NOTE: This ending leaves room for a part two. But this is an end to the
Reunion story.
Elliot looked at the man opposite him, Jake Reynolds. A week ago he was convinced that he wanted him dead. But this was much better. He was locked up in Rikers with the big boys. The son of a bitch didn't die when Elliot shot him. He was that lucky. At least that was what he thought Elliot was going to make his life a living hell.
Alex was here with him just to give the illusion that he had a chance. Jake had his lawyer present. This, Elliot knew was going to be good. He offered him a provoking smile. He opened the file on the table.
"Jake Reynolds, brother of Justin Reynolds." This got no reaction from Jake. "Justin Reynolds: date of birth: January 19th 1970. Date of death: October 27th 1999"
"He was twenty nine," Jake informed him.
Elliot looked at him. Obviously he wanted Elliot to feel sorry for his brother.
Elliot continued to read pieces of the file. "Charged with the rape/murder of two women back in 1994. The detective investigating those charges was Elliot Stabler." Elliot closed the file and looked at him.
Jake could feel his blood boiling. "He was innocent, you had no evidence against him. You just needed to make an arrest for the murders so you took him."
Elliot brought his eyebrows together the way he always did. "I bet he wrote you bunch of letters telling you about what I did to him. Am I right."
"Do you know what it's like to loose a younger brother. Do you know what they did to him in here? He told me what the other guys did to him. Every time I read one of his letters. I was basically listening to him getting raped."
Elliot decided to finish the story for him. "So I had to pay for putting your brother through all that. So what do you do, you put someone close to be trough the same thing, someone who depended on me, like your brother depended on you. You decided to hurt my partner."
"I didn't have anything against her she just had to pay the price for your sloppy work like my brother had to."
"Jake, don't say anything," His lawyer informed. He knew this guy's pipe was smoked but he still felt like he should give advice. Alex almost laughed at this.
Elliot reopened the file. "Since what happened I ran some samples down to the ME." Elliot took out two slides and placed it in front of him. "One is your brother's the other is a sample from the seamen found in the victims."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"They Match," stated Elliot simply. "Your brother raped and killed those two women."
Jake looked at it and shook his head. This could not be the truth Justin swore that he didn't do it. "Must have made a mistake."
"DNA is irrefutable Jake," Alex said.
Elliot knew right now Jake wanted to die. This was why he kept him alive, to torture him slowly. He went through all of that for someone who lied to him constantly, a rapist and murderer.
"Enough about your brother let's talk about you huh."
Jake's lawyer sat up straight.
This is where it got good for him. "Let's see shall we. You're being charged with the murder of Ryan Cummings, Clayton Mills and Michael Hays. You've stalked, assaulted and attempted to rape a police officer."
"What are you offering," his lawyer asked.
Alex looked at him and smiled. "We'll make sure his last meal is served with silver utensils and maybe arrange to transfer him to his brother's old cell."
"What no deal?"
"The only deal you could offer that would sound almost tempting is if your client knew the identity of Jack the Ripper."
~*~*~
Olivia spent most of the morning curled up on Elliot's couch covered in blankets. She just wasn't ready to go back to work. She couldn't face the worried looks yet. She spent most of her week thinking about it. Everything that happened kept playing back in slow motion, every second more painful than the last. She could sense that she was going to cry again. She hated to do that. She just wished Elliot would come back so she would have something else to think about.
There was a knock on the door. She knew that wasn't Elliot, it was too soon. She went to the door and hesitated. She just realized she had no idea who it was. She kept the chain lock closed and open the lower half.
It was a Kathy. She closed the door and unhooked the chain. She was not exactly happy to see her but didn't have a choice but to open the door for her. "Hey, Elliot's not here, he's at work." She nodded to indicate that she knew and did something Olivia did not expect. She hugged her. Olivia almost didn't know what to do with it but she caught on eventually.
"It's nice to see you Liv. So you're doing good?"
Olivia nodded. She was still confused about what was going on.
