Trying to make things normal for herself, Jaden carried on like it was nothing but a normal day. She walked through the school halls with Kathleen at their school. Making a pit stop at their lockers, Jaden found that there was a single red rose attached to locker door. Neither of the girls had to guess who it came from.
"You like it?" asked a voice from behind them.
That voice belonged to Andy.
"Thank you, it's beautiful." She took a long deep breath, taking in its fragrance.
There was still twenty full minutes before classes would even start, so the two couples walked around the school's halls for a bit- a big mistake on Jaden's part. They made it just past the cafeteria, but no further then the entrance. Jaden's hand was violently torn from Andy's grasp by her father, who quickly spun her around so they were face to face, his eyes full of rage, and Jaden's full of fear.
"You stupid slut, you think you could just run away!" he tightened his grip on her.
"Dad, please don't to this!" she pleaded with him.
"Don't you talk back to me, I'm your father!" he backhanded her; the sound seemed to echo throughout the lobby. Everyone by now who hadn't stopped what he or she was doing when they heard the yelling was now watching what was going on.
The pain shot through Jaden's face, making her eyes water. The principal and a teacher saw what had just gone down, and quickly ushered the four teenagers into the office, away from Jaden's father. Quickly dialing the police, the principal let his four students sit in his office until someone came to pick up Jaden's father.
Elliot and Olivia came back into the precinct, with their modern-day vampire, locking him up in one of the holding cells. Both detectives took a seat and let out a deep breath. At least he wouldn't be able to hurt another person.
"Hey, I thought that vampires burned in the sunlight."
Munch's comment got a chuckle out of everyone who was in earshot. The captain came out of his office with a rather bad expression on his face. It momentarily changed when he saw who was in the cell.
"All four of you are needed."
"Where?" Munch asked. It was rare that all four were needed in one place.
"Glen Oak's high school. There…there's been a disturbance."
Back at the high school, the school's security guard had Mr. Scott placed in hand cuffs. At least that way he couldn't physically hurt anyone. The four detectives arrived in the office to find him struggling against the cuffs.
"Take him down to the station, we'll take care of things here." Olivia said to the officer.
In the principal's office, Jaden and Andy were sitting in the chairs against the wall. Jaden rested her head against Andy's shoulder as she let out a deep sob. Kathleen and Bryan stood back, watching as Andy comforted the broken soul that was his girl friend. There was a knock on the door. The sound of keys could be heard before the door slowly opened.
"Are you guys okay?" asked their principal.
"Yeah, I think we're okay now." Kathleen answered back.
"Jaden, we have to take you down to the station and get your statement now." Olivia gently pressed.
"O-okay."
She felt so numb inside.
Getting up slowly, Andy rose with her. She looked so broken inside. As Jaden walked out of the office and into the school's entrance Andy was right by her side every step of the way. He wasn't going to leave her hanging like that.
"I'll walk you out to the car."
Jaden once again leaned on him for support, and Andy gladly accepted the job.
Elliot and Olivia climbed into the car after opening the door for Jaden. Giving her one last hug, Andy removed his jacket and draped it around her shoulders, and dug into his pocket and pulled out what looked like a little green frog.
"For good luck." he placed the frog in her hand and closed her fingers around it.
Climbing in the back of the car, Jaden still had the numb look on her face and in her eyes. Andy watched as the car drove out of view.
Jaden was silent the whole drive over. She clutched the small green frog in her hand as she blankly stared out the window. Bringing her inside out of the cold and into the station house, you could see that where her father had hit her was beginning to swell rather badly. Munch and Fin had returned earlier, which had given them time to lock Jaden's father up. Careful not to scare her, John walked over to her with a small ice pack. Hopefully it would help keep Jaden's face from swelling up. Placing the cold pack directly onto her skin, she let out a hiss.
"You think you're ready?" Olivia gently asked.
"Yeah." her voice cracked as she spoke.
Taking the interview room that was furthest away from her father and Vincent, Elliot offered her a drink before they started to find out what really happened.
"You might find this hard to talk about, so take your time." Olivia said kindly.
"Can you walk us through what happened Wednesday night?" Elliot asked, in the same manner as his partner spoke.
