Long time no post, sorry about that just had a lot of things to deal wiht (personal) anyway you'll be happy to know as you read i am working on the next chapter and I'll try get it up as soon as possible :) until then happy reading and i look forward to reading all of your reviews :)
Casey and Ilsa hadn't talked about that night, Casey was trying her hardest to avoid Ilsa, Ilsa on the other hand acted like nothing happened she stilled joked around when Casey came by but Casey felt awkward about it.
Casey wasn't sure if she felt happy that Ilsa didn't seem to care about what had happened or sad.
Ilsa was trying hard to act normal around Casey she didn't know how to approach the situation, the scene replayed in her mind, the whole night, she had been flirting with Casey but she always did that. She had danced with her throughout the night pushing her body closer to Casey's.
The night had been going well, nothing Ilsa saw would had led her to believe Casey was going to throw her against her door in a frenzy, it was a scene right from one of her fantasies, save for the fact Casey had been slightly intoxicated, she had been guilt stricken since that night, that she had wanted Casey, that she had then practically tossed Casey off the bed and run, for something Casey didn't even know she had done.
'It'll be our little secret'
Those words still echoed through Ilsa's mind, though the voice that uttered them was not that of Casey Novak it was a deep voice, menacing and the person it belonged to made her stomach churn. For years she was told that same thing and so she kept it a secret, letting the pain build inside. Maybe if she told Casey why she had run it would help…but what would Casey say or do? If Ilsa told her the truth would she run or still be friends, would Casey look at her differently?
How do you tell someone it wasn't them who did something wrong they just did something to remind you of someone who did it.
'Oh hey Casey sorry about that night just what you said reminded me of the horrible nightmare that plagued me growing up'
Ilsa sighed and ran her hand through her hair and let out a deep sigh, even the pot didn't do anything to help the guilt she felt.
She had to talk to her, let her know she still wanted to be friend, after her 'toss and run' she doubted Casey would want to talk to her, she had seen the look in her eyes when they passed in the squad room. She had tried hard to joke with Casey; act like it didn't happen or didn't bother her.
Something told Ilsa that it just made it more awkward for Casey and the last thing Ilsa wanted to do was lose one of the best friendships she had, the thought of not having Casey in her life at all was a harsh one....
The sun rose slowly casting a warm light through the windows, Ilsa grumbled as she got out of bed rolling to the edge of the bed and misjudging the distance she hit the ground with a loud thump
"Ow" she mumbled into the floor still half asleep.
Hurried footsteps could be heard pounding against the floor out side, her door flew open and a very worried Josh stood there"You ok mum?" he asked seeing her face down on the floor
"Oh" she said pushing herself up "I'm fine honey just saying hello to the floor"
Josh shook his head and laughed as he walked away to get ready for the day ahead
Ilsa went into her bathroom and took a quick shower getting out she put on her clothes, doing up the last buttons on her long sleeved shirt she put a vest on and walked out to the kitchen, she smiled when she saw Josh had made breakfast for them.
"Thanks honey" she said leaning down to kiss the top of his head
"It's ok mum, I'm gonna go finish getting ready OK" he said as he trotted off down the hall to his room. Ilsa just smiled and ate the toast he had made, shaking her head at the amount of Vegemite he had put on.
Finished getting ready they walked down the stairs and out to the car spots
"So what today?" she asked looking at him with a grin "Car or bike"
Josh thought for a moment then smiled "Bike"
"Hah!" laughed Ilsa "That my boy"
Pulling out the two helmets she gave one to Josh and put the other on herself.
Her bike was a chopper, a gift from a very good friend, it's paint was a sheen purple metallic colour, she loved to ride her bike but was always careful when she did, especially when she had a passenger on the back.
"Ready?" she asked her voice muffled from the helmet
Josh just gave her a thumps up as she started her bike
"Hold on tight" the engine roared to life as she took off, flying down the road.
She pulled up out the front of her sons school and took the helmet from him
"Your dad will pick you up today" she said with a smile as she placed the helmet back in its case which sat on the side of her bike.
"Love you" Josh said as he walked away
Kids had stopped to look as Josh had been dropped off, the engine could be heard coming up the road, some whispered to each other, others just stopped and stared
Ilsa smiled waved to them all before leaving the ground and heading to work
She could tell it was going to be a long day.
"Morning" Ilsa called to the almost empty room she stopped in her tracks and looked around the checked her watch "I have the right time don't I?" she asked
Fin looked up from his desk "Yeah" he said "everyone else just isn't in yet"
Ilsa nodded "Fair enough" she said hanging her jacket up "How ya doing Finny boy?"
Fin shook his head "I'm alright and you girl?"
Ilsa thought for a moment she could say she's doing lousy "I'm doing well today" she said with a smile as she got ready for a day at work.
