Panic
Summary: See ch1
Disclaimer: Still, I do not own them. (If I did though, you know Elliot and Olivia would so be together already!)
Court
The last person to testify was Elizabeth. She originally didn't want to testify at all, but after realizing that none of the other victims were going to testify either, she changed her mind.
"Elizabeth, can you please tell the court when you met Jim Brummon?" Casey asked in a gentle tone. She was standing in front of Elizabeth so that her body could block the sight of Brummon.
"In September. He was my history teacher." She answered meekly.
"What did you think about him?" Casey asked.
"I… I thought he was cute." She said quietly.
"Did you want to have a relationship with him?" She pushed.
"No." Lizzie said shaking her head. "He was too old. I just thought he was cute. I never wanted him to find out, but he did."
"Objection your honor. The witness has no way of knowing what my client knew." Freeman objected.
"Sustained." The judge ruled.
"Did Mr. Brummon do something to make you feel that he knew about your crush?" Casey asked.
"I was at my locker one day, and he told me that I shouldn't wear the jeans I had on, because they turned older men on." She said, blushing out of embarrassment.
"Did this kind of attention continue?" Casey asked gently.
Lizzie nodded her head. "He left me a note on one of my tests to see him after class." She answered, lowering her head. "When I got there, he asked if I found him attractive. I said I guessed so. I didn't know what else to say." She said defensively. "He said that he felt the same way about me. He said he wanted to see my outside of class. I told him that I didn't think that was a good idea, and left."
"Did the notes stop?" Casey asked.
"No." Lizzie said, sniffling. "He would write what he liked about me on every one of my tests. One day I found a note in my locker with his phone number one it. When I didn't call him, he started calling me on my cell phone. He would IM me, and e-mail me too." She answered.
"What was in these messages?" Casey asked.
Lizzie was silent for a moment.
"It's okay Lizzie. You can do this." She whispered.
"Your honor!" Freeman protested.
"Sit down Mr. Freeman." The judge warned. "Elizabeth, do you want to continue?" He asked.
She just nodded her head. "He would say… what he wanted to… do to me." She said, beginning to cry.
Olivia held tight to Elliot's hand.
"They said that he wanted to… to take away my… my virginity." She said in a whisper. "He sent me horrible pictures." She added, trying to bury her head deep in her chest so that she wouldn't have to face anyone.
"Did you want him to do this?" Casey asked. Her heart breaking that she had to put Lizzie through this.
"No." She whispered.
"Okay. No further questions." Casey said, sitting.
Elliot and Olivia both braced themselves for the questioning from the defense.
Again the defense attorney adjusted his suit and tie after rising from his seat.
"Elizabeth, you told the court that you were attracted to my client. Isn't it true that on multiple occasions you talked about how you envied the woman who you believed he must have been dating?" The attorney asked.
"I never meant it though. My friends and me, we were just kidding." She defended.
Olivia held tight to Elliot as she felt him begin to shake with rage.
"But you did, on multiple occasions, say that you would have liked to be his girlfriend?" He asked.
"No!" Lizzie shouted. "I told him that I wasn't interested! I told him to leave me alone! He wouldn't stop calling me! He wouldn't stop. He wouldn't stop." She cried.
"If you wanted him to stop then why did you keep staying after class Elizabeth? Why did you continue taking his phone calls? Why didn't you block his e-mails? Wasn't it because you wanted this relationship?" He asked, almost shouting.
"No! I didn't want it." Lizzie said as her tears began to flow. "I didn't. I don't know why I kept reading what he sent me. I didn't know what else to do." She said, breaking down.
"Elliot, stop this!" Kathy said earnestly.
"Your Honor, is this questioning necessary?" Casey objected, just in time to imtercept an outburst from Elliot.
"We get the point Mr. Freeman, move on." The judge said.
"No further questions your honor." He answered before sitting back in his seat.
"Thank you Elizabeth, you may step down." The judge said.
TBC... I know it was short, but there's still another post tonight.