"Who do you think that is?" Olivia asked hearing the doorbell ring.
Elliot slightly smiled as he sat the heating pad on the dresser and picked the pillow case and rag up from the floor "it's probably our food delivery I'm gonna go pay for it and throw these 2 things away okay? I'll be back in a second."
Olivia nodded with a slight smile "okay," she said as she rolled onto her side when he stepped out.
As Elliot walked to the door the doorbell rang again as he sighed "god have some damn patients," he muttered as he opened the door and frowned when he saw no takeout containers "can I help you?"
"Yes sir you can my name is detective Carisi, my colleague sergeant Munch is outside paying your delivery man we're here to take you guy's statements."
Elliot nodded and sighed "come in," he said as he then heard coughing from the guest room "wait here," he said as he ran straight to Olivia as he gently held her hair out of her face and rubbed her back while she threw up the tiny bit of toast she had had earlier as once that was out it was just acid, then something that resembled foam as she dry heaved.
"S-Sorry El," Olivia said while trying to catch her breath once she had finished.
"No need to be sorry sweetheart, it looks like our Chinese will need to go into the fridge for another time though hmm?" he said through a slight chuckle, trying to lighten the mood for her.
She nodded slightly "m-mine will have to yeah, you can eat yours though."
He nodded "I might later baby, Munch and Carisi are here to get our statements, if your not up to giving yours right now though I'll use my POA powers and make them leave."
Olivia sighed slightly "as much as I'd love that El Cragen kept his end of the deal so we have to keep ours, besides me and you interviewed nauseated people all the time back in the day."
He nodded slightly "true we did but it's different when it's someone you love."
She nodded slightly in agreement as her right hand went to reach out for him but she stopped herself, already feeling she was becoming to clingy as Elliot noticed and sat down beside her "honey your only a little over 24 hours out of the most traumatic ordeal of your life, your sick, your in pain it's okay to need me close right now," he said softly as he gently took her hand.
"Y-You promise I'm not clinging to much?"
He nodded "I promise baby."
She slightly nodded "will you tell me if I do?"
He nodded "I don't think you ever could but if you did I'd encourage you to get help for it."
Olivia nodded slightly trusting his word as she leaned into his side and grew quiet hearing chatter from the other room.
"I don't really know sarge 1 second he invited me in and the next he was telling me to wait here and running off," Carisi said.
Munch nodded "1 thing about those two is they're very private people, more than likely Olivia needed help with something Elliot is her caregiver right now as well as her husband."
He nodded slightly "I didn't here her call out though I just heard a cough."
Munch nodded "that would have been enough to send him to check on her, lets just sit down on the couch and wait."
Carisi nodded slightly as he sat down then tapped his foot anxiously "I haven't heard coughing in about 5 minutes shouldn't we go investigate?"
Munch shook his head "Elliot Stabler is a bear I don't wanna poke my friend, need to know 1 of many that I'll be teaching you while I train you for this unit, if your gonna work here your gonna need patience, patience and more patience then when your all out of patience you'll have to find more deep down in your soul."
Carisi frowned slightly "I'm not really the most patient guy."
Munch nodded "neither was I when I started here, if you have empathy though you'll learn patience too and I do believe you have empathy in you."
He nodded slightly "I feel so, so sorry for her is that empathy?"
Munch nodded "sorta but your getting close to the line between empathy and pity, you wanna show them compassion but if you go to far you'll appear as patronizing and that'll just make the vic your talking to feel worse and their family members angry at you."
Carisi frowned slightly "this is a lot of pressure."
Munch nodded "I know it is that's why I'm gonna do most of the talking with Liv, your job will be to watch, learn and transcribe. Elliot's interview though? That one's all yours I wanna see if your cut out for this unit."
Carisi nodded his head eagerly "copy that sarge."
Munch sighed "another thing Carisi, tamp down your excitement about 10 notches we're about to be going in there and learning about the worse time in Olivia's life, if you appear to eager Elliot will kick you out so fast your head will spin."
