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Kathy and the girls were sitting in the living room when Elliot and Olivia arrived. It's been almost 2 hours since they noticed that Dickie was missing.
"Lizzie, I need you to tell me everything you know…" Elliot looked at his youngest daughter.
Her lip started trembling as she spoke " I don't know dad. I..I..he..Dickie has a new friend, Matt. They hang out a lot and I..I guess Matt offered Dickie a ride to the party last weekend..he must have picked him up and – " she started sobbing. Elizabeth's voice sounded afraid and uncertrain. "I know who broke Dickie's arm…".
"Who?" all of them asked in unison.
Liz chewed nervously on her bottom lip unsure of what to say. "His..his name's DJ..he uh..he was the one who broke his arm.." she trailed off and shook her head in agony. "I should have told you..I'm so sorry dad! Mom, I'm truly sorry!" Lizzie winced and buried her face in her her hands.
"Shh…honey, it's okay.." Kathleen sat next to her youngest sister and tried to sooth her. "It's not your fault Lizzie."
"But...but…" Lizzie sobbed.
"No, Lizzie "Olivia said softly. She kneeled down and rubbed the girl's back. "You did everything you could. No one's blaming you honey. Try to calm down Lizzie, I promise you we'll find him."
Elliot just stood there..unable to say something. "This can't be true..no way my son just ran away ..Did I fuck up again? At first I fucked it up with Kathleen and now Dickie? It's all my fault. I should have kept an eye on him…should have cared more about my kids..not my damn job!" he ran a hand through his hair and folded his arms across his chest as he glanced up uncertainly at Olivia.
Olivia eyed Elliot carefully "Elliot, do you want me to call Cragen, Fin or Munch?"
"What?" Elliot's eyebrows shot up. "I – I don't know Liv.." he said tears stinging his eyes.
"They know that something's wrong Elliot. Even the captain asked me if I knew something…".
"Maybe Olivia's right.." Kathy sighed as she glanced at her daughters. At first Olivia couldn't believe her ears. Kathy was actually backing her up. Elliot sighed meeting Kathy's eyes.
"I'm as much worried about Dickie as you are, Kathy…but I wanna give him another hour. If he hasn't returned by then I'll call them…" Elliot said weakly.
Elliot glanced away out of the window. It was raining buckets…"Am I doing the right thing?" Elliot asked himself as he ran a hand through his hair.
"Okay El,…if that's what you wanna do.." Olivia answered but Elliot just kept staring out of the window waiting for his son to return.
Dickie found the room empty. No sign of a struggle. No sign of Matt or the girl. They were gone. "Fuck…!" Dickie yelled.
"Where did they go? Did Matt kill her..? Dickie shook his head "Nah..he'd never do that.." Dickie closed the door and headed back to the living room. He felt terribly sick again and the itching got worse. Dickie's stomach was cramping and he couldn't control his feet anymore.
He stumbled forward and hit the floor hard. "I gotta get outta her!" Dickie thought wearily trying to get up.
"Yo Stabler! Where have ya been man?! A deep voice made Dickie jump. His eyes were all blurry and he could hardly make out who it was. He rubbed his bloodshot eyes to clear his vision. It was Matt. He looked down at Dickie and gave him his biggest grin.
"Matt..what..what are you doin here?" Dickie croaked.
"I could ask you the same dude…" Matt frowned. "Let's get going..I'll drive ya home."
"What?" Dickie asked in confusion. He was baffled by Matt's sudden demeanor.
"C'mon!" Matt urged, pushing Dickie towards the entrance door of the apartment.
Dickie didn't resist. As much as he wanted to say something against it he couldn't. He just followed Matt's instructions and got into his car.
"You look like shit Stabler. " Matt said while he started the ignition.
"Fuck you.." Dickie slurred.
"Yo..there's no need to be rude!" Matt shot back.
"How come you are so fucking nice? I know what you did to her Matt and I'm sure as hell will tell my dad!" Dickie yelled. He clenched his teeth and fixed his eyes on Matt.
Suddenly Matt started laughing. Dickie looked at him in confusion. "You can't tell your dad, Stabler." Matt said matter of factly. "You would risk you own ass. You really think they'd believe someone who is addicted to drugs?? They gonna run some tests and everybody will find out that you're doin drugs, Stabler! Every single person will find out..and your dad's gonna kill ya man! He'll be so disappointed of ya…not to speak of ya mom!"
Dickie yelped "You can't do that! Are you fucking blackmailing me?!"
"It's up to you Stabler." Matt went on "You can either tell on me or live in peace." Matt smirked.
"You can't be serious! What happened to the girl, Matt?" Dickie was getting furious.
