Chapter 9

After assailant leaves she crawls back into her office to call Mac. Mac picks up the phone and finds it to be Stella, what's wrong Stella slow down; he tells her they'll be right there not to move; he hangs up and tells Olivia they got to go it Stella she's all upset not making any sense at all, all she kept repeating is hurry up and get here. So off they went to the office building.

When they arrive they walk in and find a shatter shell of a woman huddle in a corner shaking. Mac and Olivia wrapped their coats around her shoulders and legs so she is warm. They had already place a call in to 911 for medical help.

Olivia asked her what happed tonight. Same thing I had to get this report done for in the morning so Joe would have it for his conference meeting and I hadn't been getting in until after 9-10:00 am in the morning since the first rape about three to four nights ago I don't even remember how long its been but it feels like yesterday was the first I'm not even healed from that one and here I am again; only this time he cut my clothes off and sucked on my nipples and just had his way seems like for hours. By then the medical help was there and got her on the gurney can you remember anything else Stella? No but if I do I'll tell you at the hospital; you are coming aren't you two? Yes we always go with the victim to hospital. Just then Stella ask Olivia if she ride with her; sure just let me grab my coat.

On the way to the hospital Stella tells Olivia that her assailant smelled like old spice and he told her that she was his any way.

Where do you remember the old spice? Olivia asked Well when I first got here Joe would be applying it as I got the kids ready. He makes up a reason's to why he didn't put it on at his place; but that's where I've smelled it before. They arrive at the hospital and they do a rape kit Olivia sends it to the lab at the station and gets a few photos for the case then she told Stella they drop by in the morning and go tell her mom and Jessica where she was again all she had to do was focus on getting some sleep. But before she left she asked Stella for her key to the building so they could go back through the crime scene, aren't your people there now yea but as we left the door lock behind us and they'll never hear us knock on the windows. Sure there in my coat pocket once were done with them we'll give them back that's fine just get this jerk so I can go back to my life without fear.

Olivia met up with Mac and told him let's go back to the crime scene see if we've missed anything. So they go tell her family that she's back in the hospital again and while they were there Jessica told Olivia and Mac that one-day Stella found a bouquet of flowers on her desk signed anonymous they never put much into it until now! Do you think she still have the card? I don't know if she did it be in her one desk draw mark personal items. Well thanks again for the help Stella's going to be fine she just shook up bad again.

On the way to the office they were starting to gather up people for suspects, she's new in town and she doesn't know to many people so there's just the folks she works with and home life but I also want check the files for any recent parolees that's gotten out in the past six months okay. They got to her office and open the drawl marked personal items in it they found tampon make up rings and the card that was signed "I love you and your mine" Olivia puts it in a bag and drops it off to the crime lab for prints.

While they wait on the results of the lab they start the task of crosschecking every one who has gotten out of Sing Sing past six months.

No hits but the lab came up with a print on the card along with the rape kit the DNA matches the DNA found on the single strand of hair put a match to the print and we have out suspect.

So they start checking domestic problems and sure enough they found a possible hit "Joseph Smith" lives at 425 Shady Brooke Lane. His last girlfriend filed charges against him get this "sexual assault" then dropped the charges. So let's go pay this guy a visit and see what's happening.

Boy they were in for a surprise when they arrived not only he wasn't at home yet he still had the girlfriend that filed the charges against him. So they got to talk and Olivia ask why you drop the charges against your boyfriend? Well he promised not to do again.

Well we think he is do you know where he's at right now? No he told me this morning he'd be a little late but it wouldn't be long. Okay when he does come home have him call us we need to talk to him. They got up to leave and that's when Joe came in the door.

His girlfriend told him they needed to talk to him and she is in the kitchen getting his dinner up. Where were you this evening at about six thirty seven o'clock? I was at a bar hanging out with friends why? Well there's been a break in at your office and Stella got hurt a little but she's fine but your office was a mess, everything on your desk was on the floor and a blouse tore up too.

Sorry to hear Stella got hurt but you said she is fine right? Yes will be in at work in the morning? We don't know. We'll be in touch Joe and out the door they go. We'll check out his alibi in the morning good night Olivia as they parted at the station house.

The next morning Olivia and Mac went to the bar and checked out his alibi and it came up empty; no one could verify if his where abouts. So they had back to the station house to talk to the boss and D.A.

Once they got there and started laying out the facts and the alibi was full of holes the D.A. told them to pick Joe up on the count of rape.

They went to Joe's place on shady brook lane and his girlfriend told them he took off for parts unknown. So after they left she told Joe it was over with them and if they come back she won't lie again for him.

On the other side of the door Olivia and Mac was walking away talking about how she was covering for him and how to get her to give him up.

Mac got the idea to sit just out of eyesight to see if they came out; sure enough out came Joe with his briefcase in his hand. He was headed to his office to clean out his desk and take off for parts unknown. But Olivia and Mac had called ahead to stop him from getting away from them.

Joe got to his office cleaned out all of his things when Jessica walked in and asked "where are you going, you've got a meeting this morning you can't leave" and he just stared at her not knowing what to do. He then got the brilliant idea to let Jessica run the meeting you can do it, No! I can't "Jessica replied!"

Just about then Olivia and Mac enter to arrest him. Joe tries to take off running but Olivia had a trick up her sleeve it was called a door cause just as he went to leave his office she swung his office door around and knocked him to the ground.

Olivia and Mac read him his Miranda rights and that he was under arrest for the rape of Stella.

Now to tell her family and Stella who her rapist is and it isn't going to go easy cause she didn't want believe it was he wait and we'll tell Stella after lunch. Let's go tell her mom first.