Very long chapter here, I wrote the beginning for Elliotandoliviababies as she enjoyed the first Kym Greyleck section so I put another in! I hope the rest of you like it as much and that this is as good as the first section too!
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When Olivia arrived home she ran to the TV so she could see what Kym Greyleck had to say about the day's events.
"I'm here once again with Kym Greyleck, Hi Kym how are you?" The reporter asked.
Olivia sat on the couch relieved that she hadn't missed it. She took Craig into her arms so she could feel the connection she had with him.
"Hi I'm well thank you." Kym smiled falsely.
"Now Kym let's first look at the first testimony, now that was Detective Benson's husband wasn't it?" The reporter asked.
"That's right. Elliot Stabler is also a detective with the Manhattan Special Victims Unit and he is also the spouse of our victim." Kym explained.
"Ok so what can you tell us about his testimony?"
"Ok so Casey Novak used the prior history of Elliot Stabler with Ed Tucker to try and prove that he was compos mentis at the time he kidnapped Olivia. Which is what she should have been doing from the start. Detective Stabler told the court that he had met the defendant when he had been falsely accused of groping a woman and he said how Ed Tucker was a good cop who hated cops who went bad." Kym explained.
"Alright so we got to see the CCTV footage from the hospital. What was the relevance of that?"
"Well Detective Benson told the court that she was taken from the hospital at knife point by the defendant, you couldn't see the knife on the tape but he had his arm gripped around her waist underneath her jacket. The relevance of showing the footage was that Detective Stabler and Agent Dean Porter of the FBI had watched the footage at the hospital and had identified Ed Tucker from that."
"Ok there was an issue with Detective Stabler's testimony. Something regarding privileged information. What was that?"
"Privileged information is communication between a husband and wife without a third party member. It's basically what you and your husband talk about when you're cuddled up in bed. Miranda Pond the defence attorney asked Detective Stabler about communication that he and Detective Benson may have had about Ed Tucker. If a conversation had occurred when they were cuddled up in bed on a Sunday morning then the information is covered under privilege. So the defence attorney couldn't ask that."
"Right I understand. So what was achieved from Detective Stabler's testimony?"
"Well from what Detective Stabler told us we gather that Ed Tucker was Compos Mentis at the time of Olivia's kidnap and torture and the jury also got to hear firsthand what it had been that the a member of the family had to endure whilst she was gone, the defence asked him what he remembered from that day and he replied that he remembered his wife's screams. That would definitely stick in the mind of the jury."
"Ok so moving on, next to give evidence was Captain Donald Cragen, now what was the relevance of his testimony?"
"Well Captain Cragen was on one phone with Olivia when she was in the storage unit. Not only that but having worked with the Special Victims Unit, I know that he has a very close relationship with Olivia that borders on Father and Daughter. I believe I am right in saying that Olivia's daughter calls him Grandpa. His testimony was what the defence could have done without, Casey Novak had him explain what was going on inside the storage unit. Cragen said that he was fearing for his life and then told the court how once a man ran out of a hostage situation and aimed his gun whilst telling God he was bringing him soldiers. He told the court that in comparison to that man, Ed Tucker's reaction was completely normal." Kym explained and it annoyed Olivia that she had referred the relationship between herself and Cragen.
"The defence didn't ask any questions to Captain Cragen. Why was that?"
"Well Casey Novak pulled out a wild card that worked in her favour. She asked the questions the defence would have asked but worded them differently to get answers that she needed from him. Had the defence asked the questions they would have made them work in their favour but Casey got there first. It isn't a tactic many ADA's would dare pull because it could have gone the opposite way and worked in favour of the defence."
"Right after lunch Agent George Huang, Psychiatrist for the FBI gave his testimony. He was the one who spoke with Ed Tucker after he'd been arrested. What can we ascertain from that?"
"Ah now Doctor George Huang's testimony was what was going to win or lose the trial for the defence and I can honestly say from what he said they have no hope of winning. Doctor Huang told the court from what Ed Tucker had told him he could understand the logic of why he did what he had done."
"Yes I remember that bit I thought he was saying that he completely understood why he did it but then he corrected the defence attorney with that didn't he?"
"Yes, there was a moment when he sounded like he was saying that Ed Tucker's reasons were fine but then when the defence bought it up he corrected himself and explained basically that just because he could understand the reasons it didn't make it ok. And Huang made it very clear that Ed Tucker was as sane as you or I which is what was going to make or break the trial."
"Now right at the end Casey Novak said the people rest. What does that mean?"
"The people rest means that the people have no more witnesses to give testimony which means when court resumes tomorrow that the defence will begin their witnesses."
"So who have we got left?"
"I believe Melinda Warner is giving evidence but I don't even understand why."
