Author's Note hey guys! Sorry for the cliff hanger! So here's the next chapter!
Disclaimer I don't own any of the following material. The characters are a copyright of NBC/ Dick Wolf. The plot's all mine though
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Elliot and Olivia held in their hands a case file. The File showed pictures of a badly beaten woman. The woman had been raped… 10 months ago. The woman was none other than their own Casey Novak. They were speechless.
Olivia was the first to speak. "El, look the date of the rape. 10 months ago, almost. Cara… she's almost a month old."
"Casey's boyfriend didn't leave her. She didn't even have one." Elliot said blankly.
"We don't know that, El. Maybe her boyfriend did it. The case is still open. Maybe-"
"maybe nothing Olivia. This isn't our case. She didn't want us to know. We shouldn't be looking at this" Elliot said throwing the file down and searching quickly through the others. "damn it! Where's the Segal file!" he yelled as his temper got the best of him.
"El-"
"Olivia It's not our damn case it's none of our damn business!" He yelled. He took a calming breath. "Look, let's just go."
They grabbed their perp and their file and were on their way. Their car ride was silent. They arrived at the 1-6 an hour later.
"How'd it go?" Munch asked while Elliot threw Segal into a cell.
"Fine" Elliot and Olivia answered in an angry tone.
"Hey guys!" Fin said as he entered. "I wanted to see if we could all go to dinner Friday night. You know, us four, captain, Casey, Huang, and Mel".
"sure" Olivia said uninterested.
"What's her problem?" Fin quietly asked Elliot. Olivia still heard him and looked up. Upon seeing this, Elliot replied, "She just can't stand it when she can't dig into other peoples business."
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The week went by pretty fast. Elliot and Olivia were still mad at each other and not talking to each other. Casey wasn't around the precinct because she had 4 more weeks of maternity leave. Friday rolled around, and the group was out for dinner.
"Hey guys!" Melinda greeted as she met her friends. "Where's Cara?"
"I left her with a sitter" Casey responded. Melinda nodded and the group were led to their table. They ordered and began some small talk- all except for Elliot and Olivia, who were still sitting quietly. Melinda made an attempt to break the awkwardness.
"So, Olivia, do you know what you're getting?" she asked.
"Probably the lobster roll. The woman over there has it and it looks pretty good." She replied.
"Yes, and we all know how much Olivia loves to snoop in on other people's private business." Elliot chimed in. Olivia shot him a dirty look.
"Elliot, could I speak to you for a minute?" She asked. Olivia and Elliot walked into the short hall that the table was about 8 feet from and began to speak in hushed tones.
"Alright Elliot cut the crap, if you've got something to say to me that say it to my face" Olivia ordered.
"I do have something to say to you. You need to forget we even saw that file. It's none of our business. She doesn't want us to know or she wouldn't have told us" Elliot replied.
"El! It doesn't matter. She needs help. Who cares if she wasn't going to tell us! We know now and you can't undo that!" She said, getting louder. "Besides, don't you at least think Cara has a right to know?"
"Liv, she's a baby!" said, also getting pretty loud, but still lesser than the tones of restaurant clatter. "Casey will probably tell her when she's old enough"
"But if she didn't tell us, even after 10 months, do you really think she'll ever tell Cara? She has a right to know"
"Liv, is that what this is all about? Listen, Cara isn't you."
Olivia rolled her eyes. "Elliot, all that aside, I'm not just going to pretend that we don't know Cara's the product of a rape!" Olivia yelled-too loud. Everyone at the table turned their attention to the two. There was a moment of silence before a numb looking Casey jumped up from the table and ran away.
"Casey! Casey!" Olivia yelled as she chased her friend. No use. Casey was gone.
"Shit." Olivia muttered.