Author's Note:
Welcome back! I hope you like this chapter! I worked on it for like ever!
The clerk escorted Fin and Carisi down to the break room and quickly pointed out the officer.
"Officer Clifton?" Carisi moved to him and held up his badge as did Fin.
The Officer looked up, "Yes?"
"We are here about the rape that occurred in this hotel last night." Fin explained.
"Yes. I was called into the room this morning. It was crazy. The girl was beat up so bad I wasn't sure if she was breathing. She had a pulse, but it was weak."
"Right. Now did you see anything out of the ordinary when you got there?" Fin asked.
"I don't really know. I was more worried about the girl that was passed out on the floor." The officer didn't think about his answer he just spat out his answer. He had a bit of an attitude.
"Yes, but we really need you to think hard about it. Anything at all." Carisi explained.
The officer thought for a minute then, "Ummm...Oh! There was a door to the adjoining room, it was slightly open."
"Did you go in and see if there was anyone in the room?" Carisi asked.
"No, like I said I was more worried about the girl lying unconscious on the floor." The officer seemed to be getting annoyed.
"We are going to need your number. Just in case we need anything else from you." Fin stated.
"Of course." The office wrote his number down.
Back at the precinct the squad started discussing their findings.
"The maid found the vic. She was going into the room to clean it and she found the girl unconscious on the floor. She called the security guard up. He was the one to call the police." Fin explained.
"Amaro and I went to talk to the vic in the hospital. She started to explain to us that she knew the officer that raped her. She said that he was drunk and he tried in the elevator. He backed off when she told him no. Then she took him to his room and helped him inside, but when she turned to leave he grabbed her arm and wouldn't let go of her. She didn't get to the rest of the story because she had a panic attack."
"So how do we find this guy?" Carisi asked.
"We have his name." Amaro stated proudly.
"Great. Again how do we find him. He doesn't live in New York. For all we know he could be on his way back to Atlanta by now." Carisi stated.
"He was drunk. He is a cop. I highly doubt that he would drink and drive. Or unfortunately that he remembers raping her." Benson explained.
"We can't just give up." Fin stated.
"That is not what I am saying, Fin. I am saying that we can't expect too much out of this guy once we find him."
"Well let's get on that." Carisi said.
At the hospital, Amanda was sleeping. The detectives hated waking her, but they had to. Amaro gently shook her awake. Her eyes opened and she rubbed them and realized that the detectives were back. She sat up in bed, "Hi." She greeted.
"Hi. How are you feeling?" Benson asked.
"Sore, but okay. I've dealt with being beat up with my job." Amanda answered.
"Right. I got you there." Amaro stated with a small laugh.
Amanda smiled, "So how can I help you guys now?"
"Well we need to find Mason. Do you know where he might be?" Benson questioned.
Amanda shook her head, "No clue, but I do have his number. You guys can track his phone."
"That would be great." Amaro stated.
Fin and Carisi stayed at the precinct to go through the security footage outside of the hotel room. The victim's story checked out. It has her showing up at the room just a little bit after 11.
"No one comes out until around 7 a.m. And that is the officer. The maid goes in at around 10." Fin explained what he was seeing to Carisi.
Carisi replied with, "Then the security guard goes in soon after that. Then the police. So the vic's story checks out. Now we just need to find this Mason guy and get his side."
"Which Benson and Amaro are on that."
Benson walked in saying, "She doesn't know where he could be, but she gave us his number we can find out where he is. Amaro is going to call and act like someone trying to sell something and while he is talking we will track his phone."
Amaro nodded.
A few minutes later they were ready to call. Amaro dialed the number, "Yes hi. Can you hear me?" Amaro asked when he answered.
"Yes I can." The suspect stated.
"Great. Have you received an Atlanta phone book yet?"
"Look I don't want to buy anything."
"It's free shipping."
"I already have one." He hung up.
Amaro looked at Benson, "Please tell me you got enough."
She nodded as she wrote down where he was on a slip of paper and gave it to Amaro, "Fin and you go pick him up.
The suspect was located at a coffee house in the nearby area. The detectives went in and surveyed the area trying to match up the picture the victim gave them to faces in the place. They located him in the corner talking to what they assumed was another cop.
Amaro and Fin walked up to him.
"Can I help you?" He asked.
"Yeah, you can. Have you received an Atlanta phonebook?" Amaro asked with a smirk.
"I'm sorry?" Mason answered.
Amaro and Fin held up their badges. Amaro started to arrest him while Fin read him his Miranda Rights, "Mason Winters, you are under arrest for the rape of Amanda Rollins. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney, if you cannot afford to hire an attorney, one will be appointed to you."
"DNA came back. It is a match for Winters." Benson stated.
"He did it." Amaro stated, "Fin is in there questioning him and he keeps saying that he didn't do it.
"Well DNA doesn't lie. You want to deliver the news or shall I?" She asked.
"I'll do it." He walked into the room, "So you didn't do it?" He was now talking to the suspect.
"NO!"
"Really!? Because the DNA we collected is all yours!" Amaro exclaimed.
Winters stared at him, "I didn't mean to. I was drunk. I didn't think about what was going on. I figured out what happened when I woke up this morning."
"And we will take that as a confession." Fin slid a pad of paper over to him.
He silently wrote his confession and the two detectives left the room.
Two days later
"Thanks." The SVU squad heard from behind them. They were just talking about nothing at this point during the night. They turned around and saw Amanda Rollins looking at them. They all smiled, "You guys helped a lot. I'm flying back to Atlanta tonight and I just wanted to stop by and say thank you." She turned to go, but Amaro stopped her.
"Are you going to the airport alone?" He asked.
"Yeah." She stated.
"Here." Amaro grabbed his coat, "I'll drive you."
"Umm. Okay. Thanks."
Once they got to the airport Amaro helped her with her bags and then said bye. She thanked him one more time. He said, "You're welcome. Here." He handed her his card, "I know I'm here in New York, but call me if you ever need anything."
Amanda smiled and said, "Will do." She then walked away.
Amaro watched her go.
Author's Note:
HI! I hope you guys like this story. By the way IT IS NOT OVER. There is no way I would end it like that. I feel like you guys would hate me if I did that. So review! Let me know what you think!
-S