Carisi nodded slightly "I understand," he said in a more normal tone and look as Munch slightly smiled "that's better," he said as Elliot stepped out of the room slightly "we're ready for you guys," he called as he then disappeared back to Olivia's side.
"Okay it's time," Munch said as he stood up from the couch "we're gonna walk into the room quietly and unapposingly, we want to be friendly and show her that we're on her side. Trust is 1 of the most important things here."
Carisi nodded "doesn't she already trust you though? I thought she worked with you guys?"
Munch nodded "she still works with us she's just on furlough right now so she can recover from her ordeal. To answer your first question she trusts me but she doesn't know you yet and neither does Elliot so both of their guards will be up when you walk in the room. I'm just trying to tell you how we make the people we interview comfortable."
Carisi nodded slightly "I understand sarge, I wasn't trying to question your judgement or anything I was just curious."
Munch nodded "I know and I've always said the more questions a cop asks the better a cop he or she will be, lets go now they've said they're ready for us and we don't wanna keep them waiting."
Carisi nodded slightly as he stood up and walked behind Munch as his keys jingled in his pocket and the chain of his handcuffs jingled too as they hit the side of his gun that was holstered on his hip "hi Liv how are you holding up? I meant to go see you at Mercy yesterday but I figured you had a tun of visitors already," Munch said with a small smile.
Olivia slightly nodded "I had a few yeah and I was sharing the room with somebody else too so they probably would have just kicked you out, I'm hanging in there thanks for asking."
He smiled slightly "of course, this is Dominic Carisi, chief Muldrew brought him in to help with the case load cap said you knew."
Olivia nodded slightly with a slight smile "yes he told us, it's nice to meet you detective your in great hands with sergeant Munch."
Carisi smiled "so I've figured out, he's taught me a lot already and I've only known him a few hours, are we ready to get started?"
Stabler frowned slightly "whoa pal slow your role there a minute me and sergeant Munch need to clear up a couple things first."
Carisi nodded slightly "I-I'm sorry," he said as he sat down on the edge of the bed as Olivia then got a view of his cuffs and gun as she scooted the smallest bit closer toElliot.
"What's the matter?" Carisi asked noticing her slight movement away from him and not understanding it.
"I-I'm fine, it's fine," Olivia said as Elliot just stroked her hair and Carisi looked even more confused as he glanced at Munch for help.
Munch pointed at the door "I'll take care of it Elliot," he mouthed as he then motioned for Carisi to come with him as he did so and they stepped out "what did I do?" he asked.
Munch sighed "you went into the room with a trauma victim armed and with handcuffs hanging off your belt. Did you not notice that I left my weapon and cuffs behind?"
He sighed "I did but they taught us at the academy your supposed to carry them with you every where you go while your on duty just incase."
He sighed "that's true but in this case we need to make an exception, Elliot isn't dangerous, neither is Liv and she'll be more comfortable if you leave them behind."
Carisi nodded slightly "whatever you say sarge," he said as he removed the items then they headed back into the room as Olivia was sipping from a bottled water "can we sit back down now?" Carisi asked Elliot.
Elliot gave a silent nod as he then looked to Munch "look I know we're not supposed to give our statements together Jon but can you make an exception? You know we're not gonna coerce each other."
Munch sighed "I'm really sorry Elliot but you know I can't."
Elliot sighed "please Jon, I promised her I'd stay with her."
Munch sighed heavily as he was torn between granting Elliot's request and following the rules of interview as Olivia carefully sat her water down and spoke up "I'll be fine El I promise," she said softly.
"Honey are you sure? I know you want me in here that was clear the way you hugged me in gratitude yesterday," he whispered softly.
She nodded slightly "I do want you in here El."
"Then I'll be here," he said as she sighed and continued "but... But I don't want him to walk on a technicality either... I trust Jon, yes this will be a little scarier with out you holding my hand but I can do this. Other women have done it I can do it too," she said softly as Carisi and Munch felt like they were invading an intimate moment.
