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Olivia and Elliot knocked on the door.
"I'm comin'" A grouchy Cale called to them.
He flung the door open and his eyes narrowed. "What do you two want?"
"Cale Walker," Elliot said holding up a thick blue piece of paper. "We have a warrant for your arrest."
Cale laughed as Elliot stepped behind him to cuff him. "This is a joke right? You have nothing on me."
"Beating your step daughter and forcing her into prostitution is illegal, Mr.Walker." Olivia told him.
Elliot began reading Cale his rights, but Cale wasn't listening.
"I don't beat her! I discipline her! That's all."
"Do you understand these rights as I have read them to you?"
"Yeah I understand all right."
Elliot and Olivia escorted him downstairs where a black and white unit was waiting. They handed him over and walked back to their car.
Olivia was appalled when Elliot told her what Lexy said. She had suspicions of Lexy being raped by Cale, but being pimped out? That was beyond vile.
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An hour later at the precinct Cale was sitting in an interrogation room, with Olivia sitting across from him and Elliot standing in the corner with his arms crossed over his chest.
"Are you sure you don't want a lawyer?" Olivia asked.
"I don't need a lawyer. I haven't done anything wrong."
"You don't think abusing and soliciting your step daughter is wrong?" Elliot asked.
"I only disciplined the kid. Whoring around was her idea."
"So you never forced her into it?"
"I couldn't force that kid to do anything if I tried."
Elliot scoffed. "Somehow I don't believe that."
"Just what are you implying detective?"
Elliot walked over and leaned over the table so that he and Cale were practically face to face. He opened his mouth to say something, but before anything came out the door was opened.
"Say nothing else Mr. Walker."
Elliot pulled back and turned around. The short, stalky appearance of defense attorney Rebecca Balthus was standing there.
"What are you doing here?" Olivia asked.
"I got wind of this case and thought I'd make an appearance."
"He waved his right to an attorney," Elliot told her.
"Probably because he didn't have the money to get a good one," She retorted. "I've decided to go Pro Bono on this one."
"Pro bono?" Olivia asked. "This guy has more money stashed away than you think. He's been soliciting his step daughter for."
"There's no proof of that."
Elliot walked over to her. "You go look at that kid lying in the hospital and tell me there's no proof."
She smiled up at him. "I'd like to confer with my client alone."
Elliot glared at her. He didn't like this woman. He never had. She took the perps and turned them into the victims. It completely disgusted him. He shook his head and walked out, Olivia in tail.
Cragen was waiting for them. "This is going to get messy."
"You don't really think she's going to get him off do you?" Olivia questioned.
"Not if I have anything to say about it." Alex said walking up to them.
"It's her word against his." Cragen told her. "How can you be so sure you'll win."
"The jury is going to be very sympathetic when it comes to beaten and raped child," Alex told them. "It's going to be her word against his unless we can get some of the clients to come forward."
"Sorry I'm late," George Huang said walking up to them. "What did I miss?"
"Just our perp saying that he didn't force Lexy into prostituting."
"Are we sure he did?" Huang asked.
Elliot glared at him. "Lexy said her step father forced her into prostitution, so yeah it's safe to say he did."
"George," Alex intervened before Elliot got mad. "Maybe you could go down to the hospital and do a psych evaluation on Lexy, just to make sure the defense won't find anything there."
Huang nodded. "I can't while she's under the influence. Anything she says could be altered by the drugs."
"She's not on any pain medication or anything else that would make her high," Elliot told him. "She refused everything the nurse offered her."
"Then it shouldn't be a problem."
"Elliot why don't you take him," Cragen said. "Olivia has some paperwork to catch up on anyway."
"Sure thing captain."
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Huang and Stabler walked into Lexy's hospital room. She was hooked on a multiple I.V.'s but sleeping peacefully. Elliot didn't want to disturb that, but had no choice. He knew Alex was right about the evaluation, but in his heart, Elliot knew she was telling the truth.
The two men walked over to the side of the bed.
"Lexy," Elliot said gently. He reached out and put a hand on her shoulder and Lexy's eyes shot open. "It's all right it's just me." He said taking his hand off of her.
Huang watched as Lexy visibly relaxed upon seeing Elliot.
"This is my friend George Huang. He's a psychiatrist."
"Hi Lexy."
Lexy's eyes narrowed. "I don't need a shrink."
"It's just procedure. The department has to send him down here." Elliot smiled. "Don't worry he's friend."
Lexy went to nod, but thought better of it. She was too sore to do much of anything. The nurse had offered her pain medication, but she refused. She didn't want to be under the influence at any time, not while Cale was still out there.
