When the Bough Breaks by ArcadiaArden

Author:ArcadiaArden
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Rizzoli & Isles, Family, Completed, FanFiction, J. Rizzoli, M. Isles
Publisher: www.fanfiction.net
Published: 2012-10-01T16:00:00+00:00

8. Chapter 8

See Ch 1 & 7 for disclaimers…

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Maura watched Vince walk away before she ran her hands down her dress, reflexively smoothing the material, settling herself. When a sense of readiness washed over her, she grabbed the handle to the conference room door and pushed it open.

She barely felt Barry's hand on her shoulder as he passed her on his way out.

Lydia was staring at the table. Maura could see the tired set to her features. The puffy remnants of pregnancy cast over her body. Even her posture, uncomfortable, angled on the seat suggested she could still feel the physical effects of having given birth. Finally Lydia looked up and her gaze was hazy, tinged with red and reconciled to a fate in life where optimism was for others.

Maura took a deep breath and sat down across from Lydia. This was what she expected, but a small, selfish, part of her hoped she'd be faced with a flippant woman who simply wanted to move on with her life.

They sat there staring at each other. Maura knew she should offer a greeting, open the conversation softly but her mind only let one thing fall from her lips.

"Why? Why did you leave him Lydia?"

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