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Chapter 4
Elliot showed up at the precinct knowing what was ahead. Tucker was going to slap the cuffs on him and probably get a hard on while doing so. He figured getting bail wouldn't be a problem, and it was early enough in the day to get arraigned. He figured he'd be home by tonight.
When he walked in everyone was there, Fin, Munch, Cragen and Tucker. He didn't see Liv or Kathy though. He thought that was strange but just figured Kathy was running late and Liv was waiting for her.
"Okay, Tucker, let's do this and get it over with" Elliot said.
"Detective Elliot Stabler you are under arrest for the rape of Kayla Masterson. You have the right to remain silent. If you give up that right, 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 an attorney, one will be appointed to you. Do you understand these rights as I have read them to you?" Tucker asked. Enjoying this a little too much.
"Yes, I understand" replied Elliot.
"Elliot, we will get you a lawyer and meet you at the arraignment. Don't worry about anything" Cragen shouted to him as Tucker led him out of the precinct to Central Booking.
Once Elliot was processed, he was led into the courtroom where he met his lawyer, Trevor Langan.
Elliot immediately said "What the hell are you doing here? I didn't hire you"
"Your partner called me…said something about you needing a shark and I was the deadliest one she knew" Langan replied.
Elliot couldn't help but laugh at Olivia's comment to Langan, and was touched that she took the time to find him a lawyer.
"Langan, I can't afford you" Elliot replied back.
"It's taken care of Detective Stabler. Don't worry about it" Langan replied.
Elliot looked perplexed wondering what Olivia had to do to get Langan to agree to represent him.
Judge Donnelly was presiding over the case. She made a comment that she was sorry to see Detective Stabler there under such circumstances. Casey Novak was the prosecuting attorney, which hurt Elliot that someone he considered a friend would choose to prosecute him but also understood she was just doing her job.
The charges were read, Elliot pleaded not guilty and Judge Donnelly asked about bail.
"The people ask for 1 million dollars" Casey said.
The courtroom exploded and Judge Donnelly had to threaten to have everyone removed.
Langan immediately responded by saying "Detective Stabler is a decorated officer in the NYPD and it would be more appropriate for ROR".
Novak quickly retorted with "The nature of this crime is particular heinous. The rape of a 17 year old girl"
Judge Donnelly said "Let's split the difference bail is set at $500,000 cash or bond" She then adjourned court for the day.
Langan asked Elliot if he could come up with the bail money.
Elliot replied "My wife is supposed to be mortgaging the house to get the bail. In fact, she should have been here by now. I guess she is with Olivia".
"Okay, well you know the drill they will lock you up until the bail is posted. I will be in touch with you tomorrow to go over everything" Trevor said to him.
"Thanks, Langan. I really do appreciate this" Elliot said as he held out his hand to shake it.
"Thank your partner, Detective"
"What does that mean, Langan? What did Olivia promise you?"
"That's for her to tell you if she chooses to. I'll talk to you tomorrow." He said as he walked away.
Elliot's mind was still wandering. What the hell did Liv do? He was jolted back into reality when the court officers came to handcuff him and put him in lockup until his bail is posted. As he was leaving the courtroom, he noticed Kayla sitting in the back of the courtroom. She gave him this smirk that threw him for a loop. He thought to himself what is this girl up to? What was that look about? He was making a mental note to let Liv know about this later.
Elliot sat in lockup for the next four hours until a guard came to let him out telling him his bail had finally been posted. As he rounded the corner, expecting to see Kathy standing there, he found himself pleasantly surprised to find Olivia standing there with a smile on her face.
"Liv, where have you been? I was worried when you didn't show up at court" he said.
She thought to herself. He was being arraigned on a bogus rape charge and he was worried about me. Typical Elliot.
"Yeah, I um…I tried to get there but I was busy working on something. I'm really sorry I wasn't there" she said apologetically.
"Liv, it's fine. I'm just glad your okay. Is Kathy with you? He asked.
"No, El she's not" Olivia replied.
"Oh okay so she mortgaged the house, posted the bail and then must have had to get home to the kids right?" he asked slightly worried.
"El, um…..I don't…I don't know….
"Olivia, what is it? You are freakin me out. Where is Kathy?"
"El, I don't know where Kathy is". She said
"What is it?" Elliot asked.
"I have a letter from Kathy for you".
"So you did see her then."
"Yes, I'll explain later".
"Well what the hell is this letter? What does it say?" he asked nervously.