"None of ya business…!" Matt slammed the breaks hard and stopped in front of Dickie's house. "Get out…now!" Matt barked.
"No..you'll tell me at first what you did to her!" Dickie demanded.
"Nothing..the little bitch just ran away.." Matt answered. "And now get out!" Matt barked.
Dickie felt tears welling up behind his eyelids. "Uh..Stabler..I forgot something!" Matt grabbed Dickie's arm and pulled him back into the car. "That's a little gift.." he handed Dickie a bag. "Wait until you're alone…then open it." Matt smiled.
"Ok..okay" Dickie whispered.
"See ya in school tomorrow Stabler..and don't forget about our secret."
How could he actually forget it? The mere thought of it made him sick. Stepping back Dickie's eyes followed Matt's car until it disappeared behind some trees and bushes. It was still pouring and within a minute he was soaked to the skin. Tiredly he made his way to the house. As quietly as he could he opened the door.
"Dickie!" the sudden voice made Dickie spin around. "Mom…" Dickie started but was soon cut off as the others stepped into the hallway. "What..what's goin on? Did I miss sumthin?" Dickie said jokingly.
"Where the hell have you been, son?" Elliot tried to keep his voice low but he couldn't.
"I..uh..you know..I…umm.." Dickie spluttered.
"I think we should go and sit down." Olivia said softly walking into the living room.
Dickie rubbed his bloodshot eyes and took a deep breath. Tiredly he slumped down on the couch.
Elizabeth eyed her brother worriedly. She could tell that he must have had a rough night. His clothes were soaked and dirty and his hair stood on end. His eyes made her flinch. They were as red as fire. "What happened to you? What happened to my brother..I thought twins were supposed to share everything. What's wrong with you?"
"Hey Lizzie…you okay?" Kathleen whispered.
"Huh..? What..? I-I'm fine. Lizzie retorted.
"You sure?" Kathleen wasn't buying it. She could tell that Lizzie was lost in thoughts.
No, really I'm fine." Lizzie said and gave her sister a weak smile.
Kathleen returned her smile and leaned back.
Finally Kathy and Elliot joined the others. Olivia could tell by the look of Kathy that she had been crying. Olivia wanted to help them so badly but she just didn't really know how. As much as she loved Elliot's kids, they weren't hers.
"Dickie.." Elliot said in a low voice "your mom and I have decided that you should live with me for a while."
"What?" Dickie's head snapped up. "Why? I mean..I-uhh..dunno dad." Dickie's voice was thick and he was too exhausted to finish the sentence.
"Pack a few things and be ready in a few, Dickie." Elliot said.
"uh..okay.." Dickie struggled to his feet and went upstairs.
No one dared to speak. Finally Kathleen opened her mouth. "What's gonna happen now? I mean…it's 3:15am. Some of us have to go to school tomorrow..well today…"
"I'll phone the school and I'll excuse you." Kathy's answers where short. She was completely exhausted. "I think it's time for you guys to go upstairs and get some sleep…" No one dared to say something. Kathleen knew that their mother was too tired and to be honest she was exhausted too.
After Maureen, Kathleen and Elizabeth said their goodbyes Elliot, Olivia and Kathy waited for Dickie.
"I'll give you a call tomorrow Kathy." Elliot sighed.
Kathy didn't reply and just looked at him. After a few minutes Kathy finally said something. "Please take care of him Elliot..I think he's drunk…and…he might throw up tonight..so..make sure he-"
"I know Kathy..I'll take care of him." Elliot said.
Olivia looked between them. She didn't know what to say…she knew that Dickie wasn't just drunk. Living with an alcoholic for more than 15years Olivia knew better.
"You still want him to see Huang?" Olivia asked.
"I'll take him with me to work. I don't really wanna leave him alone all by himself…" Elliot answered sadly.
"When's the appointment?" Kathy threw in.
"Around noon." Elliot said.
Suddenly Dickie stepped into the living room. He tossed the backpack on the floor and leaned against the wall.
"You ready?" Elliot picked up the backpack.
"Think so.." Dickie said weakly.
"Bye Dickie!" Kathy hugged her son tightly and kissed his forehead.
"Bye mooom" Dickie managed to say. His hands started trembling but before anyone could take notice he broke away from his mother and shoved his hands into his pockets.
"Bye Kathy." Olivia said. She led Dickie out of the room and together they walked to the car.
"Don't worry Kathy. He'll be alright" Elliot waited for them to leave the house.
"How could we miss the signs Elliot?" Kathy's voice trembled slightly.
"I don't know…" Elliot answered. "I'll give you a call after I talked to Huang…" Elliot said.
"Okay…" Kathy said.
Elliot turned around and headed to his car.
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