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Chapter Nine
Moonshine
~~SVU~~
"Good morning." Olivia greeted Dickie as he entered the kitchen
"Yeah, morning."
"Did you sleep ok?" She asked, nonchalantly stirring a cup of tea and putting some coffee in a second cup.
"Yeah, fine. You?"
"About the same."
"Did dad get in last night?"
"Yeah, he was called into work for a couple of hours but he got back alright, I'm just letting him sleep. Do you want anything?" She gestured to the beverages
"Nahh, unlike my father I don't run on coffee and anyway if I drink something hot in the morning, I'll be sweating all day."
"Ok. How 'bout some juice or something?"
"It's fine I can get it myself." He smiled at her and lifted a soda out of the fridge.
"II said juice not a soda," she told him sternly "can't have you hopped up on caffeine and sugar all day. Also it's bad for your teeth."
"I distinctly remember you saying last night that you weren't my mother."
"Yeah, but while you're living here, you gotta respect me as much as a parent. So no soda first thing. You'll end up crashing around lunch time. Believe me."
He glanced at the two cups she was holding "Aren't you a little hypocritical?"
"No. I'm drinking herbal tea and your dad lives on coffee so I put half regular half decaf, or else he'll be up all night and asleep all day. Be grateful for a regular schedule and hold on to it for as long as you can. The amount of coffee I used to drink could have very easily sent me to an early grave."
"Dad doesn't notice you give him decaf?"
"No. I actually gave him almost no regular this morning. He'll be up pretty soon all he needs to do is boil the kettle and pour it in when he gets up."
"Uhh. Can you give me a ride to the library, there's some stuff I wanna research for an English project."
"Sure. What's it on, I majored English. So maybe I can help you." (AN: If Olivia didn't major English please don't kick me. I think she did but I'm ONLY HUMAN so I'm just saying she did for the purposes of the story.)
"Seventeenth century literature. I haven't a clue where to start."
"Well, when's the project due?"
"In two and a half months."
"Ok, I'll help you with it. We'll start with the most well known then for a little extra flair, we'll do some less known pieces. But you have to do at least 95% of the work. I'm only going to suggest what you put in and what's relevant."
~~SVU~~
"Liz, my car broke down can you come get me from work?"
"Sure, mom."
"Ok thanks, honey."
"Do you want me to stop off at Maureen's and get Eli?"
"Yeah, sure." Eli had been feeling a little better but Kathy didn't want him back at daycare quite yet. Maureen had offered to take him while Kathy was at work and Lizzie was in school. "See you soon, honey." Kathy snapped the phone shut and stepped out onto the sidewalk and locked her car. It was currently being looked at by the triple A guy.
"I'm sorry, Mrs Stabler, I'm gonna have to have the car towed to the shop so I can get a proper look at it. I'll wait with you for your daughter, if you want."
"No, thanks anyway. I'll just go back to the hospital. She'll be coming from the other side anyway.
~~SVU~~
"Seventeen year old, female. Involved in an RTC - three car pileup. More casualties coming."
"Please, she's my daughter. Please let me go with her."
"Sorry, ma'am I can't let you through I'll have someone take you to the relatives waiting room and I'll have someone update you. Gary, what have we got?"
"Excuse me, ma'am can you come with me please?"
"But my daughter." The woman said as a last flailing attempt
"Please. I'll get you some tea." The nurse said to the frantic mother.
"She was coming to pick me up. She passed her test last month. She's always so careful. It wasn't her fault. It wasn't." She said more to herself than the nurse.
"Ma'am, you're in shock and you need to calm down. Let's find you somewhere quiet to sit and be able to think properly."
~~SVU~~
"Mr Adams, we understand you're a busy man." Elliot said
"Yeah. Real busy. You get busy with her?" Fin showed the man a picture of Salina
"I never seen her before."
"Really? How come we found your prints on her phone and bitemarks matching your choppers on her leg?"
"Some women are into it rough. But I never saw her. I don't know maybe I got wasted and we had some fun."
"Oh, you had fun. I'm sure she died laughing." He threw pictures of her body at the scene and the morgue picture. He leaned in and muttered "You recognise her now? This is how you left her."
"Ok, some guy paid me fifty grand to screw the broad and send a text on her phone. He said she liked it rough. But I never killed her."
"Where's the money?"
"I don't have it."
"He never paid you?"
"He did. I used it to pay off some money I owed."
"What's the guy's name?"
"I dunno he never gave me one."
"Well how 'bout a description?
"Nope. I was promised another sixty grand if I never told. As soon as he's out of the country he's gonna wire it to me."
"Perhaps a night in the cage will jog your memory."
"Hey listen. Go on home. You've been here all day. I was giving Dickie some help earlier so when you get in maybe you could check on how he's getting along."
~~SVU~~
"Hey, how's the project?"
"Loads of work left to do but at least it's getting done."
"You do know this is your project, not Liv's."
"Of course, dad. I promised her that all I expect is that she's only giving assistance and guidance and that's it. Nothing more and nothing less."
"That better be it. Do you wanna take a break? Watch some football or something?"
"Nahh. I'm just gonna do this essay on Lope de Vega."
"The Spanish poet guy?"
"Well it's hardly about the place in the Phillipines."
"Ok. I thought this was an English project."
"It is. Ollivia thought I should add influential authors and poets from other places. Let's face it, most people will spend most of their project on Shakespeare. Sure he's a great guy and all but I'm going for a little originality. We also have to give a three minute presentation on at least three poets, playwrights or authors around that time. We got a whole century to work with and people choose Shakespeare. After a few dozen Shakespeare projects, mine will be quite refreshing.
"You seem to have quite a high opinion of yourself."
"Gotta start somewhere, dad."
"Ok. I'll let you get back to it. I want you in bed at a reasonable hour tonight, it's a school night."
"Yeah, sure."
~~SVU~~
The phone rang, waking Olivia up. Groggily, she sat up in bed and swung her legs out on to the floor. She felt a hand on her arm and heard Elliot's voice. "It's ok, I got it. Go back to sleep, Liv."
"Yea'kay" She said sleepily
"Hello?...Kathy, It's three in the morning." Oh, Kathy. He'd probably be a while, so she may as well go back to sleep. She heard his voice turn worried "What's going on?" It sounded as though something was wrong, maybe she should stay awake after all. She turned and faced him. He'd gone totally white. "Oh God." His voice was fearful and his eyes darted around the room and he put the phone back on the receiver.
"Everything alright?"
"No." He stood and began dressing. "I need you to stay here with Dickie. I'm going to the hospital."
"I'm coming with you."
"No."
"What happened?"
He opened his mouth to speak, closed it and swallowed. "Elizabeth."
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