It was only then she saw Maureen walking up the stairs with some bags in hand. "Don't these people know about elevators?"
Kathy laughed at her daughter. "You're young. You should be running up those stairs."
Maureen smiled and looked at Olivia. "Hey Liv."
Olivia knew her face was giving away her confusion.
"Maureen's home on winter break and I had a day off so we came to keep you company."
Maureen walked into the apartment carrying the bags and rest them on the kitchen counter and began to take out some boxes. "Did you have lunch yet?" she asked Olivia.
"No," she said still in shock. She locked the door behind them. Kathy indicated for her to join her nearer to couch.
"Olivia I don't know what got into me that night. I'm so sorry about what I said." Kathy knew that if she didn't tell Olivia off she would have never left Elliot's apartment.
"That's okay," she said softly. She knew what Kathy really meant was that she was sorry what happened to her.
"Olivia I just want you to know that I have no objections if you want to stay here or whatever. I divorced Elliot, I shouldn't even care who he's living with. Besides I think it would be good for the both you. It's not good to live alone."
Olivia nodded. She herself didn't know if she was living with Elliot permanently. She had to admit she didn't want to leave. Most of the nights they spent talking. She would fall asleep in his arms. If she got up in the night he would be there, holding her.
"Anyway, Maureen and I brought you some Chinese and some movies to watch. We'll make it a day for the girls. If Elliot comes back we'll lock him outside."
This thought of that made Olivia smile.
~*~*~
When Elliot pushed opened the door he saw three women on a couch in tears. They were under a cover with tissues. "What's going on here?"
No one heard him come in. They all began to wipe their tears and try to regain their dignity. "Nothing," they said.
Elliot looked at the screen. "Titanic," he said almost laughing. "I should have known." This was ritual of Kathy and Maureen's. They'd watch a sad movie and cry their hearts out. Now they invited Olivia to be part of it.
He looked at them and smiled. He knew that everything would eventually work out.
NOTE: thanks for all the reviews. I'm starting a new fiction. It will be posted in about a week.
Elliot looked at the man opposite him, Jake Reynolds. A week ago he was convinced that he wanted him dead. But this was much better. He was locked up in Rikers with the big boys. The son of a bitch didn't die when Elliot shot him. He was that lucky. At least that was what he thought Elliot was going to make his life a living hell.
Alex was here with him just to give the illusion that he had a chance. Jake had his lawyer present. This, Elliot knew was going to be good. He offered him a provoking smile. He opened the file on the table.
"Jake Reynolds, brother of Justin Reynolds." This got no reaction from Jake. "Justin Reynolds: date of birth: January 19th 1970. Date of death: October 27th 1999"
"He was twenty nine," Jake informed him.
Elliot looked at him. Obviously he wanted Elliot to feel sorry for his brother.
Elliot continued to read pieces of the file. "Charged with the rape/murder of two women back in 1994. The detective investigating those charges was Elliot Stabler." Elliot closed the file and looked at him.
Jake could feel his blood boiling. "He was innocent, you had no evidence against him. You just needed to make an arrest for the murders so you took him."
Elliot brought his eyebrows together the way he always did. "I bet he wrote you bunch of letters telling you about what I did to him. Am I right."
"Do you know what it's like to loose a younger brother. Do you know what they did to him in here? He told me what the other guys did to him. Every time I read one of his letters. I was basically listening to him getting raped."
Elliot decided to finish the story for him. "So I had to pay for putting your brother through all that. So what do you do, you put someone close to be trough the same thing, someone who depended on me, like your brother depended on you. You decided to hurt my partner."
"I didn't have anything against her she just had to pay the price for your sloppy work like my brother had to."
"Jake, don't say anything," His lawyer informed. He knew this guy's pipe was smoked but he still felt like he should give advice. Alex almost laughed at this.
Elliot reopened the file. "Since what happened I ran some samples down to the ME." Elliot took out two slides and placed it in front of him. "One is your brother's the other is a sample from the seamen found in the victims."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"They Match," stated Elliot simply. "Your brother raped and killed those two women."
