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 ElevenDon't own it
TUESDAY MAY 23RD
8AM
Benson and Stabler are sitting at their desks working on their computers.
BENSONWe have picked this case to the bare bones.
STABLERLooks like someone came to see us.
Benson turns her head and sees Alistair quietly standing up front. She heads toward him.
BENSONAlistair are you okay?
Alistair has obviously been crying.
ALISTAIRNo. I'm such a wreck. But I have to tell you one more thing. I didn't want to say anything earlier, but I… can we….
STABLERCome on Alistair let's go talk.
ALISTAIRCan it just be you?
STABLERWhat's the problem with me?
ALISTAIRYou kind of intimidate me sir.
Benson and Alistair are now sitting across from each other holding cups of coffee.
BENSONWhenever you're ready Alistair.
ALISTAIROkay. Umm… after the matinee when I went back to Katie's apartment with her. She told me something that no one else knows. Katie and Anthony wanted to have another child pretty quick, before she started getting into leading dance roles. And they couldn't get pregnant after two years. Before Anthony left for Europe the two of them umm… well they visited a fertility doctor and got samples taken or whatever. The doctor called on Friday and told Katie that Anthony was infertile.
BENSONAre you sure?
ALISTAIRYeah. He's incapable of ever having a child. He's sterile for some reason.
BENSONI have a pretty good idea of why. What did Katie do when she got this news?
ALISTAIRShe was really freaked out. Like you know the rapist and all… So she was going to call her father-in-law, Patrick Brennan.
BENSONWhy call him?
ALISTAIRHe has a friend who did tests before Nicky was born and told them that Anthony was the father. She thought maybe the new doctor was wrong, or something. I mean Nicky looks just like Anthony.
BENSONBut what did Katie think the truth was?
ALISTAIRThe doctor knew they already had one child together, so she ran the test several times. In the back of her mind she knew it was right.
BENSONSo you left Katie's apartment and she was going to call Patrick and tell him that the rapist was the father of Nicky.
Alistair nods.
BENSONWhy didn't you bring this up sooner?
ALISTAIRI knew that Anthony didn't know yet. I didn't want his wife and son to be taken away the same day. Have you caught her killer yet?
BENSONWe have a good candidate for the role in our custody.
An officer transporting Anthony walks behind them. Alistair spots them out of the corner of his eye.
ALISTAIRIs you perp Anthony?
BENSONYes. But that is all I am telling you right now.
Alistair squeezes his eyes shut and clenches his body.
ALISTAIRIt wasn't Anthony. It was me. I killed Katie. Let him go.
BENSONYou what?
ALISTAIRI'm ready to confess.
Cut to Alistair confessing. Olivia has a tape recorder out, and has given Alistair a pencil and paper. Huang and Cragen are watching from the other side of the mirror.
ALISTAIR I am a very good friend of Anthony's. We have been for years. I was so angry when she told me Anthony wasn't the father. I knew it would really hurt him. So I killed her.
BENSONAnd raped her?
ALISTAIRYeah. That was just for fun.
BENSONWhat about your alibi? It all checked out.
ALISTAIRI killed her before I did all that.
With each sentence, Alistair looks closer and closer to crying.
Huang calls Olivia. She steps into the other side of the room.
HUANGAsk him why he cleaned her up, but didn't do her makeup. I don't think he did it.
She steps back into the room.
BENSONAfter you killed her, why did you clean her up?
ALISTAIRI wanted her to look good. I felt bad about what I did.
BENSONWhy clean her up, but not do her makeup?
ALISTAIRI'm confused.
BENSONWhy didn't you do her makeup? It would have made her look even better.
ALISTAIRI just was so freaked out. I just wanted to get out of there.
BENSONWhy are you doing this Alistair?
ALISTAIRI killed her, not Anthony. He has been through enough, I can't let you hold him any longer.
BENSONAli, please tell me the truth.
Alistair is now sobbing and shaking.
ALISTAIRI did it! I did it! Let Anthony go! LET HIM GO!
BENSONNo you didn't.
ALISTAIR I don't want Anthony in jail.
BENSONWhy not?
ALISTAIRI'm in love with him. I always have been and I never told anyone I was gay. I can't lose him. I love him. And I have to be around him.
BENSONAre you confessing so that we will let him go?
ALISTAIRYes.
BENSONBut if you go to jail for him, you won't be around him.
ALISTAIRI don't want to think of him in prison. I'd rather go for him. Just let me go.
Benson and Stabler are back in the lab.
BENSONWarner, is Anthony sterile?
WARNERHow did you know that?
BENSONKatie told Alistair that they visited a fertility doctor, who told them Anthony is sterile. But he doesn't know yet.
WARNERCheck this out. Look at the samples from Nicky and Anthony; they only share a Y chromosome. They both have Klinefelter's, but compared to the sample from the crime scene…
STABLERWe know who passed it on.
BENSONElliot we need to go.