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"What do you think?" Olivia asked.
"About Walker?" Elliot questioned. "I think he's an arrogant prick and he doesn't give a damn about Lexy."
"I won't argue with that, but I meant about his story."
Elliot shrugged. "I'm not sure. Something doesn't seem right."
The two of them had been stuck in traffic for the last forty minutes. There had been an accident that was just beginning to get cleared up. Elliot was anxious to get to the hospital. He kept glancing in the rearview mirror to make sure Cale was still there. Not that there was anywhere he could go, but Elliot just didn't trust the man.
"What's your deal?" Olivia asked.
"I don't know what you mean."
"Come on Elliot, you've looked in the rearview mirror more than you've kept your eyes on the road. Walker can't go anywhere anymore than we can. Ever since you found this girl you've been to emotionally involved."
"Coming from the one who's been too emotionally involved in more cases than I count."
"That was different."
"Why, because it was you? Because you were the product of a rape?"
Olivia glared at him.
Elliot sighed. "I'm sorry Olivia, I didn't mean that. It's just.So many loving couples try so hard again and again to have kids, and never have them. Then you get jerks like Walker who gets a great kid like Lexy and lets this happen to her."
"I know, it's not fair, but you just seem." Olivia was cut short by her cell phone ringing. "Benson.......What? When?....We'll be there as soon as possible." She hung up.
"What's going on?"
"Lexy disappeared from the hospital about ten minutes ago. There's no sign of her."
"Dammit!" Elliot slammed the car into park and got out. He walked over to Cale's car and wrapped on the window. Olivia was standing next to him as Cale took his time rolling the window down.
"Something I can help you with Detective?"
"Your daughter disappeared from the hospital, any ideas as to where she may have gone?"
"She ran off again?" He sighed. "I knew I was wasting my time going to see her, she's probably on her way back to the apartment."
"Are you sure she would go back there?" Olivia asked.
"Listen sweet heart, the kid ain't got no where else to go. She's at the apartment, trust me."
Elliot looked at Olivia. "We're only three blocks from there." He looked at Cale. "Give me your keys?"
"Excuse me?"
"Your apartment keys genius, so I can get in the place."
Cale mumbled something under his breath, but Elliot for the time being ignored it. There were more important matters at hand. He took the keys from Cale and turned to Olivia.
"Call it in and meet me back there when this mess clears up."
"Elliot maybe you should let me go."
His eyes narrowed. "You don't think I can handle it?"
"It's not that, but she was raped. She might feel better if she's with a woman."
"I understand what you're saying 'Livia, but the kid knows me. I might be the only one who can talk her into getting help."
"Fat chance of that," Cale laughed.
Elliot suddenly had the urge to hit the man. Cale Walker was getting on Elliot's nerves even more with every breath Cale took. He wanted to hit him, but thought better of it. Instead he turned back to Olivia.
"Just call it in. We'll be fine." He turned and took off down the street.
Olivia sighed.
"So it's just the two of us huh beautiful?" Cale said raising an eyebrow.
Olivia looked at him in disgust and went back to her car. She was not in the mood to deal with him right now. She quickly called it in and leaned back in the seat.
Elliot was losing his mind. In almost any other case Elliot would let Olivia go to the victim. He had set it himself. Olivia sympathized with the vics. Lexy, she was different. Even if Elliot didn't see it, she did.
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By the time Elliot reached the apartment the back of his shirt was covered in sweat. His heart was pounding and he was out of breath. He worked out, but running in ninety degree weather took its toll on just about anyone.
"Lexy!" He called as he stuck the key in the door. "Lexy its Elliot are you in there?"
He pushed the door open and went inside. Lexy was standing at the sink doing dishes. She didn't look over at him or stop what she was doing. She was acting as though nothing else was going on.
"Lexy are you all right?" He asked walking over to her.
"Why wouldn't I be?"
"I forget how many stitches they put in your back but I know it was quite a few. To be honest I'm surprised you got here without passing out."
