Please R and R. It helps me stay motivated to write more chapters. Thanks for the feedback so far. Hope you enjoy this chapter. I made it a little longer.

Chapter 5: Mrs Lindall.

Mrs Lindall was cooking in her kitchen when she heard a knock at the door. " Janelle would you get that?" she called. "Sure mom." Janelle replied back as she walked towards the door. Before she opened it she took a deep breath. As she opened it she saw what she had feared. " Hi there. Im Detective Elliot Stabler this is my partner Olivia. Is Mary Lindall in? " he asked politely. Janelle stood there staring not saying anything. Her mother walked to the door. " Sorry about that. Go on Janelle let me talk to the officers." she said shooing away her daughter. "Actually Mrs Lindall do you mind if i have a word with Janelle?" Olivia asked. "Um. I guess. Is there something going on here?" she asked closing the door. " I'll explain. Is there somewhere more private we could go? " Elliot asked. " Sure follow me." she said guiding Elliot into the living area.

Olivia was left standing with Janelle. She noticed Janelle looked uncomfortable. "Would you like to sit down? I just need to ask you a few questions about your cousin." Olivia explained. "Oh. Ah. Yeah. We could go to my room if you want." Janelle suggested unsure of what she should do. " Sure." Olivia replied smiling. She followed the girl down the narrow hallway. At the end was a small room. The walls were painted a light purple. Janelle walked over to her bed and removed some of her soft toys to make room to sit. " Nice room." Olivia said smiling. "Thanks." Janelle replied. "So. Just a few questions about your cousin. Claire? She stays her a lot huh?" Olivia asked as she sat down on the end of the bed. " Ah yeah. Her mom doesn't look after her." she explained as she fiddled with one of her teddy bears. "Okay. So when Claire is here do you two get along?" "Um. Sometimes. My mom makes me spend time with her. She says that Claire isn't all there. She says she needs a friend." Janelle slowly looked up. " Is she okay?" " Claire was attacked a few nights ago. So we are just looking around to find where she was staying. On Sunday?" With that Janelle started to fidget. "Ah. I was with her for a bit. But she ran away. She does that sometimes. I just left her. I had to get home i had a ton of homework." she answered uneasily. "Okay. When she runs away does she go to a specific place? A park maybe?" Olivia asked. "No. Not that i know of. Usually i just run after her. But i was to tired." Janelle said standing up and walking over to her desk. She rearranged some books. " Oh that looks like it hurt." Olivia said pointing to Janelles leg. There was a long scrape down her left leg. "Oh yeah. Um i did it in gym class." Janelle said smiling. " Claire needs a familiar face and some company. Do you think you could come down to the presinct with us and see her for a little bit?" Olivia knew she was pushing. " Ah... Yeah i guess. If my mom says it is okay."

"Are you sure you want to go sweety?" Mrs Lindall asked again as she followed her daughter and the detectives to the door. " If Claire needs me then... Well you are coming to get me later right? " Janelle asked again for the fifth time. She was nervous and having the police standing next to her wasn't helping. She just hoped she could talk to Claire before she said anything to them. "Yes i will be there in a few hours to get you." Mary reasurred her daughter. With that Benson lead her out into the corridor. " Thank you very much Mrs Lindall." Elliot said again. " Oh please call me Mary," she said blushing. " Just make sure you look after Claire please detectives. I am sure she is in good hands." Mary smiled . Elliot picked up that she was worried for her niece. Who wouldn't be? " Thank you for this to." Elliot said as he held up a small manila folder containing medical notes about Claire.

"So... Is she in trouble? You said she was attacked." Janelle asked nervously. She started fiddling with her seatbelt. "Maybe you should see her first before we talk about it. " Olivia suggested. "Okay. How long will i have to be with her for? Like. Can i talk to her alone. She gets nervous when people are listening." Olivia noticed that Janelle was speaking very quickly. She had wondered about the girl. Maybe it was something she needed to look into. But then again it could just be because she was worried about her cousin.

When Janelle walked into the 16th precinct she got butterflies. All of these detectives and police officers. What if one of them could tell she did it. What if one of them knew she had killed that guy in the alley. It was just an accident she was looking after her cousin. She didn't even mean to hurt him. She just wanted him to leave her alone. But she couldn't tell. Her mother would disown her. She would be an outcast. What if she went to jail. She couldn't handle that. Then she realised that the female detective was looking her in the eye and saying. "Janelle? Janelle are you okay?" "Oh yes. I'm sorry. I day dream sometimes." Janelle replied. She quickly followed Olivia. She was lead around a number of desks and fileing cabinets untill they came to a room down the end of a corridor. You would think they would paint the place. Janelle thought to herself. Then she remembered where she was and what was happening. Olivia opened the door and let Janelle go in first. There was a window and on the other side she saw Claire standing by a light switch flicking it on and off. She also saw a man sitting at the childrens table. She had seen these rooms before on tv shows. They were interigation rooms. That is when she started to panic. "What is he doing? Why is she in there? If she didn't do anything why is she in there?" Janelle questioned Olivia. " Calm down. It's okay. He is one of my colleagues. He is just in there keeping an eye on her." Olivia explained.

Fin sat at the childrens table as he watched the girl turning the light on and off and on again. He was nearly going insane when there was a knock at the door. It made him jump a little. Elliot walked in. " Hey. How's everything going?" he asked as he slowly closed the door behind him. He was weary of Claire. But he knew she had been given medication and all of the objects that could be used as weapons had been taken out of the room. "We're doing fine. I think we are going to have to get some new bulbs though." he said pointing up to two of the blown out ones. Elliot smiled. " Well i am here to relieve you of you duty." Elliot said pating Tutuola on the shoulder. "Finally." he got up and walked out the door without saying another word. "Hey Claire do you want to come and have a seat?" Stabler asked pulling a chair out for the girl. " I have some good news." Claire stopped and walked over to the table. She sat down. Elliot was suprised. "Your cousin is here to see you. Janelle." he smiled. Claire began to fidget. "She can come in and see you if you want." Stabler told her. "Do you want to see her?" Elliot asked. Claire nodded. "Okay i will go get her. You stay here okay." he got up and walked over to the door.