Quote: The wheel goes round and round, some are up and some are on the down, and still the wheel goes round. -Josephine Pollard 1843-1892, American Poet
Disclaimer: I don't own law and order SVU or any of its characters they belong to Dick Wolf I do however own the characters that I make up.
"Taby do you think it's safe to get out yet?"
"Well, were on board the ship of a murderer and drug dealer so I'd have to say no-no it's not safe." Tabitha said sarcastically.
"Gee aren't you ms. Helpful?" Bethany said feeling once again rather annoyed with Tabitha.
"Well c'mon how am I supposed to know if it's safe or not?"
"Well maybe you could look through the crack in the door and see if anyone's looking."
"Good point."
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What have I done? How could I do this to the people I care about?
The former ADA lay silently on the couch, May had gone off somewhere and Alex was once again alone with no one but her troubled thoughts to talk to. Her mind constantly wandered to her former co-workers, had Olivia told them yet? Or had they already known?
May had gone off saying there was something she had to take care of and that she was sorry to see Alex feeling bad. What a pitiful excuse to get away from me, Alex thought bitterly even though truthfully she did want some alone time.
She tried to cry but no tears came forth, she felt sick with guilt. She sat up and put her head in her hands and sighed. What the hell had she become? Nothing of the former ADA remained; she was drained of energy and the will to go on.
For now she decided she'd just lie on this couch and let time go on around her. Without Alex people would go on as they had for the past few years. Tonight or maybe tomorrow she'd return to her house in witness protection and pretend that Alexandra Cabot had never existed.
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(Bear in mind that the parts with Olivia and the others from the precinct take place the next day after the ones with Bethany and Alex. Eventually Bethany and Alex's parts will catch up to Olivia's and the others from the precincts parts.)
"So 'Liv where were you yesterday?" Fin questioned.
"Shopping with Emily." She responded in a level calm sounding voice.
Fin gave her a questioning look but didn't ask any more questions.
"Emily…? What do you mean? Are you talking about…Alex?" Elliot asked joining in on the conversation.
Olivia nodded her head slowly, "Yeah she lied to me…well us I mean."
Elliot turned to Fin and Munch, no one seemed surprised by this news, "Well…" Munch began, "Let's face it, why would witness protection let Alex go free when Velez is still running around killing people?" Olivia shot Munch a dark look then returned to what she had been doing prier to their conversation.
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"Is it safe to go out?"
"Well no but let's go out anyways since no ones looking."
Bethany tried to hide the fear in her voice but failed miserably unable to keep her calm, "Y-y-yeah lets go get some-some-some evidence haha you-you know?"
"Yoh chill Beth, you know the old saying I live by?"
"Yeah-yeah of course-One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.-Henry Ford, I've heard you repeat it many-many times." Bethany said feeling sick to her stomach with dread.
"The point is you can do this-now c'mon lets hurry and get our evidence well no ones looking."
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I'll live my life as Emily Jones and except my fate, Alex thought, I'll pretend that I was never Alex and I'll live peacefully and happily. I'll get married even someday and maybe-maybe have children. And I'll miss being Alex for the rest of my life…
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"Okay now run!" Tabitha said and both girls got out of the closet and ran into a different room.
Bethany looked around her searching for anything that looked suspicious. There was nothing there but a bookcase, lamp, desk, couch and an expensive looking carpet.
Tabitha muttered something underneath her breath.
"What?"
"Never mind."
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Olivia went into cop-mod leaving Elliot wondering if she was okay or not. Elliot decided that it was best to leave her be, eventually he knew she'd be okay-she was strong and wouldn't let this damage her, he reassured himself.
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It's been a few hours, where's May? Alex wondered, she'd said she wouldn't be gone long. Well whatever, Alex decided, I'm going to go outside and get some fresh air.
The fine-hairs on the back of her neck began to prickle as soon as she walked outside. Alex immediately knew something was wrong, perhaps her senses from her former days as Alexandra Cabot had remained, the same senses that told her she was about to walk into a bad situation, the same senses that had told her when someone was guilty and when death was in the air.