Jake looked at it and shook his head. This could not be the truth Justin swore that he didn't do it. "Must have made a mistake."
"DNA is irrefutable Jake," Alex said.
Elliot knew right now Jake wanted to die. This was why he kept him alive, to torture him slowly. He went through all of that for someone who lied to him constantly, a rapist and murderer.
"Enough about your brother let's talk about you huh."
Jake's lawyer sat up straight.
This is where it got good for him. "Let's see shall we. You're being charged with the murder of Ryan Cummings, Clayton Mills and Michael Hays. You've stalked, assaulted and attempted to rape a police officer."
"What are you offering," his lawyer asked.
Alex looked at him and smiled. "We'll make sure his last meal is served with silver utensils and maybe arrange to transfer him to his brother's old cell."
"What no deal?"
"The only deal you could offer that would sound almost tempting is if your client knew the identity of Jack the Ripper."
~*~*~
Olivia spent most of the morning curled up on Elliot's couch covered in blankets. She just wasn't ready to go back to work. She couldn't face the worried looks yet. She spent most of her week thinking about it. Everything that happened kept playing back in slow motion, every second more painful than the last. She could sense that she was going to cry again. She hated to do that. She just wished Elliot would come back so she would have something else to think about.
There was a knock on the door. She knew that wasn't Elliot, it was too soon. She went to the door and hesitated. She just realized she had no idea who it was. She kept the chain lock closed and open the lower half.
It was a Kathy. She closed the door and unhooked the chain. She was not exactly happy to see her but didn't have a choice but to open the door for her. "Hey, Elliot's not here, he's at work." She nodded to indicate that she knew and did something Olivia did not expect. She hugged her. Olivia almost didn't know what to do with it but she caught on eventually.
"It's nice to see you Liv. So you're doing good?"
Olivia nodded. She was still confused about what was going on.
It was only then she saw Maureen walking up the stairs with some bags in hand. "Don't these people know about elevators?"
Kathy laughed at her daughter. "You're young. You should be running up those stairs."
Maureen smiled and looked at Olivia. "Hey Liv."
Olivia knew her face was giving away her confusion.
"Maureen's home on winter break and I had a day off so we came to keep you company."
Maureen walked into the apartment carrying the bags and rest them on the kitchen counter and began to take out some boxes. "Did you have lunch yet?" she asked Olivia.
"No," she said still in shock. She locked the door behind them. Kathy indicated for her to join her nearer to couch.
"Olivia I don't know what got into me that night. I'm so sorry about what I said." Kathy knew that if she didn't tell Olivia off she would have never left Elliot's apartment.
"That's okay," she said softly. She knew what Kathy really meant was that she was sorry what happened to her.
"Olivia I just want you to know that I have no objections if you want to stay here or whatever. I divorced Elliot, I shouldn't even care who he's living with. Besides I think it would be good for the both you. It's not good to live alone."
Olivia nodded. She herself didn't know if she was living with Elliot permanently. She had to admit she didn't want to leave. Most of the nights they spent talking. She would fall asleep in his arms. If she got up in the night he would be there, holding her.
"Anyway, Maureen and I brought you some Chinese and some movies to watch. We'll make it a day for the girls. If Elliot comes back we'll lock him outside."
This thought of that made Olivia smile.
~*~*~
When Elliot pushed opened the door he saw three women on a couch in tears. They were under a cover with tissues. "What's going on here?"
No one heard him come in. They all began to wipe their tears and try to regain their dignity. "Nothing," they said.
Elliot looked at the screen. "Titanic," he said almost laughing. "I should have known." This was ritual of Kathy and Maureen's. They'd watch a sad movie and cry their hearts out. Now they invited Olivia to be part of it.
He looked at them and smiled. He knew that everything would eventually work out.
NOTE: thanks for all the reviews. I'm starting a new fiction. It will be posted in about a week.