"I'm not as hurt as you might think," She said reaching to put a plate in the cabinet.
Elliot was standing behind her. "You need to be in the hospital."
She whirled around to face him. The dim light made the bruises on her face look that much worse. "I need for you to leave me alone."
Elliot was surprised at the anger that filled her eyes. She had seemed so vulnerable just a few hours ago. Anger was the second step in dealing with rape, but he hadn't expected it to come so soon. In fact it shouldn't have started already. He knew that Lexy should be drugged up and sleeping peacefully in the hospital.
"Lexy, listen to me."
"No." She shook her head and leaned against the counter. "What the hell is your name again?"
"Elliot."
"Look, I know your trying to help, but I don't need it. I don't need your sympathy or your pity. I'm fine."
Elliot sighed. "Did you at least let them perform a rape kit?"
She turned away from him, black hair swaying over her shoulders. "I wasn't raped okay?"
"Somehow I don't believe that."
"Believe whatever you want," She yelled. "I asked for it all right!"
He crossed his arms over his chest and stared at the back of her head. "You asked to be raped and beaten?"
She whirled around. "I told you I wasn't.."
"Lexy?" Elliot asked.
Her face went ghost pale, and before Elliot knew what was happening he was grabbing her around the waist to keep her from falling hard to the ground.
Lexy cried out.
"Take it easy."
Elliot eased her to the floor and pulled out his cell phone.
"NO, please," Lexy pleaded. "I'm fine. Just a little dizzy spell."
"You need to be in the hospital."
She looked up at him, eyes brimmed with tears. "Please don't make me go."
Elliot knew he should have called for an ambulance, but the look in her eyes was too much for him. A look of pain, anger, and fear mixed in those emerald eyes.
"I'll make a deal with you," He said holding on to his cell phone. "You tell me what happened, the truth, and we'll work something out, but if you don't I'm going to call for an ambulance right now."
Lexy sighed. "Fine, but we might as well sit down. It's going to be a long story."
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"What do you think?" Olivia asked.
"About Walker?" Elliot questioned. "I think he's an arrogant prick and he doesn't give a damn about Lexy."
"I won't argue with that, but I meant about his story."
Elliot shrugged. "I'm not sure. Something doesn't seem right."
The two of them had been stuck in traffic for the last forty minutes. There had been an accident that was just beginning to get cleared up. Elliot was anxious to get to the hospital. He kept glancing in the rearview mirror to make sure Cale was still there. Not that there was anywhere he could go, but Elliot just didn't trust the man.
"What's your deal?" Olivia asked.
"I don't know what you mean."
"Come on Elliot, you've looked in the rearview mirror more than you've kept your eyes on the road. Walker can't go anywhere anymore than we can. Ever since you found this girl you've been to emotionally involved."
"Coming from the one who's been too emotionally involved in more cases than I count."
"That was different."
"Why, because it was you? Because you were the product of a rape?"
Olivia glared at him.
Elliot sighed. "I'm sorry Olivia, I didn't mean that. It's just.So many loving couples try so hard again and again to have kids, and never have them. Then you get jerks like Walker who gets a great kid like Lexy and lets this happen to her."
"I know, it's not fair, but you just seem." Olivia was cut short by her cell phone ringing. "Benson.......What? When?....We'll be there as soon as possible." She hung up.
"What's going on?"
"Lexy disappeared from the hospital about ten minutes ago. There's no sign of her."
"Dammit!" Elliot slammed the car into park and got out. He walked over to Cale's car and wrapped on the window. Olivia was standing next to him as Cale took his time rolling the window down.
"Something I can help you with Detective?"
"Your daughter disappeared from the hospital, any ideas as to where she may have gone?"
"She ran off again?" He sighed. "I knew I was wasting my time going to see her, she's probably on her way back to the apartment."
"Are you sure she would go back there?" Olivia asked.
"Listen sweet heart, the kid ain't got no where else to go. She's at the apartment, trust me."