"Ok thank you for now Kym..."
Olivia knocked the off button on the remote and felt pleased that she had watched it. Something about listening to Kym had made her feel a little bit more hopeful. Glancing at the clock she realised that she needed to get ready to go and meet Fin.
After meeting Fin outside the precinct they drove to the hall the meeting would be held. After pulling over Olivia sighed and placed her head on the steering wheel.
"Liv are you alright?" Fin asked placing his hand on her back and rubbing it gently.
"Yeah." She whispered as she inhaled deeply. "Just need a minute." She said and Fin pulled his hand away as she gathered her thoughts. "Ok I'm ready." She said taking the keys out of the ignition.
Once out of the car she linked arms with Fin as they made their way inside. The chairs had been placed in a circle and Olivia wasn't sure if she was going to cope. Fin led her over to some chairs and once they had sat down Olivia took his hand in her own. Right now she needed him and he understood and accepted that fact and gave her hand a comforting squeeze. As the hall filled up Olivia felt herself getting more and more frightened and nervous.
"Good evening everyone I'm glad you could make it. For those of you who haven't been before I'm Doctor Lorna West." The psychiatrist introduced herself and the room quietened down. I'm pleased to see some of you here with loved ones as we pave the road to dealing with your trauma. So is anyone ready to share their story?" The doctor looked around the room and no one volunteered. She looked over at Olivia who was staring at the floor.
"Why don't you start?" She asked making Olivia look up.
"Me?" She asked terrified and as Lorna nodded she glanced at Fin who gave her a reassuring smile. Olivia let go of his hand and gave him a nod before sitting up a little straighter and glance around the room.
"My name's Olivia, and about a week ago I was kidnapped at knife point from hospital just hours after giving birth to my son. I was held captive for nearly four hours where I was stabbed cut and burnt by my captor." Olivia managed to say without even showing the hint of emotion, almost like she was talking about someone she had never met.
"You're the detective that's on every channel aren't you?" One woman asked looking at Olivia.
"I am." Olivia whimpered.
"Olivia why don't you tell us a little more about what happened?" Lorna West suggested.
Olivia took another deep breath and snatched Fin's hand into her own again. Going into detail meant getting more personal and that was going to break her.
"I gave birth to my son Craig at one am on January 14th." Olivia said and she could feel her voice cracking. "I'd been stalked the day before and had landed in hospital with high blood pressure and had gone to work where I'm a Detective with the Manhattan Special Victims Unit. I err the whole squad was investigating my stalking incident and after finding out some information from the FBI I went to get my head down when I went into premature Labour. My friend and co-worker delivered my little boy right there in the precinct and then I went with my husband to the hospital where I was checked out and stitched up." She was barely whispering now and she could feel all eyes on her as she spoke.
"How did it feel holding your son for the first time?" Lorna asked trying to get more to the emotional side of what had happened.
"It was ... It was like magic. I just fell in love with him. My husband Elliot Stabler was by my side and we just both cried with joy. Craig was so beautiful and even though he was early he was healthy and to both of us that was all that mattered." Olivia wiped the tears from her cheeks.
"So what happened at the hospital? I believe you said that's where you were kidnapped from." Lorna said giving Olivia a reassuring smile as Fin gave her hand a little squeeze.
"I had some sleep and then in the morning I told my husband to go home and get some sleep and wash and bring the labour bag that I had prepared for when I eventually did go into labour ... I had sort of planned to be on maternity leave and at home when it happened not in the cots at the precinct." Olivia explained making some of the people with her giggle nervously. She gave a weak smile to show that it was ok to laugh before continuing. "My husband hadn't been gone long and I had just fed my son Craig when he came into my room. He told me he had killed two FBI agents that were watching my brother's house and he also said he had my brother and daughter and if I didn't go with him he would kill them and my newborn son. So I err ..." She closed her eyes as more tears fell down her cheeks. "I placed Craig into the crib and went with him." She sobbed harder and Fin moved to put his arm around her shoulders.
"What was going through your mind when this was happening?" Lorna asked.
"I was pleading that he wouldn't hurt my children and brother." She said looking Lorna in the eyes.
"I didn't care for my life, I just didn't want him to hurt my babies." Olivia shook as she tried to stop herself crying.
"Ok so what happened then?" Lorna asked.
"He placed me in the back seats of his car and got in the front and began to drive. He err ... I err ... I had been allowed to change in the hospital and I remembered that I had two cell phones in my pockets so I called my husband and my Captain and placed the phones back in my pocket. I then kept asking him questions where was he taking me and why was he taking me."
"That's so clever I would never have thought of doing that." Another girl said and Olivia looked at her.
