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It had been a long day in court; the trial was a slam-dunk. The defendant had authority issues especially with powerful women. He raped and murdered three corporate lawyers and two real-estate lawyers. The defense attorney was of course a man, none other than Lionel Granger himself. When she began her cross-examination, he became agitated and his behavior became violent. He lashed out at her yelling out "I'll kill you too you stupid bitch! Just like the others!" He was hailed away and his attorney of course motioned for a miss trial but that was denied. Lionel stopped her on the way up to her office. He congratulated her on her easy win.
She put her head down on her desk and took a deep breath. She loved her job and had finally grown accustom of working in special victims. White collar had been much easier for her to deal with. There was nothing to think about. She remembered her first case with SVU, every single detail of it. Her thoughts when she pulled that little girl out of the cooler. She had gone to Arthur Branch and told him she wanted out. She wanted straight homicide. But he told her he had been watching her for this job.
She looked at her watch and it was almost eleven. She gathered her paper work and put them in her briefcase. She just wanted to go home and forget the day ever happened. As she finished gathering her things, there was a knock on the door. "Casey, its Elliot."
"Come in." She said. She hadn't seen him all day and was glad that he stopped by. Her heart began to race as he walked through the door. God, Casey calm down. She thought to herself. "What can I do for you detective?" She asked as she walked around her desk to wear he stood.
"I wanted to congratulate you on your win counselor. " He said with a smile. She loved his smile. It was beautiful and warming, causing her to smile back.
"He of course confessed after lunging at me." She said with a sigh. She grabbed her coat and threw it over her arm. "Late night, Elliot?"
She looked directly into his eyes as she asked. He didn't remove his gaze. He brought his arm up to scratch his head. "We're going out for drinks and I was wondering if you'd like to join us." He said.
She smiled. Why not? She thought to herself. "Sure." She said as she began to walk towards the door. He put his hand on the small of her back as he followed her out. This made her stopped and looked at him. His face turned red as he looked away. She wrapped her free arm around his as they began to walk once more.
When they arrived at the bar, Munch, Fin, and Olivia were already sitting at the table. They all smiled as they entered, congratulating her on her success in court. They sat down and ordered a round of beers. After a couple of hours of Munch's conspiracy about the government listening in on her private phone calls they all decided that it was late. She couldn't remember the last time she ever laughed like that.
"I have to admit Casey, that's the first time I've ever seen you laugh." Olivia said as she began to walk out of the bar with them.
"Yeah, I would have to agree." Elliot chimed in as they walked up the steps to the street. Olivia stopped. Flashbacks of the event that happened few years ago that caused her best friend to go into the witness protection. Alex laying there on the sidewalk and she couldn't stop the bleeding. She felt helpless. She remembered the burst of emotions that hit her like a bus when the doctor had announce Alex dead. Then to see Alex step out of that black SUV to tell them they were never going to see her again didn't make it any better.
After they had dropped Olivia off, Elliot headed for Casey's apartment. They sat quietly, no one saying a single word. Casey just looked out of the window and watched the rainfall lightly. Gods she's beautiful.
"So that's where it happened?" She said softly breaking the silence.
Elliot cleared his throat. "Yeah, it was so sudden." He pulled up to her apartment building and stopped the car. "I'll walk you up." He said getting out of the car. He walked around and opened the door for her and they walked up to the steps. "I'll see you tomorrow"
She looked at him. "Yeah, I had a nice time." She said with a smile.
Elliot took her hand and kissed her softly on the lips. "Goodnight." She said before walking away. Casey stood there shocked. Happy but shocked. She smiles and walked into her building. She stood silently in the elevator. Wow. She thought to herself. She didn't think that Elliot could feel for her the way she felt for him. She would have thought that he and Olivia were attracted to each other.
She opened the door and walked half way through the doorway and stopped. Her apartment was trashed, her sofa turned over, papers all over the floor. Her drawers and cupboards were open and everything was on the floor. But the one scene that caught her attention was the message that was written on her living room wall. She reached into her pockets to get her phone but was hit across the back of the head and fell to the floor. She turned around and locked at her attacker. She tried to scream but he put his hand over her mouth. "Scream and I'll kill you." was all she heard before everything went black.