Chapter 5

John stayed with Sara during the ride to the hospital and only left when the doctor had to examine her and take x-rays. Her neck was bruised from where Evan had tried to strangle her and she had a minor wrist fracture from where he grabbed her.

"Detective Munch?" The doctor came out of Sara's examination room and found Munch and Olivia sitting outside the door.

"Is she okay doctor?" He asked standing up quickly.

"Miss Cohen will be fine. She has some slight bruising on her neck and it appears that he fractured her wrist. However we put a brace on it and she has a prescription for some pain medication. Other than that she should be fine in a couple of weeks."

"May we see her doctor?" John asked.

"Go ahead, she's clear to go when ever she's ready."

"Thanks." John said walking into the room followed by Olivia.

"Hey." Sara smiled, she was sitting on the edge of the bed her arm had a brace wrapped securely around wrist.

"How ya feeling?" He asked.

"Well they called my mom since she is my emergency contact, so I spent the last ten minutes trying to convince her that she didn't need to come back here. Other than that I'm great."

"Look, Sara we need to get a statement from you about what happened." Olivia said, sitting down on a stool near the bed.

"Oh… okay. Well John walked me to the door and I went in. I had just put my stuff down on the coffee table in the living room when I heard something from behind me. Before I could turn around though he had grabbed me by the wrist and pulled it behind me…

(Flashback)

"You thought I wouldn't find out?" He said with a brash tone, not caring how hard he was holding her wrist. "You brought this on yourself you know."

"You're… hurting me…" She managed to get out without shedding tears of pain.

"That's the idea Miss Cohen. There's no way that I'm going to let some woman I hardly know put me in prison. I wouldn't even let my wife do that, but you knew that already didn't you? Bet you're regretting that insomnia now."

"Actually you were a little loud while you were digging…"

"Don't get smart with me." He said, turning her around and slapping her hard across the face. Sara struggled and tried to get away from him but his grasp was too tight on her. Suddenly his hands were around her neck trying to squeeze it shut. Things were starting to go black and Sara began to loose feeling in her limbs.

"Sara!" Came from the door along with loud knocking. Evan looked over the door; he let Sara fall to the ground a few seconds before the door was kicked open. He ran through the hallway back into Sara's bedroom, out through the window, and down the fire escape.

(End Flashback)

"Okay, thank you Sara." Olivia said. "We'll find somewhere safe for you to stay until we find Evan. Oh, I'll be right back." She said getting up and walking out into the hall where Elliot was standing.

"Are you sure you're okay?" John asked, taking Olivia's seat.

"I'm fine, a little freaked out, but I'm doing okay."

"Well… you could always stay with me if you want."

"Yeah… I guess that would be okay. Do you think we could stop by my apartment so I could get some clothes and stuff?"

"Sure. Let me just go talk to Benson and Stabler."

"I'm not going anywhere…"

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