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Olivia walked out of the interrogation room, meeting Elliot and Gemma on the other side of the one way mirror. "He's telling the truth." Gemma blurted out.
"What are you talking about?" Olivia asked closing the file in her hands. "Dale has a whole filing system of when and where he and Danny met up to do business. Your boyfriend is going to prison."
Gemma shook her head. "But, I know him. He wouldn't do this."
"Why wouldn't he?" Olivia asked.
"Because, I-" Gemma began, but bit her tongue realizing the words that were about to leave her mouth. "He just wouldn't."
Olivia squinted. "I'm going to need more than that." She pulled a picture out of the file, a bunch of girls listed on it who had been missing: ones Dale had named. "All these girls are being sent around the city, rented out to perverts who abuse them."
Gemma pushed the photo away. "I'm well aware of what they go through." She huffed out a breath before crossing her arms over her chest. "Danny would never let a girl go through what they are going through... what I went through. If you have the evidence to prove he's involved, show me."
"Woah, hold the phone." Elliot interrupted. "What exactly did you go through?"
Gemma waved him off. "That's not important right now." She turned back to Olivia. "What do you have on Danny?"
Olivia glanced at a frustrated Elliot as she pulled another photo out of the folder, this one of Danny handing over a large stack of money to an older gentleman. "This is-"
"Jimmy Kirk." Gemma breathed, taking the photo into her hands. "I know him." She looked down at the date in the bottom right corner. "This was last year."
Olivia took the photo back. "Yes, we don't know if this is the first photo though."
"This is the only photo." Gemma stated before turning the photo back to Olivia and pointing to the black car in the background. "I'm in that car. Danny wasn't joining Jimmy. He was buying me out of the business."
Olivia's eyes widened before she remembered her conversation with Dale that morning. "Then, why does Dale connect Danny to all of this? He even talked about Danny making a deal at a bar down the street from your apartment Tuesday night."
Gemma froze. "Tuesday night?"
"Yes." Olivia confirmed.
Gemma shook her head. "We were down in Florida on Tuesday. I can show you our flight tickets."
"Florida? I just heard Danny talk about working all day to make ends meet." Olivia stated, pointing at Danny in the interrogation room.
"His uncle passed away. He left a portion of his money and estate to Danny. We used some of it to fly down for a memorial his friends were throwing. We couldn't make it to the funeral." Gemma explained before pushing passed Olivia. "He's innocent." She hurried into the interrogation room. "Danny!"
Danny stood up and lifted his arms up, dropping them around Gemma when she ran into his chest. "Thank God, you're okay." He kissed her head. "Where have you been? That detective said that they are filing charges against you."
Gemma shook her head. "It was bullshit. Dale told them that you've been involved in the game, and they were trying to see if you'd confess." She buried her face in his chest. "I even believed it myself for a little while."
"You did?" Danny asked, pulling back slightly.
Gemma nodded. "But, I know you didn't. I know you would never do that after last year."
"Why would you think, for even one second, that I would be involved in something like that?" Danny asked. He lifted his arms up over her head, dropping them in front of him and stepping away from her.
Gemma reached for him, but he pulled back further. "It just didn't sit well. What happened yesterday: the police showing up with Dale when he was supposed to meet with you. It seemed to well put together for Dale to mastermind it." She ran a hand through her hair. "I didn't want to believe it."
Danny slammed his hand down on the table. "But, you did!" He shouted. "God damn it, Gemma! Why would you trust them even for a second?"
"Okay, let's just calm down here." Olivia said, hurrying into the room and stepping between the feuding couple.
"Fuck you!" Danny screamed at her. "You turned my girlfriend against me. You tried to get me to confess to a crime I didn't commit." He shook his head. "You turned the most important thing in my life against me." He stood still for a moment before glaring at her. "Can I go?"
Olivia took out her keys and unlocked his cuffs, watching as he rubbed his wrists after the metal was off. "Gemma cleared you, just to let you know."
"Like that makes it any better." Danny huffed before walking towards the door. He stopped and turned back to Gemma. "Do you have somewhere else you can sleep tonight?"
"Why?" Gemma asked.
Danny shoved his hands in his pockets. "I think we should take a little time to breathe. Figure out what we want."
Olivia cleared her throat. "Actually, you two should probably avoid your apartment. We had our CSU team through there earlier. We'll probably need your help too since you're caught in the middle of this. Jimmy might still be involved even you aren't."
"If you so much as put Gemma on the same block as that man-" Danny started, but stopped when he caught a look at the badge resting on her hip. "Just don't let her near Jimmy."
Olivia crossed her arms over her shoulders. "If that's what the case needs, then we'll use whatever we want to solve it."
Danny turned to Gemma. "I saw your parents earlier. You should be able to stay with them. I'll crash with one of the guys."
"Danny, can't we just talk about things first?" Gemma asked.
"I really think it's best if we spend some time apart, Gem." Danny whispered before kissing her forehead. "I love you, but... I just need to figure out where we go from here."
Gemma hooked her fingers into his pockets. "Please, Danny. I don't want to lose you."
Danny shook his head, closing his eyes as they clouded over. "I gotta go." Before she could say another word, he let her go, hurrying out of the interrogation room.
"Danny?" Gemma called, running out of the interrogation room. She ran into Elliot's chest when he blocked her from running after Danny. "Let me go. I need to talk to him."
"Well, we need to talk to you about what you've been doing." Elliot said as Olivia walked out of the interrogation room, nodding her head in agreement.
Gemma ripped herself from Elliot's arms. "Well, screw you two!" Her chest rapidly rose and fell. "Because of you two, my boyfriend was almost put in jail. You two focused more on my DNA than this case. And, now I may lose him forever." She turned and ran out to the squad room. "Danny!"
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