Olivia sighed as she finished up the last of her paperwork. Finally, she thought to herself. As far as the love-hate relationship with her job went, this part was definitely all hate. At that minute, Elliot walked into the precinct, carrying two brown paper bags with what Olivia could only assume was lunch. Her hopes were confirmed when Elliot plopped one of the bags down on her desk, without a word.
"You remembered no mayo, right?" She asked him. He only grunted in reply.
"What's eating you? She glanced towards her partner's desk. He opened his mouth to reply but at that moment, the phone rang. He answered it curtly and listened for a minute before hanging up. Olivia looked at him expectantly.
"Patrol cops found a DB near the Hudson. He's completely naked, no ID or anything on him, he was beaten pretty badly."
By the time the SVU detectives arrived at the scene, the CSU and coroner's office were already there. Olivia waked over to ME Warner who was kneeling by the body. Olivia raised an eyebrow at her.
"Well?"
"He hasn't been dead long at all, rigor hasn't even set in yet. I would guess about two hours tops."
"Cause of death?"
"I'll have to wait until I get him back to the lab to give you a definite answer but right now I would say that it was probably something to do with this." She pointed to a bloody stick that lay on the ground a few feet away from the body. "I'll have someone from CSU bag it and bring it over to the lab so I can find out for sure." Olivia nodded.
"Detective?" One of the CSU's walked up to her. "We found a girl unconscious in a ditch only a couple yards away from here. She looks a little roughed up but her breathing and pulse are normal. I already called for a bus though, just to be safe."
"Any ID?" Olivia asked.
"No, but from the way she was dressed I would say she's a working girl if you know what I mean." Olivia knelt down by the woman who was beginning to wake up. She looked around groggily for a minute.
"What- Where am…-" Finally her eyes settled on Olivia. "Who are you?"
"My name is Olivia, and I'm a detective. Can you tell me what happened?"
"Um, yeah. That john over there-" She waved here hand in the general direction of the body. '- was murdered." Olivia stared at her intently.
"What's your name, honey?" Olivia placed a concerned hand on the woman's shoulder.
"Vegas." Olivia looked at her for a second.
"I need to know your real name." The woman hesitated for a second, glancing up at Olivia. Finally, she sighed.
"Andrea."
"Alright, Andrea," Olivia said softly, "I need you to come back to our precinct so you can tell me what you saw." And, upon the frightened look in her eyes added, "don't worry, we'll let you go as soon as we get your witness statement. You may have to testify eventually but that's a long way away. We have to find whoever did this, first. Andrea didn't say anything for a long time. When she finally spoke, it was into her hands and Olivia could barely make out what she was saying.
"Well, that shouldn't be a problem." Olivia looked down at her, confused.
"I'm sorry Andrea, what did you say?" Andrea made direct eye contact with Olivia for the first time since the two had met. Her jaw hardened and she spoke without any hesitation.
"I killed him."