Frankie sighed heavily as he stared at his monitor and straightened his back.
Maura stared at her own monitor like she was hypnotized and read through the medical records of the family Foley. "Her mother also suffered with delusions.", she whispered to herself.
Cavanaugh looked up from a file and frowned. "Excuse me?"
Maura looked at him and pointed at the monitor. "Donna's mother, Sybil Fokey also suffered from delusions. She always said that Donna was the spawn of the devil."
Frankie snorted in agreement.
Cavanaugh just shrugged."Why is that important?"
Maura exchanged looks with both men and raised her eyebrows. "We just looked to see whether Tim and Donna Foley have ownership of houses here in Boston. Sybil Foley died seven years ago. Maybe she, and not her husband, had a property in Boston."
Cavanaugh looked with a frown at Frankie. "Frankie, see if a property is registered to Sybil Foley's name."
Frankie nodded and tapped on his keyboard.
Masterson came with a groan to the group and held up his notepad. "I checked every coffee shop that is on the way to Cambridge."
Cavanaugh nodded toward him. "And?"
"I'm so done with coffee.", Masterson replied and cleared his throat. "One of the Baristas in Boston Joe's recognized Jane. Her name is Melanie Hodges. She said that Jane was very edgy and grumpy. As she ordered, she was called but she disconnected the call, grabbed her coffee and left without an tip."
Cavanaugh looked at Maura. "That would explain why Jane dailed your number and hung up immediately."
Maura sighed and nodded agreeing.
Frankie stood up and looked at the Wall. "I got ...", he paused as Angela entered the bullpen with a tray with some sandwiches. "Ma?"
Cavanaugh, Maura and Masterson turned toward the entrance.
"Angela, what are you doing here?", Cavanaugh wanted to know.
Angela shrugged and put the tray on a desk. "I brought something to eat for you since no one came down to the Café."
Frankie growled and rolled his eyes.
Maura licked her lips and frowned. "Angela, it is very kind of you. But right now it is a very bad time."
Angela shoved a sandwich into her hand. "I just care about all of you. Especially about you, Maura, since you're eating for three. Here, eat this. It's with tuna. I know you like it."
Maura opened and closed her mouth again.
Cavanaugh walked to Angela and led the way out of bullpen
Masterson shrugged and grabbed a sandwich. "I'm hungry."
Frankie rolled his eyes.
"What was it you wanted to say?", Cavanaugh asked and looked in disbelief at the eating Masterson.
Masterson looked at him and shrugged. "What?"
Frankie shook his head and looked back at the Wall. "I got something. Here. Sybil Foley owned two houses. Both in the area of Cambridge."
Cavanaugh rolled down the sleeves of his dress shirt and put on his jacket. "Let's check them. Maybe we'll get lucky."
Frankie typed a message in his phone. "I texted Korsak."
Cavanaugh looked at Masterson. "You're coming or are you too busy with gulping down this freaking sandwich?"
Masterson swallowed the food and followed him.
Maura pressed her lips together and fought against the upcoming tears.
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Jane whimpered as the door to the basement opened and frowned deeply as Foley entered the room with a bottle of water.
He walked slowly to her. "I thought you might be thirsty. You didn't drink since you got here.", he said and helped Jane to lift her head. He put the bottle to her lips and smiled as she welcomed the refreshing liquid.
Jane choked at the odd aftertaste and tried to turn her head away.
Foley held her head in position and forced the water into Jane's throat. "Come on, it will help you to go through the next proceedings.", he said while Jane shook her head with a drowning sound. "Come on, it's a good thing.", he smiled as the bottle was finally empty. "Good girl."
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Korsak brought his car to a stop on abandoned property number one of Sybil Foley with squealing wheels and walked toward Cavanaugh's car.
Cavanaugh nodded and looked at him, then at Frankie and finally atMasterson. "We'll go in there and see what we find. No gun fire as long as it is not necessary. We don't know if Jane is in this house and I want those sick bastards alive. Understand?"
The three Detectives nodded while they put on their bulletproof vests and took out their weapons.
The group carefully made their way to the front patio and paused as the wood squeaked.
Korsak exhaled slowly and looked at his old friend Cavanaugh before he walked on.
Cavanaugh looked through a dirty window and signaled Korsak that he had saw one person.
Korsak nodded and turned door knob slowly the . It wasn't locked.
They entered the house quietly and rounded the corner to the room where Cavanaugh had seen a person.
"Hands up!", Korsak barked.
Foley looked surprised at the three man. "What?"
But before he could end the sentence a gunshot filled the room and Foley slumped to the floor.
Cavanaugh stared over his shoulder at a tense Masterson. "I said no fucking gun fire."
Masterson looked surprised at him. "I saw a gun."
Frankie walked to Foley's lifeless body and held up a pen. "Was that your freaking gun, your idiot?"
Masterson licked his lips and ran a hand over his mouth.
Cavanaugh clenched his teeth and forced himself not to hit Masterson. "See if Jane is here. And be aware of his daughter."
After the three had cleared the house Frankie walked to his car as he put his gun into his holster. "Jane is not here."
Korsak huffed and threw a dead glare at Masterson.
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Masterson entered the autopsy room and could immediately say that Maura was hopping mad. "Maura, I'm sorry."
Maura glared at him and huffed. "You are sorry? You. are. sorry? Well, that won't bring my wife back alive."
Masterson sighed and smiled his shoulders. "Look, I thought I saw a gun."
Maura pointed with a pencil at him. "I have a pencil in my hand. Are you going to shoot me too?"
"It was a mistake.", Masterson said emphatically.
Maura pushed the cover from Foley's dead body. "A shot in his shoulder would be a mistake. Or a shot in the leg.", she pointed at the gunshot wound in Foley's chest. "This ...wasn't a mistake, Ryan. This was a specific shot to his heart."
