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Chapter 14
Sara unlocked her apartment door and slowly walked in. Things were still scattered everywhere and furniture was tipped over. She sighed to herself and pulled a small table from the floor so that she could put her purse on it. This was going to take a while.
Things began to look like they did before the break in, not too bad for not being able to use one of her arms because of the sling. Sara looked around the living room with a satisfied sigh and sat down on the sofa. As she looked around the room it began to really sink in that the space had been some how violated. Nothing was broken beyond repair and nothing was missing, still it was as if it was tainted.
Sara had become so wrapped up with her thoughts that she didn't hear the door open and footsteps on the hard wood floors. It wasn't until she heard her name that she knew that someone was actually there.
"Oh John! I'm going to put a bell around your neck if you keep sneaking up on me like that." Sara said, looking up at him from the sofa.
"I did knock, but you didn't answer… are you alright?"
"I'm fine, I was just thinking."
"Anything in particular or just thinking in general?" John asked, sitting down next to her.
"It doesn't feel the same in here anymore…" Sara said distractedly, looking around the room still. "It just seems different somehow."
"That's understandable, you did have a stranger in here going through your things. Do you want to get out of here?"
"Yeah, lets go."
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"Miss Cohen, could you please tell the jury what happened on the night of March 19th?" Casey asked, leaning against the table in the courtroom.
"I arrived home from work around midnight and then tried to go to sleep."
"Tried? Was something keeping you awake?"
"Yes, there was a sound coming from outside so I got out of bed to see what was going on."
"And what was it you saw?"
"I saw my downstairs neighbor Even Kline digging in the vacant lot across the street."
"What did you do after that?"
"I looked at the clock and wondered what he would be doing at 2 in the morning. But then I looked back out the window and noticed that he had started to shovel the dirt back into the ground so I figured that I would go to sleep and think about it tomorrow."
"And what happened the next day?" Casey asked.
"Detectives Benson and Stabler were knocking on my door and asking me questions about what kind of neighbors the Kline's were and when I had last seen Victoria."
"Did you tell the detectives what you saw the night before?"
"Yes, they asked me to come down to the precinct and make a statement."
"And after you made your statement what happened?"
"Detectives Munch and Fin drove me home. We got to my apartment and Detective Munch walked upstairs with me, then I went in."
"What happened when you entered your apartment?"
"I put my purse down on the coffee table and I heard something from behind me. I went to turn around but he grabbed by the wrist before I could."
"By him you mean?"
"Evan Kline, he was already in there waiting for me."
"Did he say anything to you?"
"He asked me if I thought he wouldn't find out and then he told me that I brought this upon myself. Then I told him that he was hurting me and he said that that was the idea."
"Anything else?"
"He said that there was no way he was going to let some woman put him in prison and that he wouldn't even let his wife get away with that. Then he slapped me and I tried to get away but he wouldn't let go of my wrist."
"What happened next?" Casey asked with a tone of compassion.
"He tried to strangle me."
"What stopped him?"
"Detectives Munch and Fin were knocking on the door and eventually kicked it open. Evan let go of me and went out the fire escape outside of my bedroom window."
"Was this the end of your contact with the defendant?"
"No, that same night there was a call from Detective Fin saying that my apartment had been broken into and completely torn apart. Detective Munch and I went over and Evan had left a warning note for me."
"Was this the note he left?" Casey asked, showing Sara the page torn from her journal in a plastic bag.
"Yes."
"He says that he'll be "coming for you soon" did he follow through on this?"
"Yes, when Detective Munch and I were leaving the building when Evan attacked Detective Munch from behind and knocked him unconscious. I was already in the car so Evan got in and he hit me in the back of the head, I passed out and woke up in a basement."
"What happened after that?"
"Evan came down to the basement and got me. When the detectives arrived he pulled me in front of him as a shield and held a gun to my head. He said that he could still get out of the house as long as he had me."
"Were there any guns fired?"
"Yes, Detective Munch and one of the other cops shot Evan and he shot me in the arm before falling to the ground."
"No more questions your honor." Casey said sitting down. Kline's defense attorney stood up and made his way towards Sara.
"Miss Cohen, what is your relationship with Detective Munch?"
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