Gamblers Anonymous Part Three

Apartment of Nick Amaro.

YOU WILL NEVER LIVE, NOBODY EVER WILL. THIS IS HAPPENING, YOU'VE BEEN WARNED.

Amanda continued to shine her light at the wall. It was him. The same guy from APD. The same exact message. She never did figure out what was meant by 'this is happening'.

The room was a complete disaster. She walked over to the dresser and started empting out the drawers. Just a bunch of clothes so far. She opened the second drawer and saw something in the back, she reached her hand in there and grabbed out a box. She sat it on the bed. Did Maria know about this? She must have. Hiding something like this from Nick. She took the lid off and found some pass ports. Then a whole bunch of cash. Amanda pulled out her phone and took a few pictures. She was going to have to question Maria about this. Then a picture of her, Nick and Zara found at the bottom. She took it out and put it in her pocket. Her phone and she answered.

"Detective Rollins." She said.

"Hey, you find anything yet?" she heard Nick ask.

"Yeah, but I think you should stay out of this case Nick. You know for your own safety." She told him.

"Rollins what did you find?" he asked aggressively.

"Maria's attacker is the same guy who attacked multiple women 7 years ago back at Atlanta PD." She explained.

"What are you saying?" Amanda hesitant for a moment.

"Your ex-wife had a box of stuff in one of her drawers. A couple pass ports and quite a bit of money." Amanda said.

"What? Maria wasn't planning on going anywhere." Nick said.

"You sure?"

"Yes, I'm sure. Somebody is setting her up. I'm going to go down to the hospital and ask her about it."

"Nick I don't think—"and he hung up on her. Amanda put her phone back in her pocket. Dammit. She thought. She put everything back inside the box and back where it originally was and put the clothes back on top. She closed the drawer and headed to the hospital.

Queen Mercy Hospital. May 12th.

"Maria, I need to know. My partner is investigating our house right now and found a box with pass ports and money." Nick told her.

"I have no idea what you're talking about." She replied.

"Maria. Maria. Are you leaving? Are you gonna leave Zara because I need to know. Because to me that sounds like you're leaving." Nick said.

"I'm not leaving." She explained.

"Nick you shouldn't be here." She said as she entered the room. Nick got up.

"Is somebody framing her? Rollins I need to know. She may not be my wife anymore but I still care about her."

"I don't know Nick. Not yet. I have to re-open the case and I need you to stay out of this. I'll update you when I have new information to give." She explained to him. Nick put his hands on his hips.

"Jeez Amanda."

"What Nick? What do you expect me to do?" she asked almost shouting at him.

"I don't know, something!" he shouted back.

"I am okay! It's just gonna take some time. Just be patient with me." Amanda said leaving and heading back to svu.

SVU

Amanda had gotten permission to re-open the case. Atlanta PD was going to mail them over to New York this evening, hoping that by tomorrow she could get some new information to give to Nick, so that he would calm down. It was already 7 o'clock in the evening and within the hour she was going to head down to Murf's.

7:45pm. Murf's Pub.

Amanda was sitting in the same spot as she was the other night and continued to bet on the games. She would bet more and more every time. She would loss some money but then when the next time. So far she had gathered $500 total. Now betting another $20.

"Hit me." She kept on saying to the bar tender again. At least this time it was a different bar tender.

"Hit me." She said. The bar tender handing her the alcohol and she took a sip. She saw some of the same prostitutes walk in as the other night she was here. She kept her eyes on the.

"How much money do you owe?" the bar tender asked her. She looked at him.

"That's none of your business. I actually owe quite a lot." She said while the bar tender flipped again.

Amanda saw one of the girls going upstairs with a guy so she followed.

"Thanks for the game." She told the bar tender. He nodded as she left to follow them. She went around to the back exit and saw him sexually harassing her. Amanda went up to them and grabbed the guy's shoulder.

"Hey, she said back off!" Amanda said.

"Who are you? The police?" he question. Amanda showed him her badge.

"Yeah, I am. You alright?" she asked the girl.

"Yeah, I'm fine." The girl said as Amanda cuffed the guy. She brought him out through the front and went to where the other prostitutes where.

"You are all under arrest. Is that clear?" Amanda questioned them. They all looked pretty shocked. Amanda pulled out her phone and dialed Liv's number.

"I need some backup. I'm arresting the whole gang." She said then hung up and stayed with the group until Liv and Fin got here.

…

"Lt. Murphy here?" Liv asked her as they were outside the bar.

"No, I haven't seen him yet tonight." She replied.

"Good work Rollins." Liv said.

"Listen, I didn't know she was a detective and I definitely had no idea about the prostitution going on." The owner told Fin.

"Yeah, sure you didn't know about this. Did you know how often they came here?" Fin questioned.

"They started becoming regulars last month. I didn't know that they were that." He replied.

"hu uh." Fin said while walking back over to Amanda and Liv.

"The owner said he had no idea." Fin said.

SVU 9:37pm

"Kyle Manning, Michael Winter, David Houston. Skye said that Michael raped her, and Rachel said that Kyle raped her. David on the other hand didn't rape anybody, just watched." Rollins informed the squad.

"Have you questioned them yet?" Olivia asked her.
"I've questioned both Skye and Rachel. Not the boys yet." She replied.

"Are they in the interrogation room?"

"Yeah, I can start the interrogation if you want." Amanda suggested. Olivia nodded her head and Amanda went into the interrogation room while Olivia watched her from the outside.

"Michael Winter." Amanda said going over to sit in front of him.

Yeah, I go by Mike though." He told her. Amanda folded her hands on the table and looked at him.

"So Mike, why don't you tell me what happened, from the beginning." Amanda said and Mike started to talk.