Jaden was so thankful to leave the hospital! The best thing was that she wasn't returning home. During the drive to the Stabler's home, Jamie fell asleep in the back of the car. Inside the safety of the house, Kathy Stabler was just finishing up making the bed for their guests on the pull out sofa. Just as she placed the last pillow in place, she could hear her husband pull into the driveway. As they all shuffled in, she noticed that Jaden looked like she was in less pain, but it was still written on her face. It was obvious that she had one hell of a night- Kathy knew what Elliot's job entailed. Coming in last was Kathleen and Elliot, who carried Jamie in and laid her on the freshly made bed.
"I really want to thank you guys. You didn't have to do what you did." Jaden was so grateful to Kathleen and her parents. Kathy shook her head.
"You don't have to thank us, honey. We'd do anything for a friend." Kathy gave her a light hug, which Jaden appreciatively took.
"It's been a long night, why don't we all talk in the morning." Elliot offered. That was something no one in his or her right mind would refuse. Elliot and Kathy left the living room for their bedroom, leaving the two teenage girls alone.
"You wanna talk about it?" Kathleen asked softly as she joined her friend the sofa bed.
"Honestly, I'm worried about the results from tonight." Jaden confessed. She would have to wait two days before she knew the results of her tests. Kathleen smiled reassuringly.
"I'm sure it'll all be alright, but we're all here for you." Kathleen paused. "You look exhausted. I'll let you get some sleep." getting off the bed, she retreated to her own room.
Jaden lay down beside her sleeping sister. Closing her eyes, she drew in a deep breath and let it out slowly. It wasn't long before she joined her sister and fell asleep.
Slowly, the morning sun snuck upon everyone in New York City. Today would be the calm after the storm, so to speak. The whole Stabler clan awoke before either of the Scott girls. Dickie came barreling down the steps but came to a quick halt when he noticed the two extra bodies.
"Dad, who are they?" he asked, pointing to the two sleeping Scott girls. Elliot sighed.
"Guys, we've gotta talk." Elliot pulled his two twins close to him, sitting one on each leg. "You guys know what I do at work? Well, Kathleen's friend was hurt badly. She and her sister are going to be staying with us for a few days."
"Is she okay?" Elizabeth asked, worried. Elliot smiled at her gentle concern. He nodded.
"Yeah. Why don't you two go get something to eat?" The twins both ran into the kitchen before it started to get too crowded. Quietly, Elliot made his way to where the two house- guests slept soundly.
Jamie was the first to get up. Just as Elliot was about to wake Jaden up, Jamie asked if she could have the honor of doing so. It seemed harmless enough, Elliot figured, and nodded.
Jamie lightly took hold of her sister's should and shook her. After getting no response, she switched to a different technique. Scooting herself down so that her sister's ear was by her face, she readied herself.
"JADEN!" Jaime yelled into her sister's ear. Jaden quickly shot up in bed. Elliot couldn't help but laugh at the two of them "Yay you're up!" Jaime cheered.
"I am now." Jaden grumbled, rubbing her now ringing ear when Jamie wasn't looking. Jaden pulled Jaime down into her lap "Let's get you ready for school."
Getting up from the couch, she found that her muscle ached. She figured that if she moved around it wouldn't hurt her as much. She really didn't care too much for food right now. What she needed was a nice warm shower. Jaden could still smell him on her skin and it made her sick to her stomach. The water felt so good against her skin. Though she passed up on the food, she made damn sure that Jamie got something into her before they left.
"Kath you mind driving the twins?" Elliot asked. Kathy shook her head and turned to her Elizabeth and Dickie.
"Come on you two. Go get ready." ordered their mother. Jaden quickly zipped up Jamie's coat. Once Kathy had left with the twins the remaining children gathered up their belongings and headed out the door. First stop was dropping Jamie off at Ridgeview Elementary. Second stop: Elliot would drop the two older girls off at Glen Oaks High school. Now that this V.W. guy had turned one of his daughter's friends into a victim he wanted to now, more then ever, nail him.
Pulling into the parking lot Elliot killed the ignition, but remained behind the wheel. He took a few deep breaths, almost as if he was preparing himself for the questions that were about to be dropped upon him. He expected that the bullpen would be an utter mad house. Surprisingly, it was anything but. John had his feet up on his desk busily talking away on the phone. Occasionally, he would jot something down. Fin was so busy that he hadn't noticed Elliot come in. His partner Olivia was nowhere to be seen.
"Where's Liv?" he called out, only to be called into Cragen's office where his partner and new ADA stood waiting.
"Close the door behind you." something was up. Good or bad, that was yet to be determined. Casey handed him a fairly thick document. Looking down at it, Elliot was a bit shocked. He really hadn't been expecting this.