"Fine, do whatever you have to."
"It won't take long," Huang told her.
"I'll be just outside." Elliot said.
"K'." Lexy replied.
Elliot walked and Huang pulled up a chair next to Lexy's bed. He had read her file and been briefed on everything on the way to the hospital so he knew most of what was going on.
"Detective Stabler tells me that your father."
"STEP Father."
Huang nodded. "That your step father made you solicit yourself. Is that true?"
Lexy diverted her gaze and didn't answer.
"I'm sorry I have to ask these questions, but if I'm going to help you, I need you to answer."
"Yes," She whispered, wrapping her arms around herself.
"Do you remember the first time."
Lexy squeezed her eyes shut and tears began sliding down her cheeks. "It was the day the bill came for my mom's funeral."
"What happened?"
She wiped the tears from her face. "He was drunk, as usual." She sniffled. "When he gets drunk he gets..mean."
"Abusive?" Huang asked. He hated putting her through this, but he had to make sure what she said was true.
"Not so much when my mom was alive."
"What about when she died?"
"It got bad for a while, but then he got this idea that I would be better off to him as whore rather than a punching bag."
Seeing how agitated Lexy was becoming George decided to go with another line of questioning.
"How did you feel when your mom died?"
"I don't really remember."
Huang raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"
She sniffled. "Well I remember the cops showing up to my house and I remember saying that my mom was killed in a car crash, but that's where things go black. I don't remember anything between then and three days later when we had her funeral."
"What happened there?"
"I freaked out. I practically tried to rip the casket open."
"Why wasn't it already open."
"She was burned from the waist up."
"I'm sorry," Huang told her. "That must have been rough."
Lexy glared at him. This was a shrink who thought he knew everything and anything there was about her just from the questions she asked.
"Go to hell."
His eyes widened. "Excuse me?"
"You heard me. You have no idea how I feel, so don't act like you do!"
He knew she was getting defensive and angry and that they weren't going to get anywhere if she wasn't willing to talk.
"All right," Huang said nodding. "Do you want me to leave?"
"More than anything."
"Do you want me to tell Elliot to come back in?"
"No, I just want to be left alone."
Huang stood up. "It was nice talking to you Lexy."
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Olivia and Elliot knocked on the door.
"I'm comin'" A grouchy Cale called to them.
He flung the door open and his eyes narrowed. "What do you two want?"
"Cale Walker," Elliot said holding up a thick blue piece of paper. "We have a warrant for your arrest."
Cale laughed as Elliot stepped behind him to cuff him. "This is a joke right? You have nothing on me."
"Beating your step daughter and forcing her into prostitution is illegal, Mr.Walker." Olivia told him.
Elliot began reading Cale his rights, but Cale wasn't listening.
"I don't beat her! I discipline her! That's all."
"Do you understand these rights as I have read them to you?"
"Yeah I understand all right."
Elliot and Olivia escorted him downstairs where a black and white unit was waiting. They handed him over and walked back to their car.
Olivia was appalled when Elliot told her what Lexy said. She had suspicions of Lexy being raped by Cale, but being pimped out? That was beyond vile.
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An hour later at the precinct Cale was sitting in an interrogation room, with Olivia sitting across from him and Elliot standing in the corner with his arms crossed over his chest.
"Are you sure you don't want a lawyer?" Olivia asked.
"I don't need a lawyer. I haven't done anything wrong."
"You don't think abusing and soliciting your step daughter is wrong?" Elliot asked.
"I only disciplined the kid. Whoring around was her idea."
"So you never forced her into it?"
"I couldn't force that kid to do anything if I tried."
Elliot scoffed. "Somehow I don't believe that."
"Just what are you implying detective?"
Elliot walked over and leaned over the table so that he and Cale were practically face to face. He opened his mouth to say something, but before anything came out the door was opened.
"Say nothing else Mr. Walker."
Elliot pulled back and turned around. The short, stalky appearance of defense attorney Rebecca Balthus was standing there.
"What are you doing here?" Olivia asked.
"I got wind of this case and thought I'd make an appearance."
"He waved his right to an attorney," Elliot told her.
"Probably because he didn't have the money to get a good one," She retorted. "I've decided to go Pro Bono on this one."
"Pro bono?" Olivia asked. "This guy has more money stashed away than you think. He's been soliciting his step daughter for."
"There's no proof of that."
Elliot walked over to her. "You go look at that kid lying in the hospital and tell me there's no proof."
