At the courthouse ...

"I'll hear the people on bail Mrs. Novak" said Judge Petrovsky." Mitchell Brody viciously beat and raped a sixteen year old girl, we consider him to be a flight risk and are requesting remand" said Casey. " Your honor that's excessive, my client has no prior convictions and has never gotten so much as a speeding ticket. "He has ample ties to the community" said Granger. " I'm sorry Mr. Granger I'm inclined to agree with Mrs. Novak, bail is forfeited. "You Stupid Bitch, I'll kill you, I swear I'll kill you, You'll be sorry" Brody screamed at Casey as two court officers dragged him away. " You had best control your client during the trial" said Judge Petrovsky. "Understood your honor" said Granger. And with that Casey left the court house and made her way to the 1-6 precinct.

At the precinct...

" I heard about Brody's outburst in court today" said Elliot when Casey walked in. " It's not a big deal" said Casey secretly worrying. " Not a big deal!" Elliot exclaimed. " If someone threatened to kill me I'd sure as hell be taking it seriously" he said. " Elliot, if I took every threat anybody ever made against me seriously, I'd never get any work done" replied Casey. " Maybe you should stay at mine or Elliot's place tonight just in case" said Olivia. " You can stay at my place" said Chester giving her a wink. She flashed a smile back at him. "Maybe I'll take you up on that offer sometime but not tonight" she replied." Thanks for the concern but if anything happens I can protect myself" said Casey. ' Oh, right like the time you protected yourself from Milan Zergen" said Olivia without thinking. She new how much Casey had suffered that night, and couldn't believe she had said that to her best friend. "Casey I..." She was interrupted. "I FOUGHT LIKE HELL OLIVIA, AND YOU WENT TO GET COFFEE WHILE I WAS GETTING BEAT TO A PULP, AND EXCUSE ME IF I HAVE SOME WEAKNESSES BUT EVERYONE CAN"T BE AS PERFECT AS YOU" she yelled. after a while Casey calmed down . Olivia walked over to her and said "I'm sorry Casey, it was very out of line for me to say that" " I'm sorry too, I know you didn't mean it, and I shouldn't have gotten that upset, what happened that night wasn't your fault" replied Casey. : Glad to see were all friends again" said Elliot. Then they all began going over the case at hand.

Later that day...

" Well it's getting late, I should be getting home " said Casey. " How are you going to get home ?" Olivia asked. " I'm going to walk" said Casey. " No way in hell am I letting you walk home, I'll drive you" said Olivia. "I appreciate the concern but..." "But nothing" Olivia cut in. Casey opened her mouth to say something again, but she was interrupted. "Face it counseler this is one argument you're not going to win" said Olivia with a sly grin. "Fine you can drive me home , but that's only because I don't want to stay here all night and argue with you" said Casey sounding a bit frusturated. " It's getting pretty late Liv, I'll finish up here, you go ahead and take Casey home" said Elliot. " Are you sure you don't mind ?" asked Olivia. " nah" said Elliot. " Thanks Ell I owe you one" said Olivia. " You sure do" said Elliot laughing. Olivia picked up a pen off her desk and threw it at him. " I guess I deserved that" said Elliot. " Yeah you did" said Olivia. Then Olivia and Casey said their goodnights and got in the elevator.