"It was the only way. Elliot, I'm sorry that this went over your head, but it's done now."
It was all happening a bit too quickly for his brain to fully process it all. Now that he had the proper documentation, things were going to be better from now on; he was going to make sure of that. Leaving the captains office, Olivia and her partner sat down at their desks. Their captain came out of hiding and joined his best detectives for an update on what they had.
"Munch what did you find out from the auto shop?"
"Just that no one works there that fits our description."
"That's just great." you could hear the frustration in Cragen's voice.
"They did say that they had someone who got transferred six months ago who fits the description."
"That's great John, but there's got to be a couple hundred auto shops." Cragen said. Munch grinned wryly.
"Yes, but I've got it narrowed down to about five." he waved the paper in the air before Cragen took it from him.
"Second thing on the agenda: when is Miss Scott giving us her statement?" Cragen asked, changing the subject. Elliot spoke up.
"I'm picking her and Kathleen up after school. Capt. let me talk to her." After thinking for a moment, Cragen nodded.
"Fine, right now go check out these auto places. Elliot and Olivia, you take the first two. Munch and Fin, you take the other three."
Elliot and Olivia left immediately after receiving their orders. Munch, being who he was, waited to make sure that Elliot was gone before taking a sneak peak at the papers Elliot threw on his desk. They read 'temporary foster care'.
"Huh." he wasn't expecting that.
"Hey, Stabler is going to kick your ass when he finds out you've been snooping around his desk." Fin smacked his partner in the back of the head as he left the bullpen for the car.
Elliot and Olivia's first place was nothing but a bust since the place had burned down in a gas fire three months ago. With a little luck the second place would pan out. The shop was your typical auto shop, complete with the barking dog outside.
"Nice puppy." Olivia said, quietly enough so that only she could hear.
Entering the shop, they saw a man, preassembly into his late thirties, was in the back working on a '87 mustang.
"Can I help you two?" he asked, wiping his hands free of the grease that covered them. As they flashed their badges at him, he knew that it was something serious if the police were involved.
"We're wondering if this man has ever worked for you." Olivia pulled out the sketch of the perp. The man peered closely at the rough drawing.
"That looks like one of my workers." he said. Olivia and Elliot exchanged glances.
"Does this worker have a name?" the man nodded.
"Vincent Whitham. He just got transferred here six months ago." the initials were the same… It was a long shot.
"You got an address for our friends here?" Elliot pulled a note pad out of his jacket pocket.
Moving to the front of the store the worker began to root through his files until he came across Vincent Whitham's contact information.
"What's this all about anyways?" he asked suspiciously.
"We just want to talk to him." Neither detective wanted to take time to explain it all. Elliot gave the man his card.
"If Mr. Whitham decides to come into work today, give us a call." Passing by the dog again on their way out, he began to madly bark is if he had gone insane. Liv was glad to get back in the car. Elliot noticed the relieved look on her face and grinned.
"Not a dog fan?" joked her partner. Olivia frowned.
"I like my dogs sane, thank you."
Fin and Munch returned empty handed, but Stabler and Benson had yet to return. They had an address and Jaden's statement was going to be enough to arrest this guy. Hopefully, when they interrogated him, they would have more to charge him or Jaden's rape and the others. They needed Jaden's statement to strengthen their case. Their captain wanted something more concrete then just a statement and a few positive identifications
Cragen called Casey from his office about having her get an arrest warrant. Now this guy was going to be off the streets for sure.
The door to his apartment had to be made of at least steel. This guy was serious about keeping people out of the apartment. He had at least four locks on his door. The person who answered the door wasn't Vincent Whitham, however, but a young girl.
"Can I help you?" her voice was sweet.
"How old are you sweetheart?" Elliot asked leaning against the doorframe.
"Twenty. Why?" she carefully eyed each detective, practically burning a hole through each of them.
"Is Mr. Whitham home?" Olivia asked as she stepped inside and handed the warrant Casey had brought them only moments before.
"He's in his room, last door on the right." stepping aside, she couldn't begin to fathom why they wanted to arrest him.
Taking their guns out, Elliot and Olivia slowly crept down the hallway.
Coming to a stop, Elliot counted to three before kicking the slightly ajar door open and pointed his gun at Vincent.
"Vincent Whitham, you're under arrest for the rape of Jaden Scott." Elliot pulled him out of bed and cuffed him as he read him his rights. They had their guy- now all they needed was their confession.
A/N: As i post this im also working on typing up the next chapter but sadly i wont be able to put date for a while ive been hit with a 5-10 paged sociology paper. Also if anyone has any ideas on the sequal for my first story please send me an email. Keep those reviews coming i wanna pass my first story. anyways have a good weekend!