"I'm a cop, I just did what I'd been trained to do even though they never expect you to be kidnapped with phones in your pocket. But I knew I had to keep him talking and get him to tell me where he was taking me." Olivia explained.
"So you were thinking like a cop?" Lorna asked.
"If I hadn't I would have broken down I had to push my children and loved ones out of my mind as I focused on getting him to tell me what the detectives who were listening needed to know." Olivia explained.
"Ok go on." Lorna nodded and Olivia took another deep breath.
"He took me to a storage unit and whilst I was there I continued to keep him talking, he stabbed me with cigarettes in the chest and stabbed and cut my legs, I momentarily blacked out multiple times due to the blood loss from my stitches from child birth tearing." Olivia explained.
"Didn't he burn you about two hundred times?" Yet another girl chipped in. Olivia looked at her. "Sorry I've been watching your trial on TV." She explained. Olivia nodded.
"Yes 46 clusters between four and six burn in each cluster." She repeated what the Doctor had said at the trial. "When he burned me he would stab me in the leg or cut me I could barely feel it as the pain in my chest and the smell of ... smell of burning flesh got in the way."
"You remember the smell of your flesh burning?" Lorna asked.
"I do, I'm an SVU Detective so it wasn't the first time I had smelt burning flesh in my life but normally the person burning is already dead, I wasn't dead." Her voice fell into a whisper at the end.
"How did you feel? When all of this was happening?"
"I just remembered thinking that if I was going to die I wanted it to happen quickly and as painless as possible, he had already told me I wasn't going to live and it had been brought to my attention the day before that he may have tortured and killed someone else." Olivia explained.
"Ok so what happened then, you said you were there for four hours."
"I don't remember much, I remember when the FBI was outside and he started panicking that they were going to shoot him. I told him they wouldn't if he was using me as a shield, all he had to do was carry me in his arms and they wouldn't shoot him because of the risk to my life." Olivia said.
"You told him to use you as a shield?" A surprise voice chirped in. Olivia was looking at her fumbling hands and didn't bother to look away.
"It's not the first time I've done it and it won't be the last I'm sure. I wanted him alive though, so that he could be locked in prison and suffer inside not die and have everlasting peace." Olivia sighed.
"So you want him to suffer?" Lorna asked.
"It's the lease he deserves." Olivia muttered.
"What happened after you told him to use you as a shield?"
"He took me in his arms and carried me outside as we both shouted that he was unarmed and this also showed that I was no longer in immediate danger. He placed me on the floor and put his hands up and slowly stepped away from me and then my husband ran to me and took me in his arms. Once at the hospital I blacked out from the blood loss." Olivia shrugged.
"Ok. Do you remember how you felt when you got outside?"
"I just wanted to feel my husband's touch, to feel his skin, to hear his voice." Olivia wiped away the tears that were falling once again. "And relief, that I would get to see my kids again." Olivia added.
"So once you came round in the hospital what were you thinking?"
"Well I had all my loved ones around me, my co-workers who are like my siblings and my boss who is like my father and then my kids and step kids their mother and my brother and the first thing I realised was ... there were actually people who would miss me had I been killed." Olivia explained, she hoped this wouldn't lead to questions about her past.
"Then what?"
"Everyone slowly left my daughter went with my step children's mother leaving me with my husband and son. I remember getting scared that I would have post-partum depression from being pulled away from him so soon after he was born." Olivia sighed.
"And have you?"
"No. I've bonded with my son better than I expected to after everything that happened."
"How's life been since it all happened?"
"Hard, I have flashbacks and I jump every time I hear a door go and then I have nightmares that make me scream at least twice a night and the worse thing is that I know it's PTSD I'm an SVU detective and no matter how many times I remind myself that I will get better I can't believe it myself." Olivia looked up at Lorna West. "I tell victims who come to my squad room that they did everything right because they survived ..." She inhaled deeply as fresh tears made their way down her cheek but this time she made no attempt to wipe them. "... So why do I keep feeling like it would have been better if he'd killed me?" Olivia put her head in her hands as Fin pulled her into his arms he nor anybody else who loved Olivia had realised how bad things actually was for her.
No one had known she was this tormented. Olivia felt a second pair of arms around a her shoulders and looked up to see the girl who had said that she had been watching the trial and Olivia recognised her. She had been a kidnap, rape and torture victim that she had been the lead detective on. Marisa Wight. Olivia could see the girl was also in tears so Olivia pulled away from Fin and stood up before pulling the girl into her arms.
"I'm sorry." Olivia whispered knowing that she had also told this girl that she had done everything right in surviving.
"No, I'm sorry." Marisa said as she sobbed into Olivia's shoulders.
Everyone around them just watched but Fin had understood as he had also eventually recognised the girl. A part of him wanted to scan the room and see if he recognised anyone else but he decided not to as just seeing this scene in front of him was breaking his heart.
