Jane had her arms crossed as she sat at the empty autopsy table and shot a dirty glare at her wife.
Maura was everything but impressed or scared as she examined Jane Doe. "The membrana tympani in the left and right ears are pierced through with a ..." she said more to the Dictaphone and Jane groaned as she threw her head back. Maura paused and stared at Frankie as he took a closer look at the right ear, "too close".
Frankie looked up and raised his eyebrows. He cleared his throat and stepped back. One thing he had learned in the past: never mess with a pregnant Maura Isles. "Sorry," he mumbled.
Korsak chuckled amused but sobered as he saw Maura's gaze. One thing he had learned in the past: never mess with a pregnant Maura Isles.
Maura paused the electronic device and stared at him. "Is it too much to ask for a little respect during the autopsy?"
Korsak closed his mouth again and searched for help.
Jane sighed and stood up from the table. "Maura, you already mentioned at the crime scene that her ears got ...", she paused and frowned. "No, you mentioned that they got badly injured. Could you please jump to the point with what they got pierced with? Please."
Maura sighed heavily and looked at her wife. "It could be anything. From a screwdriver to a ice pick ..."
"Or a sharpened pencil,", Jane cut her off. "a colored pencil or a wax crayon."
Maura drew her eyebrows together and wrinkled her nose. "Don't be ridiculous, Jane."
Jane slowly walked to the dictaphone and let her left index finger hover over the record button.
Maura narrowed her eyes as she understood what her wife was about to do. "Do it, Jane, and I have to start all over again."
Jane stopped dead and decided against her teasing. She huffed. "Maura, come on. What is the cause of death?"
Maura shrugged and pointed to a bruise on the woman's throat -strangulation." she took the fluoroscope and placed it over the bruise. The os hyoideum is also broken."
Jane looked at the monitor. "Two got strangled and one had an broken skull. What did you say was the weapon in Paolo Hernandez' case?"
Maura took a clipboard and made a note on the body sketch. "Something heavy."
Korsak pressed his lips together to suppress a laugh while his chest and shoulders vibrated.
Frankie turned his head away and rubbed his right brow.
Jane closed her eyes and counted to ten before she looked at Maura. "Really? I thought he got hit with a down-filled pillow. Come on, was it a bat, a pipe, a stone or a two-by-four?"

Maura took a deep breath and put the clipboard to the side. "A stone. I came to the conclusion because the broken area on his head was round. And I did find soil particles in the wound." Jane's mouth hung open and she blinked a few times. "And why didn't you tell me that?" "You didn't ask me.", Maura replied. "Maura!", Jane almost growled. Maura shrugged innocently."What? I gave you the autopsy report. I thought you read it." "I did.", Jane said through gritted teeth. "I did, but eighty-five percent of it is like Greek to me." "Why didn't you come to me and ask me what it meant like you always do?" Maura asked and tilted her head to the side. Jane opened her mouth but closed it again. Korsak cleared his throat. As much as he loved to watch those two interact with each other, they needed answers ... fast. "Was she raped too?" Maura looked at him and nodded slowly. "Yes." Jane thoughtfully narrowed her eyes. "Maybe Paolo was kidnapped after Samantha and forced to have sex with her and Jane Doe." Maura looked at her and frowned. "I didn't find any semen in Samantha's nor the other victim's vaginal canals, and Jane Doe was killed after Paolo Hernandez." Frankie looked questioningly at his big sister. "Does that mean ..." Jane looked at him. "The killer already had his next victim." she finished his question. Korsak closed his eyes and sighed heavily. Maura gasped.

