Yeah I'm still here and typing, Thank you to everyone who has reviewed it means a lot to me, and sorry I've been taking so long to update, I haven't had much Internet time lately but more chapters to come :) I hope you enjoy this one
Ilsa had spent the last few days on Samuel's couch, spending as much time as she could with her son, and his newest best friend, she had even fallen asleep with Josh curled up next to her on the couch as his little brown fuzz ball in her lap, watching one of Josh's cartoons, that night they had sat up until two in the morning playing video games eating junk food and watching TV.
She was getting ready for work, she always had a stash of clothes left at her friend's house, it was after all her second home, she pulled on a pair of dark jeans, a button up red shirt and one of her leather jackets. She leaned down and kissed her son on the top of his head while he sat on the couch watching some show on TV and eating some breakfast, feeding a few bites to his pup, he smiled and held up the puppy for her to kiss too. Ilsa chuckled and let down kissing it, but pulling back when the puppy decided to stick its tongue up her nose.
Ilsa put on her bike helmet and sped off to work, not looking forward to the long day ahead of her, she hadn't spoken to Casey since she had walked away at the mall, Ilsa had left a message but never got a call back 'maybe she just needs more time' Ilsa thought as she made her way through the parking garage, she parked her bike and proceeded to make her way to the squad room.
"You've got visitors" Said Elliot as Ilsa hung her jacket up
"Who?" she asked as she made her way to get a cup of coffee, hoping it was a good batch
"Samantha and Emily" He said and pointed to the room they were in "Samantha said she wouldn't talk to anyone but you".
Ilsa turned and made her way, knocking before she slowly opened the door she gave a kind smile, she saw Emily sitting in a chair next to Samantha, her arm in a cast and the bruises on her face still visible though slowly starting to fade.
"Hey" she greeted warmly "You need anything?" she held up her cup.
Emily shook her head and Sam moved a little closer "What do you need to know?" Sam asked
"I need to ask Emily what really happened that night"
"I told you…"Emily said weakly, she didn't look at her friend- girlfriend, she couldn't bare the shame that someone else had touched.
"Emily I know your gay, that doesn't change anything, you didn't deserve this and we need to get the guy who did this" Ilsa said trying to convince the young lady to tell them what happened.
Sam looked at her lover and took her hand "It's ok, she's going to help, she can help, she wont tell anyone, no one has to know about us until your ready, I trust her you can two"
Emily shook her head and hid her face in Samantha's neck
"He could hurt someone else" Ilsa urged, her voice comforting and soothing
Emily sobbed "He wont, h-he wouldn't…"
"Who wouldn't?" Ilsa asked learning a little closer
Emily sobbed into Samantha's neck "He said he was going to show me how you really do it…how God intended it to be done…he said he was going to fuck me straight"
"What else did he say?" Ilsa said in that tone of voice she used for the victims
"That's he knew what I was, but it wasn't my fault, that I was corrupted by a 'whore' and he could save me, he wanted me to tell him I liked it, and that it was the right way, that I wanted him, Oh god Sam I'm so sorry" she cried.
Sam held on to her lover even tighter as her body racked with sobs against her. She wanted to help, to tell her that it wasn't her fault that it didn't make a difference; she was still in love with the woman in her arms and nothing would change that.
"Who Emily, who did it?" Ilsa's eyes and voice were pleading
"It was Asael…" Emily sighed against Samantha's neck.
***
Ilsa left the two women alone so she could update everyone else on what she had just been told. Now they somehow had to break his alibi, oh fun…
"Hey did you get anything?" Elliot asked as soon as he noticed Ilsa coming towards them.
She nodded "Yeah, Emily said it was Asael Garcia who raped her"
Elliot looked at her confused "You sure? He has an alibi maybe she's mistaken"
Ilsa shrugged "She said it was, so what if his alibi is lying, we don't know but we're going to find out".
"You think Joel lied about Asael to hide the fact he raped his sister?" Elliot asked with a raised eyebrow "Why would he do that?"