Elliot looked at Olivia. "We're only three blocks from there." He looked at Cale. "Give me your keys?"
"Excuse me?"
"Your apartment keys genius, so I can get in the place."
Cale mumbled something under his breath, but Elliot for the time being ignored it. There were more important matters at hand. He took the keys from Cale and turned to Olivia.
"Call it in and meet me back there when this mess clears up."
"Elliot maybe you should let me go."
His eyes narrowed. "You don't think I can handle it?"
"It's not that, but she was raped. She might feel better if she's with a woman."
"I understand what you're saying 'Livia, but the kid knows me. I might be the only one who can talk her into getting help."
"Fat chance of that," Cale laughed.
Elliot suddenly had the urge to hit the man. Cale Walker was getting on Elliot's nerves even more with every breath Cale took. He wanted to hit him, but thought better of it. Instead he turned back to Olivia.
"Just call it in. We'll be fine." He turned and took off down the street.
Olivia sighed.
"So it's just the two of us huh beautiful?" Cale said raising an eyebrow.
Olivia looked at him in disgust and went back to her car. She was not in the mood to deal with him right now. She quickly called it in and leaned back in the seat.
Elliot was losing his mind. In almost any other case Elliot would let Olivia go to the victim. He had set it himself. Olivia sympathized with the vics. Lexy, she was different. Even if Elliot didn't see it, she did.
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By the time Elliot reached the apartment the back of his shirt was covered in sweat. His heart was pounding and he was out of breath. He worked out, but running in ninety degree weather took its toll on just about anyone.
"Lexy!" He called as he stuck the key in the door. "Lexy its Elliot are you in there?"
He pushed the door open and went inside. Lexy was standing at the sink doing dishes. She didn't look over at him or stop what she was doing. She was acting as though nothing else was going on.
"Lexy are you all right?" He asked walking over to her.
"Why wouldn't I be?"
"I forget how many stitches they put in your back but I know it was quite a few. To be honest I'm surprised you got here without passing out."
"I'm not as hurt as you might think," She said reaching to put a plate in the cabinet.
Elliot was standing behind her. "You need to be in the hospital."
She whirled around to face him. The dim light made the bruises on her face look that much worse. "I need for you to leave me alone."
Elliot was surprised at the anger that filled her eyes. She had seemed so vulnerable just a few hours ago. Anger was the second step in dealing with rape, but he hadn't expected it to come so soon. In fact it shouldn't have started already. He knew that Lexy should be drugged up and sleeping peacefully in the hospital.
"Lexy, listen to me."
"No." She shook her head and leaned against the counter. "What the hell is your name again?"
"Elliot."
"Look, I know your trying to help, but I don't need it. I don't need your sympathy or your pity. I'm fine."
Elliot sighed. "Did you at least let them perform a rape kit?"
She turned away from him, black hair swaying over her shoulders. "I wasn't raped okay?"
"Somehow I don't believe that."
"Believe whatever you want," She yelled. "I asked for it all right!"
He crossed his arms over his chest and stared at the back of her head. "You asked to be raped and beaten?"
She whirled around. "I told you I wasn't.."
"Lexy?" Elliot asked.
Her face went ghost pale, and before Elliot knew what was happening he was grabbing her around the waist to keep her from falling hard to the ground.
Lexy cried out.
"Take it easy."
Elliot eased her to the floor and pulled out his cell phone.
"NO, please," Lexy pleaded. "I'm fine. Just a little dizzy spell."
"You need to be in the hospital."
She looked up at him, eyes brimmed with tears. "Please don't make me go."
Elliot knew he should have called for an ambulance, but the look in her eyes was too much for him. A look of pain, anger, and fear mixed in those emerald eyes.
"I'll make a deal with you," He said holding on to his cell phone. "You tell me what happened, the truth, and we'll work something out, but if you don't I'm going to call for an ambulance right now."
Lexy sighed. "Fine, but we might as well sit down. It's going to be a long story."
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