She got to work straight away, looking of her paper work, getting everything she could on her current case the rape of Emily Taucher, it was a hard one, very little evidence an unwilling victim and a lot of people who seemed to hate one of her supposed friends.
Ilsa ran her hand through her hair as she mulled over the suspects
First off there was Carl Reyes 24: No one could confirm if he had been home or not at the time of the attack
Mitchell Reyes 22: was with his girlfriend, they had confirmed that much.
Asael Garcia 23: who said he was with Joel, but for some reason that didn't sit to well with Ilsa
Joel 17: is hiding something that much she is cretin of but it was a doubtful he did it…maybe he knew why she was out alone at so early in the morning.
And the Reyes daughter known as Samantha hasn't been seen for a few days, though her parent's didn't seemed worried too much, they needed to talk to her but so far she hadn't answered any of them.
A big list and not a lot of time to do it, they were getting pressure from Carrisa to find the bastard who did this. Ilsa sighed, it was never easy.
Fin looked over his shoulder to see Ilsa sifting through papers and shaking her head. Fin spun his chair around so he was facing Ilsa, or at least her back
"So" he said loudly "What have we got"
Ilsa sighed and leaned back in her chair "We've got a few suspects but nothing really solid, the only solid one is Carl Reyes but I just don't think he did it"
"Why not?" Fin asked
Ilsa shrugged "I don't know" she moaned her head falling to the desk with a loud thump, blowing some of the papers around the desk.
Olivia walked in to see Fin and Ilsa, Ilsa's head still on her desk "You ok Ilsa?" she asked as she got a cup of coffee
Ilsa shot up "Yeah" she said
Olivia chuckled as she saw a piece of paper had gotten stuck on Ilsa's forehead
"But someone turned out the light's!" Ilsa exclaimed in a worried tone as she moved her head around
"You've got some paper stuck to your head" Fin said smiling
Ilsa turned and smiled at him, slowly peeling the paper off "Yeah I know, I was just joking" she read the paper, it was a list of suspects the same piece of paper she had just been looking at.
"Should we go talk to Carl again? Maybe his Farther" Ilsa said looking at the paper still "There has got to be something were missing" she sighed
"Of course there is, if there wasn't we would have the guy who did this" Olivia said
Ilsa ran her hands through her hair and sighed again looking at the ceiling, she tried to think of what could have happened, from a simple explanation to one that was crazy in every sense.
"We need to find Samantha" Ilsa said as she spun her chair around "Some how this girl is involved with this either by accident or…" Ilsa let her sentence trail off as she thought of the possibilities.
Her parents said they hadn't seen her for a few days, Ilsa found that strange if it were her child she'd be worried sick and out there trying to find her, her brothers didn't seem worried either. She had people keeping an eye out for the girl both on and off the force, when someone saw her, Ilsa would be told and could finally talk to the girl about what she knew and how she was connected to Emily, she already knew they were friends but maybe there was something else.
Time had gone slowly it had only been about two hours since Ilsa had walked through the doors but it seemed like a lot longer once again Ilsa had reached a dead end on her case according to Emily it couldn't have been Carl or Mitchell so there went one of their only suspects…or if Ilsa faced the truth her only suspect no one else showed any sighs of being involved in the attack. She let out a frustrated sigh and got up from her desk, maybe a drink would help clear her mind, she walked over to the water cooler and grabbed one of the plastic cups and filled it, she smiled at Olivia and Elliot as she looked over there way. Drinking the whole cup in one breath she refilled it and started to walk back to her desk when her phone rang, she pulled it out of pocket and answered quickly
"Couri" she said in a firm tone.
Olivia and Elliot looked at the smile that slowly made its way across her face, Olivia looked at Elliot and shrugged both wondering what was being said on the other end of the call.
"Great thank you so much...I owe you" Ilsa said as she hung up and quickly but carefully ran and placed her cup on her desk.
"What's up?" Olivia asked
"They've spotted Samantha" Ilsa said grabbing her jacket and slipping it on, she patted her pocket to make sure she had her keys and everything else she needed.
'Want me to come?" asked Olivia
"Yeah sure" Ilsa said with a big grin "You wanna come Elliot?"
Elliot looked around the room, there wasn't much to do "Sure" he said and the three disappeared out the room.
The streets weren't to busy, Ilsa was hiding down an alleyway watching, they had been told she was heading there way and they hoped she hadn't changed her mind. Olivia and Elliot were around too, Cars drove past and people hurried to their destination but they had yet to see a sign of Samantha.
"You sure she's coming this way?" Asked Olivia
Ilsa looked around and saw where Olivia was standing, she was by a food cart
"This is what i got told, we just have to keep an eye out I'm sure she'll walk by any second" Ilsa said as she got up on her tiptoes to look around.