"baby you are so strong, so so strong," he whispered softly as he gave her several kisses on the sides and top of her head and she melted into them "do you need anything, anything at all before I step into the living room?" he asked after a minute.
Olivia slightly shook her head as Elliot nodded and slowly rose from the bed "I'll just be right out there, if you need me you have 1 of them get me okay?"
Olivia slightly nodded "I-I will," she said as Elliot slightly smiled and nodded "I love you sweetheart, you've got this," he said as with those final encouraging words he left the bedroom, gently shutting the door behind him.
The room was silent for a couple minutes as Munch pulled the tape recorder out of his pocket "I'm gonna record this that way we don't have to ask the questions again you know the drill."
Olivia nodded slightly "I know," she said as she gripped the fabric of the teeshirt of Elliot's that she was wearing "where do you want me to start?"
"Just start from the beginning Liv," Munch said softly as she nodded slightly "this all started in the interrogation, the 1 right after Alice Parkers rape and assault, he said I should be so lucky that someone does that to me. I've been threatened before by perps, we all have so I just let it go."
Munch nodded slightly as Carisi wrote and observed "what happened next?"
Olivia sighed slightly "I didn't really deal with him much after that, I testified at his trial, once he was let out I didn't see him again until I unlocked the house and found him standing in front of me with a gun to my head."
Munch nodded slightly "what happened then?"
Olivia sighed slightly and kept the tight grip
on the shirt "I-I froze... I-I froze then he knocked me unconscious and handcuffed me to our bed. W-When I woke up I had tape over my mouth, he ended up taking it off and offering me a drink of whisky, I refused and tried to reason with him."
Munch nodded slightly "were any of your attempts successful?"
She shook her head slightly "n-no he cut my arm, hit me in the chest, burned me with a cigarette then played the voicemail that Elliot had left me."
Munch nodded slightly "what did it say?"
"I-It pretty much said that the truck wouldn't start, that he was taking a cab home and to not stress on dinner being perfect. Lewis was angry when he heard it I think he was counting on Elliot not being able to get home."
Munch just nodded slightly and kept his eyes on her as his expression was kind "a-after he finished playing the voicemail he screamed about how he didn't have much time t-then he started burning me all over with keys a-and h-hangers, h-he, h-he burned my body every where!" she cried as the door flung open, Elliot having heard her in distress "Mr. Stabler, Mr. Stabler you have to stay out there," Carisi urged as Munch tried to calm her from her flashback.
Elliot shook his head "get out of my way Mr. Carisi or I'll move you out of my way, I'm gonna comfort my wife come hell or high water."
"Sergeant?" Carisi asked as Munch sighed "let him through she's gonna pass out if she doesn't calm down," he said as as soon as Carisi moved Elliot ran over as his heart broke when he saw her gripping the shirt so hard that her knuckles were white and breathing so quickly that she was on the verge of passing out as her eyes were wide in fear.
"Jon pause the recorder," Elliot said as Munch nodded "already done."
Elliot nodded slightly acknowledging him as he slowly kneeled beside her but didn't touch her "Olivia, Liv honey your safe, your safe I'm here now sweetheart, I'm here now. I need you to take some deep breaths for me baby, in and out, in and out," he said in a soothing voice as he breathed rhythmically and calmly.
After about 5 minutes or so Olivia's breathing evened out and she started to return to the present "e-e-El?"
"I'm here baby, I'm here, right here."
"W-What happened?" she asked confused.
Munch looked over "you were telling us a little about your ordeal and you went into a flashback."
Olivia sighed slightly "I-I'm so sorry.. I-I was holding on to the shirt to try to stay grounded but I guess it didn't work."
Munch shook his head slightly "it's okay really Olivia, what you went through was horrible, you survived though, you won not him, try to remember that," he said softly as Carisi stepped out to take a call.
