Disclaimer: I know I've already told you this people, so why do I keep saying it? Oh yeah, so my ass won't get sued. Gotcha. I do not own Law and Order: SVU. It belongs to Dick Wolf. Happy? Now read.
Now, on with the show.
He never came back. He went to check on a lead and he never came back. We thought there was traffic or something holding him up, not some high junkie. The worst fear any of us have is being killed on the job. Going out to arrest someone, or just question them, and not coming back, or even coming back in bandages. No cop wants that to happen, but if we don't put our necks out there, who will?
He stuck his neck out farther than most of us. He knew how to get someone to talk, whether it be perp or victim or someone in between. He was always at work before anyone else and usually left last. When Captain told me, I felt my chest tighten at the thought of a partner, a friend dying. I know its selfish, but all I could think was, thank god it wasn't me. Thank god it wasn't Olivia.
This is the second time in two weeks that I'm coming here, to this city of angels. I know he'll be fine here, among the dead, though I wish he hadn't died so soon. If only he had just taken someone with him. If only he had sent someone else. If only he had waited another day. If only...if only....