Author's Notes: Holy shit! Back again! What the hell is going on with me? No actually I got so bored yesterday that I ended up writing the next five chapters. They're just very rough and unedited. So assuming the heat that I absolutely despise as it interferes with my running sticks around I should have those edited and then from there who the hell knows when it will go up. Probably sooner rather than later. So I'm trying to add some more layers to what is actually going on in this whole story. It's taken a while to build it up to the actual BDSM part of it but I don't want to rush it. I feel like there are a lot of unanswered questions here that should have answers before we just jump into that sort of thing. So yeah sorry about that. Just trying to be thorough. I'm a bit of a pain when it comes to that. I want all my questions answered before I move on to something else. Maybe it's the cop in me? I dunno. Anyways, happy readings. And let me know what you think yeah?

Chapter 4:

By: Isabella

"What did you think of that woman? Julia." Elliot asked as he and Olivia rode to another crime scene across town.

"I don't know what to think of her to be honest." Olivia folded her arms. "She was definitely not someone I would want to hang around with."

"Too strange for you too huh?" Elliot asked looking over at Olivia.

"Something like that." Olivia agreed.

Really it wasn't that Julia was strange per se that got to Olivia. It was more the vibe she gave off. She was obviously quite used to getting her way. She seemed to expect it but it wasn't in a bratty type way. It was something else. Like she would take someone on in what should be a fair fight and cut them to pieces with a few well-placed blows.

"Her eyes were really cold." Olivia said softly. "Not like serial rapist or killer cold but like…" She trailed off.

"Like she was staring straight through you at what you tried to keep hidden from the world?" Elliot answered easily picking up his partner's line of thought

"Exactly. She was strange." Olivia said again. "Guess we shouldn't think too much on it. She's not going to help and frankly I'm not even sure she knows about the case. Maybe Alex just thought she may know something."

Elliot arched a brow, "You're going to give up that easily?"

"What choice do we have? We can't hold her on anything. Hell she didn't even give us a last name to go on. It's not like we can pull her up. I have a feeling Julia isn't her real name. "

"We could always check with the Skyline see if she's renting a room there. To use the pool there she must be. They may have her credit card information we could go from there." He offered looking over at his sullen partner. He sighed when she didn't move to agree or disagree. "Let's get to the root of what's really going on. You're jealous. You're jealous of the way she looked at Cabot earlier and you're afraid to step on Cabot's toes when it comes to that woman. You're afraid of what you might find out."

Olivia's head whipped up, "I'm not afraid of her. Nor am I afraid to know what sort of past she and Alex have." She snarled at him.

"Then why won't you agree to try and find out about her?"
"Fine Elliot. Let's find out about her then. It'll have to wait till tomorrow anyways. It's already dark and I doubt they'll give her name out with just a friendly enquiry."

"Yeah you're probably right there. And we can't get a search warrant if you don't want Cabot to find out."

"So old fashioned way?"

"Yep. See what we get with a little pushing."

"How can I help you today Detectives?" The young man from the previous day stepped forward.

It was much later in the day but he was still wearing a similar black suit to the one he'd been wearing the previous day.

"So you remember us from yesterday huh?" Elliot gave him a friendly smile. "Listen we were wondering if we could speak to your manager?"

"Of course. Can I ask what this is regarding?"

"Just tell him we need to speak with him." Elliot glanced at Olivia who folded her arms still not quite comfortable with asking about Julia behind Cabot's back.

The young man nodded and stepped away picking up a black corded phone and hitting a button. He spoke quietly into it and dropped it back into the cradle in a few moments. "He'll be right down Detectives."

"Thank you." Elliot smiled taking the lead. They didn't bother to sit in the plush chairs of the lobby instead placing themselves at a place where they could observe the manager coming and still have a clear view of the wide glass doors as well. The wood paneling on the walls gave the hotel an older world feel but it was something not appreciated by the two detectives who were here on business not pleasure.

