Gone(rizzoli And Isles)

chapter 19

"No!" Maura cried. "Please, Jane don't do that. Don't do that to yourself. I can take it."

Jane looked at Maura with tears in her eyes. "Maura, I have to. I can't let them hurt you because of me. I will not let that happen." Jane put the drug in the spoon and lit the lighter below. When the rock turned to liquid, she picked up the syringe and drew the drug up into it. She reached over to the only good vein left in her left arm and inserted the syringe and pushed the drug into her system.

Maura was crying and yelling no during this whole time. Jane looked over to Maura and said "I love you," as she felt the drug taking the usual effect. She slumped against the wall feeling high as a kite. God, she actually missed this feeling. Here we go again. Jane talked to J and Maura for a few minutes until she felt the inevitable drowsiness coming on and slumped over passed out. When she came too about an hour later, she looked over to see J standing next to Maura with his fist held back. "You got a choice Detective, the drug or I hit her as hard as I can in her pretty face."

Jane crawled over to the table and repeated the same steps as before. She looked a Maura as she inserted the needle and released the drug. Maura was crying uncontrollably, begging Jane not to take the drug, begging the man to stop, Jane would die, to please let them go. Jane heard Maura begging as she passed back out.

When Dr. Isles did not make it to work, Korsak called her cell to check on her. She did not answer. Angela walked up to Korsak with a worried look on her face. "Sergeant Korsak, I am worried about Jane. She was supposed to be at her mandatory therapy session at 9, but her therapist called and asked where she was. Jane would not miss her appointment. It was the next to last one before she would be reinstated."

"When did you last see her?"

"Last night when I cooked dinner for her and Maura."

"Dr. Isles is not here either. She was supposed to perform an autopsy at 10, but she never came in. I don't like it. Come on Frost, let's head over to Jane's therapist."

When Frost and Korsak arrive at the therapist's, the first thing they noticed was Jane's car. As they approached the car and started looking around, they noticed a speck of blood. When Frost got down to look under the car, he found a cell phone. He picked it up and opened the phone. It was not Jane's. It had only six numbers in it.

"Korsak, I want to get back to see if I can track the numbers on this phone. I feel like it may belong to the person that took Jane. Maybe we could find her if I can track the other numbers."

"OK, I'll call headquarters and have crime scene tech come process, you drive on back."

Jane roused from about her fourth drug induced pass out. This time, she saw J had a scalpel next to Maura's neck. The scene reminded her of the time in the prison when Hoyt had a scalpel to Maura's neck. "Pleeeeease don't cut her," Jane slurred.

"You know what to do if you want to save her, detective."

Jane reached over to the table and grabbed the paraphernalia and began her new ritual. She pulled her pants down so she could put the shot in her thigh. Her arms were shot. Jane was barely able to function. They were not letting her come out from under the first hit before making her take another. Jane knew she was headed for an overdose if this continued. She injected her leg and looked back at Maura. She saw fear in Maura's eyes and she knew Maura knew Jane could not last much longer.