Story : Like Father, Like Son
Summary : When a young woman is found dead, detectives race to solve the case, with her young son's DNA as the only solid clue.
Chapter Eight
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103 Central Park West
Apartment of Julia and Patrick Brennan
10:30PM
The detectives are sitting with Julia in the living room. She is clutching a baby monitor in her hand, Stabler smiles at the monitor.
STABLERI spent years holding those monitors in my hands, refusing to let myself hold the kids every second I could.
JULIAHow many do you have?
STABLERFour. My oldest just started high school.
JULIAOh. That's the best time for them. They are free enough to be their own person, and you finally get to see who your baby has grown up to be. It's your only chance before they move out and go to college or get married. You know you can't protect them forever.
STABLERNo matter what the love for them is stronger than anything else in the world. Them and anyone else they bring into your life.
JULIAAnyone so special to your child-
STABLERIs just as special to you.
JULIA She was so special to me. I loved her like a daughter. And her not having a family. She really did think of me as a mother to her. This is like losing one of my own.
STABLERIt's okay if you want to go get Nicky.
JULIAI do.
A moment later she steps back into the room holding the sleeping 3 year old in her arms.
JULIAHe's really tuckered out.
STABLERHe's had a big day.
There is a band-aid on his arm from where they took the blood sample.
JULIADid you get the DNA results back? You don't think Anthony did it do you?
BENSONDo you know your son is a carrier of Klinfelter Syndrome?
JULIAWhat is that?
BENSONIt's a genetic defect passed from father to son. Here we printed out a few facts for you.
Julia is reading through the paper.
JULIAWell yeah. This sounds like my husband too. Reading disorder, but very intelligent, speech delays, sparse facial and body hair, but psychological problems… no I don't know about that.
BENSONJulia, who does Anthony know in Boston?
Julia looks a little shocked.
JULIAIn Boston? Well Blake went to Boston College. They have a lot of friends down there.
STABLERWe have reason to believe that your sons came back early from Europe and for some reason are in Boston.
JULIAWhy that's impossible. Why would they come home early and not come to see us…
Julia trails off and runs a finger over Nicky's face.
STABLERDo you know the names of any of his friends in Boston?
JULIA I'm not sure which ones still live in Boston and…
Benson and Stabler look at each other.