"I don't know, El. I didn't read it. It's addressed to you. I assume it's private. Do you want me to leave you alone while you read it?" she asked knowing damn well that letter could not have anything good in it.
"No, you can stay. It's fine"
Elliot slowly opened the letter, as his heart started pounding in his chest harder and harder. Now he was getting scared. He didn't know what to think. He was scared to read this letter, yet he knew he had to. He began to read the letter.
Dear Elliot,
I'm writing this letter to you, because I think I will have a better chance of getting my point across if we are not speaking face to face with each other. You just left the house after telling me that your DNA matched the DNA found in Kayla. My head is spinning right now. I don't know what to think anymore. Everything is so confusing. I know you, Elliot. I know in my heart you could never hurt a child, and yet I also know as a nurse and the wife of a detective that DNA doesn't lie. This also made me realize that the problems we have been having recently are more serious than I had first thought. I need time Elliot. I'm going to take the twins and Eli and stay with my mom for a while to clear my head. Please don't call. I will be in touch with you in a few weeks. Please take care of yourself. I will speak with you soon, Elliot.
Love,
Kathy
His heart sank. Did she really just write him a "Dear John" letter? Did she just state she wasn't sure if she believed he may have raped a 17 year old girl? What in the hell was going on? He knew they had been having some problems lately but never suspected that she might want out of the relationship….or did he and he just didn't want to see it? His head was spinning.
"El, you okay" Liv asked with a worried look on her face.
"Ummm….I….no I'm not fine. Here read this" he replied.
"Elliot, I'm not going to read a personal letter from your wife to you"
"Liv, read the fuckin letter because I need to know if you are reading the same thing I am reading" he begged as he slouched over as if he was going to be sick.
Olivia took the letter and began reading. Her heart was breaking for him. She couldn't imagine how he felt just being bailed out of jail on a bogus charge and then reading this letter. She handed it back to him, giving him a little half smile that said she was sorry but didn't know exactly what to say.
"So from that half smile, I take it I didn't imagine what I just read. My wife actually just let me"
"I'm so sorry El. I had no idea you two were even having any problems. Why didn't you tell me"?
"I guess I didn't think they were that bad. Obviously, I was wrong. You know the funny thing is I'm more pissed and hurt about the possibility of her not believing me about Kayla than l am about her leaving me because of our problems. I can't talk about this anymore".
"I understand. Let's get you out of here and home." Olivia said apologetically.
"Home. Where is that?" he questioned.
"El, we will figure this out. Kathy said she's at her mom's house, so let me take you home so you can get some rest. We don't have to figure everything out today". She said.
As they were walking down the courthouse steps, Elliot turned to Olivia. He looked at her. Just starring. She asked him what was wrong.
"What did you have to do to get Lagan to represent me? How did I make bail when obviously my wife did not put the house up like we disused" he asked.
"Don't worry about that now, El. It's all been taken care of"
"Dammit, Olivia I was just arraigned on a rape charge and my wife of 20 something years wrote me a fuckin letter telling me she was leaving me I need some answers about something here. I want to know how the hell I just got out of jail and what you promised Langan to make him represent me.
"Fine!" Olivia screamed. "But not here. Let's go back to my place and I'll explain everything".
"Fine!" he screamed back.
About 20 minutes later they arrived at Olivia's apartment. She unlocked the door, and walked through holding it open for Elliot. She threw her coat on the couch and kicked her shoes off. She went right to the refrigerator, which was devoid of food as usual, but was able to find two beers. She popped one open for herself and gave one to Elliot. Elliot opened his bottle and in one gulp half of it was gone. She gave him another one. She knew he needed it.
"Okay, Olivia thanks for the beer and the stimulating conversation but enough stalling now. Tell me what the hell is going on" he said sternly.
"Okay, do you want to sit down?"
"I don't want to sit down Olivia. I just want to know what the fuck is going on" he screamed at her like never before.
Olivia actually looked scared for a minute. Then snapping back into reality realized she was with Elliot and had nothing to be scared of. He just never screamed at her like that before. She realizes he has had a total shit day but was still surprised and hurt considering she's been with him and on his side every step of the way.
"Liv, I am so sorry I yelled at you. None of this is your fault. I should not have screamed at you like that. I'm just really confused right now. My head is spinning with crazy thoughts. My wife left me. I've been accused of rape. Rape Olivia. Me. What hell is happening to my life?" he said with a tear forming in the corner of his eye.
"Elliot" was all she could manage to say at that moment. She wanted to comfort him but didn't know how. She resolved that all she could do is be honest with him and just be there to help him through this.
