“Oh? What so now dykes hide behind badges is that it?” His
voice was carrying now to other patrons some of whom had been enjoying happy
hour for over two now.

“That’s it!” turning to JJ she handed over her badge and gun
and turned to face the ***** when she was blindsided.  The punch knocked her onto the table spilling
their drinks.

Kicking out, one foot caught him right in the groin the
other in the face. Falling backward he grabbed at his balls at the same time
trying to stop the bleeding from his mouth.

Standing up she was surprised to see blood on her shirt.

“I think he broke your nose”
JJ held up a napkin for her as she eyed the man rolling on the floor in
pain.

“Yeah well I hope I broke his…”

“Jane!”

“*****…Hi Maur…” Maura rushed over with Emily Prentiss in tow
looking the worse for wear.

“What happened?”
Maura watched as other patrons escorted the man outside.  Looking from JJ to Jane she waited for an
answer.  JJ, seeing Emily, was shocked by
the bruise and swelling on her face.

“Emily are you alright?” The concern in her voice made her
smile.  “I’m fine hon, Dr Isles took care
of me.”

“Oh she did?” JJ looked from Emily to Maura and felt just
the slightest flicker of jealousy before dismissing it.

Maura meanwhile was busy telling Jane that eventually she
wouldn’t be able to fix her nose if she kept breaking it.  Jane’s yelp when she set it made them all
laugh as they realized how ridiculous they must all look.

Settling back down in the booth, Jane and Maura looked at
Emily and JJ.

“Well, we have some time before the other waitress we need
to interview gets here,” Jane said looking over at Emily, “so what happened to
you?”

Chapter 5

After giving them all the rundown on what happened that
afternoon and refreshing everyone’s drinks, Jane interrupted. “You called Frost
an *****? Ha! That’s great.” Taking a sip of her beer, she looked over to find
Maura staring at her.

“What?”

“Why can’t you be more careful? You could have been hurt by
that man!”

“What? Come on Maura, Prentiss looks worse than I do,”
putting her drink down, “ besides he deserved it,” she mumbled.

“Prentiss isn’t my business, you are and what do you mean he
deserved it?  I thought you were here to
interview possible witnesses,” Maura looked at JJ as she spoke.