Next morning, Olivia was called up to testify. As she began to speak about what had happened, Olivia remained calm, even though inside she didn't want to relive the nightmare. Jason's lawyer was keen on trying to get the jury to believe that his client was innocent, but so far the jurors didn't think he was.
" According to my client's, he said that you weren't happy when you found out that you were pregnant; because the baby wasn't your former partner; Elliot Stabler's?"
" That is incorrect, Elliot Stabler is the father of our daughter. I was happy, but due to being held captive, I was unable to feel what I wanted to."
" How do you know he is, is it true that before you were abducted supposely by my client, you were dating the excutive to the district Attorney; David Hayden?"
Olivia nodded," That is correct, but he's not the father. The conception would have matched up," knowing exactly what his lawyer was trying to get at.
" You sure about that, according to my client you told him that David Hayden was."
" Why would I tell him something that wasn't true? I wasn't even pregnant until after I had sex with Elliot Stabler. My squad and I have a reason to think that Mr. Knore had found out the week when I would be the most furtile, so the chances of me becoming pregnant would be greater. How he found out I don't know, but what I do know is that he took the other victims around the sametime as well."
As Alex stepped up, Olivia exhaled softly," Just a month after you found out that you were pregnant, Mr. Knore took you to see Dr. Mince for a sonogram?"
" Yes, I told my to turn my head to the side, although I couldn't even see the screen. That was behind a curtain."
" How did you feel?"
" I was upset but also disappointed. Being that I've never going through this before, I wanted to see excitement of seeing my unborn child. The whole time I worried if the child growing inside me was healthy. I never heard the sound of my baby's heartbeat. wouldn't allow me to hear it."
Alex felt bad for Olivia, " What was his reason?"
" He just yelled at me, got angry when I asked if Elliot could be there. It hurt that he couldn't, I wanted us to be togther for this."
Elliot sighed deeply, wishing that he got to experience those moments with her. After all this was first pregnancy, she needed his support. Yet it wasn't his fault, it was Jason's .
Although Olivia had tears in her eyes, she managed to hold them back, "If things didn't get bad enough, later on he took me to a get together. Of course this home was out in the middle of nowhere, I later found out that the home had been destoryed by a fire. had chosen out on outfit for me, but once we were there, no one spoke to me. We didn't stay for very long, he ended up yelling at me until we got back to the house. Surprisingly he allowed Elliot and I to spend the night together, which was something we both needed."
" After that according to your statement, Jason made you sleep with him. Did it ever become sexual?"
Olivia exhaled softly, " No, but Mr. Knore would come into the shower with me. I would yell at him to get out, he wouldn't listen. At night, he'd yell at me if I woke up with a craving, but I couldn't help it."
" In the shower, did ever touch you in a sexual way?"
" Unsuccessfully tried to put his hands on my breasts, I slapped and yelled at him. He never did it again. Mr. Knore was trying to somehow manipulate me into thinking that he loved me, when he knew that wasn't going to work."
Nevertheless, Olivia remained strong not only for herself but the victims as well, " A few months later, allowed us to be together as long as we didn't speak or go near one another. After he had gone downstairs, we brokethe rules. We just danced to a song on the radio, it was hard enough for us to be apartment. When came back, he smashed the radio and began trashing the living room. After that I didn't see Elliot, until I was in my eighth month. By then, I was full of nerves."
Alex paused for a moment," Was Mr. Stabler there when you gave birth your daughter?"
" Yes, he did an excellent job coaching me. pushed him away and ended up delivering our daughter. The happiest moment of my life, I never go to cherish because he took Emily away. I cried all night, feeling terrible that I never held her. When the door was finally unlocked, one of 's friends held me back. I fought before he locked the door, solely intended to get both my daughter and Elliot of of the house. After that, I found a pink hat in the hallway near the bedroom door. My heart dropped, when I got the last bedroom at the end of the hall, I saw that the crib that been overturned."
Olivia's voice was already filled with tears, yet she couldn't help it," Jason let me go the next day, I ran and ran. Even though I had no idea where I was. Somehow I heard the sound of my partner Detective Nick Amaro's voice, I knew that I had escaped alive."
Jason's lawyer stepped up again," The fact is that you made believe you were upset, when in reality you signed an adoption paper."
" None of the other women here including myself had ever signed an adoption paper. knew how to forge adoption papers to make it look authentic. None of us wanted to give up our children, although our children were returned; one of us never got the chance. Victoria Ley's daughter was killed by , just after he had murderered her mother's boyfriend. She was terrible agony, from what had happen and later was found dead."
" You have any proof Detective?"
Olivia nodded," informed my squad of what had done. We recovered two tapes at his storage unit, which proves that had indeed murdered her daughter."
" So what your saying is that my client is also a murderer as well?"
" Yes, along with trying to kill a cop. Mr. Knore had shot my partner; Nick Amaro who sustainted minor injuries. We did recover a bullet that was louged in him which was from the same gun that owned."
Once Olivia was allowed to step down, she exhaled softly before heading over to sit back down next to Elliot. As he took her hand into his, she felt comforted by that. It wasn't easy for her to testify but yet, it had to be done.
Next up was . Not once did he look at Jason, but however he showed a lot of remorse for not being able to stop this bastard. Alex presided over the questionings," How long did you know ?"
" A few years, never suspected he was capable of this."
" According to your statement, you only met two of the victims; Victoria Ley and Detective Olivia Benson?"
Dr. Mince nodded,as he began to talk about Victoria and what happened to her baby. Olivia stomach turned, upon hearing the details of how the baby died. The jurors were shocked as the they were presented with photos. Olivia blinked twice, while feeling Elliot gently squeezing her hand.
More importantly, the photos of Victoria's boyfriend whom Jason had also murdered were shown. Once the trial ended for the day, both Olivia and Elliot knew that tomorrow Melinda would testify, then Jason.
That would prove to be one hell of a day..
