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Olivia ran a hand through her hair as she walked into the squad room. The coffee, in her hand, was the only thing keeping her awake. She had woken up five times during the night with the feeling that their was a cannibal in her apartment. She sat down and smiled lightly at Nick. "Morning."
"Morning?" Nick almost asked as he took in his partner's appearance. Her eyes were droopy and she looked like she didn't sleep at all. "How was your weekend?"
"Good." Olivia nodded with a yawn. "My first weekend off in a month and I spend it watching scary movies that give me nightmares."
Nick chuckled. "What movies did you watch?"
Olivia rubbed her right eyes. "Well, I only watched one scary movie. It was Silence of the Lambs." Nick smiled as she yawned again. "I scared the crap out of Ava. We were freaking out the whole weekend."
"Who's Ava?" Nick asked, furrowing his eyebrows. Olivia paused and opened her mouth to speak, but Nick's phone rang. "Hold on." He answered his phone. Olivia wondered how she was going to tell him Ava was her daughter. He hung up a moment later. "We have a crime scene down in Central Park. What were you going to say?"
"Uh, it can wait until later." Olivia said shaking her head. "Let's go check out that crime scene." She got up from her desk, feeling more energetic now that there was work to do. When they walked onto the crime scene, Melinda was already there. "What happened?"
Melinda stood up. "She fell out of the tree." She said pointing up at the bloody tree above them. "She was raped after she was killed." She pointed to the vic's jaw. "The perp pressed down so hard on her jaw that he fractured it. She asphyxiated after that."
Nick squatted down near the body. "How long has she been here?"
"She's been here two days. I'd say she was dumped here early Saturday morning, between seven and nine." Melinda nodded.
"So, the rain washed all the evidence away." Olivia sighed. "Did she have an ID on her?" She asked looking at her face. Her eyes widened. "I know her."
Nick furrowed his eyebrows. "You do? Who is she?"
Olivia looked at him. "She's Tiffany Walters. She's Tripp Manning's campaign manager."
"You know Tripp Manning's campaign manager?" Melinda asked as Olivia stood up.
Olivia sighed. "Not very well. I know Tripp Manning though." With that said, she walked over to the CSU team, leaving Melinda and Nick with many questions. After looking over everything, she turned to Nick. "Amaro, let's go inform Manning."
Nick jogged over to Olivia before getting in the passenger side. "Shouldn't we inform the family?"
"She didn't have any." Olivia sighed as she started the car. She pulled out onto the street, making her way to Tripp's office.
"How do you know Tripp Manning?" Nick asked as he adjusted his jacket.
"Uh, we met in Vegas. We're really good friends." Olivia said, not wanting to go into detail at the moment.
Nick furrowed his eyebrows. "Since when do you hang out with politicians?"
Olivia smiled lightly. "When I met him, he was an aspiring actor. We kind of got stuck with each other. After a while, we became friends." She turned onto a new street, trying to get there fast to avoid further questions. When they reached the building with his office, she walked in with Nick.
Nick noticed there was a card scanner for the elevator. "I think we may need to take the stairs or get somebody to scan their card.
"I have one." Olivia said pulling it out and slipping it into the slot. The elevator doors opened and they walked in. "I'll explain everything later." The elevator took them to the twenty third floor. When the doors opened, Olivia stepped out with Nick behind her. Almost everyone they pasted, greeted Olivia with smiles and suggestions of getting a drink or having lunch sometime. Olivia smiled when she reached a different room. "Hey Tripp!"
Tripp looked up and smiled at Olivia. "Hey sweetie!" He stood up and kissed her cheek. "What's up?"
Olivia sighed. "I'm here on business."
"Who?" Tripp asked sitting back onto his desk. He linked his fingers together in his lap.
"Tiffany." Olivia sighed.
Tripp's jaw dropped. "Tiffany?" He shook his head, trying not to believe it. "Where'd you find her?"
Olivia pursed her lips together. "You don't want to know."
"Olivia, tell me." Tripp demanded, looking directly into her eyes. Olivia knew she shouldn't hide things from him when he got like this.
"We found her in Central Park." Olivia breathed, gauging his reaction. His eyes closed as he exhaled slowly. "I'm sorry, Tripp."
Nick felt like it was his turn to step in. "Do you know of anyone that would want to hurt Ms. Walters?"
Tripp's eyes shot to him. "Uh, basically anyone who would want to kill me would want to kill her." He shook his head. "I can't believe it. We've been working together for ten years. I just can't believe she's gone." He looked at Olivia. "Thanks for telling me in person, Liv." Olivia nodded, rubbing his back.
"Does Ms. Walters have an office here?" Nick asked. Tripp nodded at him. "It would be helpful if we could look through it."
"Uh, yeah. I have a key." Tripp said before going around his desk and opening a drawer. He pulled out a lanyard, with at least fifteen keys on it, and grabbed a specific one. "Her office is right across the hall."
Olivia put a hand on Nick's shoulder. "I'll be there in a minute." Nick nodded before leaving the office. She turned to Tripp. "I'm so sorry." Tripp nodded and stared at her. She knew him like a book sometimes. He hid his feelings just like her. She held out her arms to him. "Come here." Tripp looked at her for a moment before wrapping his arms around her, welcoming her embrace. "We'll find the guy that did this. I promise."
Tripp pulled back to look at her face. "You can't promise that." He kissed her forehead. "But, I know you will do everything to find him." He turned around and grabbed an envelope before handing it to her. "Also, they raised the tuition at Ava's school."
"Again?" Olivia asked, taking the envelope. "I swear; that school takes money just because they can." Tripp chuckled. She looked over the letter and gasped when she saw the tuition for her daughter's next year of high school. "Thirty-two thousand dollars?"
"Yeah, Liv, I can pay it. Honey, it's no problem." Tripp breathed gently taking her shoulders into his hands.
"No, I can pay it." Olivia nodded, folding the letter back up. "Why is it so much?"
Tripp sighed. "It's a private school. Plus, this is Manhattan." Olivia nodded. "Liv, just let me pay it."
Olivia shook her head. "No, she's my daughter too. I have the money. I don't spend it on myself." She looked across the hallway to find Nick searching through Tiffany's desk. "I should probably go help him."
"Yeah." Tripp nodded.
"I'll talk to you later." Olivia said patting his chest. She walked across the hallway and started searching through the papers on Tiffany's desk. "Have you found anything?"
Nick shook his head. "Not yet." He closed one drawer and opened the next one. "I thought you were dating Cassidy."
"Yep." Olivia said, not looking at him.
Nick furrowed his eyebrows. "Isn't Manning married?"
Olivia nodded. "Yeah, he is on his fourth marriage." She put the papers down, not finding anything that would help them.
Nick looked up at her. "Liv, how do you know him?"
"Uh,.." Olivia started, glancing at Tripp. "I told you. We've been friends for a long time."
"You two are more than just friends." Nick said sternly.
Olivia shook her head, getting irritated. "You know what? I don't have to explain this to you right now. We are working and the information you want me to indulge shouldn't be told to you this way."
Nick scowled. "Fine." He looked down into the drawer and pulled out letters. He opened one and his eyes widened. "I think I just found out who wanted to kill her."
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