A/N: It's been some time, yes. I have no excuse, because although things have been crazy around here for a while, I've found time to sleep and do nothing for hours; only an apology. I'll have more time to write next week, so I can't premise any updates in the near future.
While Olivia talked to Eames and Rachel talked to Elliot, Bobby Goren sat back at his desk looking at both pairs, smiling, thinking that now more people were talking, finally really talking …
It's what she does best.
Carolyn sat at her desk too, alone, trying to understand what was going on around her. Detectives Stabler and Benson had told her that they had talked to her sister, and to the Captain, and even to Goren himself, and that there was absolutely no indication that she was being abused, or that she had ever been. She was relieved and confused and disappointed at herself for ever thinking Bobby Goren could do something like that, and she couldn't take it any more.
"Hey," she whispered, coming from behind Bobby.
Bobby turned around to face her and put his hand up to stop her from talking before him…
"Barek, you don't need to say anything," he started. He got a quizzical look from her, and before she could reply he continued. "If I weren't me and Rachel were my sister, and I suddenly found out she's staying at a guy's house, a guy who is not only much elder than her but also has a reputation for his very unconventional methods – me – and I didn't know the whole story, I would have probably done what you did. So don't apologize. She's you're sister."
I can't believe this guy! How can he be so – ugh! He could have lost his job and he's being too damn nice to me, damn it!
"I do think you could apologize to her, though…"
"I will. But I just, you knew all morning and you didn't say anything, why?"
"It didn't matter."
"I still don't get it… I should have listened to her, and I should have come to you before going to them, and I'm very sorry for that."
"Don't worry about it, really."
When Logan appeared Alex and Olivia were still talking to each other, Elliot was talking to Bobby, and Carolyn was talking to Rachel. Everything seemed to be in order.
"What's going on?" he asked as he approached Goren and Stabler.
"Deakins doesn't have any assignments for us, we're doing nothing… we don't even have paperwork to do."
"You don't have paperwork?" Logan asked looking at Elliot.
"We're not writing anything on Rachel… so not really."
Logan nodded and then noticed Goren staring at him. "What now?"
"Nothing."
"Yeah, right!"
"Okay, I realized that when Deakins introduced you to Rachel you looked like you already knew her. It's nothing; I just remembered something, that's all."
Logan said nothing. What could I say? He was obviously thinking while listening to the other men's conversation… "You and her talk much? Did you know before yesterday that Carolyn was her sister? Did she talk to you about her?" he finally asked, maybe too abruptly for Bobby not to notice. Damn it…I wonder if she told him…
Ohhh! "I knew she had a sister, but I didn't know it was Barek. Rachel always called her… something else." Bobby said with a smirk. 'Well, I was actually planning to stay with Becky, just tonight, but she arrived with company…'
Say something! Do you, or don't you know?
But Bobby didn't say a word; he just continued his conversation with Elliot, while Logan ran in circles in his mind. It's not my place to say anything about anything.
TBC...
