"Secrets" Chapter 4

Back at the precinct, Olivia gets there before Elliot. She heads for Cragen's office, but needs to get her files from her desk first. She sees Elliot come in from the corner of her eye. He walks past her and into the locker room.

Olivia: "El?"

The door shuts behind him. She goes into the locker room after him. He is standing there unbuttoning his shirt, and turns to look at her. His face shows he has something on his mind. Case files in hand, she sits on the bench in front of the lockers and looks up at him.

Olivia: "Elliot!? What is it? Tell me now, please? It is killing me."

Elliot: "I am not doing this here."

Olivia: "Do what here? I thought we said we let what happened that late night on the Lowery case, go and we were back to partners again."

Elliot: "It was easy for you to do, wasn't it. Well, that is not it, after you hear this you will be upset, but I am not doing this here. We are partners. I am not discussing this here."

Olivia stands up and takes Elliot's hand. He looks right into her eyes, tears come into his eyes, and he wants to hold her again. He loses all sense of self when he is this close to her.

Cragen: "Elliot, Olivia, Now."

Olivia jerks her hand away from his and he drops his head as she turns away. Elliot wipes the tears away and changes his shirt and heads for Cragen's office behind Olivia.

Elliot: "You needed us?"

Cragen: "You were supposed to report to me as soon as you got a lead. Where have you been?"

Elliot: "I had to change my shirt first. Sorry captain."

Cragen: "S'ok. Anything?"

Elliot: "Warner found a necklace in the boys belongings with the number 32 on it."

Olivia: "32? That can't be a date?"

Cragen: "What? A date?"

Olivia: "Oh, after I talked to you, Kathleen told me about a boy that received two number charms from Denise and she tried to say that it was the date that they met. 32 can't be a date?"

Elliot: "What can they mean then?"

Olivia: "Kathleen seems to think maybe it is how many guys she has been with. The other boy had the numbers 26."

Cragen: "Who is this girl? Go check the house near the food court Kathleen was talking about and report to me first thing in the morning."

Elliot: "You got it."

Olivia and Elliot go to their desks, get the keys to the car and head to the food court. They find out that the house had been vacant since Ms. Rogers died there last year. The girl still went in and out everyday about 4pm. The electricity was still on and mail was even delivered, but to several different names. They went into the house. The outside looked hardly livable but the inside was immaculate. Very clean.

Elliot: "I'll be damned."

Olivia: "No doubt. We'll need a warrant."

Elliot: "We'll tell Casey tonight. Let's go get ready."

Elliot took Olivia to her place and he went to his apartment to get changed. About 7:30pm he picked her up to go meet Casey. He rung the doorbell, she answered and he thought he would faint. Olivia was wearing a beautiful red dress with thin straps. Her arms glistened like silk. He was breathless.

Elliot: "Uh…you…are…oh…Are you ready?"

Olivia: (Laughing) "Yes I am."

They got in the car and headed to meet Casey. He could not stop looking at her. His smile stretched clear across his face. He kept thinking about the night that led to their passion together. He could not stop thinking about it lately. He reached over and put his hand on her bare leg. The dress she was wearing had a side split on the front, when she sat it showed her leg. He did this without thinking.

Olivia never budged. She put her hand on top of his. He looked at her and realized he did actually do it. He was shaking. They, then, arrived at the restaurant to meet Casey.