Chapter 3
Benson and Clark walked down a sidewalk.
"Isn't it strange?" Clark asked.
"Isn't what strange?" Benson asked.
"Why would someone sell a figurine work ten grand for a couple of dollars?" Clark asked. "That doesn't make sense."
"Maybe whoever sold it didn't realize it was so valuable," Benson said. "I once bought a painting at a yard sale for 50 cents and it turned out to be work $500."
"But $500 is a huge difference that $10,000," Clark said. "I just know Mary is lying."
"Let's just focus on the case right now," Benson said.
"Okay," Clark said. "Okay."
Benson's phone began to ring.
"Lieutenant Benson," Benson said.
Later in Benson's office, Benson, Rollins, and Clark stood at Benson's desk talking to male detectives, Detective Bryant and Detective Stanford, from the Brooklyn division.
"We've been notified from the Long Beach division about the murders," Bryant said.
"Mary and Danny had a storage unit in Brooklyn," Stanford said. "Perhaps we could search it to find any evidence of a motive to kill the family."
"Good idea," Benson said. "We need to get a warrant. Sergeant Clark will assist you. Rollins, I need you and Carisi to get a warrant to search Mary and Danny's apartment."
"Right away," Rollins said.
Later, Stanford, Bryant, and Clark arrived at the storage locker in Brooklyn. As they unlocked and opened the locker, they were surprised to see a bunch of glass figurines carefully wrapped and in boxes on shelves.
"Wow," Clark said as he examined and took pictures of the figurines. "Some of these are real, but some are replicas. Some of these are worth up to ten grand. My mom collects figurines. She really loves them. I'm good at telling which ones are real and which ones are replicas."
"Do you have autism?" Stanford asked.
"Yes," Clark replied.
"That explains so much," Bryant said.
"I do get obsessive at times," Clark admitted.
"No," Bryant said. "It's just I figured why you're a Sergeant at such a young age."
"Yeah," Stanford said. "They only promoted you because they felt sorry for you."
"That's not true," Clark said.
"You are only a Sergeant because of your autism," Bryant said. "If I were your boss, I wouldn't have let you on the force."
"Me neither," Stanford said. "It's not fair to the people who actually do their jobs."
"I do my job," Clark said.
"I seriously doubt that," Stanford laughed. "Autistic people don't take things seriously."
"That is not true!" Clark shouted.
"Oh look," Bryant laughed. "The autistic guy is mad at us."
"You know what," Clark said. "I'm going to report our findings to Olivia. Goodbye."
Meanwhile at Mary and Danny's apartment, Rollins and Carisi looked around for clues.
"Nothing but a bunch of figurines," Rollins said. "We may as well report this to Benson."
Later, Clark arrived back at Benson's office. Benson could tell Clark had been crying.
"Are you okay?" Benson asked.
"I'm fine," Clark lied as he pulled out his phone and handed it to Benson. "We went into the storage locker and discovered a huge collection of figurines."
Benson flipped through the pictures.
"Wow," Benson said. "Are these from the same collection as the one we saw on Elizabeth's desk?"
"Some of them," Clark replied. "There are some that are from different collection, but are still valuable. Some of them, however, are replicas. I think Elizabeth followed Mary and her family to Long Beach and killed them over these figurines. All we need to do now is look at her spending history, and we can book her for triple homicide."
"You're amazing at this," Benson said. "No wonder you've been promoted to Sergeant."