Chapter 2

Hearing this jolted Jane fully awake,

"I'll be there in twenty minutes," Jane said before getting off her bed and grabbing a change of clothes,

After showering and changing clothes, Jane rushed to the crime scene, Jane sees her Brother Frankie, Korsak, and Detective Barry Frost were already on scene, along with the Medical Examiner, Dr. Maura Isles, who was kneeling down examining one of the bodies, Jane stops in front of the blonde, who still hasn't noticed Jane,

"Ahem," the brunette said loudly, but not so loud that she startled the blonde,

Doctor Maria Isles turned and looked at the person who had just spoken.

"What do...you need?" Maura said, but stopped when she locked eyes with Jane.

"Oh, h-hello Officer, I'm Doctor Maria Isles, the Medical Examiner, do you need something?"

"Detective Jane Rizzoli, what can you tell me about the victims?"

"Three of the children were killed by a single, decisive stab sound from a sharp, smooth blade, the only victims who died due to the fire were the husband and... the infant." Maura said carefully,

"What about the Mother?" Jane asked,

"Her throat was cut with the same sharp, smooth blade." Maura says ,

Barry and Korsak walked up to Maura and Jane.

"Jane, we've got a witness, Marlene Dawson, she saw the fire start and called 911," Barry explained.

Just then Firefighter Kari Jones came up to the group.

"Detectives, we've found the source of the fire, two duffel bags full of C4 explosives, one bag was placed by the front door and the second one was placed in the kitchen,"

Jane turns to Frost and Korsak, without a word, the two men turn and run to their cars,

"I'll have more for you when I complete the autopsies on all of the victims." Maura says as she managed a smile,

"All right, Doctor Isles, I look forward to working with you." Jane replied.

"I am also looking forward to working with you, Detective Rizzoli,"

Jane heads back to the station to run the names of the victims through the system,

Jane pulls up Paul's name and found that he didn't have a criminal record, but Jane found that Olivia Flowers did have two arrests and one conviction for check fraud dating back seven years, just then Korsak came into the squad room with some pastrami sandwiches, French fries, and sodas from the Lakeside Deli three blocks from the station.

After lunch, Jane went back to looking into Dr. Barr and Olivia Flowers' life to try and find a reason why they and their children were targeted,

Just then, the phone on Jane's desk rang.

"Detective Rizzoli." she answers,

"Yes, this is Susie Chang, I am Dr. Isles' Assistant, she asked me to call you Detective and ask you to come to the Morgue,"

A huge smile spread across Jane's face.

"Ok, I'll be right there," Jane said, instantly brimming with excitement.

Jane struggled to reign in her excitement as she entered the Morgue, Jane sees Maura and Susie looking over the autopsy reports of Paul Barr and Olivia Flowers,

"Ahem," Jane said softly, alerting Maura and Susie to her presence.

"Hello again, Detective," Maura said after looking up from the report that she was looking at.

"You have something for me, Doctor Isles?" Jane asked,

"Yes Detective, Susie and I discovered that Olivia Flowers had an alarming amount of ketamine in her system," the blonde said.

"Do you know how long the ketamine has been in her system?"

"Approximately six years, nine months, and twenty-four days, Detective," Maura said with absolute certainty.

Jane began running through the information that Maura had just given her.

"So, one of my murder victims was addicted to ketamine, thank you, Dr. Isles, Ms. Chang." Jane said before turning to leave.

"D-Detective, could you wait a moment?" Maura asked nervously,

"Sure," Jane said, stopping and turning around to face the blonde.

"I'll...go and catch up on some paperwork." Susie says before leaving the Detective and the Medical Examiner alone.

Maura suddenly feels apprehensive about what she is about to ask, but decided to take the plunge anyway.

"Detective, on December 9, the International Coroners Association is having a banquet and I was wondering... I mean, if you're free." Maura said,

Jane walks back over to Maura and takes the blonde's left hand before locking eyes with Maura.

"Yes, I'll happily accompany you to the banquet," Jane says.