Alicia cried. "He's my partner... Oh God how could this happen??"
Olivia nodded again to Melinda, and she covered the body.
"Is it OK if we take you to the station so we can talk?" Olivia asked
"Yeah, right" Alicia said, crying silently
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In the interrogatory room
"How old are you, Alicia?" Olivia asked
"25" She answered
"Your partner?"
"28"
"So... how can two just-graduated become detectives so quicly?" Elliot asked
"Well... we are not really detectives. We have completed our training, but we don't get cases. I mean, we are never assigned to them"
"And what do you do?" Olivia asked
"We organize files, answer the phones, stuff like that. Not the dreamed job, but sometimes the senior detectives took us with them to an interrogation or something"
Outside
"What do you think, Doc? Cragen asked George Huang
"She's talking in present plural, means she hasn't assimilated the death of her partner" The Doctor answered
"Why?"
"She must be very traumatized, so her mind is blocking it. It's an autodefense against the pain"
"Any recomendation?"
"Don't be rude with her. Just firm" Huang concluded
Cragen knocked the glass and the detectives went out. "How is it going?" he asked
"She's the typical young detective. You know... I think she is hiding something" Elliot said
"Make her talk... just don't be rude all right? She is unstable" The captain said
Elliot and Olivia entered to the interrogation room again. Olivia asked Alicia: "How was your relationship with Daniel?"
"Hmm... normal, I guess. We were friends, talked a lot. We supported each other. Always. He had more experience that me, he was my teacher"
"Do you know anybody who could have done this?" Olivia asked
"..." Alicia didn't answer
"Alicia? What is it?"
"Nothing... I don't know" Alicia started crying "It's just so difficult to accept it, that he's not going to talk to me again, to joke, to complain about the injustices of life..."
"Look, if you want us to catched the person who did this to your partner, you need to give all the information you've got" Elliot said
Alicia looked at Olivia: "OK. But I want to talk to you in private."
"You've a problem with me?" Elliot asked, starting to get mad
"No! I want to talk with detective Benson, please. You're going to find out anyway. Olivia will tell you"
"El, please" Olivia said. Elliot got out, slamming tho door behind him
"Is he always bad-tempered?" Alicia asked
"Only when someone hides something to him" Oliva answered
"I know you're outside, detective Stabler. Please give us privacy" Alicia shouted
"I don't think he's outside" Olivia said. Elliot smiled, and went to the lockers area.
"Fine. What do you want to know?" Alicia asked
"Everything" Olivia said
"Don't know where to start. Just ask the damn questions"
"You were sleeping with him, weren't you?"
Alicia smiled. "We were dating, yes, but it wasn't just about the sex. I loved him"
Olivia didn't say anything. She just stared at Alicia, and she continued with her story: "I was in love with him since the moment I met him. He had a girlfriend, Rose. It started about
6 months ago. We were late, trying to order those files from unsolved cases. We started talking. I said more than I should have. We kissed, he told me he loved me. We couldn't stop. Then, he broke up with Rose... The best 6 months of my life"
"Alicia, did anyone else know about you relationship?" Olivia asked
"Everyone in the squad. We weren't good liers. They found out in 3 days"
"Right. Now I need you to tell me, was he having problems with somebody? Friends, family, co-workers?"
"No. Or at least he never mention something like that. Only..."
"Only what?"
"We recieved a weird letter 3 weeks ago. Oh God... now I remember. We thought it was just crap"
"OK. Do you have it?"
"I think it's in my purse" Alicia started looking for it, and then she took out a piece of paper. She gave it to Olivia. I said:
Detectives Alicia and Daniel:
I know your secret. Congratulations! Breaking the rules is exciting, isn't it? All that there'a left to say is: take care of yourself. Love can make you become stupid. I've seen it, curiously, with another detectives. They are special. Enjoy it as long as you can!
Olivia noticed something. The letter had no signature. Instead, there was a picture of a crossed sheep. When she went out, she saw Elliot sitting in his desk. "You're finished? What did she tell you?" Elliot asked.
"You won't believe it"
Guess who is going to appear next chapters. Do you remember "Authority", season 9??