Chapter 11
Fin and Elliot were pressing the techs at TARU when Dodds and Briscoe walked in. Bernie Zang, the unlucky tech at the other end of Fin and Elliot's prodding, looked at the second group of detectives and heaved a sigh.
"I can only go so fast," he said.
"We're not here for her e-mails. Briscoe had a thought and I thought it was worth double checking," Dodds smiled.
"Well I finally got access to her second e-mail account and she was e-mailing someone on a regular basis with what looks like research of some kind," Bernie explained.
"Excellent you found what she has. Now what were you thinking Dodds?" Elliot asked.
"Turns out our vic was sending those naughty text messages to this Joe guy. So Briscoe wondered if they were encoded like you usually find with kiddie porn," the Sergeant explained.
"Could be or your victim was bisexual," Bernie gave him a look.
"We were thinking that could be the case but we figured we should rule out the picture idea first since we don't have anyone but this Joe we can't find to corroborate," Briscoe spoke up.
"Not a bad idea. I mean anyone looking at the phone wouldn't know they were encrypted," Fin said.
"Which could be another reason the phone was smashed but we got to thinking that maybe Suzy found out that her girlfriend had been stepping out on her and she wasn't too thrilled," Dodds told them.
"Maybe a background check into Suzy wouldn't be such a terrible idea. Issue is, her fingerprints would be all over the scene, especially if she had been over to Andrea's apartment," Elliot frowned; instead of knocking off suspects they were adding them.
"I also don't see the need for her to steal the laptop unless she intended to sell it to the person that Andrea was investigating," Fin pointed out, which was a good point.
"All right, why don't Briscoe and I check Suzy's history out while you two sift through what Andrea left behind in her e-mails? Maybe we can get lucky to piece enough together to find this Joe and the guys that Andrea was investigating," Dodds suggested.
"Sounds like a plan. We should be hearing from Liv soon," Elliot noted the time on his watch.
"Well then let's get to it," the Sergeant nodded. Elliot and Fin took the e-mail address and password and headed back to the bullpen. Dodds and Briscoe handed the photos to Bernie and he got to work with them.
Meanwhile, Carisi was pacing inside the waiting room. It had been almost an hour and he was getting nervous. Olivia didn't blame him but she was worrying about the babysitter and was waiting for Lucy to answer.
"Hi Olivia," the perky girl answered the phone.
"Hi Lucy. How are Noah and Gracie?" She asked.
"Missing their mommy and daddy. How much longer until you guys will be home?" Lucy wondered.
"Rollins is having her baby so I won't be available for a little while. I'll send El a text and see where he's at. Thanks so much Lucy," Olivia said.
"No problem. I'll get the kids dinner and we'll go from there. Tell Amanda congratulations for me," the babysitter told her.
"Oh will do. Thanks again," and with that the phone call ended. Carisi opened his mouth to say something but the doctor walked into the waiting room and he clamped his mouth shut.
"Everything went well. Both mother and baby girl are resting. We're running more tests to make sure that we've solved Amanda's blood pressure issues," Doctor Simmons was all smiles.
"That is great. Can we see them?" Carisi asked.
"Give us another ten minutes and then I'll have one of the nurses bring you down to see them," Simmons smiled.
To Be Continued…