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Elliot and Olivia walked into Lexy's hospital room. The young girl was sitting up watching the TV that hung on the other side of her room. She briefly glanced at them before going back to the TV.
"What do you want?"
"Nice to see you to," Elliot said.
"Lexy we want to ask you a few more questions," Olivia told her.
She sighed and turned off the TV. "What now?"
"I hate to have to ask you this," Elliot said walking to her bedside.
"Then don't."
"Lexy I have to."
She crossed her arms over her chest. "What?"
Olivia stepped forward. "Did your mother ever abuse you?"
Lexy's eyes went wide. Then she laughed and shook he head. "I knew it! Nice trick Elliot."
Elliot put his hands in his pockets, glanced at Olivia and turned back to the girl in the bed. "Excuse me?"
"I knew she didn't come here on her own. She denied it, but I knew you sent her!"
"Kathy came here on her own. I had nothing to do with that."
"Neither one of you care about me! No one does!"
Elliot felt sorrow well up inside him. "That's not true. My wife cares about you very much and so do I!"
"No, you just care to put Cale away!"
Elliot turned to Olivia. "Liv do you mind?"
She smiled. "I'll be waiting outside."
Elliot pulled up a chair up and sat down. "Lexy listen to me. I care about you very much." He couldn't help but realize that her eyes were welling up with tears. "I am beyond disgusted at what happened to you."
"Yeah you're probably disgusted with me to," Her voice was shaking. "I'm nothing but a skeezy whore right?"
Elliot shook his head. "Sweetheart no, what happened to you was not your fault!"
Lexy started shaking. "Yes it was! If I had been a better daughter, if I had been worth something than."
"Than what?"
She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "Nothing, forget I said anything."
"Lexy I can't help you if you don't tell me the truth."
"I told you the truth!" She snapped. "My mother never abused me, not ever!"
Elliot nodded. "Than who did?"
"Please Elliot just let it go. Let Cale go for all I care, just put me in a foster home and be done with it. He'll kill me when he's out anyways. At least I'll be out of my misery."
"Is that what you want? To die?"
The first of many uncried tears slid down her face. "I have nothing to live for. No family, no one who cares."
Elliot was becoming angry. "Have you not listened to a word I've said?" She turned her face away, but Elliot gently made her look at him. "I care about you and so does Kathy."
"I'm not worth caring about. I'm a disappointment that no one could ever be proud of."
Elliot raised an eyebrow. "Somehow I don't think you came up with that on your own."
"Think what you want, it doesn't matter."
"Your mattern more than you think," He assured her. His cell phone rang. "I'll be right back," He got up and walked by the door. "Stabler."
Lexy watched as Elliot was on the phone. Why was he being so nice to her? She wasn't worth it. She had learned that a long time ago. When she was just a child it had been imbedded in her head. It only got worse as she got older.
Elliot hung up his phone and walked back over to her. "I have to go for now, but I'll be back and we're going to talk about this some more."
"Whatever."
"You are worth it Lexy. I know it. You just need to believe it." With that said he walked into the hallway.
Olivia was leaning against the wall across from the door. "Did you get anything?"
"I got a call saying the warrant came through to search Walkers apartment."
The two started walking towards the elevators. "What about with Lexy?"
"Kathy was right. Someone she cared about hurt her, but she won't say who."
"Do you think it was her mother?" Olivia asked as they got into the elevator.
Elliot shrugged. "When I asked her about it she became real defensive."
"Too defensive?"
"Just a little."
"So is it possible that what Cale says is true? Maybe she did do this all on her own to get away from the abuse of her mother."
They began walking towards the exit.
"I don't think so, but it if Cale tells the defense about the abuse it could be enough for reasonable doubt."
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Finn and Munch were already at the scene when Stabler and Benson arrived.
"What'd you find?" Olivia asked Finn.
"Marijuana, porn, but nothing that really helps the case."
"Great," Elliot said. "This is just looking better and better."
He grabbed a pair of rubber gloves and walked into the bedroom. Munch was sifting through the closet.
"Hey Elliot," He said without looking over.
"Hey John, no luck?"
"Not yet," he pulled a box off the top shelf. "But maybe our luck just changed."
He showed the box to Elliot. It was full of unlabeled video tapes.
"That could be home movies."
Munch walked over to the VCR. "Somehow I don't think that Cale Walker is one to video tape a birthday party." He put the tape in and pressed play.
Olivia and Finn walked inside just in time for the main feature.
~Lexy was sitting on the bed in a bra and panties. Her hair was tangled and tattered around her face.
"Look up," A feminine voice said.
Lexy did as she was told. Her face was a multitude of colors from various cuts and bruises. Tears welled in her eyes but remained uncried.
"That's good."
A very naked Cale walked onto the video. Lexy looked up with fearful eyes. Cale sat down next to her and began playing with her bra strap.
"Don't worry Lexy," He said. "This is going to be fun."
He pulled her bra strap down. She tried to run, but Cale grabbed her around the waist.
"Momma don't let him do this!" She cried as she struggled with him.
"Just relax Lexy," The womans voice said as she walked onto the screen. She had the same features as Lexy, same color eyes, but her hair was blonde. She had a syringe in her hand and grabbed Lexy's arm, stabbing her with the needle as she did.
"NO!"
"It's all right baby," She said pushing her hair from her face. "You're gonna enjoy this."
Lexy struggled a bit more until the drugs took effect. Then, although she was still conscious, she fell limp and Cale easily picked up her frail figure and put her on the bed.
"No," Lexy whispered groggily.
Lexy's mother walked back around the camera and began filming Cale as he very roughly raped Lexy. ~
Elliot walked over and turned off the tape. He suddenly felt very sick. "How many tapes are there?" He asked Munch.
John looked down at the box. "Five more."
