Chapter 28

Manhattan SVU, Manhattan, New York

Thursday, January 16th 2016

11.02 am

Olivia sat at her desk flicking through the holiday snaps she'd finally had printed, she was sat in her office with George asleep in his car seat. She couldn't stay away from work and thought coming in for a couple of hours wouldn't do any harm and being stuck in the house was really driving her mad.

A knock on the door startled her as she knew all the lead detectives were out on a case.

"Come in!" She called wincing as she thought she'd wake up George.

A uniformed officer walked in with a saddened expression and Olivia stood up.

"What is it Officer?" She asked softly.

"We have a walk in Ma'am, a young girl no more than sixteen." He explained.

"Ok bring her in here." Olivia said going round to the other side of the desk.

The small trembling teenager walked in with a tear streaked face, she was obviously traumatised and with a black eye a busted lip and a face full of scratches Olivia could tell this girl had been beaten too.

Olivia sat her down and got her a soda from the mini fridge before sitting down to find out what had happened. The girl told her that her name was Melissa Redknapp and that she was fourteen years old, she'd been raped the previous evening after leaving the movies and parting with her friends.

"I only had to walk two blocks!" She cried. "I thought it was safe how naive was I?"

"Melly this isn't your fault."

"Don't call me that!" She yelled.

"Call you what?" Olivia asked in surprise.

"Melly, that's what my Pops used to call me till he died." She explained sadly.

"I'm sorry, I have a little girl who's twelve her name's Melissa and we call her Melly force of habit I guess." Olivia replied glancing over at the family portrait on the wall.

"Is that your family?" Melissa asked flicking her red hair over her shoulder as she turned to the portrait.

"Family and friends." Olivia replied as Melissa got up to get a closer look.

"Oh my God!" She gasped. "That's him!"

"That's who?" Olivia asked rushing over to the shaking girl.

"That's the man who raped me! I'd know his face anywhere!" She cried as she clutched to Olivia.

"Which one?" Olivia asked her own heart beating hard in her chest, the people in the photo were people she loved and trusted.

"Him!" She cried. "That's him!" She was pointing straight at one of the males in the picture and Olivia felt her heart shatter, this girl had to be wrong there was no way … but she had to believe the victims, that's what she had always done, why change now when the suspect was the person she loved.

"Ok I need you to sit down for a moment ok?" Olivia said softly as she led the girl to a chair. "I'll be two minutes."

Olivia rushed into the bullpen and scanned the room.

"George!" She called over to the psychiatrist.

"What's up?" He asked seeing the panicked look on Olivia's face.

"I need you to watch baby George for me, I need to take a victim to the hospital and I can't say anything else so would you mind?" She asked.

"Mind? Olivia you've asked me to be his God Father of course I don't mind watching him, you do what you need to do."

"Everything you may need is in the diaper bag on the floor under my desk." She said as they walked to the office.

"Liv its fine!" George insisted.

Olivia smiled softly at Melissa and held out her hand.

"Just call me if you need me." Olivia replied before leading Melissa away.

Mercy General Hospital, Manhattan, New York

Tuesday, January 14th 2016

12.18 pm

Olivia had taken the girl in to get her rape kit done and then called the commissioner while the kit was being performed. She was trying to keep calm as she waited for her superior to arrive, she hadn't been able to tell him anything over the phone as she was still in shock.

"Olivia!" Mathew Rockwell called and she turned to him her face defeated. "What was so important that I had to cancel a meeting with the chief of D's?" He asked with a soft laugh.

"A walk in rape victim was in my office, there was no one else around, we were talking and she looked at the portrait on my wall and identified someone in it as her attacker." Olivia explained shakily.

"Ok how confident did the girl sound?" He asked.

"She saw it and crumbled, she was panicking… there's no way he did this Mathew, he's one of my best friend's he's God father to half my children!" Olivia choked back a sob.

Mathew wrapped her up in a gentle brotherly embrace.

"Who was it Olivia?" He asked gently. "Who did the girl say attacked her?"

Olivia sighed and pulled away.

"What do I do now?" She asked.

"You tell me who did it, you suspend him with pay until an investigation is carried out and you hand the case over to IAB." Rockwell replied.

"He didn't do this!" Olivia spat. "I know him as well as I know my husband, I have known him for fifteen years!"

"I know, when you hand over the case to IAB so that they can prove he did it, you and I and the rest of SVU will prove he didn't now tell me who she says raped her."

Olivia sighed and closed her eyes, she didn't want to say it because then it was real, it was real that her best friend had been accused of raping a minor, he wasn't a paedophile, there was no way he was.

"Olivia?" Rockwell asked.

"John Munch." She sighed before walking away, she couldn't do this right now.

Bet you weren't expecting that, I'm too tired to write anymore that's why this chapter is short, you American's enjoy the latest episode of SVU and I will write more after I have seen it! Loves! x