"E-El did they prescribe me anything for my nerves? I can't do this alone with out something for them."
He sighed "they didn't baby I'm sorry, let me check my bag if my old Xanax prescription is in there I'll give you one."
"Umm I didn't hear that," Munch said as Elliot nodded "good," he said as he rummaged through his bag and sighed when it wasn't in there "it must be at home honey I'm sorry, how about I just stay in here with you this time until you finish?"
Olivia sighed slightly "El that's what I want more than a pill but they won't let you."
Elliot just sighed slightly as Carisi walked in "that was Rollins, she's with Lory Taylor and apparently she's completely shut down, will only talk to a detective Benson."
Munch sighed "well clearly she's unavailable so Lory's just gonna have to talk to someone else, that girl needs help she's become to attached to her."
Elliot slightly nodded his head "she reminds me of Ashley Black just an older version."
"You spoke to her?" Munch asked surprised.
Elliot nodded "yeah at some point Liv must have given her her card, she called Liv's number 3 times before I finally answered, she was gonna report D'angelo showing up at her apartment to her, I told her she wasn't available and to call 911 but she refused to hear me, became distraught at the thought of hanging up then asked me before she finally did if she could take her statement."
Munch sighed "wow, cases like this make me wish that Huang wasn't still in Oklahoma."
"Right," Elliot said as Olivia sighed slightly "I really do feel bad for her and wish I could help but I can barely take care of myself right now much less help someone else."
Munch nodded a bit "we understand Liv really and no one expects you to your on furlough you have no obligations right now except to just work on getting better."
Olivia nodded slightly and sighed deep in thought as Carisi looked up "I know this might seem like a weird question but I thought your name was Olivia Stabler? Not Olivia Benson."
Olivia was into deep of thought to hear him so Elliot looked up "her married name is Stabler but she went by Benson at work because we were keeping our marriage a secret from the brass, now that every one knows though I think she hyphenated it, not that it really matters to me what's on a peace of paper in our hearts it's Stabler and that's all I care about."
Carisi nodded his head slightly "that makes since, is she calm enough for us to continue the questioning?"
Elliot sighed "she really doesn't need to be alone for this you guys saw what happened last time."
Munch sighed "how about a compromise?"
Elliot faced him "I'm listening."
Munch slightly smiled "you can stay with her, hold her just until she finishes recounting her trauma then when we get to the rescue you can step out?"
Elliot nodded "I'm fine with that Liv are you honey?"
Olivia didn't respond, still deep in thought about something "Liv? Baby?" Elliot said.
"She looks spaced out," Carisi said as Elliot nodded and gently shook her good shoulder "h-hmmm?" she said as she startled slightly.
"Shhh sorry I scared you sweetheart are you alright?"
Olivia nodded slightly "yeah sorry El I was just thinking, what is it?"
He slightly smiled "me and Munch have come to a deal, he said I could sit in here with you while you finished recounting your trauma but we agreed that I'd leave when you start talking about the rescue does that work for you?"
Olivia nodded slightly "I'm fine with that El."
He nodded "great," he said with a small smile as he gently pulled her close to him and she melted into his embrace.
Munch smiled "I'm about to turn the recorder on, Elliot you'll have to be quiet so the recorder doesn't pick up that your in here."
He nodded "the only way I'll speak is if she starts to panic."
Munch nodded "fair enough, obviously Carisi your not gonna right that he's in here in your report."
Carisi sighed "I don't wanna get in trouble sarge this is just my first day."
He nodded "I won't tell if you don't."
He nodded slightly "a-alright," he said as Munch restarted the recorder "so Olivia you were saying that Lewis burned your body every where with metal hangers and keys, what happened next?"
Olivia sighed slightly and gripped Elliot's hand while the memories flashed through her brain t-that's when he started injecting me with the heroine filled needle, i-if I'm being honest I tried to block a lot of stuff out but it wasn't long then until the doorbell rang. I-I-It was Ryan McGuire, I-I didn't want him to get hurt, I-I was just gonna get the cookie dough from him b-because I-I knew he'd be suspicious if no one answered. I-I didn't mean for him to get hurt," she cried.