Ilsa shrugged again "Maybe he didn't know, maybe he was sworn to secrecy I don't know, but I'm damn sure going to try and find out"
She picked up the phone and asked Joel if he could come in, she just had a few follow up questions to ask him. Now all she had to do was wait until he came to the station, then she could break him, get the truth. He told her he knew she wanted to talk and he'd make it as soon as he could.
Ilsa's head snapped up from her desk when she heard the click of heels and knew Casey was coming, she wanted to confront Casey about what had happened, she could catch her in the squad room, Casey wouldn't be able to run.
Casey walked through the doors and headed to Cragen's office, saying hi to Elliot as she passed; Ilsa couldn't help but feel a little sad that the young ADA hadn't even acknowledged her and walked through the office door. Ilsa looked down at the files on her desk and went to work, but she kept and eye and ear out for when Casey left the office.
Ilsa looked up and saw the door open slightly, she got ready to get up and go over to her, when she saw Casey step out with Donald behind her she moved, getting up she made her way over, trying not to draw attention.
"Hey, Casey can we talk?" Ilsa asked in a calm voice as she reached her
Casey looked like she was about to say something but was interrupted when someone called to Ilsa, Ilsa's head snapped around and she saw Sam standing in the squad room, waiting for her, she turned back to Casey, but Casey had left while Ilsa was distracted and made her way back to her office. Ilsa sighed and walked over to woman
"what's up?" she asked with a smile
Sam tugged at the bottom of her shirt "there is uh, something else we need to tell you" she said not looking Ilsa in the face.
"What is it?" Ilsa asked in a calm voice
Sam nodded in the direction of the interview room where her lover was waiting "Can we talk about this is private, you know…"
Ilsa nodded and placed her hand on Samantha's lower back in a comforting way as they walked back into the room, opening the door, Sam went straight back to her girlfriend who wrapped her in a big hug. Ilsa took a seat across from them and smiled.
"Sorry" Emily mumbled looking away after she let go of Sam
Ilsa chuckled "Don't be, I know what it's like, feeling like that about someone" Ilsa ran a hand through her hair "So what did you want to tell me"
Emily didn't look up at the detective and Sam seemed to find a spot on the wall very interesting all of a sudden
"All right girls, whatever it is you can tell me" Ilsa urged gently
"I looked through my room the other day, after I got home and…" Emily said playing with her fingers
"And?"
"And some things were missing, I don't know who took them, no one else was even supposed to know about them!" she cried, Sam straight away took her girl into her arms and ran her fingers through her hair.
"What exactly was missing?" Ilsa asked leaning on the table in front of her
Emily sighed and sat up straight "Some pictures…Of Sam and me, you know…looking like a couple…"
Ilsa nodded in understanding "Intimate pictures, that you kept hidden so no one would know they had been taken" Ilsa summarised "Anything else"
Emily nodded "Some letters we wrote to each other were in a box where I kept everything"
"I need to know everything that was taken" Ilsa said passing some paper and her pen towards the two girls so they could write everything down
"There was something else missing…" Emily confessed
Even Sam looked surprised at this "You didn't tell me anything had gone missing"
Emily looked away "It was a tape; we had a few of us around town, hanging out, playing with Rose"
"Do you know what tape was taken?" Ilsa asked
She shook her head "I didn't have them labelled, I just didn't think anyone else would see them"
Ilsa reached over and covered Emily's hand with her own "I promise we'll get who did this"
"It was Asael I told you that"
Ilsa smiled sadly "Yeah I know, but he had an alibi, so it's going to make it a little harder, I promise to do everything I can, I'm going to start after we're finished here, I promise"
Ilsa finished writing down in her notes and looked back up with a comforting smile "Anything else I need to know"
Emily looked up at Samantha then quickly looked away, it didn't go unnoticed by Ilsa
"Emily?" the detective ask with a reassuring smile "Anything else you want to tell me?"
"I uh…I-it's nothing really…"
"If it's bothering you it's important" Samantha said as she gave her girlfriends shoulder a comforting squeeze
Emily shook her head and looked down at the table not raising her head
"Emily you can tell me, if it will help I need to know" Ilsa urged from across the table, hoping that Emily would tell her what was bothering her.
