Day 7
Rated R
Part 7
Author's note: Okay sorry it's been taking so long to get these chapters out but right now I'm working on another SVU story and it's pretty graphic and is taking a bit of research, also I'm really in to it and get caught up in writing that instead of this. I'll try to focus more on this. Thanks.
It was about noon the next day when Olivia came into Parminder's room with her breakfast. When Parminder heard the door open she dove under the covers, pulling them up to her chin, and made herself look as sick as possible. Olivia smiled at her and set the tray down on the table and walked over to her bed and sat down. Without a word, but with a big smile on her face, Parminder brought the covers down to reveal that the collar was indeed off. Olivia's eyes went wide, she guessed she under estimated how hard Parminder would work on trying to free herself.
"You can create a distraction right?" Parminder asked softly.
"Yeah here's the plan. I'm going to get Mariann to take me on a walk in the forest, I saw a trail out there. Anyway she'll leave the door open because she'll have to get back in somehow right? She's a flake I know she won't bring a key." Olivia said and then got up and walked over to the window and looked outside, luckily Parminder's window over looked the front of the house, "You stay by the window and when you see us come out, wait like 5 minutes and then make your move. You think you can climb the gates at the end of the property?"
"You'd be surprised at what I can do Olivia." Parminder replied with a smile, "I'll hitch a ride with someone and get to Elliot as soon as I possibly can." Olivia nodded and then walked back over to the bed and handed Parminder a slip of paper with Elliot's address and phone number. Parminder took it and tucked it into her dress.
"Don't worry about a job or a place to stay after this we have two bedrooms at my house that we don't use, you can stay there as long as you need to, and don't let Elliot give you any crap about it." Olivia said with a hint of laughter behind her voice. She was sure that she was just as excited as Parminder about the prospect of freedom. Parminder leaned over and pulled Olivia into a hug, Olivia hugged her back tightly. "Be careful, and good luck." Olivia pulled away from the hug and stood up and walked over to the door.
"Will you be okay here with mistress until I can get Elliot?"
"Yes, knowing that I'll see him in a day or two is enough to keep me going." Olivia replied, "Now I have to get back to Mariann, I'll try to get her to take me out as soon as I possibly can." Olivia opened the door, she took out the gum she was chewing and put it in the door, that way it wouldn't lock completely when she shut it.
"Thanks Liv, for everything."
"It's what I do." Olivia replied with a smile, she then waved goodbye and shut the door behind her. Parminder sat back on her bed and sighed slightly, it was going to be a good day.
Elliot was sitting at his desk, when outside he noticed a man being brought in by two police officers. Normally he wouldn't have gave it a second thought but the man looked awfully familiar. He went through his things and pulled out the sketch that had been given to him of the man who attacked Serena. Unless he was seeing things, this man was the exact description of him. Elliot got up and walked out to the officer's who had the man in cuffs.
"What's this guys name? And what's he in for?" Elliot asked the arresting officer, she looked at him and then at the man.
"Max Duganfield, grand theft auto." She replied, "Do you have business with him too? He's quite the repeat offender."
"Yeah, he broke my daughter's arm….where were you two days ago around lunch time?" Elliot asked as he turned to look at Max.
"Probably having lunch, jerk off." Max replied with a heavy Brooklyn accent. Elliot glared at him, then grabbed him by his shirt and shoved him up against the wall.
"Is that what you do after you break little girl's arms?"
"I don't know what yous talking about but it wasn't me." He said keeping an absolutely calm demeanor. Elliot wanted to hit him more then anything but he restrained himself, for the moment he didn't know if this actually was the man who did it, but his gut was telling him that it was.
"Mind if I question him?" Elliot asked turning to the arresting officer.
"Sure, just get him to booking when you're done." She said and then walked away. Elliot grabbed Max's arm and pulled him violently away from the wall and into his unit for interrogation. Once they were in the room, he removed the cuffs and sat him down in a chair roughly.
"I know it was you, and I can have a witness in here in 10 minutes that can finger you so you better start talking." Elliot said getting in his face, "So answer carefully and keep in mind that that little girl was my daughter…."
"A cops daughter?" Max replied and then all of a sudden got defensive, "God Charlie is going to get his ass beat."
"Charlie's gonna get his ass beat?" Elliot asked sarcastically as he rolled up his sleeve, "I think someone else is…" There was a tapping on the glass and Elliot groaned and turned around. He walked out of the interrogation room to see Munch standing there.
"That's enough of that, I'll talk to him. You're too close with this case." Munch said Elliot rolled his eyes and then opened his mouth to respond, but shut it shortly there after. Munch was right, he was too close to the case and he knew that if he was in there a moment longer he would have beaten the guy to a bloody pulp.
