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sat on the picnic blanket and smiled as she watched how her daughter and her dog played together. Maura sighed as she settled down beside her wife. "It's a bit chilly today." Jane looked at her and raised her eyebrows. "It was your idea. Though I told you that it was chilly." Maura rolled her eyes and tightened her cardigan. "I thought it would be nice if we all spent our day off together in the fresh air. I didn't think that it would cool down so fast." Jane grinned and sipped her water. "I told you that it was cold." she mumbled. Maura sighed and shook her head. Jane laid back on the blanket, closed her eyes but then opened her right eye again to look at her wife. "I talked with Ma about Alexis and that she's currently angry with us." Maura bit into her apple and frowned. "And what did she say?" Jane took a deep breath and shrugged. "She said that it's probably sibling rivalry between the twins and her. And that it is okay as long as it doesn't' get out of control. But I think we should talk with Alexis about it." Maura nodded slowly in agreement. "I think that really might help." "Shall we do it now or after we get home?", Jane wanted to know. "I think we should let Alexis enjoy the day in the park and talk about that with her later.", Maura said and leaned on her left elbow. She lowered the zipper on Jane's jacket and placed her right hand under it. Jane raised her eyebrows and looked at her wife. "What are you doing, Maura?" Maura smiled whimsically and shrugged. "I just want to warm my hand a little." All of a sudden Jane jumped when she felt the cold hand on her bare belly. "Jesus Christ in heaven, your hand is like ice." Maura started to laugh and came closer to Jane. "There are many ways to get them warm again.", she whispered in Jane's ear. "But none of them are family-friendly." Jane growled and changed their position so she was over Maura. "You can't just say that and not expect that I will attack you, Dr. Isles. And it is not fair because of all of those poor children and couples and animals." Maura bit her bottom lip and smiled seductively. "Mama.", called Alexis and Jane rolled her eyes.
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Maura put the duvet under Alexis' chin and sighed as she looked at Jane. Then she looked back at her daughter and frowned. "Honey, Mama and I want to talk to you about something." Alexis scrutinized her face and sunk deeper into her bed. "Oh, oh." Jane chuckled as she sat next to Maura. Maura smiled warmly and ran a hand over Alexis' hair. "It's nothing bad, Alexis. It just ... Baby, how do you feel?" Akexis shrugged. "Good." Jane smiled and took a deep breath. "Alexis, I think what Mommy is trying to ask is how do you feel about Mommy's pregnancy?" Alexis shrugged again and started to play with the edges of her duvet. Maura looked at her wife with panic in her eyes. Jane licked her lips and frowned. "Are you happy or are you sad about it?" "I am sad because when the babies are here you won't love me anymore." Alexis suddenly said. Maura's heart contracted painfully and she took Alexis' hand. "Baby, why do you think something like that? We will always love you, no matter what." "Or no matter how old you are." Jane added with a deep frown but soft eyes."You will always be our number one girl, Al. No matter if you are three or a hundred. We will always love you and your siblings from here till the end of the universe. And the same way." Alexis looked at her. "Big promise?" Jane raised her left hand and raised her eyebrows. "Scout's honor." Alexis smiled broadly. "I love you, Mama." Jane smiled too and kissed Alexis' fingers. "I love you too, honeypie." Alexis looked at Maura. "I love you, Mommy." Maura smiled and kissed her daughter's forehead. "I love you too, honey. Now go to sleep." Alexis nodded and turned on her right side. "Night, Mommy and Mama." "Good night, sweetheart.", Maura said and turned the night lamp off. "Night, baby.", Jane said and left the nursery with her wife. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Jane frowned as she felt soft lips on her cheek. Maura chuckled and put a strand of hair behind Jane's ear. "Honey, you have to wake up." Jane made a face and turned on her back with her eyes still closed.. "Why?", she asked with a sleepy voice. "Frankie called. They found another body." Maura answered. Jane dragged her eyes open and yawned. "God, I hate my job." "No you don't.", Maura replied with a smile. "Now, get up and get dressed." Jane rolled her eyes and stood up.
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The two women arrives at the new crime scene in an dark alley. Jane put on her gloves and frowned as her little brother walked toward her. "Hey, what do we have?" Frankie looked at his notepad. "Caucasian, female. No ID so far. She was found by a resident when he brought out the garbage. He called 911 as soon as he found her. Didn't see anything suspicious." Jane nodded and walked to the dead woman and scrutinized her. Then she looked at her wife with a frown. "What do you think?" Maura examined the body extensively and didn't look at Jane. "She's thoroughly fit. I am sure she went to a gym very often." Jane slowly closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "I meant whether you think that Jane Doe fits the same M.O., Maura." Maura looked up. "Oh.", she examined the eye sockets and nodded slowly as she found nothing. But then she frowned deeply as she detected a little blood at the right ear and took her flash light. Jane lifted her eyebrows up and kneaded her hands. "What is it?" Maura didn't look at her. "That's odd. The ear got injured too. I can tell you what the weapon was after I have done ... "
"The autopsy.", Jane finished the sentence with a nod. But then she stopped and narrowed her eyes. "Eyes got cut out and ears are stabbed." "Jane, I cannot say if they were stabbed.", Maura objected. "It could be possible that the murderer hit her ears hard and the tympanic membranes burst." Jane ignored the objection and stared into nothing. "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.", she slowly said. Frankie drew his eyebrows together. "Why are you talking about the three wise monkeys?" Maura looked up at the two Detectives. "The three wise monkeys san'en or sanzaru, or sanbiki no saru, literally ' the three wise monkeys' sometimes called the three mystic apes, are a pictorial maxim. Together they embody the proverbial principle of 'see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil'. The three monkeys are Mizaru, covering his eyes, who sees no evil; Kikazaru, covering his ears, who hears no evil; and Iwazaru, covering his mouth, who speaks no evil. There are various meanings ascribed to the monkeys and the proverb including associations with being of good mind, speech and action. In the Western world the phrase is often used to refer to those who deal with impropriety by turning a blind eye. In english thr monkeys' names are often given as Mizaru, Mikazaru, and Mazaru, as the last two names were corrupted from the Japanese originals."
Jane stared at her and raised eyebrows. "Is there anything you don't know?" Maura thought for a moment and nodded. "Of course, Jane. There are a lot of things I don't know." Jane smiled softly and exhaled. "Anyway. I'm starting to think that they got killed because they saw slash heard something that was in the opinion of the killer bad. I think we should focus on their friends.", she clenched her teeth. "God, we have to catch this guy or we will have a hell of a lot more victims."