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Sabrina watched as Elliott's face showed that he recognized the face in the sketch but he was conflicted. She heard him say,
"But how can that be. This is the last person I would ever believed would become a rapist."
John said,
"We still need to check it out and confirm an ID. I'll get right on it. Although this might explain why Babs was targeted."
Elliott looked at John,
"Why?"
John said quite seriously,
"Because of her connection to you. Babs may have been a means to get to you. You have been of the grid for a while you know."
Elliott looked at Olivia,
"We were both on that case..."
Olivia said,
"But I have not been off the grid like you have. If I were a target there have been many opportunities to get to me over the last couple of years. We need to figure out how they knew you had resurfaced and where."
Elliott said,
"It could just be a coincidence."
Fin said joining the conversation,
"I would say it is a very big one. Let me help Munch see what we can find out."
And with that he and John went to work, their recruits in tow.
Sabrina stood behind Elliott and said,
"While John and Fin are checking on the real circumstances of your suspect can I talk to you for a minute?"
Elliott nodded,
"Sure lets go into interrogation 2."
Once in the room, Sabrina said,
"Well seeing you with Ms Duffy was very enlightening. I see where the 97% closure rate comes from. How was your night?"
He was thankful for the momentary diversion as this case had suddenly become very real and very personal to him with the sketch. He said,
"Actually it went better than expected."
She said,
"I am not going to pry but is what Ms Duffy say true about you and Olivia?"
He looked at her funny. She said,
"Listen I am not a detective I do not go around smelling people. Besides my allergies are so bad I have lost my sense of smell. I just need to know you are alright."
He said,
"Yes it is true. I had no intention of spending the night but it felt right."
He suddenly starting laughing, she looked at him bewildered. He said,
"Night Right. Damn I am starting to sound like a cheesy greeting card..."
Sabrina chuckled,
"I am okay with that as long as you are happy, and to me you look happy."
He nodded,
"I am I just hope that I'm not moving too fast with Olivia? I mean we just got back together and I'm not completely sure she trusts that I am here to stay."
Sabrina,
"Did she invite you to stay the night?"
He nodded,
"As a matter of fact she did."
Sabrina,
"Then she does not think you are moving too fast. Just remember leave it to her and let her guide the timeline, do not push her into anything but do not push her away. Make sure she knows you will not be leaving her and that she is important. I am not telling you anything you do not know you love each other let that guide the way. I am just saying let her guide the pace. So you have any plans for the weekend?"
He nodded,
"Tball with Eli tomorrow afternoon, then dinner and the Symphony with Olivia tomorrow night."
She said surprised,
"You and the Symphony..."
He nodded,
"You know a lot about me but not everything. Besides I still think Olivia doesn't expect us to go. I think she is just waiting for me to back out."
Sabrina,
"But you are not going to are you?"
He shook his head,
"Hell yes. Seriously I am actually looking forward to it."
Sabrina laughed as she reminded him,
"Just to remind you I am going away for the weekend and George will be available if you need anything."
He nodded,
"Okay have fun."
Sabrina said,
"Before I leave I have one question about this case, why would you be a target?"
He shook his head,
"I'm not sure. If I'm right this is a case that Liv and I worked 10 years ago. But so I don't have to repeat this story twice let's go into the squadroom and I will tell it to everyone."
Back in the Squadroom
Captain Cragen had gotten everyone back together and Elliott took over,
"The big question here is why would I be the target. Liv, remember about 10 years ago we had a case where we were looking into a series of rapes involving single mothers with young children who ranged in age from 10 – 13 years old. It seemed the mothers were not what some would consider model citizens but they were all those kids had. Some of them were into drugs and at first we figured it was payback for drug deals gone bad, you know drugs first cash later or whatever payment was agreed on but they weren't. They ended up being caused by a serial rapist who was a married father of 2 kids, a boy and a girl, aged 12 and 15, the wife was so distraught when she realized what kind of man she married that she killed him. We later found out that she herself had been raped just before she had gotten married and when she found out she was pregnant she wanted to give up the child but her husband said no it did not matter to him. Her rape had been 15 years earlier. After he was arrested and arraigned we went back over her rape kit and found out her husband was her rapist and that is when she killed him. At the time of her attack his DNA was not in the system and he was never a suspect because he had an ironclad alibi, he was out of town on a business trip and had all the paperwork to back it up. This picture looks similar to one of those kids, they would be in their twenties now."
Sabrina's FBI training kicked into gear and she asked,
"Why was he raping? And why did you go back to her rape kit?"
Olivia said,
"That was my idea, I had noticed that the oldest child really resembled the father and although it might be a shot in the dark I thought we should check. So the kit was found and run, it was a match. As for why he was raping he said he had too, it was in his DNA. When we checked back it turned out his father and uncle were both rapists and he thought he was carrying on the family business so to speak."
Sabrina,
"What happened to the two kids? I assume the mom went to jail for murder?"
Elliott nodded,
"The defence tried to plead self defence but the jury did not buy it and the DA, at the time, wanted an example made and she was it. She got 25 years in jail and the kids ended up in foster care. I checked in on them every once in a while for the first couple of years but they seemed to be doing fine and they said that although they appreciated my concern for them, I was a constant reminder of what they had lost and they just wanted to move forward. I gave them my card and told them if they ever needed anything not to hesitate to call no matter when. Needless to say, but I never heard from them again."
Sabrina said,
"So now you need to figure out what happened to cause this backlash and to actually see if you are being targeted through Babs and if so is Olivia also a target?"
Elliott nodded and said,
"I always hate going up against the unknown. Worse part is if I am a target then my life becomes one very open book..."
Olivia finished his sentence,
"and that scares the hell out of you."
He chuckled and nodded. Sabrina added,
"For what it is worth, despite the fact that I am well known because of my books and appearances I would not want anyone rifling through the closets of my life either."
She noticed all the surprised looks, she said,
"Hey we all have things in our lives that are better off not seeing the light of day, no matter who we are."
Cragen said,
"With what we know up til now I need to know Elliott are you okay with continuing on as lead with this case?"
Elliott sighed,
"Yes I am. I know that it may be hard but right now this is all speculation that I am a target. We need to treat it like any other rape case until it looks like it isn't besides I have received no direct threats. At that time then we will talk. But for now Liv and I need to talk to Babs again, I now have new questions."
Cragen looked at his watch,
"Well I would say it is time for lunch and we regroup."
Elliott nodded and saw his recruits all watching him, he asked,
"Do any of you have any questions?"
Officer Bennett asked,
"If you are the target and they try to get to you and one of us is with you. What do we do?"
He said,
"Good question. Let me get back to you with an answer on that. You all have to remember you are here to learn...but right now we are going to take an hour lunch break. Did any of you bring a lunch?"
Everyone shook their heads, John said,
"I took the liberty of ordering a few pizzas they should be here any minute."
Elliott said,
"Thanks John."
He then looked at Olivia who said,
"I ordered us bacon cheeseburgers and fries, I am not in the mood for pizza."
He smiled and wanted to kiss her but remembering not to show any public displays of emotion stopped himself and just said,
"Excellent, me neither."
They spent a long time in Interrogation 2, there had been no time to bug that room so the full conversation was lost. But after being a part of the full conversation in the squadroom - time was not a friend...