Sighing, she extended a hand, “Fine, accepted, lets go”

Shaking her hand, he squeezed it briefly feeling the scar at
the back of her hand. “Thanks.”

“Yeah, yeah…stop grinning JJ”x

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Maura examined Maldonado first, her examination making sure
to account doe the pounds of pressure it would have taken to break the young
man’s neck.  His spinal column floated
freely, completed separated from the vertebrae in the neck.  The amount of force that took was
extraordinary.

“Dr Reid, in your experience with individuals who kill with
their hands, does an individual generally have to be angry to exert this much
force?”  Maura’s concern was evident in
her voice.

Spencer, never one to hear the nuances in a person’s voice,
heard hers. “Are you okay Dr Isles?”

“Yes, I’m sorry its just, if he wasn’t angry when he did
this, how much force can he exert when he is…I mean…I don’t know what I mean
I’m sorry.”  Putting the scalpel down,
Maura walked away from the table.

Unsure, Reid followed her. “Dr. Isles, are you worried about
Detective Rizzoli?” he never read these things correctly in most people, but
Maura wasn’t most people.

“Yes” with one word, he understood exactly what she was
feeling.  Uncomfortable, he put an arm
around her shoulders and attempted to comfort her.  They sat quietly for a few minutes until
Maura stood up.

“Thank you” leaning down she gave him a quick peck on the
cheek and went back to work.  Spencer sat
there for a while longer with a hand to his cheek and a little smile playing on
his face.

The buzzing of his phone snapped him out of it.

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Arriving at Rodriguez’ apartment, Frost and Prentiss knocked
on the door before letting themselves in.
Looking around, they could tell he lived like a bachelor. There was
takeout on the counter, a big screen tv, moving slowly and making sure to clear
each area, they headed to one of two back rooms.  Opening one door, they walked into his
bedroom.  In one corner were weights and
other workout equipment, nothing out of the ordinary.

The next room was a different matter.  Set up as an office, there were pictures of
his mother scattered throughout the room mixed in with pictures of Jane.

The pictures of his mother were odd and on closer inspection
they realized that the bodies were blackened in, only the face was clear.  The same was true for the pictures of
Jane.