CHAPTER 02
- I think that's what must have happened!
Alex was looking at Goren, exasperated.
- And I'm telling you that's not it at all!
Benson and Stabler were getting tired of their incessant fighting. To think that they couldn't stand each other!
Olivia knew that her partner was difficult, but she realized that this little blonde woman was obstinate and stubborn, and that between the two of them they were hell!
They looked like an old couple!
- You're both right!
Goren and Eames turned around sharply, looking at Benson.
- I don't think so!
Alex crossed his arms defiantly looking at Goren and Benson.
Stabler didn't know what to do.
Should he interfere?
He knew his partner well and he knew she didn't need him. On the contrary, she always defended herself.
But now it's starting to do the right thing.
As soon as Goren exposed something to her, she always said the opposite, the counter-saying!
He had never seen her in such a state!
- The suspect must be reinterviewed!
Alex remembered how the interrogation went.
Goren was really strange to tilt his face as he did and he had a very strange way of questioning the suspects.
Stabler had another way of working that was often more brutal, but it worked well.
But this way that Goren had, she was really struggling with it.
- It will be without me!
Alex was angry!
She left the crime scene in a hurry, slamming the door violently.
Who does Goren think he is!
He wasn't the boss!
And Stabler who said nothing!
She often saw a small ironic smile on her lips when Goren approached her.
He also annoyed her!
What was it that he always had to approach her, always smiling at her, always throwing his intellectual in her face?
It irritated him to the point!
Olivia and Elliot had made a bet, to know who would give in first!
Elliot bet for Goren and Olivia bet for Eames!
Goren wanted to make her give in, in his reluctance !
She was unbearable with him.
And the more unbearable she was, the more he liked her!
It was as if he was sadomasochistic.
Goren had had a discussion with Stabler about Eames, wanting to understand this reticence.
- Eames lost her husband in the line of duty, and she never felt anything for another man again! He turned his attention to Goren. And you come along and make him lose his mind!
Stabler knew that Eames was playing the indifferent, the angry with Goren, but he knew that she was not insensitive to his charm.
She hadn't noticed it, but sometimes she smiled when she looked at Goren.
And he knew that as soon as the investigation was over, Eames would be unhappy with Goren's departure.
Because whether she wanted to or not, he knew that he liked Goren.
- I didn't know about her husband!
Goren was uncomfortable.
He must have frightened her by being so insistent with her.
But he didn't do it on purpose.
He was intrigued by this little piece of woman and he liked her.
He had to admit it, she was a real pain in the ass with him!
Infernal, always saying the opposite, even when he knew he was right and she was wrong.
Eames, we need to talk! Stabler came and sat down next to Eames, taking his hand. Why are you like this with Goren? She withdrew her hand, looking away. He does everything to please you, he puts up with you even when you're obnoxious to him, without any reluctance! He took a deep breath. You'd think he likes to be martyred by you!
Why Elliot was telling him that!
He knew about his past!
And that she had a hard time with men, especially if they got too close to her.
Moreover Goren was so exasperating at times !
But she had to admit it, he was so cute at other times.
A small smile appeared on her lips, but she quickly recovered.
- You see you smiled when you thought of Goren! She shot him with her eyes. For God's sake, stop reading me like an open book Stabler! He weighed his words carefully, then threw himself. Look Alex, he may be a policeman, but there's very little chance he'll end up like Joe! I know it's hard, but you should give him a chance! You deserve to be happy! He stood up, turning around. Don't let this chance go by and don't miss out on happiness!
Alex didn't know what to do anymore.
Should she really give Goren a place in her heart or at least try?
- Very well, I would try to be nicer! She tapped the desk. But he is so annoying with his intelligence, showing me that he knows everything!
Stabler smiled.
He knew that Goren was doing this to seduce Alex.
He had confessed it to her one night over a drink.
- I don't know what to do! She denigrates me every time!
Stabler had tapped Goren's shoulder, supporting him.
- You didn't choose the easiest one! He laughs out loud at Goren's desperate expression. But don't worry, she will calm down! And then you'll miss the Alex of now!
Goren held his glass to his mouth, swallowing a sip.
Maybe he wasn't wrong about what Elliot was saying to him, it was this Eames that he liked and if she changed maybe...
But he thinks about it and says no!
He liked this little piece of woman and no matter how she would be!
Moreover he was used to women of character, he had to take care of his mother very young, so a woman of character he could very well support her, especially if she had a pretty face like Alex.
Alexandra...
This name was so pretty, making him think of Alexandria in Egypt.
A name that made him dream.