Benson went back into the interrogation room and kept up her shield as best she could. He answered all her questions, and from every point of view he seemed innocent. Benson left the room, and the man continued to sit and wait.
"What do you think?" she asked Huang. Huang took in a deep breath and watched the man.
"I say let him go. But, keep him on your list of suspects" Huang turned to Benson. She nodded and went back into the room.
"I'm sorry we had to keep you here so long, you're free to go" she told him as he nodded.
"Thank you for your time" he told her as he walked out of the room. After Cragen walked him out of the station, Benson came out of the room. She was tired and just wanted to go home and sleep. She went to her desk to get her things.
"You did a good job" she heard Stabler say. She turned to see him sitting at his desk. He looked up at her, a little wary. She tilted her head and then shook it.
"Yeah, right." She turned back and left. A couple days passed, and Benson was back at work, rested. The few days break was nice. She ran into Stabler as they both walked into the station.
"I wanted to talk to you" she told him as they continued to walk.
"Ok" he said. They were a little uncomfortable with each other.
"I wanted to say sorry for yelling at you. I was really tired. I'm sorry" she told him as she stopped and he turned toward her.
"I'm not very good at telling people that I'm here for them. But, I am here. Especially for you. Even if I don't ask how you're doing, I think about you. Don't think that I don't." he told her. She nodded and started to smile when Cragen walked up.
"You two! Get out here!" he shouted as Benson and Stabler turned frowning. There was two couples yelling at each other and the men started shoving each other around. Stabler broke in quickly, before any one really got hurt.
"Come on!" he shouted and pulled one of the men into an interrogation room. Cragen and Munch took the other guy to another one, Benson showed one of the wives another room, and Fin did the same for the other wife.
"What's going on?" Benson asked the woman.
"Those people's son raped our daughter!" she shouted. Benson was surprised.
"When did this happen?" she asked.
"Yesterday. Our daughter told us this morning and we told them what their son did. They didn't believe us, and so we told them we were going to the police- and they said no they were." The woman shook her head.
"Where's your daughter?" Benson asked.
"She's at school" the woman told Benson.
"Well, why don't you wait here, and I'll be back soon" she told the woman and left. All the detectives met in the main room and told the sides of the stories they had heard.
"OK, Fin and Munch go check out the boy. Benson tell the woman to go get her daughter and bring her here. And Stabler, get all the details from the father" Cragen told them all and they went their separate ways. Benson told the woman she was free to go and to go get her daughter and bring her back to the station. She escorted the woman outside, just in case, and watched her drive off. Stabler had the man tell, and write every thing that happened, and Fin and Munch were on their way to the boy's dorm.
Benson and Stabler were sitting in the main room with Cragen, thinking the case over when Benson's phone rang.
"Benson… uh huh. What! Oh god… yeah… OK" Benson hung up.
"What's wrong?" Cragen asked and for a split second Stabler felt bad for not asking himself.
"Apparently the woman that was just in here got in a car accident."
"Had she picked up her daughter yet?" Cragen asked.
"…Yeah. They want me to identify the bodies" she told him as she left. Cragen put his head back.
"Wait till we find out for sure, before you tell the husband" Cragen told Stabler as he went to his office. Stabler took in a deep breath- how was he going to tell the man his wife and daughter were both dead?
