Bellview Prison Ward
September 2, 2011 11:30pm
(Benson's POV)
I was finally able to open my eyes again. I felt a hand in mine and wondered whose it was. I tried to ask but my voice wouldn't work. I squeezed the hand to let whoever was there know I was awake. I felt the hand slip from mine and saw a glimpse of Eliot's face as he left the room.
He returned a few minutes later with a team of doctors. I swear it was their goal to drive me crazy. They sat there shining lights in my eyes, moving my body parts, asking me questions that I couldn't verbalize an answer to, and started running a million and one different tests on me.
I faded in and out the entire time, nodding when I could and trying my best to pay attention. From what I could gather, I'd been poisoned… other than that, I didn't know much. I heard words like "temporary brain damage", "erosion of the esophagus", and "untreatable" being tossed around but didn't hear the context that they were being used in. I felt Eliot grab my hand and hold it tight and realized that they must have been giving him really bad news.
After what seemed like hours of being poked and prodded, I heard one of the doctors tell me that he was going to give me some medicine to help me sleep. I said okay and a second later, I was gone again.
Bellview Prison Ward
September 3, 2011 9:00am
(Huang's POV)
I got a phone call late last night. It was Judge Donnelly. She told me that Olivia had tried to commit suicide and that she believed Eliot had helped her. She wanted me to go interview Liv and see how she was doing mentally. She told me to use whatever means necessary… in this case, sodium amytal. While she was under, I figured I'd be able to question her about the murder as well.
We administered the sodium amytal through her IV. Novak, Cragen, Cabot, Judge Donnelly, and I were all present for the interview. I was afraid there would be too many people, but they all had reasons why they had to be present. I began by getting a baseline to make sure that there were no negative effects. I asked Olivia her name, her job, and several other things that we all knew the answer to. Then I asked her to remember what she did on August 27.
After a few minutes, she replied that she was watching television when Alex called and told her that Harris had escaped from prison. She said that she had drunk a lot of alcohol when she had an idea. She told us that she decided to go bounty hunting… her prey: Harris.
She told me that she hadn't driven. She walked to his apartment. She said that she remembered pulling her gun and kicking in the door… after that, she said she didn't remember anything. Since she was under the influence of the sodium amytal, I believed her.
I wish that she had been able to remember something that would clear her, but we had more things to take care of. I told her that we were changing gears and began to ask her about what had happened at Sealview. I asked her if she knew that something was wrong with her food and she said yes. I asked why and she said she didn't know. I asked if she had wanted to die and she said no. I asked if Eliot was helping her try to get out of Sealview and she said no.
I turned to Judge Donnelly and asked her if she was satisfied but she wasn't. She told me to ask Olivia who she thought poisoned her. I asked her and she said that she thought it was CO Parker. I turned to Cragen and asked if there was anything he knew about CO Parker. He said that she was afraid of him but that he didn't think Parker wanted anything more than free sex. He definitely didn't think he would poison an inmate.
Judge Donnelly appeared to be satisfied. We all stepped out of the room and allowed Eliot to go back inside. Donnelly asked me what I thought and I said that it wasn't a suicide attempt. She asked if Olivia was mentally okay to go back to Sealview… I wanted to say no, but she wasn't a danger to herself or anyone else… if she was medically cleared, she'd be headed right back to Sealview.
I hoped that she was done. I didn't like working against Olivia. It felt like betrayal. Then Judge Donnelly said that she'd heard a confession during the interview. I told her that it was taken out of context and couldn't be used in court… but she suggested that Novak and Cabot work out a deal. I began to feel rage bubble up inside me. I tried to control myself, but I completely lost it.
I screamed and yelled until I was blue in the face. I definitely had a captive audience now; I'd made sure of that. If she didn't remember the murder while she was under the influence of sodium amytal, there was a good possibility that she wasn't there! I told them that they were convicting her without even giving her a chance! I couldn't believe those assholes! It was like they wanted Liv to be convicted!
Bellview Prison Ward
September 3, 2011 11:00am
(Stabler's POV)
I couldn't believe what was happening. It seemed like no one wanted Olivia to be innocent anymore. I couldn't believe I had been accused of trying to KILL her! It was like we were in some crazy alternate universe! Nothing seemed real.
Cragen knocked on the door. I motioned for him to come in. He told me what was discussed outside and I couldn't believe what I was hearing. The only one who was fighting for her was Huang! I was shocked! I figured that Casey would have at least tried to defend her client! I couldn't believe how unfair all of this was.
I stopped talking as I heard Olivia stir. All of a sudden I heard her croak out "Captain." I was so glad to hear her voice I didn't even care that she wasn't talking to me. It sounded horribly painful for her to talk, so I was glad she kept it short and sweet. She continued: "I swear I'm not crazy. Parker's trying to kill me. Please do something." She looked at him with pleading eyes, puppy-dog eyes I'd recognized all of my kids use at different times in our life. She was really pulling out all the stops.
"Olivia, I'm trying to help you. We're investigating everything, I promise. We're doing everything we can to save you." Cragen responded.
"I thought of something new" Liv croaked out. "Since my prints were in Harris's apartment, I have to have left my building. Ask the doorman when I left and when I came back. he'll be able to tell you if I was there at the time of death and if I looked frazzled, was covered in blood, or anything."
"I'll try Liv, but we've already talked to him once."
"Try again… please"