"Jennifer Smith?"
A woman with blonde hair turned around to look at them.
Olivia took over. "I'm Detective Benson and my partner Detective Stabler."
"Detectives? Is something wrong?"
"We just have a few questions to ask about Anthony Wellston."
"I haven't seen him in awhile."
"We know you took out a retaining order on him. We're just here to ask why," Elliot informed the woman.
"I broke up with him and he," she broke off for a moment. "Well he went kind of psycho on me-like he just snapped. He…he hit me across the face and told me-told me he knew I was cheating on him. He hit me a few more times and I believe he would have kept on going if my neighbor hadn't knocked on my door," she told them.
"Jennifer, is that the reason you took out the retraining order?" Olivia gently asked.
"No. No, I took that out when he basically stalked me. He was always around after class and showed up at my doorstep at random hours of the night. He just wouldn't leave me alone and I wanted it to stop. He wasn't going to beat me again!"
"Would you be willing to make statement?" Elliot asked.
"I guess so, if it would help him leave me alone. He never violates it, but he's still there. I see him."
"Okay, we'll take you down to the station and get that statement."
Olivia looked over at Elliot. He was acting strangely around her, and Olivia didn't understand why. She knew he didn't know how she felt; she hid it well. So what was the problem? Could he possibly feel the same way?