"I had just gotten home with Jamie, and he was sitting there waiting for me." She explained as she toyed with the frog in one hand, and held the ice pack with the other.
"Was he alone?"
Jaden responded by shaking her head no.
"What happened next?"
"I told Jamie to go upstairs and go play. Then I was taken to the basement where my father left me alone with him." Jaden paused to regain her composure before starting back up again.
"He then pushed me on the bed. I tried to get away from him—but I wasn't--- fast enough--- he was too strong" her voice became more frantic with each passing word.
"You're doing great Jaden." Elliot encouraged her.
"He then—he then injected me with something and he—it – he raped me!"
"Did something stand out?"
"He smelt like car oil." she pulled the jacket tight around herself and set the ice pack down.
"Does your father drink a lot?"
"He's always drinking or drunk. Especially since our mom left." from the tone in her voice you could tell she loved her mother, but missed her more.
"What happened at school today?"
"My father found me. I didn't think that he actually would hit me in front of all those people, but he did." her voice hinted that she had been let down many times before.
"Has he ever hurt or hit Jamie?" Elliot prayed she'd say no, but her father was a scumbag. A violent scumbag.
"He pushed her once or twice, but I got the full grunt of it." she pushed the cup that had been set in front of her around.
"What do you mean?" Olivia leaned in, concerned.
"I tried to stop him. I wasn't going to let him hurt her again, but when I tried to stop him he attacked me."
"I hate to ask…but did he ever hit your mother?" Elliot asked.
By her reaction, it was obvious that he had
"He did, didn't he?"
"Yeah. He turned to me when she left. I wish I could have lived with her. Then none of this would have happened!"
"Did she fight for custody?"
"Yeah, but my dad made it look like she was an unfit parent, so he ended up getting sole custody of the two of us."
"When did the abuse start?" Elliot asked trying not to push too much too soon God I sound like a shrink!
"Shortly after my mom left." she wiped at her tearful eyes, but winced when her hand grazed where her father had hit her.
There was a tap on the glass; their captain calling them both out of the room. Getting up from the table, both detectives gave Jaden a reassuring smile.
"Even though he's my father I hate him." she was truly disgusted.
Closing the door behind them, they found that it wasn't just Cragen who was behind the glass, but Huang, Munch Fin, and Cragen
"Olivia, I want you to go back in alone and talk to her. Men abused her. 'Liv, you have to stress that none of this is her fault." instructed Huang.
Olivia returned to talk to Jaden solo, while everyone stood behind the glass, watching and waiting. Olivia sat across from Jaden, as Jaden laid her hands on the table and placed her chin on her hands.
"Jaden, look at me. What he did to you wasn't your fault. What he did was wrong."
"I had to. I wasn't going to let him hurt Jamie again. I guess he never really loved us, huh?" she sadly concluded.
Olivia was speechless. All she could do was offer comfort.
"Could you tell Mr. Stabler thanks? I don't want to be a burden. He didn't have to take Jamie and me in."
"Believe me, you're not a burden." Olivia reassured the teen.
"Can I talk to you? I mean, really talk?" Jaden asked.
Was it a step closer to what they were hoping for?
"What about?" maybe were getting somewhere with her Olivia thought.
"Jamie. I don't know much about law or anything. I know that I wouldn't be placed in a foster home. But my sister would—I want to adopt her."
It wasn't a surprise to anyone.
"Please, I don't want to lose her, too!" she pleaded.
"I'll talk to our ADA and see what she can do." Olivia said as she got up from the table, left the room, and joined the others.
"So what's the verdict, doc?" Fin casually asked.
"Her father has broken her so far that she really believes that she's no more than a burden. Once she knows that Jamie is safe, I believe it'll be easier on both sides." announced the doc.
"You mean once she's approved." Munch stated.
"Yes."
"Fine, you two go talk to Novak."
Elliot and Olivia left to go talk to Casey, while Munch, Fin and Cragen and Huang were left to watch Jaden.
Casey was found in her office, working hard on their case. She looked rather stressed out at the moment.
"Please say that you've come to take some of this." Casey gestured at the papers and files that cluttered her desk.
"We need another favor. We need to get an adoption done. Now." Elliot said.