"Shhh, shhh, shhh, "it's not your fault baby, it was never your fault," Elliot whispered in her ear in a voice so low and soft that only she could hear him as he stroked her hair.
She ever so slightly nodded her head to Elliot saying she had heard him but didn't speak back knowing she couldn't as Munch's heart was breaking too "Olivia who shot Ryan McGuire?"
"L-lewis did, Ryan was growing suspicious, asking questions and Lewis shot him when he offered to get his mother."
"What kinds of questions was he asking?" Carisi asked.
Olivia sighed slightly "just questions about how I got the injuries he saw."
Carisi nodded slightly "did Ryan see William Lewis in your home?"
Olivia shook her head slightly "no he didn't."
Carisi nodded "how did Ryan think you got the injuries?"
Olivia shook her head "your digging into something that you don't need to dig into , what he thought happened isn't what really happened."
Carisi sighed "I still need to know what he said."
Olivia shook her head determinedly "I refuse to answer your question."
Carisi frowned as Munch raised his eyebrow "do you feel unable to speak freely?" Carisi asked.
Olivia shook her head "I can speak fine," she said as Munch then paused the recorder "what's going on here?"
Olivia sighed "I want you to move the questioning along, I'm not gonna answer that one."
Munch sighed "why wont you answer him?"
Elliot sighed "because Ryan thought I did it, he told me at the hospital when i interviewed him."
Munch nodded "I see, Carisi just put it in the report and move on."
Olivia shook her head "I don't want it in any reports I don't want Elliot suspected of anything."
Elliot gently rubbed her back "honey it's already in Ryan's witness statement, besides I have an alibi anyway the cab driver would vouch for me along with the doctors office." He said as he then lowered his voice "you don't have to protect me sweetheart and if they think i'm hindering you giving your statement they'll make me leave," he whispered softly.
Olivia nodded mutely to him as she then looked to Munch and Carisi "lets just finish this shall we?"
Munch nodded his head "alright Liv," he said as Carisi looked to Elliot "no more whispering to her sir it looks suspicious."
"Alright," Elliot said as Carisi nodded and Munch turned the recorder back on "what happened after Lewis shot Ryan?"
Olivia sighed "I got really upset, yelled at him, demanded to know why he did it, he forced a sleeping pill down my throat, taped my mouth shut again then the next thing I remember is waking up in the trunk of a car at the Mayer's home."
Munch nodded slightly "so you don't remember him shooting a cab driver?"
Olivia shook her head slightly "no not a cab driver, he did shoot a patrolmen though."
Munch nodded his head "was that before or after you were at the Mayer's?"
"It was after, way after," Olivia said as Munch nodded "what happened at the Mayer's?"
Olivia sighed and shuddered slightly "I-it was gruesome, violent, h-he broke into the home, tied me to a chair and made me watch while he raped Mrs. Mayer and killed her husband. T-There wasn't anything I could do, w-when i-I'd try to look away h-he just tortured her more s-so f-finally I watched, I-I just watched."
Elliot gently rubbed her back and stroked her hair showing his sympathy and providing comfort in the only way he could since the tape recorder was still on as Munch nodded slightly "when we found Mrs. Mayer she was strung up in the closet. Did you see how she got that way?"
Olivia nodded her head slightly, shame coloring her features "L-L-Lewis m-made me h-help do it, I-I didn't wanna do it, I-I wanted him to just leave her be b-but I couldn't say anything with the tape on my mouth."
"He wouldn't have listened to you baby, you know that," Elliot whispered softly in her ear as Olivia shook her head slightly and leaned into his ear "m-maybe not but that doesn't excuse what I did," she whispered.
Carisi gave them sharp looks, noticing them whispering again as Elliot sighed slightly and grew creative "baby you did what you had to do to survive," he drew gently and slowly on her back with his finger tip.
