This is just a short chapter the next one will be a little longer.

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Chapter 5 – Twin talk.

Olivia and Elliot bought the chocolates and headed towards Cody's apartment, they'd decided against calling in case Amy was asleep. They were buzzed into the building and made their way to apartment 6a where Casey let them in.

"I take it you want to speak to Amy." She said as they walked past her into the hall, they were then greeted by a dark haired man the same height as Casey however he looked more like Amy.

"Cody Novak." He said shaking both their hands politely. "I'm afraid you've had a wasted journey if you want to see her." Olivia and Elliot looked confused, their first thought was had she been taken to hospital.

"Our parents came by and they've taken her home with them, he's in the city and she knows it, we all do. She's too scared to go out onto the fire escape for some fresh air even, she's better off with them to look after her." Casey replied spotting their expressions, they both nodded with understanding.

"Had to give her another sedative to get her into the car though, our sister in laws a doctor she's going to be keeping an eye on her at the moment. Although I think it's going to take a while for her to get back to normal." Cody said his voice had no real tone; it was like he was forcing the words to come out.

"It's for the best, how are you two holding up?" Olivia asked spotting the identical expressions on the twins' faces; both looked like they'd been through hell.

"Like we're in a bad dream at the moment and it's not getting any easier. We've both gone back to blaming ourselves for not picking her up from school, gone back to the 'what if?' scenario again." Casey replied saying exactly what her brother was thinking as he nodded in agreement.

"Don't beat yourselves up over this, we'll get him this time and not just for these latest attacks." Elliot replied trying to sound more hopeful than he actually was.

"What do you mean?" Cody asked.

"We're reopening Amy's case, DNA has come a long way and there's still the evidence from the original investigation, maybe modern methods can help us get a conviction." Olivia replied.

"What about double jeopardy?" Cody asked being the only one in the room not involved with the criminal justice system.

"Wasn't tried, case was dropped lack of evidence, get more evidence we can get a conviction. I won't hold out much hope though." Casey sighed, an apologetic look at her brother; the last part was like a punch to the stomach.

"He slipped up recently; he might have done something similar back then. All we're doing is trying; we've got Melinda Warner on it as we speak." Elliot assured the siblings.

"For Amy's sake I hope so." Cody sighed his expression exactly the same as his sisters.

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The detectives quickly left the twins alone to get back to the precinct, for a while Casey and Cody sat in silence before Cody piped up.

"So there's a chance they'll be able to get the guy for raping Amy." He sighed.

"They're good but I wouldn't hold my breath Cody, it's been 13 years and there was a lack of evidence then." Casey didn't want to put a downer on things but her experience as an ADA had taught her otherwise.

"So should we tell her?" He asked looking Casey square in the eye, and she just looked straight back at him with an identical expression. "And actually risk having to have her admitted to hospital." He finished.

"Or have her live in ignorance so that when she finds out we knew she'll do her nut, maybe you can restrain her from hitting you when she's in a state but as small as she is compared to me I don't stand much of a chance." Casey responded picking up the picture of the 3 of them from a few years back; a silent tear fell down her cheek.

"What makes you think she'll try hitting us?" Cody asked a hint of amusement in his voice despite the look on Casey's face.

"She fights Cody, you know that as well as I do, and you know what I think this could easily be her last fight." She didn't have to say anything else for him to know what she meant, he'd seen what she'd done to her leg on finding out the guy who raped her was back in town, and her emotions were all over the place. She looked at Cody and he nodded grabbing his jacket and passed her hers

"Should you drive or should I?" He asked heading towards the door.

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