"I got a letter, a-a few days before it happened…that's why I was in the alley way… if had a picture and it said to meet or else they would tell everyone…" she admitted softly
Samantha let go of her shoulder "I-Is that why you asked me to leave?" she asked getting angry
"Please Sammy I'm sorry" Emily pleaded
"You lied to me, why didn you tell me? I could have helped you!"
"I was scared! I-I didn't want you to get hurt" Emily sobbed, tears streaking down her face "I'm sorry!"
Samantha shook her head and walked out the door, Ilsa was quick and grabbed her just on the other side "Where are you going?" Ilsa asked firmly
"Away from here" Sam snapped yanking her arm out of Ilsa's grip
"You can't go" Ilsa said
"Really? Just watch me" and with that Sam turned to walk out of the station
"Do you love her?" Ilsa asked before she got to far away
The angry woman stopped and turned, her eyes brimming with tears "She lied to me" she said, her voice breaking
Ilsa walked closer and put her hands on the young woman's shoulders "Yeah she did, and she feels terrible about it, but she did it so nothing would happen to you" Ilsa explained evenly "Think about it, if you had have gone with her you might have been hurt to, or something even worse could have happened"
Tears fell from Sam's eyes and she wrapped her arms around Ilsa, Ilsa slowly brought her arms up and rubbed a hand up and down her back to comfort her
"I-I should have been there, I should have protected her" she sobbed into Ilsa's shoulder
"No one knew that someone was going to do this, not even you could have known" Ilsa pulled back and looked into her eyes "I know your hurt that she lied, and that this had to happen to her, and you wish it didn't, and you want to take it all away but you cant and she needs you now"
Sam rubbed the tears in her eyes "How can I help her, I don't know what to do"
Ilsa smiled "Just be there for her, let her know you still love her, that it's not her fault, do you really hate her for lying?"
Sam shook her head "No it's just…your right I wish it never happened, and I'm thinking if I had have known about the letter, then she would never have been hurt"
Ilsa nodded and placed a hand on her upper arm "So why not come back in and talk to her"
Ilsa pulled on the girls arm a bit until she walked back into the room, where a distraught Emily had her head on the table crying her eyes out. Samantha's heart broke at the scene before her and she rushed to the opposite side if the table to and wrapped her up in a tight hug
Ilsa closed the door and silently took her seat as she watched the two women, trying not to interrupt the scene
"I'm sorry Emily I'm not mad really, I just wish I had known so I could have helped and then maybe this wouldn't have happened" Sam cried into her girlfriends neck
"I'm sorry to, I just didn't want anything to happen to you or Rose and-and"
"Shh" Sam shushed her "It's ok it's over, now all we need to do is tell the truth and let Detective Couri do the rest and arrest Asael"
"I cant arrest him right now" Ilsa said regrettably "He has an alibi for the time of the assult, are you positive it was him?"
Emily nodded "Yes, it was him I swear"
Ilsa sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose "Alright I'll do everything I can to help, and if you need anything else" She passed a card over "This has my home phone number on it, call if you need anything"
The two girls nodded "C-Can we go now?" Emily asked
***
Ilsa was standing in the squad room, a very intense look on her face, Samantha and Emily had left earlier, Emily looked drained and Samantha promised to take her back home so she could rest, letting Ilsa know if she needed anymore information to call one of them, they just wanted it all to stop, and Ilsa didn't blame them, she knew what it was like not to be able to sleep because the person who had hurt you was still out there, but she had promised to catch the man responsible and to do everything she had to, she wasn't about to break a promise.
Ilsa rubbed her chin in deep thought and Elliot glanced over from his desk trying to figure out what she was doing.
"What?" he finally asked her
Ilsa didn't even blink "Who should we go after?" she asked
Elliot looked confused "What do you mean?"
"Asael or Joel?, who would break easier and give us what we need, who do you think came up with the idea, all very good questions, and if we can get into Asael's place and search it for the missing tapes and photos whatever, it'll be all the easier"
"I'll ask Novak if we can get a warrant to search the place, but do we really think the brother did this?" Elliot asked trying to figure everything out.
