Readers, sorry for the delay! Lack of time once again!
The plot thickens, don't you think?
4. Prime Suspects
The other day, everyone was still shocked from the DNA result that Warner announced them.
"Brian used to be my partner. I'm his mentor!", Munch protested.
"DNA doesn't lie.", Nick said and he felt everyone's staggering eyes on him.
"You don't know Brian!"
"Right, Olivia, I heard that you know him very well. Tell us, he likes it rough?"
"Shut up, Amaro!", Elliot stood up from his chair angry.
Casey just arrived and she found the detectives arguing.
"Right on time! Enjoy the cock-fight!", Amanda said.
"Your warrant."
Olivia sighed.
"Do you believe that he did it?", she asked Casey.
"Don't ask me, Olivia. Bring him there.", she said and felt that her heart would rip.
"And so, he's Mr. D, too?", Elliot asked
"Let's face the facts. Cassidy is with the Homicide, he knows the case of the Starlet Butcher very well. He was in Narcotics and he knows Mr. D's case, too. He has links. No wonder why he's still uncaught…", Nick said once again.
"So what? You were in Narcotics, too. ", Munch tried to confute his argument.
Cragen got out of his office and got close to them.
"Olivia, Amanda bring Cassidy here. Elliot in my office."
Olivia knocked Brian's door. Deep inside her she wished he wasn't there.
He finally opened the door.
"Olivia, what a nice surprise! And Detective Rollins?", he seemed puzzled seeing the two women standing on his doorway.
"Brian, you have to come with us.", Olivia said calmly.
"What happened?"
"We can talk about it at the precinct."
"How serious is it?"
Olivia couldn't stand see into his eyes.
"I'll tell him, Olivia. We found your DNA in a victim.", Amanda told him.
"What the fuck? Am I a suspect?", he scoffed.
"Prime suspect in a case of rape/homicide. You better come at 1-6 to talk about it.", Amanda continued.
He sat in the interrogation room. No one could make questions. Olivia was there with him trying to utter the world she should say.
"Leave us alone.", Casey entered the interrogation room.
There they were alone. Speechless. She turned her green eyes on him.
"For God's sake, Casey, do you believe that I raped or killed anyone? You think I'm so fucking pervert?"
Her eyes were now wet.
"Do you have any proof?"
"Don't you believe me, Casey?"
"I'm A.D.A. Novak to you, Lieutenant Cassidy. Let me do my job."
"Ok, Miss Novak. I have no proof for you."
She stood up and left. Olivia sat again opposite him. Casey was now standing on the other side of the mirror and she couldn't help her tears from falling.
Nick and John were in another interrogation room talking with their other suspect.
"So, Mr. Simmons, tell us about Alice Bridge.", John spoke first.
"I still can't believe she's dead! Her death was so horrible, she must have suffered! She was the ex-best friend of my ex-girlfriend."
"Ex-girlfriend stands for…?"
"Natalie Cooper. We kept our relationship secret, but it didn't last long enough."
"I wonder why?", Nick said and John burst into laughter.
"Look, I can't help it, I'm like a magnet to women! Alice was in love with me and Natalie was really jealous. I can't blame any of them. The thing is that I can't resist. I hooked up with Alice a couple of times and I decided to end it up with both of them. They had a terrible fight and they never talk each other ever after. But, the night in question I had sex with Alice."
"Ok, charm-boy! Take a bow, I'm gonna give you a standing ovation! Give me a full statement of what happened that night.", John was standing over his head.
"Alice came to my place she seemed worried and I tried to relax her. I massaged her and I started kissing her toes…"
"Ok, we got it! You had sex.", Nick tried to avoid the full details.
"Unprotected. Don't you learn about safe sex in Hollywood? We have your little champions. What happened next?", Munch said again.
"She felt better and she left. Someone called her. Then I left, too."
"Can anyone verify that you weren't together?", Nick asked.
"I had sex with two chicks."
"Simultaneously?", Munch asked.
"Yeah, old man. And they were hot. Gloria and Jade, they are models. Ask them."
"It's quite obvious that death changes everything! Natalie came and identified the body. She seemed deeply sad. She saw the news…"
"That's strange! Natalie never watches the news! Wait, she came from Canada to identify Alice?"
"Canada?", Munch yelled.
"She was so desperate when we broke up and she left to Canada."
Nick and John looked at each other puzzled.
"Is that your ex-Natalie?", John tried to figure out what was going on.
"Nah! Absolutely not! Can I go now?"
"After you sign an autograph for Detective Benson.", John said.
Olivia got out of the interrogation room only to find her three fellow detectives sitting on their desks and talking.
"Hey, Liv, how it went?", John asked and approached her.
"Terrible. He was drunk he can't remember anything! What about Simmons?"
"He's out. Oh, he signed that for you. "If I ever get arrested, I hope you handcuff me, Detective Benson."", Nick informed her.
"Where's Elliot?", she asked when she realized that he was absent.
"He left about an hour ago. I didn't ask him, but he seemed really upset. He went home.", Amanda said.
When Olivia went at home she found Elliot sitting speechless and he was absorbed in his thoughts.
"Baby?"
She hugged him and sat next to him holding his hand.
"My mother is dead."