Don't Dream It's Over

Just A Little Bit Of Your Heart

Jane's Point Of View:

The storm is finally over, and we are able to go home. I walked down to Maura's office, so we could go home. I walked into Maura's office, and saw her brushing her hair.
"Hey babe, ready to go?" I asked
"Uh yeah." She replied. We picked up Sophia from Ma, and went to our home/my old apartment.
"That was a crazy storm." I said as I carried my sleeping five year old into the house. I laid her in her bed, and pulled the covers over her little body. I walked into the bedroom, and saw Maura in her pajamas and she was putting her hair in a messy bun. As she put her hair up, I saw a mark in the crook of her neck.
"Is that a hickey? I asked
"Um...um, no it's um, I burned myself with my um...curling iron." She said and I could see the hives start to form on her chest.
"You're lying."
"No I'm not." She said then they started forming on her arms.
"You are! You cheated on me? With who? When?" I asked all these thoughts forming in my head.
"Jane, please. Let me explain."
"Explain what? That you cheated on me? Let me guess with that Lauren chick? Yeah I figured, you acted weird around her. Why? Am I not enough for you?!"
"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry, Jane."
"Why?"
"Because someone was attracted to me. And she never knew me "before." She only knew me "after." And i was enough for her. And you--knew me before and you loved me before and now sometimes I-I feel like...I'm not...enough for you. It's not fair. And you are trying to fix me and fix everything, and I'm finally feeling okay the way I am now!" She said starting to cry.
"I'm not trying to fix you."
"You are!" She screamed
"Fine well now your on your own." I said and walked out of the apartment.

Maura's Point Of View:

When I heard the front door slam shut, I collapsed on the floor and started crying. I was trying to calm down, when my phone started buzzing. I quickly grabbed my phone to see if it was Jane, but it wasn't.
"Isles." I said trying to sound like I haven't been crying.
"Yes I will be right there." I said and asked Angela to watch Sophia and I headed to the crime scene. I quickly got dressed and reapplied my make up. When I pulled up to the crime scene, I saw Frost, Jane, and Korsak surrounding the body.
"Dr. Isles, are you okay?" Frost asked
"I'm fine." I said putting on a fake smile.
"Are you sure? If you want we can have Dr. Sparks step in, she hasn't left town yet due to the storm." Korsak suggested
"I'm fine." I replied
"Who's Dr. Sparks?" Frost asked
"She's the woman Maura slept with last night." Jane said and Frost and Korsak just looked at each other wide eyed.
"Level of decomposition suggests she's been here for at least two days." I said changing the subject.
"I don't see any drag marks." Jane said
"No. Lividity confirms that she was killed here. She's passed through rigor."
"So she's been dead for at least the past 36 hours. She's wearing working out cloths. What was she doing down here?"
"She was strangled." I said with an attitude
"Thank you doctor, I can see that."
"Looks like the weapon was a garrote."
"Garrote." I corrected saying it the correct French way.
"Gee, I would love a lesson on the garrote, wouldn't you, Frost?" Jane asked exaggerating the R pronunciation.
"It was most common in the 17th century... when it was used as a mean of silent a assassination...by the Thuggee cult in India."
"Well, then let's be on the look out for the Thuggees."
"What are those red patches?" Frost asked pointing to the red spots on the victim.

"Urticaria." I replied
"Urticaria?" Jane asked
"Oh, maybe you'll know what this means, the yucky red stuff is a rash." I said in a snarky tone
"Thank you for clearing that up." Korsak said
"Yes, that was a good explanation." Frost agreed
"I will do the autopsy in the morning." I said before catching up to Jane.
"Jane, wait." I said
"What?" She asked
"Can we just--"
"Respect our wedding vows? Not sleep with other people?"
"Put our problems aside because our victim needs that." I replied before walking off and went back home.

Jane's Point Of View:

It has been about a week since I have talked to Maura about the incident. I have been staying at Frankie's place and I see Sophia on the weekends. We haven't told anyone why we are not "together" they just know we are taking some time apart. As you can probably guess ma has been on my ass trying figure it out. I really hate doing this, because I love Maura but she has made it really hard for me to keep forgiving her. The next day I went into the autopsy room and Maura was recording her notes.
"Lower extremities are well muscularized. No evidence of trauma." She said before she saw me come in, then Susie followed.
"Results are in on the white powder." Susie said handing Maura the results.
"What from the victim's apartment? Was it cocaine?" I asked Susie
"Negative for cocaine." Maura said directing it to Susie
"Well, what was it? Heroin? Crystal Meth? Ketamine?" I asked naming drugs.
"Sodium bicarbonate." Maura replied
"Tricky, baking soda. Thank you, Susie."
"Uh, your welcome." She said
"Nice work Senior Criminalist Chang." Maura said then Susie left the room.
"Nice work, Medical Examiner Maura."

