Disclaimer: I don't own anything other than Sasha.
Chapter 1
Thankfully it had been a slow week and Olivia had been able to catch up on her never ending paperwork and still be home at a decent hour to spend time with her pregnant wife. Well at least it was until Olivia looked up from her last DD-5 of the day to find a young teen walk into the precinct hold a bunch of folders to her chest.
"Hey there. Can I help you with something?" asked Olivia, gently hoping not to scare the girl more that she obviously already was, as she carefully rose from her chair and approached the girl.
"I'm looking for Detective Benson." Replied the girl, as she tightened her grip on the folders she was holding.
"That's me. What can I do for you sweetie?" asked Olivia, as she motioned the chair beside her desk as she returned to her seat.
"I found these in my father's safe and thought that you should see them." Explained the girl, as she sat down in the chair and handed Olivia the folders.
Carefully Olivia opened the folders and started to scan the documents that they contained. And to say she was surprised to see both her's and her wife's names would be an understatement. "Why don't we go somewhere more private to talk?" suggested Olivia, slowly standing and motioning to an empty interview room. As she lead the way she mouthed to Elliot 'Call Alex'. When she saw him nod she closed the door behind her.
"What's your name sweetheart?" Olivia asked, gently as to not scare the girl since she knew that the change in room would probably done that enough.
"Sasha Kenneth." the girl answered quietly.
"Where did you get these again?" asked Olivia, continued to question.
"I found them in my father's safe the day that he died. And when I read them I thought that you should know what was in them." Sasha explained, as she began to play with the sleeves of her jacket.
"What happened?" asked Olivia, picking up on the girls tension as she spoke about her father.
"All my life that main file there was just as much my father's child as I was. But he would never tell me what was in it, just that I would know then the time came. Well when he left that morning I decided that it was time for me to know what was so important. I had watched him enter the combination the night before when he put the folder away for the night so I broke into the safe and got the file. I had just opened it when I hear the front door slam open and my uncle Charlie ranting. Since I was supposed to be at school, I took the folders and rushed out of the room and hid in the next room until he had gone into the office."
"What happened next?" asked Olivia, when Sasha paused almost as if trying to figure out what to say.
"He went into the office and started yelling even louder when he noticed that the files where missing. I waited until he left before I snuck out of the house and ran to my best friend's. I knew that he would be home since he had just got out of the hospital. When I got there we started to read the files to find out what was so important. We had just finished reading it when the police arrived to tell me that my dad was dead. I panicked, I knew that it had to have been uncle Charlie but I knew better than to say anything to them about it. We hid the files in Dylan's room and I went to Uncle Charlie's. That night he asked if dad had ever given me the combination to the safe in case of an emergency. I told him that dad would let me anywhere near the safe, which was true." Sasha paused to use her sleeve to wipe her tears away.
"It's okay, take your time." Encouraged Olivia, knowing that it was hard on the victims to not only have to live through it once but to have to relive it again and again in order to have anything done about it. "Why did you go to your uncle Charlie's?"
"Dad had made him my guardian. He didn't believe me when I told him that dad had never told me the combination to the safe. That night was the first time that he hit me. He just kept hitting me and asking where the files were. I just kept telling him that I didn't have the files. Finally he stopped and told me to go to my room and get out of his sight. The next morning he started again, but I still didn't tell him. Since he didn't believe me, he kept me home from school telling them that I was taking my father's death really hard. And they believed him, so it was like that up until today. After I woke up, I went to Dylan's and got the files and came here." Sasha finished, as she began to trace a random pattern on the table with her finger. Hoping that would stop the tears that were threatening to fall.
"How long did he beat you?" asked Olivia, knowing that now it was her turn.
"Three weeks."
"Do you want to see her?" asked Olivia, hoping that she didn't pose the question too soon.
"Yes." Sasha replied so softly that Olivia had to strain to hear it.
"Okay, do you want her to come in here?" when Olivia saw Sasha nod her head, she quickly pulled out her phone, and hit the speed dial.
"Cabot."
"Hey, where are you?"
"Liv, what's going on?"
"Are you at the station?"
"I just got here, what's going on?" asked Alex, as she entered the bull pen and looked around for her wife.
"I need you to come to interview room 1." Olivia replied, looking at Sasha so that she knew that she still wanted this, "I'll see you in a minute." and then hung up her phone.
A few seconds later there was a soft knock at the door before the door opened to reveal the four month pregnant Bureau Chief. Upon seeing the crying girl, Alex looked to Olivia and raised her eyebrow in question.
"I think that you better sit down." Said Olivia, and she waited Alex to sit down before continuing. "Did you ever see a Dr. Kenneth?"
Alex had to think about it for a minute before replying "Twice in college, why?"
"And where you told that your embryo's where lost when that couple broke into the clinic and stole several of the embryo tanks?" continued Olivia, not sure if she wanted to know the answer, because it could confirm some of the things in the documents that she had just read.
Alex looked over at the strange girl quickly before returning her gaze to her wife. "Why?" Alex asked, not really what to talk about that part of her past.
"Please Alex just yes or no?" asked Olivia, locking gazes with the attorney.
"Yes, but that was years ago. What does that have to do with anything now?" asked Alex, before Olivia handed over the larger of the files that Sasha had given her.
"Alex this is Sasha Kenneth, Sasha, this is Bureau Chief Alexandra Benson-Cabot. Alex you need to read the file. Sasha, can I get you something to drink?" asked Olivia, hoping the kid agreed so that she would be able to have Warner run a DNA test.
"If you wanted my DNA all you had to do was ask." Sasha replied looking at the detective as Olivia stood from her chair.
"Okay, why do you sit here for a minute, I need to make a call." Olivia suggested, looking at Alex, waiting for confirmation before leaving the room.
"Liv what the hell is going on?" question Elliot the minute that the interview room door closed behind her.
"Hold that thought." Olivia answered, as she finished dialling a number on her cell phone. "Melinda, hey, it's Liv. I need a favour. Are you doing anything right now? Can you bring a DNA kit to the precinct? Thanks see you when you get here." As Olivia hung up the phone she noticed that not only Elliot was waiting for an explanation but so were Munch, Fin and the Captain. "The kid might be Alex's." Olivia answered their silent question as she braced herself for the evitable reaction.
"She WHAT?" they all asked at the same time.