"Hey is she supposed to be meeting anyone?" asked Elliot from where he stood
"Not that I know why?" Ilsa asked confused
"Because I can see her brother Carl from here"
Ilsa didn't say anything but she did see Carl walking down the footpath
"What's he doing here?" she whispered to herself as she watched him. The street was near enough empty, only a few people around know including the detectives.
He waved to someone but Ilsa couldn't see who, she inched closer to the street still trying to remain unseen in the alleyway. A person waved back their head covered by a dark blue hoodie 'show me your face' she thought as she watched the person wait for the cars to go past before crossing, Ilsa's gaze moved to the persons chest, she was holding something in her arms wrapped up.
Ilsa slipped from the alleyway and casualy walked over to Olivia
"I think we found her" Ilsa said with a smile
Olivia smiled back and they watched as the hooded person walked up to Carl.
"Hey" Said Carl as he wrapped his arms around the figure before him "Where have you been?"
The person pull there hood down, It was a girl with long slightly curly brown hair.
"Look it doesn't matter ok" she smiled and shifted the bundle in her arms "Here someone wants to say hello" Samantha said with a smile
Carl smiled to and took the bundle, it giggled as he held it "How's my favourite niece doing?" he asked the baby he held in his arms
Samantha rolled her eyes but laughed "So what's been happening?" she asked "And can we go somewhere I'm starving" she joked.
Ilsa nodded to Elliot and the three detectives walked over to Carl and his sister
Elliot put his hand on Carl's shoulder "How about you introduce us to your friend" he said with a smile
Ilsa walked up next to them "Samantha I presume, we'd like you to come down to the station and answer a few questions"
It happened quickly the way her face dropped at being asked to come to the station, the deer in the head light eyes, and as quickly as that she ran, Carl tried to but Elliot kept a hold of his shoulder.
"I'll follow Samantha Liv try head her off" Ilsa said as she turned to follow the path Sam had run. Olivia was quick and ran across the road Ilsa wasn't far behind.
Ilsa heard more then saw the car as it honked it's horn and the breaks echoed as it tried to stop in time, Ilsa didn't have much time to react it was either try move or get hit. Even if she had wanted to get out of the way it happened to quickly to stop. Onlookers gasped and ran to see as the detective was hurled up onto the bonnet of the car.
Ilsa cried out at the impact, it wasn't the first time she's been hit by a car but it was still painful, she tried to go with the flow so she didn't hurt herself to much but it didn't help. She bounced as she hit the bonnet and hit the windscreen the driver inside the car screamed, a loud thump echoed as she rolled off the car and hit the ground. Elliot moved to her side, Carl for his part didn't move.
It hurt like hell, her hip her arms, hell her whole body and she didn't want to get up she knew it would be better if she stayed where she was and waited for an ambulance but she couldn't stop herself, she got up onto shaky feet her lungs crying for more air as she caught her breath and walked off in the direction she was heading before she was rudely interrupted by the car.
"Stay here" she called to Elliot as she began a gimpy run after Sam.
Fate must have felt bad for hitting Ilsa with the car, because as she continued her limp run after the girl she found her down another alleyway with her hands in the air and Olivia a few feet away with her gun out, pointed at Sam
Ilsa hobbled up behind Samantha and put her cuffs on her, slowly walking back to Elliot and the few remaining people who had stopped to watch Ilsa and her bout with the car.
Olivia went off to get her car and Ilsa walked to Elliot
"You ok?" he asked
Ilsa held her hand up and bent over, catching her breath, her body screamed at her to sit down and rest her lungs burned as she took in breaths of air. As she stood up she took one last deep breath "Yup Fine" she said with a smile.
Slowly she made her way back to their cars, she protested when Olivia said she'd drive her back to the station, but in the end Ilsa caved and agreed, it meant she would have some time to rest before she got to question Samantha Reyes about her whereabouts of the last few days.
Ilsa shifted in her seat trying to get comfy, not really an easy thing to do after getting hit by a car, but at least the person had tried to slow down, Ilsa didn't really want to think of the extent the damage would have been if the car had been going full speed. Olivia had asked Ilsa to go to the hospital, there could be internal damage she could have a fracture anything, but Ilsa declined saying if anything were wrong she'd feel it, as they drove she even threatened that if Olivia took her there she wouldn't be the only one needing medical attention.
She looked into the rear-view mirror and saw Samantha scowling in the back seat, the first questions going through her mind was 'why would an innocent woman run' the scowl was to be expected, they were brining her in to question her about her friend Emily. Ilsa already had a few thoughts about the girl, first off she was young, and apparently had a child, she had a lot of questions to ask this girl first thing that came to mind was to yell at her for getting her hit by a car
'hmm' Ilsa thought 'wonder if I should get that person a new windscreen' …
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