"I would be surprised if he did, I think it was just Asael and Joel is just his alibi"
"So you really think this Asael kid did it? Everyone only has nice things to say about him, he's an all American boy" Elliot said from his desk
"Maybe we didn't ask the right people, just because he looks like an 'all American boy' as you put it, doesn't me he doesn't have a dark side, just because he's never been reported doesn't mean he hasn't hurt anyone else, we need to find out more about him, Emily said pictures and tapes were taken, Maybe he took them or maybe Joel gave them to him I don't know" Ilsa shook her head trying to get rid of an oncoming headache
"Maybe he went into her room one day while he was seeing Joel and took something, there is a lot of possibilities but either way Emily said it was Asael who raped her, maybe we should head back to the church and see if we cant find out anything else about him, we'll talk to Joel too, maybe we can get him to give up Asael"
Elliot nodded "Alright where to first?" he asked getting out of his chair and putting on his coat "Lets try the church first, see if anyone's opinion of him has changed recently" Ilsa said as she and Elliot headed out of the building.
"You ask Casey about a warrant and see about one for DNA too, I'll take Liv with me" Ilsa said pointing to the other female detective "She's in now"
Olivia was taking off her jacket when she looked over at the other detectives and sighed, putting her arm back into her jacket sleeve she walked out the door with Ilsa and they went off to find the information they needed
***
After explaining everything as they drove Ilsa and Olivia arrived at the church, Ilsa had put on a pair of sunglasses before she stepped out of the car, the sun was bright and she was trying to stop a headache, she waited for Olivia and the two fell into step as they made there way inside.
Ilsa and Olivia walked up to the first group of people they saw; a group of women chatting about something or other, when they got up to them they noticed that one of the women was Carrisa Taucher.
"Hello detectives" she said as she noticed the two women coming up to them
"Carrisa, how are you today?" Asked Ilsa politely as she could
"Fine dear, how can I help you?"
"Detective Benson and I were wondering if you could tell us about Asael Garcia" Ilsa said pushing her glasses to the top of her head
"Oh he is such a fine young gentleman not like a lot of the youth of today" The older woman said with a smile on her face "He has a sweet spot for my little girl, he's kicking himself that he couldn't help her"
Ilsa and Olivia looked at each other "Has he ever been in trouble before?" Asked Olivia
"Only with those Reyes boys, horrible boys they are" Carrisa said disgusted
"Any other times?"
"Why are you asking about him? It was obviously one of those Reyes boys who hurt my girl, go arrest them!" she demanded angrily
"Please Carrisa" Ilsa urged "Were just trying to do our jobs, any other time?" she asked softly, trying not to get angry.
"Didn't Asael have trouble with another young person who used to go here?" Asked another woman who was standing around listening to the convocation
Ilsa turned and smiled "What other young person?"
"A young girl, Raylene Jahnsen she was such a sweet young girl" the woman said
"Do you know where we can find her?" Ilsa asked
"Oh heavens no she hasn't been here for a long time, no one knows what happened to the girl, but uh she and Asael didn't really get along"
"It was just a misunderstanding, Asael told me all about it, she was doing some very unnatural things and he tried to help her but she wouldn't listen, it was nothing serious" Carissa butted in
"Any other 'misunderstandings' we should know about?"
The glare Carrisa gave the other women in the group didn't go unnoticed by Ilsa and Olivia, but it shut the women up and none would say another word.
"No detectives you don't , Asael Garcia is a well respected young man, now why don't you go and do your jobs or do I need to find someone else to do it?" She asked with a sickly sweet smile on her face
Ilsa took a deep breath and squared her shoulders "We are perfectly capable to do our jobs ma'am we'll leave you ladies alone" Ilsa gave a slight bow before she turned around "Have a nice day" she called over her shoulders.
"So what now?" Olivia asked as she got into the drivers seat
Ilsa knocked her glasses back down and smiled "We find this Raylene and hope she can help us, if nothing comes up with her we'll try Joel, someone is lying to us and I want to know who it is" Ilsa said as Olivia pulled out onto the road and started driving back to the station house.
