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The investigation of Jenny's rape was going well. They got the results of the rape kit and they found a DNA match.

Barba was at the precinct and he seemed pleased with their work. He said that when they did a good job it made his work easier.

And Amanda got the call from the coroner. She knew there wouldn't be a match but she had to admit it felt good to have an official confirmation.

She told Weiss about it when he asked her if she wanted to come by, they had a lead in the case.

"So I hear we don't have a parent trap situation" Harris said when he saw her.

Weiss seemed a bit annoyed by his comment but Amanda just smiled.

"What did you find?" she asked.

"Well, we found her boyfriend" Weiss said.

"A real douche" Harris added.

"You think he has anything to do with her murder?" Amanda asked.

"Probably everything."

"Not probably" Harris said "she was new here, didn't know anyone. Didn't have friends."

'Her landlord told us about her boyfriend, Stevie" Harris gave her a picture of the guy. "We got in touch with a friend of hers from her home town and she is on her way."

"But we already know Stevie is behind this" Harris said "he's not the smartest of men, but the problem is we don't have anything to tie him to it".

Harris's phone rang and he answered "thanks for letting me know" he said and looked at Amanda "the friend is here, you want to watch the interview?" Amanda nodded.

Her name was Alison, she knew Ashley for more than 10 years. She looked rattled by Ashley's death and stopped talking more than once when she couldn't control the tears.

She told them Ashley decided to move to New York for a fresh start. She had a hard time after her parents died. She told them about the flight incident, how it was nothing like her. She didn't know a lot about the boyfriend though. All Ashley told her was that it was nice to have someone.

Amanda could relate. It wasn't easy to have no one, to be alone in this place. She could understand why she wanted to be with just anyone.

Harris escorted Alison outside and explained how she could claim the body.

Weiss went to the other room were Amanda was standing "it doesn't get any easier" he smiled at her "it's a good thing, but sometimes I think it would be easier not to care."

"I know what you mean" she agreed.

"We're going to follow Mr. douchebag for a while, see if he can give us a probable cause."

Harris joined them in the room "you want to get going?" he asked Weiss "I hope we find something, I'd love to get this jerk. He's the worst kind of stupid, you know?" he looked at Amanda "I'm sure you met enough of them at SVU, the smart stupid. Talks like he's a cartoon but knows enough not to say anything that will get him in trouble."

She could see Harris was upset by this, and she understood him. Sometimes you had a suspect you were sure was going to get himself in trouble in the interrogation room but somehow manages not to slip. She hated that.

"The guy is so high most of the time, I don't know how he manages to do it" Harris added.

"Well, maybe we could use it to our advantage" Amanda heard herself say, she wasn't sure it was a good idea but maybe it could work "maybe he didn't kill her, he couldn't kill her if she was still alive."

Nick wasn't sure what to say when she told him. He saw the body, he saw what he did to her. If they were right about this guy it was a very dangerous idea. And he was worried, he didn't want her to get hurt.

She smiled at him when she saw the look on his face "What?" he asked with a smile.

"You're cute when you're worried"

"You think I'm worried?"

"I think you're cute"

Her words made him smile "just try to stay safe" he said seriously "promise me"

"I will" she reassured him "I promise"

He knew she meant it, but he couldn't help but worry. How could he not be, he saw her lying on the ground. And sure, it wasn't Amanda, but what if it won't work. Things can go wrong. And when operations like that go wrong…

Amanda knew Nick didn't like it. But she had to do it. She couldn't let this guy walk.

She kissed Nick on his cheek and he pulled her in for a hug.

"You drive me crazy Amanda" he whispered "I love you"

A few days later she was at homicide again, their captain thanked her for coming and they talked about how she should play it.

Weiss and Harris followed the guy most of the day, and he was, ah Harris put it, higher than the highest kite. Alison gave them some pictures so Amanda tried to dress like her. Ashley was younger than her and it looked like she loved make up so Amanda tried her best with that too.

They drove to his apartment. They already had a warrant, but they couldn't find anything in the apartment when they searched it earlier in the investigation. But that meant she could wait inside. She didn't have to wait a long time.

Stevie entered the apartment, he was humming something she couldn't understand.

"Hey honey" she said when he went to the living room but he didn't seem to notice and went to the bedroom. But a moment later he came back and looked at her "Ashley?" he asked.

"How was your day honey?" she couldn't really hide her accent but she hoped he won't notice. He did look a bit pale.

"What are you doing here?" he asked as he approached her. She just smiled "You can't be here"

"What are you talking about?" she asked with a smile.

He looked confused "what day is it today?" he asked her.

"Tuesday" she answered.

He just walked around for a while, looking at her once in a while, she tried to look like she didn't know what was going on.

"No way" he said "this is not real" he pinched himself and looked at her "it's pinching that wakes you up, no?"

She wanted to laugh, but she knew better. He killed someone once, he could to it again.

"Honey, I think you should smoke a bit less, you don't look so good"

"Bitch, that's why I killed you the first time" he said, but it was quiet and Amanda wasn't sure if it was enough. Any lawyer could say this wasn't a confession.

"What are you talking about honey?"

"Enough with the honey, damn it woman! I can't get rid of you?" he went to the bedroom but returned quickly. He was holding something.

"Look at it!" he said, it was some kind of a metal pipe, he got closer to her and showed it to her "it's your blood, honey, I think" he lifted it a bit but then lowered it again "or maybe it's mine" he laughed.

Amanda just looked at him, she didn't want to interrupt his rumbling.

But suddenly he just lashed at her with the pipe.

But Amanda wasn't rattled by him, she expected him to try something like that and when he was close enough she hit him. He fell on the floor and that's when the other detectives went in to the apartment.

"You okay?" Weiss asked.

Amanda nodded "looks like this is the weapon"

"I'll get CSU in here" he said as he dialed his phone.

It went better than she expected.

After a few days they got the results from the lab and the blood on the pipe was a match to Ashley. After they confronted him with that he just said they couldn't charge him for murder of someone who was still alive. But he admitted to beating her up.

It felt good to catch this guy. And Weiss asked her to come by the next day because they had some more paperwork to do.

She was busy the whole morning, and didn't get a chance to get there. And she told Weiss she would be busy most of the afternoon as well, she didn't say she had a GA meeting, but she said it was something she couldn't cancel. He said it was fine, she could come later. It was important.

I hope the part where Amanda plays Ashley wasn't totally bad, I struggled with it but decided to just let it be after a while.

The story is coming to an end soon. I hope you like it.