"Well, that explains why Rachel had white powder in her shower caddy."
"Caddy?"
"Livor mortis it indiscernible."
"Okay, I'm sorry. Please explain why she had baking soda in her caddy." I said politely
"Your being nice cause you want information. She used it to was her hair. It's less toxic to the environment, than shampoo."
"Well that's a commitment. She's really fit you know?"
"She's had anterior dislocations to her left a and right humerus bones."
"I'd love to know why that's relevant, it's too bad you don't guess."
"Well you're in luck. It's National Guessing Day."
"Are you celebrating?"
"I am. She has these injuries of repeated Chaturange Dandasana to Urdhva Mukha Svanasana."
"I know what that is, yoga. Are you breaking out into hives from the guessing?"
"Not yet. And her rash is the result of defatting...the chemical dissolution of dermal lipids."
"What's that in yucky rash lingo?"
"She was submerged in icky stuff." She replied in a snarky tone
"Oh submerged. So the vegan girl was bathing on chemicals." I said before walking out of the autopsy room.

When I got up to the bullpen room, Frost was on the computer.
"Anything?" I asked
"Yeah, a lot. Got a name, Matthew Moore. That's your Sensei Matta." Frost said
"How are we gonna find his retreat in all of Western Mass? What are these shaded areas?" I asked as me and Korsak looked at the bored with all our pictures and clues.
"Been busy. Sensei Matta yoga bought 20,000 acres there all within the last year." Frost replied
"It's all protected land. How?" Korsak asked
"Using their non-profit, religious exemption." Frost said
"Now I really have a bad feeling." I said
"I've also been through all of BCU's security footage of tunnel entrances. Rachel started going in five months ago." Frost said
"Yeah right after her parents separated."
"Then she stopped for months. Started going again two weeks ago."
"I wanna know what happened two weeks ago."
"Me too. Last time was three days ago. The day she was murdered. No one followed her."
"There's a lot of tunnel entrances in campus buildings. Somebody was there." Korsak said as Maura walked in.

"The victim's rash was caused by Benzene and 14-Dioxane, likely from a fresh water source. I've narrowed it down to seven lakes in Western Massachusetts." Maura said directly to Korsak
"Are you says those lakes are polluted?" I asked
"I'm not. The pH levels and mineral content are."
"Swell. My sprout troop used to have sleepover camps at one of those lakes."
"You where a sprout trooper?"
"Why is that so hard to believe?"
"Because it is your duty as a sprout trooper to be kind, friendly, generous."
"I was so sweet and nice, I won Sweetest Camper. Two years in a row so...hahaha." I laughed sarcastically
"Was anyone else there?" She asked and I glared at her
"To watch you expect your reward?"
"Nice recovery."

"The pollution must be recent. It's not showing up in any of the reports."
"Bet you that's where Rachel was driving that campus car to." Frost said
"It's a small needle in a big hay stack." I said
"I'm going down there and doing my own water-quality testing." Maura said
"Since you're going anyway, can you get a statement from Matthew Moore? Goes by the name Sensei Matta--" Korsak said
"Oh you can't have a medical examiner get a statement that's my job."
"You two can go together." Frost said as I walked over by my wife. Maura and I looked at each other than looked away.
"I'm sure she's taking a different road." I said
"There only one." Korsak said
"You're right, I am." Maura said

Maura's Point Of View:

While Jane went to tell Cavanaugh, I went to grab my kit. We walked outside of BPD, and saw Big Mo towing our cars.
"Oh!" Jane said
"Hey, my car!' I said
"What are you doing with my car?" Jane asked Big Mo.
"My job. I don't know how many times I have to tell you people about parking here." He replied
"I park here everyday Mo." Jane said
"Not today. Have a nice rest of your day." He said then drove off. Jane gave me a quick glare.
"I'll rent a car." I said
"Yeah me too." She said before my mother in law came out holding a lunch box.
"Hey, don't forget your lunch." She said handing Jane the lunch box.
"What is that?"
"Mortadella on focaccia bread, with a little roasted red pepper." She replied
"Korsak put you up to this?"
"After all you two have been through and you two can't be civil?" She snapped
"Ma, we're grown ups."
"If your such grown ups then start acting like it and stop this." She said as Frost pulled up in his car.

"Just saw Big Mo towing your cars. Want to barrow mine?" He asked
"Oh you're good." Jane said
"It is more energy efficient if we take one car."
"Fine, but I'm driving." She said getting in the front seat.
"Why do you get to drive?"
"Because it's an unmarked, and because I'm a cop, and-- just get in the car, Maura!"
"Have a good time girls." Frost said
"I am not listening to Led Zeppelin." I said
"Well, I'm of listening to Yo-Yo Ma."
"I don't listen to Yo-Yo Ma...in the car."
"That's right, Parton me, Yo-Yo Ma just for the jacuzzi. Put your seat belt on!"
"It's on!" Then we drove off.