After a few silent moments Olivia decided to ask her friends what was bugging her "So what's up, you've been weird all day"
Ilsa shook her head "I haven't been around you all day" she pointed out as they came to stop at a set of lights
"I can tell when there is something bother you so spill"
Ilsa sighed "It's Casey…" she said glumly
"Aw what?" Olivia asked in a mocking tone "You did it and she didn't call ?"
Ilsa reached over and smacked Olivia "OK first off, that's one of your friends don't be so mean and second no I didn't, I'm no into her that way"
Olivia chuckled "Riiiiight and I'm a leprechaun"
Ilsa sighed "Doesn't matter if I do anyway she's straight"
"So what's the problem?" Olivia urged as she pulled up "I want some food come on, tell me inside"
Ilsa open the door "Fine but we get it to go!" she demanded "We've got work to do!"
As they placed their orders and waited for their food Olivia continued trying to get information from Ilsa "Soo, come on tell me, what's the point in being friends if we cant talk"
"I don't know I only keep you around for sex, you really have nothing else to offer" Ilsa quipped
Olivia shook her head "Funny, but seriously Ilsa what's going on? what did Casey do?"
Ilsa rubbed her jaw "We went to the mall the other day, I wanted to introduce her to someone, a long story short we met up with Sam and Josh while were there, I tell her who Josh is and she just walk's away" she complained Olivia just kept quiet while her friend talked "And now she wont even talk to me, I just want to know why! Josh was upset after that he thought he'd done something wrong"
Olivia placed a friendly hand on Ilsa's shoulder "Maybe she just needs time, it can be a bit freaky meeting the son you never knew your friend had"
Ilsa sighed "I know, it's just…She walks off and I try to talk to her about it and she's ignoring me, I just want to know why, and Josh does to because he still thinks he's done something he shouldn't have to make his mums friend walk off"
"So what happened when she met him?"
"She walked up and shook his hand then said something like 'I just remembered I have some stuff to do' and left like her ass was on fire"
Their order came and Olivia grabbed the bag "So maybe she'll come around and if not I'm sure you can get her too"
"Yeah" Ilsa grumbled as she got in the car and they went back to the precinct.
***
They made it back to the precinct and sat done at their desks to eat their lunch, Ilsa got to work seeing if she could find anything on Raylene Jahnsen, She picked up the phone and punched in a number, waiting for someone on the other end to pick up, a few more rings and someone picked up
"Hello?" Asked the person on the other end
"Hi Samantha It's Detective Couri"
"What have you found out?" Sam asked quickly
"Nothing really I was wondering if you new a girl named Raylene Jahnsen she used to go to your church"
"Uh…" Sam paused trying to remember if she ever knew the girl "Yeah I kinda knew her, she was nice but I heard that she was having trouble with some people at the church and left"
"Any idea where she might be now? I need to ask her some questions"
"No sorry I don't know, maybe you could try find her sister, I think her name was Tanya Jahnsen"
"Thank you Sam, I promise I'm doing everything I can"
Sam smiled "I know, bye detective" she said before she hung up the phone and all Ilsa heard was the dial tone.
As soon as she put down the phone on her desk her mobile rang, she picked it up quickly and answered in her usual way, when she finished the quick phone convocation she made her way to the Captains office.
Olivia watched from her desk as her friend came out and grabbed her jacket
"What's going on?" Asked Olivia
"I got a call from Josh's school he's not feeling well so I'm going to pick him up, could you do me a favour if you have time?"
Olivia nodded "Yeah sure what is it?"
Ilsa gave the name to Olivia "This is Raylene Jahnsens sister's name, I was thinking if we can find her we might be able to find Raylene, would you mind checking out the name, I can do all the foot work when I'm back"
Olivia nodded and Ilsa went out the doors to pick her son up from school.
Another one down! i don't know when I'll have the next chapter up, not having alot of internet accsess kind of affects updating, i hope you all liked it and look forward to the next chapter :) Please R&R