I grabbed my shield and my gun off my dresser, I fixed my long brown hair into a bun and clipped my shield and my gun to my hip. I slipped on a pair of easy to walk in flats and hurried out to my kitchen. "Albert come here boy." I called as took a bite of my bagel. I grabbed my purse and my keys as Albert, my Belgium Malinois, whined below me. "I'll see you later baby boy." I said petting him and hurrying out the door. I walked down to the busy streets of New York and started to walk. I walked down the street and saw the precinct. I took a deep breath and walked in. I pressed the button to go up to the floor of my new squad room, as the door was closing it opened and let a tall man in.
"You going to the SVU?" He asked in a quick voice as I shook my head yes. "I'm Sonny." He said trying to make conversation.
"Cat." I said quietly as the door opened. I walked out and quickly walked into the squad room.
"Catalina right?" said a tall dark hair woman.
"Yes ma'am that would be me." I said smiling softly as she smiled back.
"Let's go to my office and talk for a bit." She said as I followed her to a large office. "I'm Sargent Oliva Benson. I'm very glad to see you transfer from K-9 to SVU." She said as she sat down. "
My brother talks a lot about Special Victims." I said as I sat on the couch in front of her. "I'm glad to have another female. Sometimes I can't leave the office, and sometimes female vics don't want to talk to the guys." She said as I nodded. "I'm glad I can be of help." I said as I stood up as she walked to the door. "Carisi come here." She said as the man from the elevator walked in.
"Carisi meet your new partner. Catalina Amaro." Oliva said as he looked at me shocked.
"Amaro, as in Nick Amaro?" Carisi said confused as I nodded as I looked through the window and saw Nick walk in.
"Yep, he's my older brother. He sorta doesn't know that I'm in SVU yet." I said as Benson smiled at me.
"You want to surprise him." She said as walked to the door.
"Nick, can I talk to you for a minute." She said as he walked towards the office.
"What going on Liv?" He asked as he saw me. "Catalina está todo bien?" Nick asked worried in Spanish as I smiled.
"Todo esta bien. Ahora soy un detective de víctimas especiales." I replied back as he turned to Benson. "How did my sister become part of SVU?" He asked shocked.
"They requested a detective, and I got asked to join." I said as Nick looked at Carisi confused.
"Is Carisi her partner?" Nick said slowly.
"Yes, he will be. Everything okay Nick?" Oliva asked as I looked at him.
"Nicolás Amaro no te atrevas a empezar esa basura sobre protectora ahora." I said lowly so that only he can hear.
"You two talk in Spanish often?" Carisi asked as he picked up on it.
"Only when it needs to be between the two of us." I said as we walked out of the office. I walked to an empty desk and sat down, I opened the laptop and started to look at open cases.
"Alright, Rollins I want you to Catalina to Bellevue to talk to Frida Garcia. 16-year-old that says that her school teacher assaulted her." Benson said as I stood and followed a short blonde woman outside. I got into one of the black cars as she started to drive.
"Never knew Nick had another sister. He only talks about one." Rollins said starting to make conversation. "Nick isn't too fond of Sonya." I said as I caught a glimpse at the hospital.
"So, do you go by Catalina or another name?" She asked as we parked.
"You can call me Kit-Kat." I said as I got out.
"I like it Kit-Kat. You can call me Manda." She said as she got out and we walked to the hospital.
"We are here to speak to Frida Porter." I said flashing my badge to the nurse at her station.
"Are you the detectives?" asked a woman with a thick accent as we walked down to the hall to Frida's room.
"Yes, I'm Detective Rollins and this is Detective Amaro. Is Frida up?" Manda asked the older woman.
"No, and we don't want to press charges." She said crossing her arms.
"Why don't we talk to Frida, she if she wants to talk about it and get some help. Are you her abuela?" I asked as she nodded.
"Frida está mintiendo, Padre Martínez nunca le haría daño a nadie." She said speaking to me as Manda looked at me confused.
"¿Y si hablamos con ella y ver si ella quiere un poco de ayuda ?" I said as she nodded.
"Manda why don't you go and talk to Frida and I will stay and talk to Mrs. Garcia." I said as she nodded and walked into the hotel room.
"Why is your granddaughter here then if she is lying?" I asked as the grandmother sat down in front of me.
"Frida is a sinner. She came home late, pass curfew. Her uniform bloody and tore. She had cuts on her arms and fell down. It startled me, she muttered she was violada. She said it was her teacher Father Martinez. But it's impossiable, Peter came home an hour before here." She said as I took notes.
"Father Martinez lives with you?" I asked as she nodded.
"He is my fiance." She said proudly as I nodded.
"What school does she attend?" I asked as she wringed her hands.
"St. Mary of Our Lord Jesus Christ." She said as I wrote it down.
"Alright, I'm going to go and send Detective Rollins out to talk to you about what happened when Frida came home, okay?" I said as she nodded. I turned around and knocked on the door. Rollins opened it and let me in.
"Frida this is Detective Catalina Amaro." Manda said as Frida looked at me.
"No estoy mintiendo detective." She said as I turned to Amanda.
"You want to talk to the grandmother and I'll talk her about her soon to be grandfather." I said as she caught the hint. Manda walked out of the room as I walked over to Frida's bed.
"Frida, I know this is scary but do you think you can tell me about Peter Martinez?" I asked as I looked at her. She has bruises on her cheeks and around her neck.
"He is engaged to my abuela. She says I'm lying. He is my catechism teacher." Frida said as her voice cracked.
"Do you think you can tell me about the attack?" I asked as she tried to sit up. "I was in catechism class and Father Martinez told me I had to stay after class. I wasn't talking or anything, I'm a good kid." Frida said as I nodded.
