I Know This One
Chapter 10-- Interrogations


Special Victims Unit
Interrogation Room 1

Olivia stood in the observation room watching as Gregory Myers fidgeted nervously. She knew he had something to do with Nathan being attacked, but she needed a confession to do anything about it. Narrowing her eyes at the suspect she could see the very defined line of sweat that formed across his brown. 'He's nervous about something,' she thought almost victoriously. 'Shouldn't be too hard to flip him.' Olivia heard the door behind her open and close softly. She expected to look to her left and see Elliot standing there so she was quite surprised to see their ADA there. "Casey?" she asked looking at the woman's newly colored hair. "You dyed your hair?"

Casey ran a hand self-consciously through her now red locks. "Yeah well I was getting tired of being a blonde," she laughed. (A/N: I couldn't help myself with this one. I absolutely HATE Casey with blonde hair. She's not Alex Cabot people, let's not try to make her look like her.)

Olivia smiled and leaned in to whisper, "I always liked you better with red hair anyhow." Both women smiled and turned their attention back to the window. "Where's Elliot?"

"He's getting his ass chewed by Cragen," Casey said off-handedly.

Olivia's head snapped towards her companion. "What?"

Casey smiled before elaborating, "I guess Brian Beckner made a comment about not wanting Elliot anywhere near him so Cragen's attempting to find out why that is. What did Elliot do to him?"

"Nothing that I know of," Olivia said without pause turning her head back to the window.

Casey studied the detective. "Would you tell me if he did?" she asked with the slightest hint of bemusement.

"Absolutely not," Liv grinned. Before Casey could question her further Elliot walked through the door with a hard look on his face. "Munch and Fin questioning Brian?"

"Yeah," he stepped up to the glass next to Olivia. "How we gonna get him to talk?"

"Present him with what we know," Olivia suggested. "Tell him he's looking at prison time for assault and he'll sing like a blue jay."

Elliot smiled before moving to the door. "Let's do this." He opened the door and let Olivia pass him before her followed her into the room. "Good to see you again Greg."

"Detectives," Greg answered with a simple nod. He was trying to keep his emotions in check but the detectives could see right through it.

"We've got a few questions for you Greg," Olivia said pulling out the chair opposite him and taking a seat. "Now do you wanna explain your relationship with Brian Beckner to us again?"

"I already told you, we had Chem together but we weren't good friends," Greg said.

"That's not what Brian's saying," Elliot lied. "He told my co-workers that you two were quite chummy."

"He's lying," Greg shouted slamming his fists onto the table.

Olivia was surprised by the sudden outburst but managed to not visibly flinch. "So why don't you tell us the truth." Gregory hesitated, eyeing each of the detectives. "You know the DA will be a lot more lenient if you cooperate with us."

"Just tell us what happened," Elliot prompted.

"I'm telling you I didn't have anything to do with that girl's murder," Greg sighed in frustration. "All I know is that Brian had a thing for her, but she was too busy mooning over some other guy."

"The other guy being Nathan Grainer?" Olivia asked.

"Yeah," Greg answered. "Said the kid was getting in the way of his plans so he'd have to deal with him."

Elliot pushed himself off the wall that he was leaning against and began to pace around the room like a caged tiger. "Now that's where your story falls apart Greg."

"What do you mean?"

"Well we know that Brian didn't attack Nathan because he was still here when Nate was taken to the hospital," Elliot informed him.

"I don't see what that has to do with me," Greg said.

Elliot brought himself within inches of Greg's face and sized the boy up. "We know you attacked Nathan, don't play dumb with us. We tend to get a little edgy when people play dumb with us."

"I didn't attack anyone!" Greg shouted.

"Well we know that you had some part in this whole thing," Olivia said calmly. "And I just gotta tell you, the time you'll serve for assault is nothing compared to a rape/homicide conviction."

"First major offense," Elliot picked up her line of logic, "you're probably looking at probation. Especially if you cooperate with us. We'll put in a good word with the DA."

Olivia let the final offer sink in for a moment before continuing. She almost see the wheels turning in his head as he contemplated the possibly outcomes. "You don't really wanna spend a few years in Sing Sing do you?"

Greg let out a long sigh, "Fine."


Special Victims Unit
Interrogation Room 2

Fin stood leaning against the cold concrete wall, arms crossed tightly across his chest, an intimidating look on his face. He knew what he was supposed to do: stand there and look scary. Occasionally he would throw in a witty clip but for the most part he remained silent.

"I'm gonna repeat myself in case your hearing is going," Brian sneered at Munch who sat across from him. "I didn't attack anyone and I sure the hell didn't kill anyone!"

"We've got your accomplice in the other room," Munch said calmly. "And I'm sure he's being a lot more cooperative than you are."

"What makes you so sure that Greg would talk?" Brian asked. He leaned back in the chair and crossed his arms in attempt to match Fin's glare.

A sinister smile graced John's face before he looked over his shoulder at his partner. "Did you say who our other suspect was?"

"Not me," Fin answered.

Munch turned back to Brian and eyed him suspiciously, "So how did you know Greg Myers was in the other room?"

Brian opened his mouth to respond but could not think of anything that would help his case. So he said the only thing he could think of. "I want my lawyer."


Cragen sighed on the other side of the glass. He watched as Munch and Fin exited the door and shut the door.

"Said the magic word," John said.

"Guess we're done talking to him," Fin sighed.

"We don't need anything from him," Casey informed the group as she entered. "Greg took a deal and told us everything. He confessed to attacking Nathan and said that Brian told him that he would 'make Melody pay dearly' for ignoring his advances."

"Is that gonna be enough to get a conviction?" Cragen asked.

Casey pursed her lips and reviewed what they had in her head. "It'll be tough," she confessed. "Anything else you can get me would be a great help."

"We'll go talk to Warner and see if she can fill in any of the holes," Fin said.

"I'll go schedule the Grand Jury," Casey said gathering her coat. "I should be able to get an indictment with what we've got."

As the three left the observation room Cragen watched as a uniformed office led Brian Beckner out of the interrogation room towards the lockup. He was followed quickly by Gregory Myers. It was a start but if they were going to get a conviction to stick they would need more evidence to tie Brian to Melody's murder.


Olivia closed the file and set it on top of her pile. "Done," she announced running her fingers through her hair.

"Stop bragging," Elliot chided. He still had two more reports to finish before he could leave.

"You're just mad that I finished my paperwork before you did," she laughed. Shrugging on her jacket Olivia crossed behind her partner's desk and bent down to whisper in his ear. "Finish that paperwork and I'll meet you back at your place, pizza in hand."

Elliot's eyes sparkled and a grin spread over his face. He set to work on his reports faster than he had done anything before. All the while he was imagining the night that lay before him with his beautiful partner.