She smiled up at him. "I'd like to confer with my client alone."
Elliot glared at her. He didn't like this woman. He never had. She took the perps and turned them into the victims. It completely disgusted him. He shook his head and walked out, Olivia in tail.
Cragen was waiting for them. "This is going to get messy."
"You don't really think she's going to get him off do you?" Olivia questioned.
"Not if I have anything to say about it." Alex said walking up to them.
"It's her word against his." Cragen told her. "How can you be so sure you'll win."
"The jury is going to be very sympathetic when it comes to beaten and raped child," Alex told them. "It's going to be her word against his unless we can get some of the clients to come forward."
"Sorry I'm late," George Huang said walking up to them. "What did I miss?"
"Just our perp saying that he didn't force Lexy into prostituting."
"Are we sure he did?" Huang asked.
Elliot glared at him. "Lexy said her step father forced her into prostitution, so yeah it's safe to say he did."
"George," Alex intervened before Elliot got mad. "Maybe you could go down to the hospital and do a psych evaluation on Lexy, just to make sure the defense won't find anything there."
Huang nodded. "I can't while she's under the influence. Anything she says could be altered by the drugs."
"She's not on any pain medication or anything else that would make her high," Elliot told him. "She refused everything the nurse offered her."
"Then it shouldn't be a problem."
"Elliot why don't you take him," Cragen said. "Olivia has some paperwork to catch up on anyway."
"Sure thing captain."
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Huang and Stabler walked into Lexy's hospital room. She was hooked on a multiple I.V.'s but sleeping peacefully. Elliot didn't want to disturb that, but had no choice. He knew Alex was right about the evaluation, but in his heart, Elliot knew she was telling the truth.
The two men walked over to the side of the bed.
"Lexy," Elliot said gently. He reached out and put a hand on her shoulder and Lexy's eyes shot open. "It's all right it's just me." He said taking his hand off of her.
Huang watched as Lexy visibly relaxed upon seeing Elliot.
"This is my friend George Huang. He's a psychiatrist."
"Hi Lexy."
Lexy's eyes narrowed. "I don't need a shrink."
"It's just procedure. The department has to send him down here." Elliot smiled. "Don't worry he's friend."
Lexy went to nod, but thought better of it. She was too sore to do much of anything. The nurse had offered her pain medication, but she refused. She didn't want to be under the influence at any time, not while Cale was still out there.
"Fine, do whatever you have to."
"It won't take long," Huang told her.
"I'll be just outside." Elliot said.
"K'." Lexy replied.
Elliot walked and Huang pulled up a chair next to Lexy's bed. He had read her file and been briefed on everything on the way to the hospital so he knew most of what was going on.
"Detective Stabler tells me that your father."
"STEP Father."
Huang nodded. "That your step father made you solicit yourself. Is that true?"
Lexy diverted her gaze and didn't answer.
"I'm sorry I have to ask these questions, but if I'm going to help you, I need you to answer."
"Yes," She whispered, wrapping her arms around herself.
"Do you remember the first time."
Lexy squeezed her eyes shut and tears began sliding down her cheeks. "It was the day the bill came for my mom's funeral."
"What happened?"
She wiped the tears from her face. "He was drunk, as usual." She sniffled. "When he gets drunk he gets..mean."
"Abusive?" Huang asked. He hated putting her through this, but he had to make sure what she said was true.
"Not so much when my mom was alive."
"What about when she died?"
"It got bad for a while, but then he got this idea that I would be better off to him as whore rather than a punching bag."
Seeing how agitated Lexy was becoming George decided to go with another line of questioning.
"How did you feel when your mom died?"
"I don't really remember."
Huang raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"
She sniffled. "Well I remember the cops showing up to my house and I remember saying that my mom was killed in a car crash, but that's where things go black. I don't remember anything between then and three days later when we had her funeral."
"What happened there?"
"I freaked out. I practically tried to rip the casket open."
"Why wasn't it already open."
"She was burned from the waist up."
"I'm sorry," Huang told her. "That must have been rough."
Lexy glared at him. This was a shrink who thought he knew everything and anything there was about her just from the questions she asked.
"Go to hell."
His eyes widened. "Excuse me?"
"You heard me. You have no idea how I feel, so don't act like you do!"
He knew she was getting defensive and angry and that they weren't going to get anywhere if she wasn't willing to talk.
"All right," Huang said nodding. "Do you want me to leave?"
"More than anything."
"Do you want me to tell Elliot to come back in?"
"No, I just want to be left alone."
Huang stood up. "It was nice talking to you Lexy."
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