Back the Hard Way
*Title: Back the Hard Way
*Author: Farwalk
*Fandom: Law & Order: SVU
*Pairing: Eventually Olivia and Alex
Disclaimer: don't own them. Law and Order SVU and characters belong to Dick Wolf.
Hope I cleared somethings for you all. Enjoy!
Fourteen
The last of the intruders left. An army from a "local company" came and boarded up the windows and doors. Beth and Sam silently packed a small bag each. They would be staying in a hotel till their house was "Livable." According to Sam. Beth would have preferred to stay home, but then again it wasn't quite the home she had left. Beth took the bags to the car, while Sam signed for the work done.
"Thank you." She said folding the document in half and sticking it in her purse. By habit, she grabbed her cell phone and flipped it open. One message. "Coming Home." Beth's text, sent at 2:30 pm yesterday. It was now 18 hours later, the next day. Still looking at her phone when Beth approached.
"Everything square?" Beth asked.
"Yes." Sam said raising her eyes from the phone. "I just got your message." She paused for a moment. Looking directly at Beth she asked, "Why are you home so soon?"
So much had happened since she walked in the door; Beth did not have a chance to tell Sam why she was home 3 days early. She did not even get a chance to tell her hello. Beth, placing her arm around Sam's waist, turned her toward her. They were face to face now. Beth placed a gentle kiss on Sam's lips.
"Hi honey, I'm home." She rested her forehead on Sam's.
"Hi, yourself." Sam said raising her head and kissing Beth's forehead. Beth raised her head so they were looking eye to eye. "What do you say we get out of here?"
"Sounds like a plan." Sam said turn around. She linked her arm around Beth's waist. They began to walk towards the car. "So, are you going to tell me or not?"
"It's a long story." She paused at the passenger's side of the car. "Which I will tell you after I eat something." She reached for the door handle and opened the door. As if on cue, Sam's
stomach began to rumble. "Sounds like you agree." Beth laughed.
"So you're not mad at me for the mess anymore?" Sam said slipping into the passenger's seat.
"Truly not your fault." Beth said with an amazed look. She leaned in to give Sam a kiss. The short peck quickly turned into a passionate kiss. Each one hungry for the other. Sam ran her
fingers through Beth's short tresses. Beth's hands began to wander over Sam's shoulders and down her sweater. Gently caressing each inch of Sam's upper body, has Sam gently pulled
Beth further and further into the car. They stayed locked on their kiss, taking care not to break it. The deeper the kiss got, then more lost they became in one another.
"OUCH!" Sam said rubbing the back of her head. She hit it on the steering wheel. "See, I told you that you drive me crazy!" Beth said. "Ha ha." Sam replied. "I guess we learned why the
back seat is so popular."
"What back seat?" Beth said. "This is a sports car."
Sam placed her palms on Beth's chest, pushing her up and out of the car. Beth was just about to protest when Sam said. "Good morning Mr. Drake." "Good morning ladies." Sam laughed
has Beth's face grew red with embarrassment.
"Awful lot of commotion at your place last night." Drake said trying to peer at the house.
"Just throwing a kegger with a few hundred guys and gals from the blue." Beth said with a smirk still facing Sam. "Nothing too bad." She shut the passenger door and started walking around to the driver's side.
"Got any beer left." Drake said playing along.
"Just off to get another keg." Beth teased. She waved and got into the driver's side. Both women giggled has they pulled out of the driveway and saw Mrs. Drake come stomping down the driveway after her husband.
"Poor guy." Beth said half heartedly. "Has to wear cloud PJ's and a fluffy robe."
"I wear bunny PJ's and a fluffy robe." Sam said.
"Yes, you do and you wear them well." Beth said with a wink. "But him, not so much."
"We're we off too?" Sam asked.
"I thought we might pick up where we left off." Beth said devilishly.
"Back to Hawaii?" Sam said with hope.
"Oh, no." Beth answered quickly. "But the closest thing we have to it in Seattle."
"It will be heaven no matter where I am with you." Sam said folding her hand in Beth's. Beth kisses the back of Sam's hand has they drove off toward the city.
Neither one of them saw the SUV pull in behind them. Followed closely by a blue Camry.
"Go some news for you." Parker said into the phone. "You're money man isn't alone."
"Go on." The voice on the other end said.
"He's crafty though." Parker said rising from the barber's chair. He looked once in the mirror. His unruly locks now closely cut. His four days of growth clean. He pick up the suit bag from the
hook by the door and headed or the back of the room. Taking care to use all the visual aids to see in all directions. "Once trained, hard to break.' He remembered.
"Hiding in plain sight." Parker said. "Staying at the W."
"But never low key." The voice said.