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Elliot and Olivia walked into Lexy's hospital room. The young girl was sitting up watching the TV that hung on the other side of her room. She briefly glanced at them before going back to the TV.
"What do you want?"
"Nice to see you to," Elliot said.
"Lexy we want to ask you a few more questions," Olivia told her.
She sighed and turned off the TV. "What now?"
"I hate to have to ask you this," Elliot said walking to her bedside.
"Then don't."
"Lexy I have to."
She crossed her arms over her chest. "What?"
Olivia stepped forward. "Did your mother ever abuse you?"
Lexy's eyes went wide. Then she laughed and shook he head. "I knew it! Nice trick Elliot."
Elliot put his hands in his pockets, glanced at Olivia and turned back to the girl in the bed. "Excuse me?"
"I knew she didn't come here on her own. She denied it, but I knew you sent her!"
"Kathy came here on her own. I had nothing to do with that."
"Neither one of you care about me! No one does!"
Elliot felt sorrow well up inside him. "That's not true. My wife cares about you very much and so do I!"
"No, you just care to put Cale away!"
Elliot turned to Olivia. "Liv do you mind?"
She smiled. "I'll be waiting outside."
Elliot pulled up a chair up and sat down. "Lexy listen to me. I care about you very much." He couldn't help but realize that her eyes were welling up with tears. "I am beyond disgusted at what happened to you."
"Yeah you're probably disgusted with me to," Her voice was shaking. "I'm nothing but a skeezy whore right?"
Elliot shook his head. "Sweetheart no, what happened to you was not your fault!"
Lexy started shaking. "Yes it was! If I had been a better daughter, if I had been worth something than."
"Than what?"
She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "Nothing, forget I said anything."
"Lexy I can't help you if you don't tell me the truth."
"I told you the truth!" She snapped. "My mother never abused me, not ever!"
Elliot nodded. "Than who did?"
"Please Elliot just let it go. Let Cale go for all I care, just put me in a foster home and be done with it. He'll kill me when he's out anyways. At least I'll be out of my misery."
"Is that what you want? To die?"
The first of many uncried tears slid down her face. "I have nothing to live for. No family, no one who cares."
Elliot was becoming angry. "Have you not listened to a word I've said?" She turned her face away, but Elliot gently made her look at him. "I care about you and so does Kathy."
"I'm not worth caring about. I'm a disappointment that no one could ever be proud of."
Elliot raised an eyebrow. "Somehow I don't think you came up with that on your own."
"Think what you want, it doesn't matter."
"Your mattern more than you think," He assured her. His cell phone rang. "I'll be right back," He got up and walked by the door. "Stabler."
Lexy watched as Elliot was on the phone. Why was he being so nice to her? She wasn't worth it. She had learned that a long time ago. When she was just a child it had been imbedded in her head. It only got worse as she got older.
Elliot hung up his phone and walked back over to her. "I have to go for now, but I'll be back and we're going to talk about this some more."
"Whatever."
"You are worth it Lexy. I know it. You just need to believe it." With that said he walked into the hallway.
Olivia was leaning against the wall across from the door. "Did you get anything?"
"I got a call saying the warrant came through to search Walkers apartment."
The two started walking towards the elevators. "What about with Lexy?"
"Kathy was right. Someone she cared about hurt her, but she won't say who."
"Do you think it was her mother?" Olivia asked as they got into the elevator.
Elliot shrugged. "When I asked her about it she became real defensive."
"Too defensive?"
"Just a little."
"So is it possible that what Cale says is true? Maybe she did do this all on her own to get away from the abuse of her mother."
They began walking towards the exit.
"I don't think so, but it if Cale tells the defense about the abuse it could be enough for reasonable doubt."
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Finn and Munch were already at the scene when Stabler and Benson arrived.
"What'd you find?" Olivia asked Finn.
"Marijuana, porn, but nothing that really helps the case."
"Great," Elliot said. "This is just looking better and better."
He grabbed a pair of rubber gloves and walked into the bedroom. Munch was sifting through the closet.
"Hey Elliot," He said without looking over.
"Hey John, no luck?"
"Not yet," he pulled a box off the top shelf. "But maybe our luck just changed."
He showed the box to Elliot. It was full of unlabeled video tapes.
"That could be home movies."
Munch walked over to the VCR. "Somehow I don't think that Cale Walker is one to video tape a birthday party." He put the tape in and pressed play.
Olivia and Finn walked inside just in time for the main feature.
~Lexy was sitting on the bed in a bra and panties. Her hair was tangled and tattered around her face.
"Look up," A feminine voice said.
Lexy did as she was told. Her face was a multitude of colors from various cuts and bruises. Tears welled in her eyes but remained uncried.
"That's good."
A very naked Cale walked onto the video. Lexy looked up with fearful eyes. Cale sat down next to her and began playing with her bra strap.
"Don't worry Lexy," He said. "This is going to be fun."
He pulled her bra strap down. She tried to run, but Cale grabbed her around the waist.
"Momma don't let him do this!" She cried as she struggled with him.
"Just relax Lexy," The womans voice said as she walked onto the screen. She had the same features as Lexy, same color eyes, but her hair was blonde. She had a syringe in her hand and grabbed Lexy's arm, stabbing her with the needle as she did.
"NO!"
"It's all right baby," She said pushing her hair from her face. "You're gonna enjoy this."
Lexy struggled a bit more until the drugs took effect. Then, although she was still conscious, she fell limp and Cale easily picked up her frail figure and put her on the bed.
"No," Lexy whispered groggily.
Lexy's mother walked back around the camera and began filming Cale as he very roughly raped Lexy. ~
Elliot walked over and turned off the tape. He suddenly felt very sick. "How many tapes are there?" He asked Munch.
John looked down at the box. "Five more."
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