Chapter four!
Benson, Amaro, and Munch were at the station watching the security footage from the bar when Fin and Rollins entered with Isaac. They handed Isaac off to another officer, and joined the rest of the squad to watch the videos. They saw Isaac offer to buy her a drink, and Catherine say 'no.' Then the bartender give her the drink, and Catherine use the restrooms, and come out unsteady, and Isaac was there waiting. They saw her leave the place with him, and get into his car. "Doesn't look like she put up much of a fight." Rollins said.
Benson got defensive. "How could she? He drugged her."
"You're right, sorry." Rollins apologized, then remembered what Catherine had told her at the bar, "Catherine told me she thinks the bartender was involved, maybe he was the one who spiked her drink. Doesn't look like anyone else touched it." She said as they switched to the hotel footage.
"We can go back after we take a look at this." Amaro told her.
Then, they watched the footage from the hotel. They saw Isaac walk Catherine up to his room. She could barely walk, and was completely out of it. They saw him enter the hotel room, and they both disappeared.
They continued to watch the footage, and an hour later two more people entered with a bag in their hands. They walked straight to Isaac's room, and Isaac, in only boxers, answered the door to let them in.
"Wait go back, see if you can zoom in to see what's in those bags." Munch said, and Amaro did. All they could see was a closed bag. They couldn't see if anything was inside it or not.
"There's so much more that she's not telling us." Nick said.
"I wish she'd just trust us." Benson said, and mentally made plans to talk to Catherine the next day, to try to convince her to change her mind.
Back at the bar, Catherine had convinced the guys that she was fine, and they went back to the girls they had met.
Catherine sat back at the bar hurting on the inside and out. The sudden movement had made everything hurt. Her body was throbbing, and head spinning. She felt like she was going to pass out, especially after hearing his voice again. She knew she had to get away from there, she couldn't stay any longer, and said to Sara, "Can we go? I can't do this anymore, I need to get out of here."
Sara felt bad for allowing them to go back in the first place, but she put her hand on Catherine's shoulder and could feel her whole body shaking, "Let's go." She said calmly.
They walked out of the bar without even telling the guys, but they didn't even notice. They walked back to the hotel in silence wishing it wasn't so dark.
At the station they replayed the tape from the bar. They looked at the bartender more closely as he poured Catherine's drink. Amanda's heart started racing, she feared what would happen if he was the one who drugged her. She left him there to do it again if he wanted to, and there were two other attackers that could easily replace Isaac.
They watched the video slowly, and everyone froze for a moment when they saw him put something in her drink before handing it to her. Amaro paused the video, and they all stood staring at the screen for a while. Fin was the first to speak, "Manda and I can go pick up the bartender."
"Nick and I will talk to the suspect." Olivia said, and they all walked out of the squad room. Munch followed Benson and Amaro to watch the interrogation from the observation room.
Fin and Rollins arrived at the bar, and entered once again. Rollins' stomach was turning, and almost couldn't take it when she saw a different bartender there. "Where the hell is he?" Rollins thought out loud.
Fin walked up to the bar, and asked the new bartender, "Hey, where's the other guy, was here an hour ago?"
"Who? I don't know what you're talking about."
Rollins was extremely frustrated, and yelled at the new guy. "The other bartender where is he!?"
"Manda." Fin he said to let her know to calm down, he could see how angry she was getting.
"He got off, his shift ended. Sorry, you're late."
Amanda stared at him, she had a sense he knew something, but restrained herself from saying anything. She knew Fin would be mad if she yelled at him again.
"Where'd he go?" Fin asked.
"I got no idea."
They both left the bar frustrated.
"She told me to arrest him and I didn't!" Amanda told Fin as soon as they left the bar. It was obvious she would blame herself if anything else were to happen to Catherine. They headed toward the hotel Sara and Catherine were staying in. They wanted confirmation that she was okay, and the bartender really had left only because his shift ended.
