Sergeant. Um ... well ... Jane and I have decided that we want to have more children."
"So that's what all those appointments are about? You've started the procedure again?"
Jane rolled her eyes. "And you dare to call yourself a Detective?"
Frankie chuckled and shook his head.
Korsak looked at her confused. "What? What am I missing?"
"Put on your glasses and take a closer look at Maura." Frankie chuckled.
Korsak scrutinized Maura from her head to her toes and back and then his eyebrows shot high up as the realization hit him. "Oh my ... You are pregnant, aren't you?"
Jane grunted as she stifled a laugh and rolled her eyes.
Frankie shook his head and sighed.
Korsak got to his feet to hug Maura. "How could I miss this, for heaven's sake?"
"Maybe your eyes got old and tired while you watched all those odd animal videos on YouTube." Jane retorted with raised eyebrows.
Frankie burst out laughing and Maura looked at her warningly.
Korsak decided to ignore the statement and held Maura at the shoulders. "Are you having a boy or a girl?"
Maura smiled and nodded to Jane. "I would know if Jane wouldn't always put her hand over my eyes at the ultrasound."
Jane shrugged and frowned. "I hope we get both. So I will not have any problems distinguishing them."
Korsak looked confused at her. "What is that supposed to mean?"
"Jesus, Korsak." Frankie almost growled."Are we standing on the line today?"
"What?" Korsak asked with a high pitched voice.
Maura chuckled and laid a hand on her belly. "I am pregnant with twins, Sergeant."
Now Korsak's eyes grew huge. "Oh."
Jane chuckled and took a deep breath. "Okay, we can celebrate that later. Frankie, have you run those names?"
Frankie nodded as he got to his feet and handed her a file. "Yeah, all his acquaintances have a record."
Jane looked through the file and drew her eyebrows together. "This is almost the whole palette, robbery, burglary, extortion ..." she looked at her partners. "We have to get all names of Samantha's friends that she has socialized with in the last months of her life."
Korsak raised his eyebrows. "You have a particular idea?"
Jane wrinkled her nose and nodded while she rubbed her neck.
Frankie took the receiver off his landline. "I asked Chad to send those names to us."