In front of the cottage there was a large tree of some sort. Alex's eyes darted to the tree where on one of the branches something was hanging. She knew immediately that that something was a someone and she knew who that someone was. "May." She whispered before dashing over to the tree.
May's body hung limp, she had hung herself, Alex knew that May was dead but checked for a pulse anyways. Of course there was no pulse May had been like that for hours and was past saving. All the veins around May's neck had burst near where the cord, which she had hung herself with, was.
Alex's hands instinctively moved for her cell phone and dialed 911, "Hello what's you're problem?" A young male voice asked on the other side of the receiver.
"Someone die…uh-uh a lady hung herself please come help."
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"Hey look at this…" Bethany muttered holding out a book she'd just taking from the bookcase.
"Hunh? Is that a journal?"
Bethany smiled slightly, "It's Velez's journal."
"Are you sure we should be reading this?"
"YES, c'mon it's Velez's diary, there's bound to be something we can use against him in here, besides there's no law against reading."
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Alex stared blankly at May's lifeless body until she heard sirens. A man in a uniform asked her to move and she obliged without saying a word as May's body was sealed up in a white bag and carried away.
This is why she wanted me to be Bethany's guardian, she thought, now what?
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Most of the diary was uneventful, but the girls nonetheless had fun reading it and sniggering at the depictions of Velez's girl friends. They hide behind the couch in case anyone was to come in, even though truthfully the couch wouldn't really hide them for long.
After they had been reading the diary for at least a half-hour Bethany had already giving up hope of it holding any information about Velez murdering someone. "Lookie here." Tabitha muttered pointing to a particular sentence.
That bitch, she stole money from me, I'll get Trumen to kill her for her deeds. How dare she pretend to only want to have sex and then well I sleep take my wallet, women eh, figures I've got to put them in they're place.
"Does it say the name of the girl?" Bethany questioned.
"I think he's referring to a Jody Prout mentioned in the entry written just before this one."
"How many more entries are there?"
"Two."
Trumen says he's taking care of that bitch Jody for me and of course my wallet is now returned, well I suppose I could of lived without my wallet for a while it's not the only place where I keep my money…
"Jody Prout…well here's solid evidence…I think…still I wonder how the police missed this journal last time."
"They might no have even been looking on this boat after all Velez does have a few cruise ships right?"
I cant believe it I don't know why or how but that bitch Cabot is still alive, I saw her eaten lunch with detective Benson, it doesn't make any sense the newspaper said Alex had been killed…I thought I'd gotten rid of her for good, well anyways it doesn't matter how she lived she'll be dead by tomorrow I've already got Trumen stalking her.
"Bethy? It's okay well get Velez before he does anything to Alex." Tabitha said immediately after she finished reading the entry. She could see worry forming on Bethany's face.
"It's too late, even if we get Velez, this Trumen guy is still out there…besides we wont even be able to get of this ship tell tomorrow and I don't even know how well get off without being noticed…" Bethany said, this is it for Alex…she thought, I've failed her and now Alex the one who saved me in my time of need is going to be killed…I wish there was something more I could do…
"Tomorrow? I didn't know this cruise was that long I thought it was just a party!"
"Yeah well surprise, were sleeping here tonight." Bethany said, a hint of something like anger or possible bitterness in her voice.
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Authors note: well that's it for now, I'll update when I get three more reviews. Please-please even if you've reviewed a million times already review again so I can know that people are still interested in this story. I don't mind constructive criticism as long as it's constructive so please just review and tell me what you think!
And I hope y'all saw May's death coming I mean it evident that she was depressed, and yes it was suicide not murder.
Do you guys think that I should make Olivia and Alex have more than friendship or just leave it the way it is? If you guys really don't want them to date then I wont make them, it's just that in one of the reviews I got someone asked if I was gonna make Alex and Liv a thing so yeah I'm just wondering if you guys would like that so yeah…