"Elliot, you aren't thinking about adopting these two girls, are you?" It wouldn't surprise Casey if he said yes.
"Jaden is eighteen now, and she wants custody of Jamie."
"I'll see what I can do." Casey said, as she picked up the phone- probably the only thing she could find on her desk at the moment.
"That's all we ask."
Both detectives left her to get back to work.
By the time they finished with Jaden, she had looked more than exhausted. The events of the last few days had been really crazy for everyone. Knowing that she would be more comfortable in the crib, Cragen had led her up the stairs. She would sleep there until Elliot and Olivia were done with interrogation.
Almost an hour had past since Elliot and Olivia had returned. Now each set of detectives were occupied interrogating each man, Munch and Fin had Vincent, leaving Mr. Scott for Elliot and Olivia. Elliot was dying to give this guy a piece of his mind.
"So you get off beating your daughters?" he hissed, not wanting to waste a second.
"She had it coming to her. Anyways, she was asking for it."
"You're going to sit there and tell me that she wanted to be abused and raped by strangers? How stupid do you think I am!"
Elliot's anger was building inside of him.
"That bitch does whatever I tell her to. She knows if she doesn't she suffers my consequences."
"That's your daughter you're talking about, your own flesh and blood, what kind of sick freak are you?" Elliot yelled as loudly as he could.
At the same time he slammed his fist down on the table. Olivia jumped a bit; she hadn't expected him to blow up so quickly. Leaning in, he pressed further.
"You're nothing but a low life who pimps his daughter out."
"She's my child! I'll treat her however I want to! If I wanted your opinion I'd ask!"
I'd treat her like a person not a piece of trash… Elliot thought to himself.
"You're in some serious trouble, you know that?" Olivia asked, in the same icy tone as her partner. She hated this man for what he had done to his own child. He was nothing more then an animal.
"I can do what I want. I'm her father, she obeys me!"
"She won't be doing that anymore. You and your friend are going to get to know each other very closely." Elliot prayed for him to give him a reason to smack him upside the head.
"I'm not saying any more. I want my lawyer!" even though Mr. Scott was sober, you could still smell the alcohol on him.
In another room with many of the same features Munch and Fin were talking to Vincent.
"So you feel the need to have sex with a teenager?" Munch coolly asked, eyeing Vincent over the top of his dark glasses.
"What's wrong with a little fun?"
"Fun! You call raping someone fun?" Fin asked angrily.
"She was a sweet girl. She did struggle, though I was stronger." Vincent leaned in closer "It made it more exciting."
Not a bone in his pathetic body cared about what he had done.
"What about the other women?"
"Why detective, what ever are you talking about?" He smiled, showing off his vampire teeth like it made him someone important. He made himself at home by leaning back in his chair.
"Melissa Anderson, Amy Fisher, Allison Callaway, Kerry Brown and Jaden Scott. All victims of yours. Did I fail to mention that we got five positive ID's on you?" Much retorted
"I want my lawyer. I'm not saying another word until I get my lawyer!"
Leaving the two men in the interrogation room, the four detectives returned to the bullpen to share information. On Elliot's desk was a note, telling him that Novak had gotten them into family court that afternoon, since a previous case was postponed. Glancing at his watch, he saw that they had less then forty-five minutes to get to the courthouse.
After Olivia had finished talking, and their captain left to talk to Huang, they hadn't really found out anything more but Huang's diagnosis was correct.
After the interrogation, Elliot made it to the top of the stairs. He found her curled up in a ball, still wearing Andy's jacket. After Elliot placed a gentle hand on her shoulder, she began to stir in her sleep, eventually waking from it.
"Mmm, did something happen?" she groggily asked.
"No, everything is okay, but we've got to go."
"Where?" she asked, rubbing at tired eyes.
"Family court." he stuck his hand out for her to grab.
Those two words were the best she had headed all day. She really waited for that day where her father and rapist were to be on trial for what they had done to her.
Elliot and Jaden made it to court with ten minutes to spare. Jaden shifted uncomfortably in her seat. Her heart was pounding out of her chest and it was beating faster with each second.
"The court finds Jaden Scott," announced the judge.
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