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Elliot eased Lexy down on the couch and sat next to her. He waited for her to catch her breath. She was still very weak and in very much pain. That brought another thought to his mind.
"I thought the nurse gave you something to make you sleep?"
"She did," Lexy said through clenched teeth. "But by the time she put it through the I.V. line I had already pulled it out of my arm."
Elliot raised his eyebrow. "And she didn't notice."
She took a deep breath. "I was on my side not my back. It wasn't very difficult."
"What happened to you?"
Lexy turned her face away from his. "I was at a party. I was pretty trashed. Some guy came on to me and we went upstairs." She shrugged. "That's all that there is to it."
"So you went to another party after the one here?"
She looked at him curiously. "There was no party here."
Elliot sat back and crossed his arms over his chest. Before he had a chance to respond, Olivia and Cale walked through the front door. Elliot wondered if Lexy's eyes went wide from surprise or fear. He was willing to bet on fear.
"I told you she'd be here," Cale said looking back at Olivia.
"Is everything all right?" Olivia asked, walking towards the couch.
"Everything's fine," Elliot replied. "Lexy just told me that she went to a party last night and slept with a guy. It was all consensual."
"Really," Olivia replied. "You let this guy whip you?"
She shrugged. "He was into some S&M."
"See," Cale said sitting in the recliner. "The kid is crazy. I told you."
Elliot and Olivia exchanged a glance. "Maybe we should get her back to the hospital," She said.
"NO!" Lexy cried out. "I'm not going back there. Elliot said I didn't have to!"
Olivia stared at Elliot in disbelief.
"I said you don't have to go back if you tell me the truth about what happened."
"I did!"
"I don't believe you."
"It doesn't matter," Cale stated.
"Excuse me?" Elliot asked.
"I'm her legal guardian and if you send her back I'll just sign her out anyways. The kid needs to get back to work around here."
"Mr. Walker your daughter."
"Stepdaughter!" Lexy cut her off.
"Your stepdaughter has suffered from a very traumatic experience," Olivia told him. "She needs to medical attention and rest."
Cale stood up. "She's my daughter and I'll take care of her my way. The kid needs to get back to work."
"Well Mr. Walker I'm actually wondering about something's," Elliot said standing up. He didn't like at all where this was going. He wasn't about to let Cale push Lexy and make her worse in the long run.
"Oh yeah? Like what?"
"Like the fact that you said Lexy through a party here last night. Yet Lexy knew nothing about it."
"W-wait I never said that."
"Yes you did."
"I mean I didn't mean to say that." Lexy stood up, and began to sway.
"Relax," Elliot told her. "Just sit down and take a deep breath."
He helped ease her on the couch for the second time and kneeled beside her. "You need to calm down okay."
Lexy put a hand to her forehead.
"Are you all right?" Olivia asked.
"The kid's fine," Cale stated, sitting back down. "She'll live."
"Lexy?" Elliot asked.
"I'm fine. I'm just very disoriented right now."
"Elliot maybe we should take her back to the hospital," Olivia told him.
"No, please." Lexy pleaded. "I can't go back there."
Cale laughed. "The kids scared of hospitals. Not that I'm complaining, this way I don't have to pay any bills. We aint' got insurance you know."
"Lexy needs medical attention Mr. Walker." Benson argued.
"No, she needs you two to leave her the hell alone!" He barked. "I want the two of you out of my house!"
"We need to question your daughter about what happened last night."
"You can question her tomorrow when she's feeling more up to it, but for now I want you out of my house!"
Elliot knew they had no choice, so he pulled a card out of his shirt and wrote his number on the back of it.
"That's my cell and house number. If you need me anytime, day or night, then call me all right."
Lexy took the card and nodded. Elliot smiled and he and Olivia left.
"Cale Walker is getting on my nerves," Elliot said as the two of them walked down the hall.
"I know what you mean; it's as if he doesn't care what happens to her."
"What do you want to bet she'll be cleaning that house all day?"