"Remember, he told Serena that she had a bad mom so he must know where Liv is…" Elliot said, "I'm staying here and watching…get anything you can." Munch nodded and stepped into the room and shut the door behind him. Elliot folded his arms and watched through the window, but he wasn't getting the feeling that the guy would admit to any more then he already did.
Parminder was pacing her room nervously, she couldn't ever remember being this nervous and excited at the same time. She did a few stretches to get her ready to run but she didn't know how well she would do in the boots. She figured that once she got to the road she could take them off. She wasn't scared about hitching a ride, she knew it was dangerous but this was their only hope and if that meant risking rape and debasement she could do it. There was nothing any man could do to her that would have been worse then what she experienced, or was going to experience. Suddenly she heard voices and she looked out of the window. Mariann and Olivia were standing there talking softly, she watched and waited for them to walk to a path.
After counting to sixty in her head five times, she looked out of the window again and saw nothing but trees. She smiled and then walked over to the door and opened it slowly. She had no idea where Laura was in the house, nor was she sure where Mariann's mother was, but she was going to make a break for it regardless. She stepped out into the hallway and looked around, when she saw there wasn't anyone there she shut the door behind her and made sure it locked. She took a deep breath and hurried down the hall, she didn't hear any voices when she got to the stairs.
She cleared her throat loudly, to see if that would stir anyone up, but nothing happened. She could see the front door from the top of the steps, it was slightly ajar. She wanted to do a victory dance right then and there but she knew better then that. She scampered down the stairs and to the front door. Without taking another look around she bolted outside and then into the woods next to the driveway. She could see the driveway from where she was but this way she was hidden by the trees should anyone come by. She started to run as fast as she could.
When she reached the brick wall at the edge of the property she put her hands on the top ledge and pulled herself up. She was amazed at her own strength, she thought that in her day to day life she would have never been able to pull herself up a brick wall, but there she was doing it. She swung over the top and hopped down to the ground, lost her balance and then fell, but she was out, that was for damn sure. She stood up and took off running once again. She wasn't sure when someone would discover she was missing and she wanted to get as far away as she could.
She got to the street, which was unpaved, and stumbled out into the middle of it. Waking in the woods in six inch heels was something she was never going to do again. She fell to her knees and skinned them, but she didn't care, she was tasting freedom. She paused and looked around, when something hit her. She had absolutely no idea what direction she was supposed to go in. She had, after all, woken up in Mariann's house. All she knew was that she was in New York and had to get to New York city to find Elliot. She started to cry softly, realizing how futile this all was. After a few minutes of uncontrollable sobbing she said a prayer and went south, luckily the road ran in that direction. She stayed off to the side so she wouldn't be easily spotted and kept walking, she knew that she had to happen upon something sometime going in one direction….and south was going to be it.
She walked for a very long time, about an hour into it she took off her shoes and decided to walk barefoot on the side of the road. After another hour she was beginning to give up hope, and an hour after that the sun was starting to set. She was still in a very wooded area and didn't know where else to go. She started to cry softly at the futility of this when she saw a light in the distance. She picked up her pace and as she did she saw more and more lights on the horizon. There weren't too many of them but she figured she was reaching a small town. Her feet hurt, her back hurt, everything hurt, but she wasn't about to give up not when she was so close.
It took her another forty five minutes of half running, half walking, till she reached the outskirts of the town where a gas station was located. There was a diner connected to the gas station, and still holding her shoes in her left hand she stumbled inside. That's when she was yelled at by a waitress to put her shoes on or get out. She didn't mind, she had finally made it, and she sat down at the counter on one of the stools provided. She wanted to ask for a phone to call Elliot but she had no way of telling him how to get where she was. She knew if she was asked to back track she could do it, but other then that she was shit out of luck.
"Can I get you anything?" The woman behind the counter said, looking her over with disdain. Parminder looked at her and smiled sweetly.
"Just a ride to New York city, I don't care who I have to fuck or suck for it either." She replied as she finished strapping on the six inch heels she had been forced to wear for months. A woman who was about two stools down from her, looked up from her burger and smiled.
"What's your name?" She said to Parminder and then picked up her plate and glass and sat down in the stool next to her.
"Parminder, why do you care?" She replied before realizing that this woman was probably going to help her, "Sorry, it's been a hard day."
"I can tell, I'm heading to the city myself. My father lives about an hour away from here and I was visiting. Let me buy you something to eat. My name is Amy." Amy said and then offered her hand to Parminder. She took it and shook it firmly, at long last she was being treated as a human being and not a piece of meat. "Carrie, bring her a menu." She then called to the waitress who was now at the other end of the counter. Carrie rolled her eyes and picked up a menu from behind the counter and brought it over. Parminder picked it up and opened it, she felt tears of joy pricking her eyes again, she was around people, real people and no one was going to hurt her.