"Detectives? I heard you needed to speak with me?" An older gentleman stepped forward. Though he had a full head of hair, he was graying at the corners and in his beard. He was a little overweight but not terribly so. He wore a black suit with a very low key tie. He was pale probably due to being shut up in an office all day.

"I'm Detective Stabler and this is my partner Detective Benson. We're looking into a rape homicide that took place about two weeks ago."

"I'm sorry Detectives I don't know what my hotel would have to do with something like that." The man furrowed his brows looking at them in bewilderment.

"You are the manager here right?" Elliot asked wanting to make sure he was the only one.

"Yes I am. My name is Stuart Underwood. I've been the manager of the hotel for eighteen years now."

"Okay Mr. Underwood. The reason we're asking is because the name of someone has shown up. Her last known whereabouts were here."

"What was her name? I'll look her up in the system and we'll get her room number for you."

"Julia."

As soon as Elliot uttered the name the color drained from Stuart's face. "Julia. You said? Is that all? No last name?" He was stuttering slightly.

"No no last name. But you obviously know her. She was swimming here yesterday morning when we came to talk to her. "

"I'm afraid I can't help you Detectives. Miss Julia's privacy is confidential and even if I wanted to give you a last name I couldn't. I don't know it myself. If that's all?"

"How can she swim here and you don't know her name?" Elliot demanded getting a bit angry at the now very pale manager.

"I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to leave Detectives. There is nothing I can tell you about Miss Julia that I'm sure you don't already know. If you'll excuse me, I must return to work." With that Stuart Underwood exited as quickly as he came seeming to all but run away from the Detectives.

"Now that was strange." Olivia made her first comment since she'd chosen to hang back and listen. Besides Elliot seemed more a threat to the manager than she did.

"That was very odd. Why is it everyone associated with this woman is scared or won't admit to knowing her?" Elliot asked as they stepped out into the snowy New York streets. Olivia sighed pulling her coat tighter around her and shrugged.

"She wasn't that intimidating. Just a bit weird but something spooked him as soon as you brought her up."

"Yeah. Wonder if she's sleeping with him? He had a wedding band on. Maybe afraid the wife will find out if he gives her up?"

"Wouldn't that make him want to give her up more? I mean if she's his mistress he wouldn't try to cover for her if she's in the middle of a rape homicide investigation."

Elliot shrugged. "I don't know but something isn't right about this whole damn thing and I want to know why."

"Cabot." Alex answered her phone like normal expecting her Detectives to be calling for a search warrant or something similar. She was surprised when no one answered at first. "Hello?"

"Alexandra. Tell your Detectives they're going to have to try harder if they want to learn something about me. "Julia's voice spoke on the other end of the line. Her voice had always been low but on the phone it sounded a bit higher. It was strange but something about talking on the phone tended to make Julia elevate her normal speaking voice just a bit.

"What are you talking about?" Alex asked.

"Ah so they didn't tell you. Well they showed up at the Skyline Hotel today and spoke to the manager trying to find out about me. "

"I'm sorry Julia. I didn't know they would do that when I asked for your help."

"Well it was bound to happen eventually. Are you still interested in pursuing this Alexandra? I can tell they are judging by how hard they're trying to track me down. "

Alex paused taking a breath before nodding and then realizing she couldn't be seen she spoke. "Yes. I'm still interested in pursuing it."

"Tomorrow when do you get out of court?" Julia asked after a few moments pause.

"11:45. I don't have to be back until 1."

"Plenty of time then. Tell your Detectives to come to your office. I'll meet you three there and we'll discuss what you want to know. Once I tell you though, I request that the information stay between the three of you. No one else may know. It cannot go to trial nor be used for any future arrests because they don't agree with the way things are. Is that clear?"

"Yes ma'am. I'll talk to them about it."

"All right. I will see you tomorrow around 11:45. Give you enough time to get back to your office."

"That's fine. I'll see you tomorrow Julia."

"See you then." With that the line went dead.