In Sara and Catherine's hotel room, they were getting ready for bed. The only pajamas Catherine had brought were t-shirts, tank tops, and shorts. As was the same with Sara. Catherine brushed her teeth and washed her face, refusing to look in the mirror. Knowing she would most likely break down if she did.
Sara's heart broke as she saw her boss slowly putting on the pajamas. She knew the movements caused her a lot of pain, but she refused to accept help. Sara couldn't watch her struggling anymore, and stepped into the bathroom.
Catherine's knees weakened as she was putting on the shorts, and could not only feel, but now see the bruises on her legs. She collapsed partly onto the bed, letting out a whimper, then pulled herself the rest of the way on. Catherine was lying at the foot of the bed suddenly unable to move. She was in extreme amounts of pain all over her body. "Sara?" She barely got out, and immediately regretted saying it. She didn't want help, but she knew she needed it.
Sara's heart started racing when she heard Catherine call her name, then entered from the bathroom. "Catherine, are you okay?" She quickly walked over to the bed.
The tears came at a faster pace now as she laid helpless on the bed. She felt too ashamed to ask Sara for help, and used the last of her efforts in an attempt to sit up, and move to her desired spot on the bed. But she ended up collapsing before sitting up all the way, causing her more pain.
Sara saw her efforts, and her heart broke. She had always seen Catherine as a strong woman, and to think these guys could take all that strength away from her in only one night was gut-wrenching. She offered her hand to help Catherine sit up, and Catherine took it. She put her other hand on Catherine's back as she helped her to stand up. Catherine's legs were shaky, and she walked slowly to the head of the bed, grasping desperately at Sara's hand. Sara pulled back the sheets before helping her sit in the bed. Sara didn't speak a word as she offered her help, she knew it would only make matters worse.
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." Catherine kept apologizing once she sat in the bed. She couldn't stop crying. Words couldn't explain how degraded she felt, needing help just to get into bed. She buried her face in her hands. She didn't want to look at Sara after that, and couldn't bear to look at the bruises again.
Sara placed her hand on Catherine's shoulder, "it's okay."
There was a knock at the door that made Catherine jump. Sara looked out, and recognized the people as the detectives from the bar, and opened the door. Amanda spoke immediately, "Rollins, Tutuola." She said motioning to herself, then to Fin. "Is Catherine here?"
"Yeah, come in." Sara said, and opened the door wider for them to enter.
Rollins was relieved when she heard Sara's response, but the relief was only temporary when she saw Catherine sitting in the bed, looking worse than she had earlier. Most of the bruises and bite marks were now visible to Amanda, and it made her sick to her stomach. The part that hurt her the most, were the dark bruises on the inside of her thighs only partially covered by the shorts she wore.
Catherine looked up to see Rollins next to her, and Fin keeping his distance. "I already said I don't want to press charges anymore." Catherine told Amanda.
"I came here to tell you, you were right." Amanda partly lied. That wasn't her initial reason, but it became her reason after she found out Catherine was there.
"What?"
"The bartender. He spiked your drink, we saw it on the security footage. We went back to the bar, and he wasn't there. We wanted to make sure he didn't come after you again."
"Well thanks, but I'm fine. I can handle myself."
"You shouldn't let them get away with this."
"How many were there?"
"Three. But there were others involved, like the bartender."
The words hit Catherine like a knife, but then they became relief. They didn't know about the thousands of people who watched it all happen.
Fin was the one to notice the change of her mood. He could tell she was hiding something. "Tell us what's on your mind."
Catherine shook her head.
"What are you hiding?"
Catherine burst into tears. "Leave me alone."
Rollins realized what she was thinking about, "Catherine, is it the video?"
Catherine started crying harder than she ever had in her life. Her shaking was uncontrollable. Rollins knew she hit a nerve, and it would be impossible for her to continue the conversation. She placed her hand on Catherine's shoulder before saying, "I'm sorry we had to bring that up, hang in there." She said, and apologized to Sara before leaving with Fin.
Just before they got to the door, there was a knock. Fin and Rollins stood still, and Sara looked out and saw Greg standing there. She could tell he was completely wasted.
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