"Olivia it wasn't your fault and your not being held criminally responsible," Munch said softly as Olivia just nodded slightly to him and used her right pointer finger to draw the words "that doesn't make me feel any less ashamed," onto Elliot's back.
Elliot just pulled Olivia closer to him as Carisi looked to Munch "can we step out in the hall for a second sarge?"
Munch nodded "sure," he said as he pushed pause on the recorder again "we'll be back in a moment guys," he said as they then stepped out "what is it detective?"
Carisi sighed "they've gotta stop communicating with each other, I know you know them but still it looked like they were rubbing each others backs in some kind of code."
Munch sighed "we don't know that was what they were doing they soothe each other all the time."
"With 1 finger tip? In a pattern?" Carisi asked skeptically.
Munch sighed "no, look this battle isn't worth fighting Dominic I want you to focus more on the way I ask the questions, the things I say and less on their body language."
Carisi frowned "all do respect sarge we've broken every other rule in the handbook today and I'm starting to get concerned about it."
Munch sighed heavily "if you knew them like I do and had seen every thing I have over the years you'd understand why I'm letting certain things slide. Do you trust me detective Carisi?"
Carisi sighed slightly "I want to, I like you but I barely know you and it feels like... It feels like somethings up here and I don't wanna be a part of some kind of cover up."
Munch sighed "I assure you there's no coverup going on here, at least not on my end, I'll tell them to stop the fingertip thing lets just get back in there and finish please it's going on 4 PM and we still have Elliot's statement to take along with paperwork to do."
Carisi nodded slightly "copy that sarge," he said as when they walked into the room they found Olivia snuggled into Elliot, her head laying on his chest with 1 of his arms gently holding her to him, the hand rubbing her side and his other hand woven into her hair, massaging her scalp gently as her eyes were barely open "you guys ready to finish?" Munch asked.
They both sighed simultaneously as they adjusted their positions "yeah," they said in unison.
"Wow," Carisi said amazed at the fact that they both said the same thing at the same time as Elliot and Munch both just shrugged then Munch looked to him "Elliot you guys can't write on each others back's anymore, I really don't wanna have to send you out."
Elliot sighed "it's not a crime for me to tell my wife that she did what she had to do to survive and we were told to stop whispering so."
Munch just sighed heavily as Elliot sighed in defeat "okay, okay I'll behave just please let me keep holding her until we get to the rescue."
Munch sighed and nodded "okay," he said as they both sat down and the recorder was turned on again "when you guys left the Mayer's home what happened next?"
Olivia sighed slightly as she kept herself focused on Elliot's soothing touch "h-he started taunting me, told me that what happened to mrs. Mayer would happen to me. I-I guess he wanted me to respond because once I was handcuffed to the door in the back h-he took the tape off. I-I told him that you guys and Elliot would find me before that happened b-but he said, h-he said," Olivia trembled slightly.
"What did he say Liv? It's okay, your safe," Munch said softly.
Olivia nodded slightly as she grasped Elliot's hand tightly "h-he said that my squad was hopeless a-and, a-and..."
Elliot gently stroked her hair reassuringly and rubbed the back of her hand with his thumb "and?" Munch prodded gently.
Olivia's expression turned to 1 of pure grief at the words she had to say but she pushed them out "a-and that once he finished talking to Elliot h-he wouldn't... h-he wouldn't care if I was alive or dead," she said as a couple tears fell.
"Olivia I'm so sorry," Munch said softly as Elliot just wrapped her tighter in his arms, wanting nothing more than to comfort her with words but hoping his touch would do until Munch and Carisi left and they could really talk.
Olivia nodded her head slightly as she cuddled into Elliot "I-I didn't fall for it when he said it, I-I said that if he was so confident in that that he would have already called him by then. T-Those words were my mistake, h-he got this evil look in his eyes a-and said that he wouldn't be the one making the call I would and that's when my heart sank, completely sank because I knew what he'd make me say a-and I couldn't say it."
