A car screeches to a stop as a young boy darts across the street, running at full speed, looking behind him. He runs into a
man carrying a briefcase, they both slam into the pavement, and papers go flying. The boy lays unconscious on the
sidewalk. The man slowly gets up and walks toward the young boy who looks like he hasn't eaten in days or showered in
weeks.
"Hey, kid. Are you alright?"
The weary boy finally looked up, stared at the man for a second, trying to figure out what had just happened. Suddenly he
snapped out of his daze and jumped into the man's arms.
"Help me!" He yelled. "They'll kill me if they find me!"
Olivia hands the young boy a cup of water and blanket as he settles into the comfy desk chair Olivia had brought into the
interview room for him, to make him as comfortable as possible.
"Now, Jason. The man that brought you in here was very worried about you. Can you tell me what happened?" Olivia said in
her silky, soft voice. The voice she saves only for children.
"I can't. they told me if I ever said anything to anyone, they'd kill me." the young boy whispered as he hid his face into the
blanket.
"I understand you're scared sweetheart, but I promise you, if you tell me what happened, we will find them, and they'll never
be able to hurt you again."
"I can't, I can't. Please, just let me go. I don't wanna talk."
"Okay, sweetie, that's fine. But can you tell me where you live so I can take you home? We can talk about this later after
you've rested."
Jason suddenly threw his cup of water onto the ground, bolted out of his chair, and ran across the room.
"No!" He screamed. "You can't take me back there! you can't take me back there!"
Office of Alex Cabot
October 9th
9 PM
"You should have seen him, Alex. The way the poor boy jumped as soon as I mentioned his parents. They did something to
him, something so bad the he's too afraid to even talk about it!" Olivia said as she sat on Alex's desk. Alex was leaning
forward in her chair.
"We have to get him to talk, Liv. Right now, this little boys statement is the only evidence we have. If we can get him to tell
us where he lives, or his parents names, we can bring them in. But right now, we have absolutely nothing to go on. Where is
Jason now?"
"He's upstairs sleeping in the barracks. I told him he could stay here overnight, and that we'd talk tomorrow. He'll be safe
here."
"Okay. Just make sure you get him to tell you what the hell happened to him tomorrow."
"I will, counselor."
Olivia got up off the desk, and started to walk towards the door, when Alex reached out and touched her hand, stopping her.
"Olivia?" she said with a broken, tired tone, "Please keep me updated on this, okay?"
Olivia stared into Alex's eyes, as Alex pleaded silently.
"Of course." and with that, Olivia walked out of her office.
Dairy Queen
October 10th
11 AM
"Okay, Jason. I bought you two ice cream cones, AND a smoothie. Are you ready to talk now?" Olivia asked the young boy
who was eating an ice cream cone bigger than he was.
"...Okay. But only because you're so nice. No one else has ever bought me ice cream before"
Olivia smiled genuinely, and placed her hand on his shoulder.
"Can you tell me how your parents hurt you, Jason?"
"...It wasn't my parents. They died when I was 6 in a car accident." Jason said quietly as he continued to eat his ice cream.
"After they died, I was sent to an adoption agency, then to Ms. Parks house."
"Ms. Parks adopted you?"
"No, she's my foster mom. I've been there for a year, I think."
Olivia said quietly, in her most gentle voice, "Is Ms. Parks the one who hurt you?"
Jason put down his ice cream cone and hung his head. "...SHE didn't hurt me, but she brought in men who did."
Olivia leaned forward, clearly disturbed by what he had just told her.
"What do you mean, Jason?"
"Well, every day, Ms. Parks sends a different man down to the basement, and the man picks which one of us he wants to
take into 'The Room.'"
"Which one of you? There's more than just you living there?" Olivia said in a surprised, worried tone,.
"Yes, there are 9 of us living at Ms. Parks'. She keeps us in the basement all day, and only lets us come up after we go into
"The Room" with a man, and she makes us a special snack for doing a good job."
Olivia, clearly horrified, placed her hand gently on the young boy's. "Jason, I am so sorry. and I promise you, we are going to
fix this, no matter what. We will put her, and all the men who hurt you, in jail for a very, very long time."
(Well, there's the first chapter! What do you guys think? In the next chapters we will see just how much this case affects Alex, and how Olivia will help her.)