Chapter 3

Olivia stared at the journal in her captor's hands. Could it be true? Had Lewis inadvertently left his brother a manual detailing how to get inside of her head? Stefan followed her gaze and grinned when he realized what she was staring at.

"Would you like me to read some entries to you?" he asked, smiling widely. He began to flip through the pages, not bothering to wait for an answer. "Oh, I like this one," he said proudly. "'September 17th. I watched Benson sleep again tonight. Night is always the best time to watch her, because when she's awake, her guard is always up. She's always on the lookout for me. But when she's asleep, she's helpless. Her chest rises and falls slowly and deeply, her body calm because she doesn't realize I'm here. Maybe I'll knock her out next time I see her. I like having her struggle, so having her wake up with me already inside of her would really be a sight!" Stefan paused to glance up at Olivia's horror-struck face. "Don't worry, it gets better. 'Sometimes I imagine-'"

"Stop," Olivia ordered, biting her lip and trying to hide her shaking. "Stop reading."

"Why?" Stefan taunted, closing the diary and straddling her stomach again. He began to brush his fingertips lightly up her thighs. "Does it make you uncomfortable?"

Olivia stared at the wall defiantly, refusing to give her captor the satisfaction of showing her disgust. The very fact that Lewis had watched her sleep made her stomach churn-he had thought about her; fantasized about her! And from only a few feet away, with her never realizing! The thought of having him so close cause bile to rise up into her throat. But she was quickly brought back to the present as he began to touch her.

"Lewis loved his power trips," Stefan mused, rubbing Olivia's stomach under her shirt with his thumbs and beginning to kiss her neck. "He wanted you awake the whole time. But I'm not so greedy. Maybe I won't even wake you up for what I want to do with you. Maybe you'll just wake up, naked and violated, not knowing which way is up." He smiled as he nipped her ear and watched her flinch away from him. "How would you feel about that, Detective? Not even being able to remember what happened, with your only indication of my being there being the intense pain between your legs?"

Without warning he slid his hand between her legs, and she jumped, wriggling out of his grasp as best she could.

"Enough!" she cried, trying to fight him off with tears in her eyes. "Stop it!"

Stefan only laughed and slid off of her, slipping the diary back into his backpack.

"Detective," he said, "if you can't even handle my hand between your legs, then you're going to have a real great time with what I have planned for you."

Brian Cassidy knew that his time was limited. Somehow he'd managed to turn himself around in the tub, and after a good bit of effort, had managed to free himself by fraying the rope around his wrists by scraping it against a sharp part of the faucet. Once the rope was weak enough, he'd broken free, and had quietly slipped out of his wet clothing so that it wouldn't make noise when he got out of the tub. Then, dressed in only his boxers, he'd escaped to his bedroom to climb out of the fire escape. The asshole who'd trapped him in his bathroom had taken his cell phone and had cut the cord for his land line, so Brian knew he would have to go to one of his neighbors for help if he wanted to make sure that he and Olivia both made it out alive.

He quietly pulled open the window and climbed through, stepping gently onto the fire escape. Then, as soon as he was all the way out, he snuck down to the next floor, where his friend David had an apartment. Brian tapped on his friend's window, trying to ignore the look on his face when he saw that Brian was only in his underwear.

"Don't judge me," Brian said sternly as David opened the window for him. "Where's your phone?"

"Over there," his friend replied, pointing to the house phone. "Can I ask what this is about?"

"No time," Brian replied, grabbing the phone and dialing 911. "I'll explain later. Hello? Yes, I'd like to report a break-in. Someone broke into my apartment, locked me in my bathroom, and is currently holding my girlfriend captive. I managed to escape while he wasn't paying attention, but he's still got my girlfriend." He paused as the woman on the other end spoke. "Her name is Olivia Benson, and mine is Brian Cassidy. We're both detectives for the NYPD." He paused again. "I think I heard the guy say his name was Stefan, and that he was related to William Lewis,a man who stalked and tried to rape my girlfriend about 6 months ago. I'm afraid that he wants to hurt her because he thinks she was responsible for his brother's death." As he continued to give the operator his information, David went into his bedroom and pulled out a pair of sweatpants. "Yes, thank you," Brian said, both to his friend and the operator. "No, I'll stay on the line."

He began to pull on the sweatpants with one hand, when suddenly a loud crash sounded from upstairs.

"Shit," Brian breathed, pulling the pants on the rest of the way. He began to talk into the phone again. "No, the police need to come now. It sounds like they're struggling, and I don't know what's going on. I think he's hurting her." Another loud bang. "Fuck! Forget it, I'm going back in there." He thrust the phone at his friend, but David grabbed his shoulder instead.

"You're not going back up there," David told him sternly, his grip like iron on his friend's shoulder. "The police will be here soon, right?"

Brian opened his mouth to reply, but the words were stolen from him when he heard another bang, Olivia scream, and the man upstairs start to laugh loudly.

"Fuck that," Brian yelled, ripping his shoulder away, tossing the phone to his friend, and climbing back out onto the fire escape. "I am the police."

Notes: You guys need to have a little more faith in me! I promised not to abandon the story, and I'm not going to! I just got busy with school and didn't have time to write the next chapter. But now it's here, and I'm working as hard as I can to write the next one. So just please be patient with me, and I'll update again as soon as I can. :) Meanwhile, don't forget to leave a review, and tell me what you think! Thanks!