Munch nodded slightly "Liv I'm sorry, so sorry, lets get back on track though that's something for you to discuss with your therapist."
Olivia nodded slightly to him as Elliot kissed her head several times and she finally moved on "w-we drove around for a while, a-at 1 point he threw me into the floorboard, probably right after he stole my ring, I-I really don't remember i-it's all jumbled up in my head."
Munch nodded slightly "that's okay just tell us what you do remember."
She nodded slightly "a-at the hardware store h-he made me drink more vodka, I-I was so thirsty for water t-that I-I gave in b-because h-he said he'd give me some b-but h-he asked me a question a-and I-I didn't answer s-so he poured the bottle out into the floorboard in front of my face then crushed it right in front of me, I-I never got the chance to drink any more water."
"Baby I'm so sorry, so so sorry," Elliot whispered softly as tears streamed down his face as munch's eyes were watering slightly too and Carisi looked the other way, not even caring that Elliot was whispering again in this moment as Elliot just rocked Olivia gently and they grieved together.
After a few minutes passed and Olivia had a chance to calm down she described what happened to the patrol officer while keeping herself composed as she told them what she remembered about the drive to the beach house "Liv did the hospital take photos of your injuries while you were there? If they didn't you know your gonna have to have it done," Munch said softly.
Olivia shook her head slightly "t-they didn't b-but I can't undress by myself and they're all covered anyway."
Munch sighed softly "Liv we're gonna have to take you to the crime lab to get your injuries photographed, the burns especially."
Olivia just sighed as Elliot looked to Munch "tomorrow, I'll take her to get them photographed tomorrow before I retreat them. Today she just needs to rest."
He sighed slightly "okay Elliot, okay but make sure she's there first thing in the morning we can't delay it any longer than that we shouldn't even be delaying it at all."
Elliot nodded slightly "you have my word Jon," he said as Munch slightly nodded "okay we're to the part of the statement now where I'm gonna need you to leave."
Elliot nodded slightly "alright," he said as he then looked to Olivia "you gonna be alright honey?" he asked softly.
She nodded slightly "y-yeah I will be El, t-thank you for holding me during that and letting me squeeze your hand, I-it helped more than you know."
He nodded slightly "sweetheart you never ever have to thank me for that," he said softly as he kissed the side of her head then gently sat her down "I'll just be out in the living room okay?"
She nodded "o-okay," she said as the doorbell rang "I think Maureen's finally here, I have to give her the keys to the truck so she can pick it up, at least she has good timing, I love you sweetheart," he said as he then quickly stepped out.
"L-love you too," she said softly but he was already gone and didn't hear her as she sighed slightly "he knows Liv he doesn't have to hear it," Munch said softly.
Olivia just nodded her head slightly "I'm ready to get this finished," she said as Munch nodded and restarted the recorder "can you tell me what happened once you were inside the beach house?"
Olivia nodded slightly and rubbed her ring to keep herself grounded "h-he cuffed me to the iron framed bed in the master bedroom, said he had found our "special place," she said those 2 words with venom in her tone.
"H-He tortured me some more then, force fed me more vodka and pills, he gave me adderall this time, he said I had to stay awake for our fun. Once he was through with that i-it didn't take him long to decide to make me call Elliot."
Munch nodded slightly "what happened on the call?"
She sighed heavily "L-Lewis wanted me to tell him that we were having an affair, I-I tried to stall him as much as I could, I gave him a wrong number but it was disconnected and he figured out it wasn't his. H-he shot the gun right above my head s-so I finally gave him El's number."
Munch nodded his head "did you tell Elliot what Lewis wanted to hear?"
She sighed slightly "n-not at first I-I couldn't, Lewis finally got tired of waiting and took the semper fi metal I had been wearing and went to heat it, w-while he was gone I told El what I knew about where i was , about Mrs. Mayer then we decided together that we'd play his game when he came back."