"Never said he was. He has expensive taste." Parker removed the suit and shirt from the bag. He meticulously began to change is clothes in the men's room. Shirt for shirt. Socks and
shoes next. Then pants. Military dressing. 'Hard to break.' Quick hard tuck of his shirt. Tie. Coat. Other clothes neatly folded and placed back into the bag.
'What next?" the voice asked.
"A little visit." Parker said checking his look for the first time. "Not something to get use to."
"What?" the voice asked.
"Sorry. I have a contact here." Gathered his things and headed for the door. "They will put me close."
"How close?"
"We could dance if the desire overcame us." He replied.
"See that it's a waltz and not a tango." The voice said. Then the line went dead.
Parker gave a little chuckle. He turned left towards the alley. He found what he was looking for. 'The nice chap will have some new warm clothes to wake up to.' He thought has he turned
and exited the alley.
Olivia strolled into the precinct at 7:30 am.
"I told you she'd be here before eight." Fin shouted. "Pay up." He wiggled his fingers at Munch.
"Yeah ,Yeah. Shudda known." Much said reaching for his wallet. Stopping before he took his cash out. "Wanna go double or nothing?"
"Okay, I'll bite." Fin said. "What's the bet?"
"That she comes storming out of Cragen's office and heads for the door." Munch said with a clear view of the happenings in Cragen's office.
"Nah." Fin said. "That's a daily thing." Fin wiggled his fingers at Munch again.
Olivia knocked on the Captain's door, but did not wait for a reply before entering.
"Morning." She said. She surveyed the room. Baker, Douglas, Elliot and the Captain all huddled at a small table.
"Wow." Elliot said looking at his watch. "It's nine already."
"Oprah was a rerun this morning and I already planted my fall flowers so Martha was a waste too." Olivia said walking over to the board. "Looks pretty curious." She said.
"Well we were able to uncover a lot of the money trail." Baker said. "Mostly from the files in Baress's office, but…"
"But he was dumb enough to leave some information on his computer." Douglas interrupted.
"interesting." Olivia said. "The money man for the Velez drug syndicate leaves important information in his safe and on his computer." She paused for effect. "And then leaves the contents
and the computer behind. While he travels." Another pause. "I find that interesting."
"Way ahead of you, Olivia." Cragen said. "We know we were meant to find this stuff. He seems to want us to find it and him."
"How do you know?" Olivia asked.
"It seems he made his way to Seattle yesterday and is planning on meeting with one of Velez's men from Mexico." Elliot said. "An Ernesto Valero. " Elliot added after looking at the file. He
wrote Valero's name on the board next to Baress's .
"Seattle." Olivia said. "Never pictured that has a drug war town."
"It's a port city." Douglas said. "Drugs go in and out easily."
"We figured he has the stash of money with him to pay off someone in the Port Authority there." Baker said.
"Makes sense." Elliot said. "In and out of that port has got to be easy. It's almost as big as ours."
"Yes, and you can be out to sea much quicker." Olivia observed while looking at the Seattle maps. She needed to get out of there.
"I'm going to call the Bureau to see what we have in Seattle." Douglas got up and left the office.
"I will give the port authority a call." Baker too got up and left the office. Elliot and Olivia began to follow.
"Wait a minute you two." Cragen said. "Have a seat." He gestured to the chair still surrounding the table. "I got a call from our old friend Hammond last night." All eyes fell on Olivia.
"She's fine." Cragen answered. "They thought there was an attempt on her life again last night." He stopped to see how Olivia was reacting. "It turned out to be a false alarm."
The breath Olivia was holding was finally released. "So why'd he call us?" Elliot asked.
"He wanted us to know, because he also knows what's happening here." Cragen answered.
"So, they think it's connected?" Olivia asked.
"At first, but it turned out not to be." Cragen said. He very carefully chose his next words. "The word on the street is that something bigger then what we see is going to happen. He just
wants to be kept informed for Alex's sake."
"I'll bet." Olivia said sarcastically.
"You said it was a false alarm. What happened?" Elliot asked.
"Her girlfriend came home three days early from her trip." Cragen said with a cringe. Olivia stood up and made her way towards the door. "Olivia!" Cragen shouted. "Is this going to be a
problem for you?"
"Me." Olivia stated. "Nah. Just remembered I forgot to record Ellen." She turned the handle on the door. "She's teach us new dance moves. Hate to miss it."
"I told ya." Munch said has Olivia breezed past them.
"It's a fact man." Fin said. "Whenever the two of them go in there one comes out mad."
"Must be the wood paneling." Munch said. "It's been a proven fact to incite riot like behavior in lab rats."
"Whatever!" Fin said refocusing on the files before him.
This was a long one. Lot's to say. More soon.