Consequences

Chapter 5

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A/N: I hope that ya'll like this chapter.

Casey was staring at the ceiling of her hospital room when she heard the door open. She turned her head to see a young woman with straight shoulder length dark hair and shining blue eyes.

"Ms. Novak?" the young woman asked.

"Call me Casey," Casey told her in a warm voice. She couldn't quite put her finger on it but there was something about this woman that she instantly liked and trusted.

"I'm Dr. Foster," the woman said extending her hand to shake Casey's "but you can call me Lesley. I'm an OBGYN."

"Nice to meet you," Casey said smiling.

Lesley took a seat in the chair that Dr. Monahan had been sitting in earlier. She took Casey's chart and looked through it. Scratching her head she contemplated the information in front of her.

"What exactly did Dr. Monahan tell you about your condition?" she finally asked in a concerned tone that made Casey feel a bit uneasy.

"He told me that I had a stress induced miscarriage but that they stopped it and that if I wanted to keep the baby that I would have to stay in the hospital," Casey answered honestly.

Lesley shook her head worriedly "He didn't give you more information about what exactly happened to you?"

"No," Casey answered, growing more concerned by the second "What is it? What's wrong?"

Lesley put a hand on Casey's shoulder "It's a condition called preeclampsia. Its very serious."

Casey's stomach did a somersault. She had heard of preeclampsia before but she had know idea that she had it this time. Dr. Monahan had given her no reason to even suspect it when she spoke to him. She assumed that this was the reason that Lesley was talking to her right now instead of Dr. Monahan.

"There are varying degrees of severity with preeclapsia," Lesley continued "Yours is pretty bad."

Casey immediately rolled over onto her left side. She remembered that this was the best way to ensure that the baby would receive a sufficient blood supply.

Lesley patted Casey's shoulder "It'll be ok Casey. I promise that we'll do everything we can to ensure that you deliver a healthy baby."

Casey smiled weekly at Lesley "Can I be alone for a minute?" she asked softly.

"Just a second," Lesley told her as she wrapped a blood pressure cuff around Casey's right arm "This cuff will check your blood pressure every ten minutes, OK?"

Casey nodded. She remembered about having to monitor the blood pressure in cases of preeclampsia also.

Lesley left Casey alone and headed to her office. She sat down at her desk and picked up a file that had recently been delivered. It was Casey Novak's medical history. As Lesley flipped through it she paused, she pulled out the particular report that had caught her eye and her heart instantly broke for the woman.

In her room, Casey stared out the window that was visible from her position on her left side. She remembered all those years ago and tears sprang to her eyes.

She remembered the doctors words that day 'There are several things that can cause preeclampsia. We can treat it but the treatment isn't always 100 effective. This is not your fault Casey' but as Casey lay there in her hospital bed she couldn't help thinking that it was.

Olivia stood with Elliot, Fin and the Captain outside an interrogation room.

"Why did major case get involved in this?" Fin muttered.

"Pressure from the brass," Cragen answered "A cop is accused of a crime and they want to make sure that its handled properly."

"But we've dealt with dirty cops before," Elliot protested, not for a moment finding it possible for John to be one.

"He's one of ours," Cragen answered again in the same flat tone that belied his true feelings "We can't handle the interrogation. We're lucky that we're aloud to observe."

"What about IAB?" Olivia asked. When all present turned and looked at her as if she was from Mars, she added "This is their thing, write?"

Cragen opened his mouth but before he could respond an all to familiar voice cut in.

"We're over seeing Major Case's progress in this matter."

Everyone present turned to see the all too familiar sight of Sergeant Tucker who had a smug look on his face.

"It was only a matter of time," Tucker mused to himself.

"Care to elaborate?" Olivia asked, stepping closer to the IAB officer.

"Not really," Tucker spoke down to her as if he were reprimanding a small child "but since you asked. I knew it was only a matter of time before someone in this department screwed up," he looked pointedly at Elliot and Olivia to emphasize his next point "and this time there's nothing you can do to cover your asses."

Olivia was just about to put Sergeant Tucker in his place when her cell phone rang. She turned away to answer it.

"Benson… Oh hi… Ok I'll be write there." She hung up and turned to Cragen "Sorry Captain something came up. I have to go. I'll be back in an hour."

Cragen nodded and Olivia walked away, stopping at her desk to grab her coat from the back of her chair.

"Hey!" Elliot called after her as he caught up with her "What's going on?"

"I just need some fresh air," she lied.

Elliot didn't buy it "Fresh air in this city C'mon Liv spill."

She turned to him "Ok but you can't tell anyone."

Elliot gave her a quizzical look "Are we in junior high again?" he asked sarcastically.

She gave him a light punch in the arm "Shut up and listen. Its important that I can trust you to keep this secret."

Elliot took both of her hands in his and looked at her seriously "Olivia," he began "you know you can trust me. I promise I won't tell anyone if you don't want me too."

"Its not about what I want," she began, finding it hard to meet his gaze. She found it hard to explain away the shiver that went up her spine when her held her hand "It's about what Casey wants."

Shock was evident on Elliot's face. He was speechless for a moment "What's wrong with Casey?" he asked. He hadn't heard anything other than that she wasn't dead.

Olivia blurted out the truth "She's pregnant with John's baby and John doesn't know and she's got complications and she just called me and she wants me to come to the hospital and she sounded really upset and I don't know what to do," she wiped the forming tears from her face.

Elliot brought her into a hug "Its ok Liv," he comforted "John will be proven innocent. It'll all work out," although Elliot himself wasn't all that sure. He knew that John was innocent of course but the DA's office was under a lot of pressure to get him convicted.

Olivia separated from his embrace "I'd better get to the hospital," she made a move towards the door.

"I'll come with you," Elliot said, grabbing his coat and following her out of the precinct.

TBC

A/N: I guess it was inevitable. I can't get away from EO. Please R&R and I'll make sure I don't go so long without posting chapters for this story.