Masterson sighed and ran his tongue over his lips. "I just reacted."
Maura turned to him and forced her tears back. "Your reaction can be the reason why Jane dies. Do you want to tell my daughter why her Mama can't come home anymore? Because I know I can't. Darn, I can barely even look at you without hating you."
Masterson swallowed hard. "I'm sorry.", he whispered.
Suddenly Maura lost her last restraint and gave Masterson a hard shove. "Stop saying that you are sorry.", she yelled as the tears started to run down her cheeks and all work in the lab was forgotten.
The employees turned their heads to the autopsy room. Normally the very cool and composed Dr. Maura Isles never lost her temper at work.
"Stop saying that you are sorry.", Maura sobbed loudly and gave him another shove. "I almost lost Jane once because of you and now I might lose her for real. And it's your fault. It is just your fault."
Masterson didn't stop her or say anything. He was shocked. He had never witnessed such a angry Maura. He wasn't able to react.
Frankie entered the room and drew his eyebrows together as he saw the situation. "What the hell is going on here?"
Maura turned away and buried her face in her hands while she sobbed.
Frankie looked between her and Masterson. And pointed at the double door. "Out!", he commended.
Masterson straightened up. "Frankie ..."
"I said out!", Frankie barked and Masterson left the autopsy room.
Frankie sighed and walked to Maura. "Maura ..."
Maura took a deep breath and shook her head. She wasn't able to talk now. She was scared. She was scared of herself.
Frankie put a hand on her shoulder and sighed again which caused Maura to sob more. Frankie pulled her into a tight hug and rubbed soothing circles on her back. "Come here.", he said softly. "Shall we go to your office, I texted Tommy so you can have a Skype session with Al?"
Maura nodded slowly. "Yes, please."
Frankie took a deep breath and broke the hug. "Okay, let's go."
Frankie placed Maura on her designer chair and opened her laptop. But then he frowned. "Well ... you have to do on your own logging in."
Maura sighed heavily and wiped away the tears before she logged into her Skype account. It was just a view blinks before Alexis appeared cheerfully on the screen. Maura had to chuckle as she saw the chocolate smeared face of her daughter.
Alexis waved with a bright smile. "Hi, Mommy."
"Hi, baby.", Maura said with a chuckle and sniffed.
Alexis suddenly frowned deeply. "Mommy, are you sad?"
Maura took a deep breath and licked her lips. "Yes, a little bit."
Suddenly the screen went black and Frankie and Maura could hear that Tommy saying something to the girl.
Frankie stifled a laugh and shook his head.
Maura laughed shortly. "Honey, what are you doing?"
Alexis reappeared again and shrugged. "I make you feel better. Mama always say that a hug always helps if I feel sad. So I gave you a hug."
Maura smiled broadly and ran a finger over Alexis cheek. "Thank you, Alexis. I already feel better. I love you, baby girl."
"I love you too.", Alexis said light-heartedly. "Is Ma there too?"
Maura became serious again and looked shortly at Frankie. "No, but uncle Frankie is here. Do you want to say hello to him?"
Alexis nodded happily and Frankie leaned over and waved. "Hi, Al."
Alexis waved happily and looked to the side. "Hi, Uncle Frankie. Uncle Tommy wants to say hi too."
Tommy appeared with a big grin at the screen and waved. "Hey, Maura. Hey, Frankie."
Maura smiled broadly and looked at Frankie. Suddenly the feelings of pain, anger and loneliness left her body and was replaced by feelings of love and affinity and having a caring family. Now she knew what her wife meant when Jane told her that neither her nor their daughter would experience the feeling of being alone at all.
"Mommy, why are you naked?", Alexis asked suddenly and Frankie bursted out laughing.
Maura looked confused at the scene. "Excuse me?"
Alexis shrugged and pressed her index finger at the screen. "Ma said that if you don't wear your dress you feel like you are naked."
Maura looked down at herself and realized that she still wore her black scrubs. "Oh. These are my working clothes, Alexis. I wear them when I ...", she paused. "do work. Like Ma wears her suits for work."
"Oh.", Alexis said in Jane style
Maura grinned and sighed as she realized how much Alexis was like Jane, especially when she figured some things out. She frowned as she saw the facial expression of her mother and looked over her shoulder. "T.J. and I had a water fight. We included Jo."
Maura frowned deeply. "I hope you had that fight in the garden."
Alexis made a face. "No?"
Maura opened her mouth to rant and rave at Alexis as Tommy reappeared in the screen. "Yeah, it was in the garden. I ushered them out when they started it in the house."
Frankie raised his eyebrows as he saw the wet hair and clothes. "It seems like they had involved you too. And you lost again like you always did when we were kids."
Tommy rolled his eyes and shrugged. "Hey, I can't seriously fight with two kids."
Frankie chuckled and shook his head.
Alexis shoved Tommy to the side and stared at her mother. "When are you coming home, Mom?"
Maura raised her eyebrows and looked at her watch. "Uh ... soon, honey. Do you think you can stay with Uncle Tommy for two more hours without hurting him?"
Alexis eyed Tommy and grinned. "Maybe."
Frankie started to laugh.
Maura rolled her eyes and sighed. "Okay. Alexis, I have to go back to work. Be nice and behave. I love you."
"Love you too.", Alexis said before she ended the connection.
Maura sighed heavily and closed her eyes.
Frankie put an hand on her shoulder and frowned. "You feeling better?"
Maura looked at him and nodded with a small smile. "A little bit. Thank you."
Frankie smiled slightly and sighed. "You're welcome."
And Maura felt better. Just a little, but better.