Once the girls had sat down in their respected seats Lorna West looked around the room.
"Has anyone got any questions they might like to ask Olivia?" She asked and Olivia once again took Fin's hand into her own. Telling her story had been one thing but answering questions had been something she hadn't expected to have to do.
"I was wondering how have you coped with the trial? Mine hasn't been yet but they've got the guy and I have been really worrying more about that than what actually happened."
"The trial has been difficult, but just make sure you have someone you love or trust nearby to put their hands around you when you're done. I found that to be the greatest help of all." Olivia explained. The girl gave Olivia a grateful smile.
"They haven't caught the bastard who did me in yet, as an SVU detective have you any advice on dealing with the thought of him still being out there and maybe hurting someone else?" Another girl asked.
"Just don't give up hope. Right Fin?" Olivia asked looking at her friend.
"That's right has SVU got your case?" Fin asked. The girl shook her head.
"Then all we can say is never give up hope, they'll get him even if it takes time." Fin said reassuringly.
"I'd rather him have not been caught than get not guilty like the one who raped me. I'd at least have the hope that he'd be found and convicted, I feel now like I've got nothing." Another girl said.
"The guy who beat me and tried to rape me got only three years and he's out next week." Marisa sighed and Olivia looked at her.
"He only got done for aggravated assault because he pled guilty right?" Olivia asked looking at her.
"Yeah that's right." Marisa said. "I'm surprise you remember." She added.
"I don't often forget, it just takes something to trigger the memory." Olivia explained and Marisa nodded.
"I can never thank you enough for getting him though, once he was behind bars I felt my life slip back to normal or more normal than it had been. I'm just worried that once he's out he'll come after me again." Marisa sighed.
"Not if we have anything to do with it Marisa, I mean I hope he isn't stupid enough to try but if he does, I'll get him." Olivia said and everyone noticed the determination in her voice.
"Thank you." Marisa smiled.
"And who ever of you has an abuser or captor still out there, I want your names because I'll get them for you. Me and my husband or Fin will get the bastards and try and get you some justice." Olivia said her voice even stronger than ever. The room broke out into applause and Olivia lifted her gaze from where it had been transfixed on the floor. Everyone Fin and Lorna West included were on their feet. She felt herself blushing and grabbed Fin's jacket pulling him down to his seat which made the applause die down and everyone took to their seats once more.
"That would help a lot of women Olivia." Lorna smiled and Olivia nodded, she just hoped that she hadn't overstepped her mark.
"Maybe we should call it a night everyone. Same time next week." Lorna smiled and Olivia stayed seated as five girls came towards her. Fin past her a notebook and pen as she took down the names of the girls with the promise of having a look into their cases.
"Thank you Olivia." The last girl said before going on her way.
"You did good today baby girl!" Fin said giving Olivia a hug as Lorna West approached them.
"Olivia thank you for sharing your story and it's lovely to meet you. I've heard a lot about you from clients." She smiled extending her hand.
"Nice ... err good to meet you too." Olivia said realising that 'nice' wasn't appropriate.
"I just wanted to ask you if you are really going to investigate these girls abusers I mean the gesture's lovely but I don't want them getting false hope." Lorna sighed.
"I promised and I don't break my promises even if it leads nowhere I will investigate for them." Olivia said and Lorna gave her a wide smile.
"I'm sure they'll be very grateful. I just don't want you over doing it with being a mom and you have your own trial going on." Lorna said.
"Trial is almost over and we think the jury is going to be out a couple of days and believe me when I say I don't do well on maternity leave, sitting at home twiddling my thumbs doesn't do me good. Craig goes to day care once he's six weeks old but I'm taking a few months out to regain myself and I can investigate this during that time." Olivia explained.
"Thank you. I wanted to ask you if you wanted to have some one to one sessions with me, completely free of charge. I mean, it would be my way of thanking you for what you are doing for these girls." Lorna smiled.
"I already have a shrink thanks and these group sessions will help so for now I'm good but thank you I won't close the door on you just yet." Olivia said and Lorna nodded.
"Well good luck with the rest of the trial and I hope to speak with you soon." Lorna smiled before heading off and Olivia turned to Fin.
"Thanks for coming with me Fin."
"You're welcome and you better let me help you with those cases." He smiled.
"I wouldn't say no, but do you mind if we go now I'm so tired." She smiled.
"Let's go baby girl."
Heartbreaking! I wanted you all to really know what's been going through Olivia's mind and that's why I used this scene. I hope you enjoy how she opens up even though Fin is beside her, but maybe that's even what's making her go on, had it been Elliot she probably wouldn't have opened up so much.
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