Larkman Residence

1674 East 67th street

Apartment 4

Mrs. Larkman sat on her couch twisting a dish rag in her hands thinking of nothing but getting her little girl back. She looked tired and ragged. Too old for her years. Her brown hair was a mess as it hung past her shoulders. Her green eyes were bloodshot from crying so much. Elliot and Fin stood in front of her, remaining quiet at the moment as she talked about her daughter.

"Lisa is such a good girl. She was so sweet. I can't imagine anyone who would want to hurt her."

"Mrs. Larkman, what did Lisa do after school the day she was taken?"

"She wanted to sell some cookies, for her troop. I sent her brother to go with her."

Elliot was confused. "Did he see the man who took Lisa?"

Mrs. Larkman shook her head. "No he, uh, he was flirting with some little tramp across the street. I guess Lisa grew restless and went to sell more cookies. Samuel didn't turn around again until he heard Lisa scream." Mrs. Larkman started crying again. She put her head in her hands. Elliot wanted to reach out and confront her but he knew he couldn't. He had to stay strong.

After a few moments Mrs. Larkman looked up. "I'm sorry is there anything else you want to know?" she asked, sniffling.

"We'll need to talk to Samuel," Fin said quietly. Mrs. Larkman nodded.

"He's in his bedroom. Down the hall." The detectives nodded before heading off to find Samuel. When they reached his room, Elliot nodded. A few moments later an attractive young brunette boy opened the door.

"Hi, Samuel?" Samuel nodded. "I'm Detective Stabler this is Detective Tutuola, do you mind if we talk to you for a minute?" Samuel nodded again, stepped aside and Elliot and Fin walked into his room.

"This is about Lisa isn't it?" Samuel asked.

"Yeah, Sam can you tell us anything about the day that she was taken? Did you see the man who took her."

"No," he said, his voice shaky. "All I saw was Lisa being pulled into the house. I'm sorry. I wish I could help. Really, I would."

"Do you know anyone who might want to hurt Lisa?" Fin asked. Samuel looked at him confused.

"Why would anyone want to hurt Lisa? She was eight years old!" Samuel looked from Elliot to Fin.

"Well what about someone else?" Elliot asked. "Do you know anyone who might want to hurt you? Or your mother?"

"My dad." Fin and Elliot looked at each other, then looked back at Samuel. "He's still pissed at mom after the divorce. But I can't see why he would hurt Lisa. She didn't do anything. My dad may be a prick but he loved Lisa."

"Where's your dad live?"

"Jamestown. So see, it couldn't be him."

"Did he come back after he heard Lisa was missing?" Fin asked.

"He's on his way now. We called him this morning. He freaked out. He blamed mom for the whole thing." he chuckled lightly, though there was nothing funny in his voice. "Then she blamed me."

"I'm sorry." Elliot said quietly.

"Yeah don't be. Is that all?" Samuel put his hands in the back pockets of his jeans. Elliot nodded.

"Yeah, hey listen, if there's anything else you remember, give me a call," he handed Samuel a card.

"I will. Bye." Fin and Elliot walked out.

"He didn't seem too upset, Fin said outside the apartment.

"You don't think it could have been him do you?"

"Why not?"

"He's got an alibi."

"Yeah, how convenient. He was standing right there and didn't see anything."

"We won't rule him out but I just don't think it was him."

"I wonder if Liv had any better luck."

Olivia and Cameron stood listening to Lisa's teacher as she paced around her classroom. "Lisa was such a good student. All A's, she was such a sweetheart."

"Ok, Miss Haroquay we're going to need to talk to all of Lisa's friends," Olivia said.

"Oh Lisa's very popular. She had quite a few friends. They're outside for recess. I can bring out there. Oh and there's Nikki."

"Nikki?" Cameron asked.

"Nikki's in Kindergarten. Lisa was apart of a program. They play the younger students, read to them, teach them the alphabet. Lisa was paired up with Nikki. That little girl loved Lisa."

"Is Nikki also at recess?"

"No, the Kindergartners are not allowed at recess."

"Why's that?" Olivia asked.

"They're too young. They're recess is in the classroom. You'll find her there."

"Ok, and what's Nikki's full name?"

"Anika." Cameron looked a little shocked.

"Thank-you," she said. She and Olivia left. "I'll talk to the younger one." She said walking towards the Kindergarten classroom.

"I'll go with you."

"No, really. I can handle it." Olivia stopped walking.

"Look, Cameron," Cameron stopped. "I don't know how you can handle a five year old. I want to see for myself." They paused.

"Ok." They started walking again. When they reached the classroom, Cameron took a deep breath before stepping over the threshold. The teacher looked up from her desk.

"Miss Holiday, I wasn't expecting you today."

"Hi Miss Tori, is Nikki here?" A little brunette girl holding a teddy bear looked up from her game. She ran towards the two female detectives.

"Mommy!" she squealed jumping into Cameron's arms.

"Hi sweety!"

Hey! That was the second actual chapter. I did mention that the first chapter was the prologue right? I still have to change that to make sure it says 'Prologue' and not 'chapter 1'. Enjoy! R&R!