"What?"
They walked out into the bright sun of New York. "When I found her she was doing the dishes and you heard Cale. He's going to make sure that house is spotless before that kid even gets to rest."
Olivia glanced up at the building. "We can call Children Services."
"It'll take them weeks to get out here." They got in the car. "Besides I know there wasn't a party there last night. Cale wanted us to question her tomorrow because it will give them time to get there stories straight."
"And Lexy will fear Cale so much she won't tell us the truth of what happened."
"Probably not."
"You think Cale did it?" She asked.
Elliot looked at her grimly. "There's not a doubt in my mind."
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Elliot walked into his house. It was eight p.m. He and Olivia had just finished up for the day. They had gone to Lexy's school to see if they could find any leads on what happened. Several of her teachers stated that Lexy more often than not came into class with some sort of bruise or cut on her face. Her homeroom teacher, Mrs. Long had reported it, but nothing had ever happened.
When he had pulled into the driveway he was surprised to see his wife's car parked there. They had gone out of town because Kate's mom had been sick. He hadn't heard anything from her, so he had assumed she was still away.
"Kate?"
"In here Elliot!"
He walked into the kitchen and saw Kate standing over the stove heating up something.
"What are you doing home?"
"Complaining?"
Elliot smiled. "No just surprised." He walked over and planted a more than passionate kiss on his lovers lips.
"Now that's more like it," Kate stated.
"Where are the kids?"
"Patricia is at a friends house, the rest of the munchkins are sleeping. It was long ride."
"And your mother?"
Kate turned back to the stove and stirred whatever was in the pot. "She's better. It was just a really bad case of the flu." She glanced at him. "How was work?"
Elliot shrugged. "I caught a kid trying to jump off a bridge last night."
"Oh my god is he all right?"
"She and it's a long story."
Kate smiled and it made Elliot's heart lift. "Well how about you tell me over some chicken noodle soup."
He smiled back at her. "Sounds like a plan."
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Elliot eased Lexy down on the couch and sat next to her. He waited for her to catch her breath. She was still very weak and in very much pain. That brought another thought to his mind.
"I thought the nurse gave you something to make you sleep?"
"She did," Lexy said through clenched teeth. "But by the time she put it through the I.V. line I had already pulled it out of my arm."
Elliot raised his eyebrow. "And she didn't notice."
She took a deep breath. "I was on my side not my back. It wasn't very difficult."
"What happened to you?"
Lexy turned her face away from his. "I was at a party. I was pretty trashed. Some guy came on to me and we went upstairs." She shrugged. "That's all that there is to it."
"So you went to another party after the one here?"
She looked at him curiously. "There was no party here."
Elliot sat back and crossed his arms over his chest. Before he had a chance to respond, Olivia and Cale walked through the front door. Elliot wondered if Lexy's eyes went wide from surprise or fear. He was willing to bet on fear.
"I told you she'd be here," Cale said looking back at Olivia.
"Is everything all right?" Olivia asked, walking towards the couch.
"Everything's fine," Elliot replied. "Lexy just told me that she went to a party last night and slept with a guy. It was all consensual."
"Really," Olivia replied. "You let this guy whip you?"
She shrugged. "He was into some S&M."
"See," Cale said sitting in the recliner. "The kid is crazy. I told you."
Elliot and Olivia exchanged a glance. "Maybe we should get her back to the hospital," She said.
"NO!" Lexy cried out. "I'm not going back there. Elliot said I didn't have to!"
Olivia stared at Elliot in disbelief.
"I said you don't have to go back if you tell me the truth about what happened."
"I did!"
"I don't believe you."
"It doesn't matter," Cale stated.
"Excuse me?" Elliot asked.
"I'm her legal guardian and if you send her back I'll just sign her out anyways. The kid needs to get back to work around here."
"Mr. Walker your daughter."
"Stepdaughter!" Lexy cut her off.