Munch nodded "so you did tell Elliot that you were having an affair?"
Olivia nodded slightly "not in those exact words b-but y-yes pretty much. I-It was only because we thought he'd hurt me less i-if I said what he wanted, w-we both knew the truth."
Munch nodded slightly "I understand Liv, I understand I promise, what happened after your confession?"
"H-He bragged about how I made my husband cry and how i was his now then hung up on Elliot and continued right on torturing me."
Munch nodded his head "how long after this call was it until you were rescued?"
"A-Around 6 hours or so I guess? I-I really don't know h-he spent a lot of the time sleeping and I spent the time staring either at the sealing or out the window."
Munch nodded understanding "can you tell me about when you broke free?"
She nodded slightly "it wasn't long after he woke up, w-we had just finished watching part of the news cast after his normal torturing of me was done a-and he said I looked relaxed a-and stuck his finger inside of me. I-I could take a lot b-but I couldn't take that and I knew the bar was weak so I used all the strength I had to pull it free, I pistol whipped him, freed myself, cuffed him to the bed, texted Elliot, put on the clothes I could find then sat and waited for him to arrive."
Munch nodded slightly "how did lewis get all his injuries Liv?"
She sighed slightly "when he came to he lunged at me so me and Elliot subdued him together and during the struggle the blowtorch fell off of the bed and landed on his crotch, Elliot pulled it off him as soon as he noticed then right after that he carried me outside, you guys were called and he took me to Mercy general to get looked at."
Munch nodded slightly with a slightly furrowed brow "why didn't you contact the squad right away once you broke free?"
She sighed "I-I really don't know Jon, I really don't Elliot was the only person on my mind, the only person I wanted. I-I guess I just wasn't thinking clearly with all the drugs and alcohol."
He nodded "I understand Liv, that's all the questions we have for now," he said as he then saved the recording "Carisi give us a minute would you?"
Carisi nodded hesitantly and stepped out just as Maureen's car pulled away "Olivia a forensics report came in earlier that I want to talk to you about in private since you didn't mention it in your statement."
Olivia just nodded hesitantly as she faced him "w-what is it?"
He sighed "your vaginal fluids were found on 1 of the clothes hangers from your home that the lab tested."
Olivia nodded slightly as silent tears streamed down her face "I-I'm not surprised."
Munch nodded his head sadly "does Elliot know?"
Olivia shook her head slightly "n-no," she whispered.
Munch frowned "Olivia Elliot would be the last person who'd ever judge you in any way he worked the job for almost as long as you have."
She nodded slightly "I-I know that..."
Munch nodded "then why wont you tell him? Or tell us in your statement? We can add sodomy to his charges if you file the report," he said softly.
She sighed slightly "h-he didn't go in all the way with it Jon j-just into the very front a-and I haven't told Elliot b-because I-if I do h-he'll need to treat the burn and I-I'm not comfortable with anyone besides me touching that area on my body right now."
Munch nodded slightly "Liv your right arm isn't broken you could probably treat it yourself with a small amount of help."
She nodded slightly "m-maybe b-but it's too late now I-I already told him nothing happened down there when he asked last night s-so he might get mad that I didn't tell him last night. I-I need his support right now n-not his anger for me not telling him last night."
"Oh Liv, Liv I really don't think he'd get angry like your thinking. He worked SVU for a really long time I'm sure he'd understand what was going through your head."
She nodded slightly "m-maybe, I-I'll think about it Jon," she said softly as she laid down and covered up.
He nodded "alright Liv, I'll see you in the morning at the lab I'm gonna send Elliot in here to see you for a minute while we get set up to take his statement, you were really brave this afternoon and off the record? You and Elliot gave him exactly what he deserved."
Olivia nodded with a small smile "thanks Jon, I'll see you tomorrow," she said as she watched him leave the room.
A/n: the weathers getting nicer with spring approaching so my updates may start getting a little slower, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter though and will start writing the next one in a couple days, happy reading.