Pain
By
18lzytwner
Chapter 1
One week after Olivia's return to work, she was sitting at her desk, trying to get some paperwork done. The fact of the matter was, she'd reread the last paragraph, describing the condition they found the victim in, about four times. It wasn't sinking in. The words were all blobbing together.
"Hey, how you holding up over there?" Elliot asked. They hadn't slept in almost twenty-four hours.
"I need a nap," she admitted.
"Yeah me too but we need to get these five's in," he said.
"Then I'll settle for a coffee," Olivia heaved a sigh and managed to get herself out of her seat and over to the new coffee pot. Pouring herself a cup, she immediately poured Elliot one too.
"Yummy, although I'm getting indigestion," he admitted as she handed him his hot beverage before sitting back down at her new desk.
"That's because I think the last time we ate was yesterday about this time," she told him; it was closing in on dinner time. Fishing around in one of her desk drawers, she found the antacids and tossed them over to him.
"You used to have snacks in your drawer," Elliot pointed out.
"They didn't survive the construction," Olivia said. She wasn't sure if the boys had eaten them or if they'd ended up in the trash. Either way, they didn't have any snacks at the moment.
"I come bearing gifts," Munch spoke up.
"Is that what I think it is?" Kenny seemed to perk up at the smell.
"Pizza. Nothing but the best for my coworkers," the elder detective said. He set the box down on an empty desk and the team basically swarmed the hot food.
"Easy! No one needs to lose digits," Munch reminded them.
"Thanks Munch," Fin said as he sat back down at his desk.
"Welcome, I do what I can. Has anyone heard from the Captain?" His partner asked.
"Not since what should have been lunch," Elliot let them know.
"Where'd he have to go again?" Kenny wanted to know.
"Said he had a meeting over at One PP," Fin spoke up.
"We didn't do anything to get him in trouble did we?" Olivia wondered.
"We just solved a case in record time. Unless that's against the rules, I don't see how," Elliot frowned. They slipped into silence, mostly just eating, and tapping on their keyboards. About twenty minutes later, Kenny announced he was done and heading home and going to bed. Not long after that, Fin, stood up, cracked his back, and wished them all a good night. Munch wasn't far behind them. That left just Elliot and Olivia.
"You done yet?" He asked.
"I am. I was waiting on you," she told him.
"Nice. Well I was going to take you out to dinner but since we had pizza…" Elliot started.
"Two pieces of pizza doesn't really count. I'm still hungry," Olivia said.
"Me too. Let's discuss on our way out," he smiled and stood up from his seat. Grabbing his coat, he helped Olivia into her blazer. Summer was beginning to wind down as the end of August approached. It had been a windy day with clouds and some on and off rain, so a light jacket was in order.
They had almost made it out the front door of the precinct when Olivia's cell phone rang. She quickly picked it up, without looking at the caller ID.
"Benson," she and Elliot stopped in their tracks, staying inside the precinct. Her partner nudged her out of the doorway as she listened to the person on the other end of the call.
"I appreciate the heads up. I'll text you the address," with that the call ended and she texted something out. Elliot could tell by the look on her face that whatever had happened on the call wasn't good.
"What's up?" He asked.
"That was a Detective Marie Gavronski from Albany PD. They think they found Vivian Arliss," Olivia said.
"Isn't that a good thing?" Elliot wondered.
"They said think because the body was badly decomposed, but it matches the APB we put out for her. Blonde, five foot five, and found in a known drug den. Apparently, that description doesn't match anyone locally so when they widened the search, Vivian popped up. I texted her Melinda's address. She has Calvin's DNA on file," she explained. If the body's DNA matched Calvin's, then it would be his mother.
"Come on. Let's alert Melinda she has a body coming and then we'll just get some takeout," Elliot suggested.
To Be Continued…