"Liv, it's okay. Could you just tell me what happened today?" He was practically begging at this point.
"Okay, El. I received a phone call from Kathy earlier asking me to meet her. I figured she wanted me to help her get things straightened out with posting the bail and stuff. We met at a dinner. When we got there she just came out and told me she was not going to put up the house for your bail and handed me the letter to give to you. I begged her to tell me why and what was going on but she wouldn't talk to me. She just made me promise that I would give you the letter and be here for you if you needed me" she explained.
"So she told you she was leaving me and you let me read it in a letter?" he asked incredulously.
"NO! I would never do that Elliot. Shit I thought you knew me. She never said word one about leaving you. She said exactly what I told you. Nothing more nothing less. I promise, Elliot" Olivia said almost in tears.
"Liv, I know I seem to be continuously apologizing to you today, but I'm sorry. I know you would have told me if you knew. That wasn't fair. I'm really sorry. Please continue. Get to the part about you making some kind of deal with the devil…uh…. I mean Langan and how I was bailed out of jail. What did you do Olivia?" He sounded almost angry.
"I didn't DO anything Elliot except try to help my best friend out of shit situation and all I seem to be getting for it is a lot of shit from you which I don't fuckin deserve" she screamed back at him with her face turning red.
Elliot walked toward her. He was so close. She felt him breathing. He's never been this close before, or has he? He put his hands on her shoulders and looked into her eyes. His hands on her shoulders sent a shiver down her spine like never before, sending an ache through her. What the hell was going on she thought to herself? This is Elliot. My partner. My best friend. He is not supposed to be sending shivers down my spine. She decides it's just been a really intense day and shakes it off.
He is looking into her eyes and seeing the hurt that he just put there with his words and wants to die. He wonders to himself has he ever stood this close to her before. He must have. Why is this time different? Why is his dick twitching slightly? I'm fuckin married he thinks. Well my wife did just leave me, but this is Olivia. My partner. My best friend. It HAS been a really intense day he decides.
"Liv…uh…..I…I know you didn't do anything except stick by me through this whole miserable day" he says taking his hands off her shoulders awkwardly. "I am so sorry. You did not deserve that". He says apologetically.
"It's okay, El. I know this has been a shit day which is the only reason I'm going to forgive you but don't even think about ever talking to me like that again" she said with a huge smirk on her face.
"Yes, ma'am" he replied.
They both let out a laugh, which definitely broke up the sexual tension that had left them both thinking what the hell was that?
"Okay, do you want to hear the rest of the story now?" she asked.
"Yes. Sorry. Please."
"Okay, so after Kathy left the dinner and wasn't going to bail you out I figured I better try to do something. I know I never told you this. Actually, I never told anyone but I own some property upstate. It's just a cabin on a lake in Poughkeepsie, NY. It was left to me by my mother. She took me there a few times when I was young. I haven't been back since she died. I figured I would put it to good use"
He cut her off right there.
"Olivia, no. Tell me you didn't" he begged.
"Elliot, it's no big deal. You are innocent and not going to run so it really was a no brainer to use the property to get you out" she explained.
"Liv, I don't know what to say. I can't believe you did that for me"
"Really? You thought I would just let you rot in jail till the trial if I had a way to get you out?" she asked with a perplexed look on her face.
"No, I guess not. I don't know how to thank you"
"You don't have to thank me"
"Okay, let's get to the Langan thing. What did you promise that shark?" he asked completely intrigued.
"It's really not a big deal El. Why don't we just drop it and go out and get something to eat. My treat" she said heading toward the door.
As she walked past him to the door, he grabbed her arm and swung her around. There she was again right in his face and he was having the same reaction he was before. What the hell, he thought to himself.
"Not so fast, Liv. Tell me. Now".
"Okay, it's not a big deal. I agreed to go out with him."
Elliot felt like someone kicked him in the gut. Why would he care if she went out with Trevor, besides the fact that he's an asshole? All Liv's boyfriends are assholes he thought to himself. Why does this feel different?
A/N: Somebody seems a tad jealous don't they? Well there is no time for that…our hero needs to clear his name before this goes to trial! Oh yeah I know some thought in the last chap that it was OCC for Kathy not to believe Elliot….hope I straightened that out a bit in this chapter. If not, I'm just gonna say…it's fiction people(and you know who you are LOL) and my story and I can write it how ever I want *said while stomping my feet!* As always please review here or on twitter…Thanks guys!