"Your stepdaughter has suffered from a very traumatic experience," Olivia told him. "She needs to medical attention and rest."
Cale stood up. "She's my daughter and I'll take care of her my way. The kid needs to get back to work."
"Well Mr. Walker I'm actually wondering about something's," Elliot said standing up. He didn't like at all where this was going. He wasn't about to let Cale push Lexy and make her worse in the long run.
"Oh yeah? Like what?"
"Like the fact that you said Lexy through a party here last night. Yet Lexy knew nothing about it."
"W-wait I never said that."
"Yes you did."
"I mean I didn't mean to say that." Lexy stood up, and began to sway.
"Relax," Elliot told her. "Just sit down and take a deep breath."
He helped ease her on the couch for the second time and kneeled beside her. "You need to calm down okay."
Lexy put a hand to her forehead.
"Are you all right?" Olivia asked.
"The kid's fine," Cale stated, sitting back down. "She'll live."
"Lexy?" Elliot asked.
"I'm fine. I'm just very disoriented right now."
"Elliot maybe we should take her back to the hospital," Olivia told him.
"No, please." Lexy pleaded. "I can't go back there."
Cale laughed. "The kids scared of hospitals. Not that I'm complaining, this way I don't have to pay any bills. We aint' got insurance you know."
"Lexy needs medical attention Mr. Walker." Benson argued.
"No, she needs you two to leave her the hell alone!" He barked. "I want the two of you out of my house!"
"We need to question your daughter about what happened last night."
"You can question her tomorrow when she's feeling more up to it, but for now I want you out of my house!"
Elliot knew they had no choice, so he pulled a card out of his shirt and wrote his number on the back of it.
"That's my cell and house number. If you need me anytime, day or night, then call me all right."
Lexy took the card and nodded. Elliot smiled and he and Olivia left.
"Cale Walker is getting on my nerves," Elliot said as the two of them walked down the hall.
"I know what you mean; it's as if he doesn't care what happens to her."
"What do you want to bet she'll be cleaning that house all day?"
"What?"
They walked out into the bright sun of New York. "When I found her she was doing the dishes and you heard Cale. He's going to make sure that house is spotless before that kid even gets to rest."
Olivia glanced up at the building. "We can call Children Services."
"It'll take them weeks to get out here." They got in the car. "Besides I know there wasn't a party there last night. Cale wanted us to question her tomorrow because it will give them time to get there stories straight."
"And Lexy will fear Cale so much she won't tell us the truth of what happened."
"Probably not."
"You think Cale did it?" She asked.
Elliot looked at her grimly. "There's not a doubt in my mind."
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Elliot walked into his house. It was eight p.m. He and Olivia had just finished up for the day. They had gone to Lexy's school to see if they could find any leads on what happened. Several of her teachers stated that Lexy more often than not came into class with some sort of bruise or cut on her face. Her homeroom teacher, Mrs. Long had reported it, but nothing had ever happened.
When he had pulled into the driveway he was surprised to see his wife's car parked there. They had gone out of town because Kate's mom had been sick. He hadn't heard anything from her, so he had assumed she was still away.
"Kate?"
"In here Elliot!"
He walked into the kitchen and saw Kate standing over the stove heating up something.
"What are you doing home?"
"Complaining?"
Elliot smiled. "No just surprised." He walked over and planted a more than passionate kiss on his lovers lips.
"Now that's more like it," Kate stated.
"Where are the kids?"
"Patricia is at a friends house, the rest of the munchkins are sleeping. It was long ride."
"And your mother?"
Kate turned back to the stove and stirred whatever was in the pot. "She's better. It was just a really bad case of the flu." She glanced at him. "How was work?"
Elliot shrugged. "I caught a kid trying to jump off a bridge last night."
"Oh my god is he all right?"
"She and it's a long story."
Kate smiled and it made Elliot's heart lift. "Well how about you tell me over some chicken noodle soup."
He smiled back at her. "Sounds like a plan."
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