Around eight o'clock that night Elliot was still interrogating Max. Serena had already been brought in for a line up, along with Dana the babysitter, and both of them were able to pick him out of the six men that stood there, almost immediately, which surprised Elliot. Max was not giving up how he knew about Olivia, or even why he had broken Serena's arm. He was dragging his feet the whole time and Elliot was beginning to lose his temper.
"Just tell me where Olivia is and we can be done with this." Elliot said as he brought his hands up to his eyes and rubbed them gently. Max stayed silent, probably thinking that was his best bet in the situation. Elliot moved his hands away from his eyes and then slammed his hands down on the table hard, Max didn't flinch but the action certainly got his attention.
"I can help you but I want a deal first."
"No deal, you stole a car and broke a kids arm, god knows what else you've done and we both know you are getting off light." Elliot replied He knew he probably should offer to make a deal but he wasn't going to let the man who hurt Serena get off so easily.
"Charles David Carter, find him and you find Olivia. Other then that I don't know nothin." Max said and Elliot looked at him. Was he actually making progress with this man who was probably a few bricks shy? At least now he had a name to go on, whether it helped him find Olivia or not, it was a lead and he was going to take it. Elliot didn't say anything else, and with a blank expression on his face he got up from the table and walked out of the room.
When Olivia and Mariann got back from their walk Laura was in an absolute panic. She was pacing back and fourth and crying. Olivia instantly knew that Parminder had been found missing. Laura ran over to Mariann and grabbed onto her, she couldn't stop sobbing, she of course thought she was in for some major punishment. Olivia had a good poker face, she had to, to be able to work as a detective. Her hands went to her collar for a moment and then dropped down by her sides. She tried to look concerned but at the same time clueless.
"Mindy is gone, Mindy is gone….I went to take her some soup and she is gone…" Laura kept saying in between sobs. Mariann tried to calm her down but nothing was really working.
"Laura please," Mariann said and then grabbed her and shook her a little harder then necessary. Laura looked up at Mariann and wiped her eyes with the back of her hand, "It's not your fault, I don't know where she is but she couldn't have gotten out of the property, she still has her collar on." At that point Olivia wanted to smile, she wanted to laugh, she wanted to scream in triumph, but instead she looked just as concerned as Laura, without the tears.
"I'll go look for her right now." Laura offered and then immediately walked outside of the open front door. Mariann followed her and Olivia remained standing where she was, not exactly sure what she was supposed to do next. Obviously Laura hadn't found the collar in the bedroom, which means it was hidden. Parminder was smart, and Olivia knew that, but she didn't even think to hide the collar. It was still light out, their walk had only taken about an hour, but Olivia guessed Parminder could have made great headway in that amount of time.
"Olivia come out here and help look." Mariann called from just outside. Olivia rolled her eyes, put the concerned look back on her face, and walked outside to where Mariann was standing, "She's done this before, we are just going to check her favorite hiding places. Olivia I want you to walk around the perimeter and see if she's anywhere near the gates passed out, meet me back here as soon as you're done, it shouldn't take any more then an hour to walk around the entire estate."
"Okay I'll get started." Olivia said and then walked off. She knew that getting within a certain amount of feet of the gate would cause her to be shocked, so she stayed a distance of ten feet and started to walk slowly, she was going to have a little time by herself and she was glad. As soon as she was out of earshot and eyesight of Mariann and Laura, she found a rock in the shade and took a seat. She looked at her watch, it was nearly three o'clock. She picked up a few rocks and tossed them into the distance. Even if she thought that Parminder was still within the confines of the gates, she wouldn't have looked for her. As it was, she knew Parminder was out and now all she had to do was wait.
"Amy?" Parminder said after they had left the restaurant and had been driving for about five minutes. Amy turned down the radio in her brand new BMW convertible and looked in Parminder's direction, "I don't know where I am and there are some people who need my help. When we get to the city can you come with me to the police station so we can get back to where I came from in a hurry?"
"What kind of trouble are they in, maybe we should just call the police and—"
"NO!" Parminder shrieked and Amy was startled enough to slam down on the break, "Look the police around here can't help, I have to get to Elliot okay?" Amy didn't know what kind of trouble Parminder was in, or her friends, but if the girl wanted to get to this Elliot she mentioned. Amy wasn't the type of person to go looking for trouble and if Parminder thought that her friends were safe enough that they didn't need to go back she wasn't going to argue.
"Are you sure you don't want to go to the local police?"
"She has them on retainer, they won't help." Parminder said in a stone cold voice. Amy nodded slightly and started the car again. As they took off driving down the street Parminder looked up at the stars that were appearing in the dark sky. She had never been to anywhere in the US other then Mariann's house, she couldn't wait to see the rest of the US. The great thing was, Olivia said that she would give her a place to stay until she was back on her feet, things seemed to finally seemed to be looking up.
