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Parts in italics are like flashbacks.
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Denial
Thanks to Melinda and Casey's great persuasion techniques, Olivia had agreed to stay in hospital a few more days. After all, she really didn't protest against the pain killers. She was in agony every time they began to die off.
That had been then though, now was almost a week later and she was back in her tiny apartment. Melinda and Casey had been in and tidied it up for her after CSU being in there. Knowing the surprise that had been left in the bed by Hugh, they had kindly changed all the bedding too.
Olivia was happy to be in it. Anywhere was better than hospital. Casey had offered to let her stay at her place with her or stay there with her but Olivia wanted to be alone. She felt like she needed to be.
She answered phone calls and spoke to them all that way but if someone knocked she refused to answer, if they offered to come round she refused to let them.
It was late and she was in the bath, soaking in the steaming hot water, staring blankly at the white tiled wall in front of her. Without warning an image flashed in front of her eyes.
She was lying on her back. Someone was on top of her, crushing her, hurting her. It was Hugh. She tried to make a noise and tried to push him off her but he grabbed her wrists and held them, gripping onto the as he thrust into her, using them as leverage as he raped her.
She shot up from under the water as quick as her body would allow her to move. She cupped some water in her hands and threw it on her face, trying to wash the image away with her hands. However, with hers eyes closed she saw it again.
Hugh glaring down at her, his face twisted in pleasure as he moved into her, inside her, grunting satisfied as his body stole what it needed from hers.
A sob escaped from her mouth but she quickly forced the next one back in. She reached forward and pulled the plug from the bath but then stood up and immediately turned the shower on. She grabbed a cloth and mixed it with some body wash and began scrubbing her body. Whimpering and flinching when she scrubbed a wound too hard.
She felt dirty. The images made her feel dirty. She wondered why? Why now? Why come back and haunt her now? She didn't want to remember what had happened. Her head had let her forget this long why force her to remember now.
She began crying as the cruelty of it hit her and she realized she'd be stuck seeing the images for the rest of her life. Hugh had tainted her. He'd left her with marks on her body and her mind that would stand out more than any of the scars he had left her with.
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Elliot sat in his apartment. He too had images going through his head. He looked down at his hands, the cuts and bruises on his knuckles made the images appear clearer in his head…
He stood in the corner of the interrogation room. For now, Fin was doing most of the talking, well shouting. "You get your kicks beating the shit out of women, controlling them, raping them?!" he yelled, right up in Hugh's face.
Hugh just stared at the table. His face stern, he was pissed. He knew he was going down and he was gonna go down hard.
"The guys in prison are gonna enjoy showing you what it's like to lose the control. No one's making any deals for you. You're gonna suffer like your daughters have suffered having you for a father, abusing them, raping them whenever you wanted some action. You're gonna suffer like you made my friend suffer." he told him firmly.
Hugh carried on staring at the table. Fin slammed his fist down on the table. "Big mistake! You're gonna find out what it's like when no one comes running to help when they hear your screams. You're scum and you'll always be scum." he said.
He pushed himself up and nodded to Elliot then he walked out. It was silent for a few minutes. Hugh looked up at Elliot; standing still as stone with his arms crossed across his chest. "Guess you're the good cop." Hugh said.
Elliot shrugged his eyebrows as he thought about Hugh's words. Silently and slowly he began walking around the room, over to where Hugh sat. "You think he was bad cop?" he said as he got behind Hugh.
Hugh just scoffed. In a flash, Elliot had hold of the back of his head. He thrust it down against the table. The crunch of his nose echoed in the room. As Elliot pulled him back up blood spurted everywhere.
"How does it feel having your face pummeled so hard it breaks your nose?" he said getting up in Hugh's face.
"Ask your girlfriend." Hugh said his mouth filling with his blood as he spoke.
Elliot swung his arm hard. It connected with Hugh's cheek, filling the room with another crunching sound that bounced off the walls. Elliot felt a tingling in his knuckles and he knew that meant they were cut and would most likely leave nice bruises behind, but he didn't care.
He took a step backward before hitting Hugh upside the head. Hugh grunted, clearly in pain. "What, you can dish it but you can't take it." Elliot said angrily as he paced the room.
"Let me loose and I'll show you what damage a real man can do." Hugh threatened.
Elliot looked at him. "You think you're a man, you're pathetic." He was all ready for putting this shit-bag back where he belonged. He stormed over to him, taking the keys to the cuffs out of his pocket as he did. He got to Hugh and practically ripped the cuffs off him.
With his hands now free he grabbed his shirt and pulled him up before swinging him into the wall. He then placed himself directly in front of him. "You sack of shit show me what you got." Elliot said to him.
Hugh wiped the blood away from his nose before swinging his arm back. He aimed for Elliot's face but Elliot grabbed his arm and twisted it up his back as he spun Hugh round and slammed him back into the wall. He purposely pushed and twisted his arm to the extreme, knowing if he pushed it any further he would break his god-damn arm.
Hugh yelped in pain and Elliot held his arm there for a second longer before he let it go and stepped back. Hugh turned to face him, hugging his sore arm.
"Come on," Elliot said.
Hugh ran at him, lunging forward, hitting Elliot just below his chest. He slammed Elliot into the wall but Elliot quickly grabbed hold of him and swung him off him. Hugh crashed into the table in the middle of the room.
Elliot grabbed him again, punching him in the face before he fell to the floor.
Hugh grunted and groaned in pain as he lay on the floor.
"My lawyers gonna have your ass for assault. The case will be thrown outta court." Hugh grumbled.
"No judge or jury will give a shit if I send you to court in a thousand pieces. After what you did, no one will care what happens to you." Elliot said as he crouched down only to deliver another blown.
He stood up. He knew Hugh had a point. He walked over to the door and had just got the handle when Hugh spoke, "Your girlfriends a great fuck. Maybe when I get out I'll look her up again." Hugh said smugly before spitting a glob of bloody spit out of his mouth onto the floor.
Elliot froze at the door, his hands shaking in anger. He spun around on his heels. He reached down and grabbed Hugh's shirt, lifting him up and slamming him as hard as he could into the wall.
"Who says you're getting out?" Elliot said before he slammed his knee up into Hugh's crotch.
Hugh practically screamed in pain. He tried to turn away from Elliot but Elliot pushed him flat against the wall. He reached down and grabbed Hugh's now tender family jewels, squeezing tight and twisting. Hugh screeched like dodgy breaks on a car.
"You're gonna tell me everything I wanna know and from then on you don't ever think about my partner or your girls again. You got that? If you do, I'll rip your fucking balls off and feed em' to the rats on the streets." Elliot said before letting go and stepping back.
Hugh went to slide down the wall but Elliot grabbed him once more and threw him into the chair again as he prepared himself to ask him questions that he really didn't want to hear the answers to.
TBC
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