"Alright, what happened after class." I said as she took a deep breath.
"I told my friend Tony to wait for me when I get out." She said as opened my notebook.
"What is Tony's last name?" I asked as she shrunk.
"Smith. Anthony Smith." She said as I wrote it down.
"Did Tony wait for you when you got out of the classroom?" I asked as she shook her head no. "What happened after class?" I asked, she had a single tear go down her face.
"Father Martinez told me that I was being a bad girl, that I was taunting him. He said that taunting him is like taunting God. I'm going to become a nun when I turn 18. He told me if I wanted to be a good nun that I needed to ask God for forgiveness. The only way to be forgiven is through him." She said as tears completely running down.
"Okay, Frida do you need a minute to calm down." I said as she shook her head yes.
I handed her a tissue as she wiped her face.
"He pushed up my skirt, and put a finger in me." She said as she shook in fear.
"Did you tell him no, try to get away?" I asked as she shook her head.
"I froze I was too scary. I'm sorry." She said as I shook my head.
"It's not your fault sweetie. You couldn't stop him. Your grandmother says you're not going to press charges but that's up to you." I said as she shook her head no.
"I want to press charges." She said as I handed her the SVU card.
"If you need to talk to anyone call this number and ask for Cat okay?" I said as Amanda walked in with the grandmother rushing in.
"Frida que se encuentran en muchos problemas cuando lleguemos a casa . ¿Cómo se atreve a manchar el nombre de Pedro . Que debería batir con una pulgada de su vida de pecado ." She said in a bitterly sweet tone as I clenched my jaw.
"Si alguien se atreve a ponerle la mano encima a esa chica va a ser arrestado y que será puesto en un hogar de acogida." I said as Amanda looked at me confused
"We will be in touch." Manda said not catching the meaning of the Grandmother. I reluctantly followed her out.
"What was she saying back there?" Amanda asked as we got back into the car to drive back to the office.
"She said that she is going to beat her within an inch of her life." I said as Manda looked at me shocked.
"You going to tell Liv." She said as I pulled out my phone.
"Yes." I said checking the time.
"If she threatens it now, she's going to get released and then get beaten. We need to go to Liv." I said as we hurried back to the office. "Sarge can I talk to you for a moment." I said as I walked in.
"Everything okay with the victim." Oliva asked confused as we walked into her office.
"We need to get that girl out of her grandmother's custody. " I said as Liv looked at me confused.
"What?" She asked confused.
"The grandmother is engaged and is living with her rapist. The grandmother threatens to beat the girl within an inch of her life." I said explaining.
"Catalina that isn't enough for a warrant." She said shaking her head sadly as I shook my head.
"Sargent, the victim is terrified. The grandmother said Frida que se encuentran en muchos problemas cuando lleguemos a casa . ¿Cómo se atreve a manchar el nombre de Pedro . Que debería batir con una pulgada de su vida de pecado ." I said as she looked at me confused.
"One moment. Nick come here." I said opening the door to let him in.
"What's going on?" He asked. "Frida encuentra en muchos problemas cuando lleguemos a casa. Cómo se atreve a Sully el nombre de Pedro. Me golpearon con una pulgada de su vida de pecado."I said to him. "What did I just say." I said as he faced Oliva.
"She said that Frida you are in so much trouble when we get home, How dare you smear Peter's name. I'll beat you within an inch of your sinful life." He said as Oliva nodded. Then a different detective, I believe his name is Fin, opened the door.
"Liv we have a young girl on the phone. She said she needs to talk to Cat." He said handing me the phone. "Hello?" I said as I hurried crying on the other side.
"Frida, is that you?" I asked as I put her on speaker.
"Detective Amaro, my abuela is trying to hurt me. Her and Father Peter are trying to hurt me. Please help!" She whispered as I heard yelling in Spanish in the background.
"Frida where are you?" I asked as Oliva hurried out and started to give orders.
"I'm in my basement. My grandmother tried to give me to Peter but I got away." She said as I heard go silent.
"Frida?" I said as I heard screaming and the line go dead. I dropped the phone and ran out to the squad room. "We need to move fast." I said to Liv as she started to instruct people.
"Carisi, Amaros go to the house. ESU will be there soon. Fin, Rollins go to the school and pay the teacher a visit." She said as I hurried with Nick and Sonny to one of the cars from earlier. I slipped on a vest as we drove to the house that the call came from. Carisi turned on the sirens as we rushed to the house. I got out of the car and ran to the door. "La policía se abren!" I yelled
Translations
Catalina está todo bien = Catalina is everything okay?
Todo esta bien. Ahora soy un detective de víctimas especiales = Everything is fine. I am now a detective for Special Victims
Nicolás Amaro no te atrevas a empezar esa basura sobre protectora ahora = Nicholas Amaro don't you dare start that overprotective crap now
Frida está mintiendo, Padre Martínez nunca le haría daño a nadie. = Frida is lying , Father Martinez would never hurt anyone.
¿Por qué no hablamos con ella y ver si ella quiere un poco de ayuda ? =Why don't we talk to her and see if she wants some help?
violada = raped
No estoy mintiendo detective. = I'm not lying detective
abuela = Grandmother
Frida que están en problemas cuando lleguemos a casa . ¿Cómo se atreve a manchar el nombre de Pedro . Voy batir con una pulgada de su vida de pecado . = Frida you are in trouble when we get home. How dare you smear the name of Peter. I going beat with in a inch of your sinful life.
Si alguien se atreve a ponerle la mano encima a esa chica , ella será puesto en un hogar de acogida. =If someone dares to lay a hand on that girl, she will be put into a foster home.
La policía se abren! =Police open!