AN: So I'm a liar. I previously said that I had like 3 more chapters, but this is actually the last one. For some reason, I thought that there were some details that I forgot about, but I got them all in this chapter. I'm sorry that it's so short, but at least I finished it!
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Disclaimer: I don't own it, but I borrowed from it
Casey had just returned from her reaming by Jack McCoy. He knew about her incident with Charlie. He didn't tell her who gave the report to him, but she already knew. She abused the authority of her office then, and she did it again with Picard. Who else had the power to make sure that Picard received the help he needed?
She found Elliot pouring a cup of coffee in the squad room. Olivia was nowhere to be seen, and that was probably for the better.
"Why'd you rat me out to the DA?" she asked. She hated how defeated her voice sounded.
"Because you threw the case".
"I had no choice after you sold out Picard to the FEDs".
Elliot didn't look mad, not like he had been during their last two encounters.
"Casey…I'm as guilty as you are. You were right, I wanted revenge".
This was not the Elliot Stabler that she knew.
"Is Olivia okay?"
Elliot smiled a bit at the mention of Olivia. He had been doing that a lot lately.
"She's okay. She'll be back to work next week. What about Picard?"
"The judge ruled him incompetent, Louisiana can't touch him now".
Elliot awkwardly shuffled his feet around, trying to figure out how to proceed.
After a moment he asked "do you think that he'll ever get better?"
"I don't know, I thought Charlie would get better…"
Elliot had never felt guiltier in his life. Casey had lost someone that she loved dearly. He knew that he would have done something much worse if he ever lost Olivia.
"Casey, I'm so sorry…do you mind my asking how it happened?"
"About six months ago, he was clipped by a cab… he might be alive if I hadn't made him leave".
Elliot couldn't take it anymore, so he brought his arms around her in a loose hug. "You had to think about yourself, Casey" he reassured her.
Her phone beeped, breaking up their embrace.
"Oh god".
"What?"
"Picard made a noose out of his shirt and tried to hang himself in lock up".
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"Hey, how was your day?" Olivia asked as Elliot entered her apartment. Her vision was almost back to normal, so she decided to stay home by herself.
"So,so. Casey and I talked things out". He slipped off his tie and toed off his shoes before plopping down on the couch next to her.
"Well, that's a good thing".
"But I also found out that Picard tried to hang himself".
Olivia went silent. She had no clue what to say. She hated the man for what he did to those girls and her, but at the same time, he wasn't mentally stable. He had no control over his actions without his medicine.
"Is he okay?"
"Casey said she'd call me when she got more information".
Olivia thought about the whole Picard case. He had raped two little girls. That was something that he would have to live with for the rest of his life. She had lost her sight, but that was only temporary.
"El"
"Yea?"
"Have you ever thought that some bad things happen for a reason?"
He was a devout Catholic, so of course he believed that there was a plan. As for every bad thing having a reason, he had a much harder time believing that. How would Picard raping two little girls help anyone?
"Yea, I guess so. Why?"
"What if I got hurt for a reason? I don't know if we would have ever gotten together if it weren't for Picard".
Elliot thought about it. She had a good point. If she hadn't gotten hurt, he wouldn't have stayed with her. For some unknown reason, he felt bold enough to make a move that first night. Would he have the same opportunity had he been the one to be blinded?
"It's weird, I may have been physically blinded, but the whole experience has opened my eyes to a much greater thing".
She kissed him deeply, trying to convey exactly how she felt.
"I think I know exactly what you're talking about".
AN: Hope you liked the ending!