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Chapter 9
"You've got a lot to answer for, Stephen," Olivia told him as she and Fin were sweating him in interrogation. Nick and Amanda were down at the hospital, waiting to see if Sophia could be saved.
"She's right. We've got you for violating a restraining order, attempted murder, kidnapping, conspiracy, and at least one murder charge," Fin smirked from across the table.
"Murder? I didn't kill anybody!" Boze's voice elevated.
"Well you didn't directly kill anyone. Although I'm sure Gene Sanderson would beg to differ," Olivia said.
"What are you talking about?" Boze demanded.
"See Gene died during the commission of the kidnapping and attempted murder, so that guarantees you a murder charge. Not to mention another one if your mom dies? Why did she have to get shot Stephen? What did she do to you?" Fin wanted to know.
"I bet we already know what she did. She probably told him how stupid he was for doing that to Sherry and how upset she was that he kidnapped her granddaughter. She probably told him that she wasn't going to spend her twilight years in jail for him, seeing as he's a sorry excuse of a human being, especially since he let a pedophile kidnap his daughter," the bomb dropped, Olivia just sat back and waited for a response.
"You know what? I bet that's exactly what she said. You know pedophiles. Once people find out you're one, they assume all your friends are. But you already knew that Carl Gregg was a sicko, didn't you?" Fin laid it on.
"What are you talking about? I'm not a pedophile!" Boze screamed.
"Yeah we find that hard to believe considering what we found at Gregg's apartment," Olivia slid a folder over to the suspect and he opened it. He immediately slammed it shut.
"That's just a sample of the porn we found at Gregg's place. Not to mention the bed and the chains," she continued. Boze looked like he was going to be sick when there was a knock on the door. Fin got up to answer it. Whatever was going on, he ducked out of the room, leaving Olivia and the perp alone.
"You say that Sam hates you. That's because you couldn't help but touch her. You couldn't help crawling into her bed at night, telling her that all kids her age play games with their fathers in their beds. That's why Sherry got a restraining order didn't she? Samantha finally admitted to her mother that you were doing things to her and Sherry did the first thing she could think of and that was take you to court. The only thing I can't figure out is why she didn't tell the family court judge what was going on. He would have remanded you or at minimum sent the allegation to the DA. Of course, I suppose that won't matter once you get to Rikers and they find out you've been charged with assaulting a minor. They'll just see pedophile. You know the guys in Rikers, and any other prison they send you to; they don't like your kind. You'll find that out the hard way I imagine," she was laying it on, wondering why he hadn't cracked yet.
"Liv, we got some good news. His mom pulled through surgery. She's not out of the woods yet but we can still add that extra attempted murder charge on," Fin came back into the room, telling them what Carisi had said out in the hallway.
"Well that is good news. She can tell us all about her boy's bad habits when she wakes up," Olivia smirked.
"I'm not a pedophile! I wouldn't touch my daughter like that!" Boze shouted.
"Then why did you let Gregg take her? Why were you kidnapping her from her mother? Why did Sherry get a restraining order? Where is Samantha?" Fin demanded.
"I want a lawyer!" Just like that, the conversation was over. Liv shook her head and she and Fin left the room.
"Why wouldn't he tell us where Samantha is? You showed him the pictures, you called him a pedophile, and he just sat there," Carisi just shook his head in disbelief.
"Get on the phone to Rollins. I want Sherry talked to again. He clammed up because of something we said. He's afraid to implicate himself in something we haven't charged him with. Is forensics fingerprinting all of the porn we found?" Olivia asked.
"Yeah but it's going to take a while. The guy had hundreds of images," Carisi said.
"Have them test the adult porn for Boze's fingerprints. Maybe he liked assaulting his wife instead of his kid. He might have thought that Gregg liked adult porn too, not realizing that Gregg was just trying to get to his daughter," the sergeant ordered.
"On it," Carisi nodded before heading back to his desk. Fin gave Olivia a look and he could tell her mind was churning, trying to find answers.
"So I hear you guys arrested someone," Barba announced his presence, snapping both detectives from their thoughts.
"A little late at night for you to be working isn't it?" Fin asked, looking him up and down, noting that the DA was in a cleanly pressed tuxedo.
"We did but he clammed up. His daughter is in trouble and he clammed up," Olivia shook her head at her colleague's comment and the situation in general.
"You've got him dead to rights and he refuses to tell you? Maybe he's realizing he doesn't know if the guy he trusted with his daughter would actually bring her to where they agreed," Barba pointed out.
"Could be or it could be that this guy is as slimy as we think he is and he's out to save his own skin," Olivia clenched her fists.
"Well book him on what we can charge him with and then we'll worry about just how slimy he is when I speak to him and his court appointed attorney tomorrow morning," Barba nodded.
"What about Samantha? She's spending another night with a pedophile," Olivia wanted to know.
"Unless you have information to act on, we're stuck. I don't want anything messing up putting Boze and Gregg away for life. His attorney will try anything to get any of the charges reduced unless we get a really green one," the DA reminded them. With that he turned and headed out of the squad.
"Book him. I'm going to my office," Olivia heaved a sigh.
To Be Continued…