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Jane sat at her desk and rubbed her face with both hands. "I wanna lie in my bed and sleep until this case is over." Frankie rolled his eyes and looked back at his monitor. He had finally received the list of Samantha's friends and checked their lives thoroughly. Korsak sat at the edge of his desk and stared at the board. "How do all three connect with each other?" "You mean beside the fact that all three were kidnapped, the women were raped and all three got killed?" Jane asked as she massaged her temples. Korsak looked questioningly at her. "Who says that Paolo wasn't raped as well?" "No one.", Jane groaned and leaned back in her chair. "But Maura says that it is harder to prove if a man's been raped." "Well, he was drugged with GHB." Korsak argued. Jane licked her lips and ran her left index finger along her bottom lip. "True." Angela came into the bullpen with two paper bags and put one on Frankie's desk and one on Jane's. Jane frowned deeply. "What are those?" "It's lunch.", Angela replied and crossed her arms "You always forget to eat when you're engrossed in a case. And since Frankie works with you, he forgot too. You'd rubbed off on your brother, Jane. At least I don't have to take care of Maura." Jane rolled her eyes while Korsak chuckled and inspected the items in the bag. Suddenly she grinned like an idiot. "You are aware that Maura would lecture you about how unhealthy this is, aren't you?" Frankie ripped open his back and chuckled low. "Thanks, Ma." Jane beamed at her mother. "Yeah. Thanks, Ma." Angela smiled but the smile disappeared when she saw the crime scene photos on the board. "Is this the current case you are working on?" Jane stood up and took her mother at the shoulders as she led Angela out of the bullpen. "Come on, you know you should not look at those photos and that I can't talk about an running case." "It is so awful that people do such awful thing to other people." Angela said and looked sadly at her daughter." I wish you would have chosen another profession." Jane rolled her eyes and sighed as she pushed the elevator button. "We are so not going to have this conversation again, Ma. And if I didn't work at the BPD you wouldn't have met Cavanaugh and I wouldn't have met Maura." "And I would just have T.J. as my grandchild", Angela said lost in thought. Jane looked up and stared at the elevator door. "Why did it sound so pejorative?" Angela snapped out of her thoughts. "Oh, no. I didn't mean for it to sound like that. I love T.J." Jane smiled broadly. "I know, Ma.", the door opened and Jane frowned. "See you later?" Angela smiled and nodded before she entered the elevator. "Of course, Janie."

Jane watched as the door closed and sighed loudly.

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Jane sat alone in the bullpen and studied the newest information that they had as she felt certain lips on her cheek and certain hands on her shoulders. "You are so tense", Maura stated as she started to knead Jane's shoulders. Jane closed her eyes and leaned her head against Maura's belly. "Not really", she chuckled as she could see Maura raise a skeptical eyebrow. "You raised an eyebrow, didn't you?" Maura chuckled too and shrugged. "Maybe. How about we go home and you join me in the tub after we put our daughter to bed?" Jane hummed and smiled. "Sounds tempting." Maura ran her hands over Jane's shoulders and her neck. "Come on. You need a break." Jane slowly stood up, took her jacket and turned off her desk lamp. "Let's go."

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Jane sat in the tub behind her wife and kissed her bare shoulder. "I love you, Maura." Maura leaned back and smiled as Jane wrapped her arms around her middle and placed her hands on her stomach. "I love you too, Jane." Jane took a deep breath and rested her chin on Maura's shoulder. "Do you know that I think?" "I think that you are more beautiful now then during your pregnancy with Alexis." Maura blushed a little. "Thank you.", she paused a moment. "Jane?" "Hmm?" "I think we should start to think about names for the babies." Jane kissed her shoulder again and rested her lips on the skin. Then she frowned. "Don't you think we should wait until you've delivered? I mean, we don't even know their sexes yet. What if we decide on two girl names and they are boys?" Maura raised her eyebrows. "You mean we should make a last minute decision like we did at Alexis' birth?" Jane shrugged. "We did pick a beautiful name, didn't we?" Maura sighed and nodded. "We did. But you know how much I hate to wait till the last second to make decisions. We could discuss names for boys and girls and make the decision after I give birth. We'd just be narrowing the possibilities." Jane sighed and frowned. "I'd promised Frost to name our first born son after him when he talked me into telling you that I had fallen for you." Maura thought for a moment and repeated the name in her head to see how it would sound. Jane chuckled and kissed her shoulder again. "He didn't make me promise that it would have to be our son's first name." Maura relaxed in the embrace and smiled. "I think Barry as the second name for our son is acceptable." Jane slowly nodded and tightened the embrace a little. "Do we have to discuss it now? Because right now I would like to relax and enjoy this bath with you." Maura turned a little bit and kissed Jane's lips. "We have quite a lot of time before we make a decision. So ... no, we don't have to discuss it now." Jane grinned and kissed her wife again. "Thank you."