Chapter 44

The Precinct

Olivia didn't waste anytime as she approached the screen. "I know why!"

"Do you?" He was unfastening Amanda's ropes by her ankles and moving up towards her wrists. She could see Amanda's body was like jello, clearly out it. "Amanda? Amanda?"

He patted her face to rouse her much like an old friend would and then left her to retrieve what Olivia deemed would be another item of torture. This was her moment to deflect and detour all of his efforts.

"Because you think I killed your son."

He stopped dead in his tracks. Williams lowered his head and without looking at the camera began to clap slowly and hard. "Well, well, well, look who figured out the mystery."

"That's right. I'm the woman that was there with him, during his last moments. Right before he killed himself."

"He never killed himself!" He approached the camera angrier than they had yet seen.

"Oh but he did, Doctor." Olivia said the word Doctor with an extra bite. "He tried to make it look like I did it. But I didn't. Even though, honestly, I truly wish I had."

"You fucking bitch." He was livid and all his angry attention was directed at Olivia.

"He would never have done that! I taught him everything he knew and he had so much more to do. So many more whores to defile."

"And what? You were the proud daddy by his side? Because he never mentioned you. In fact he said that you were dead."

Williams chuckled, "You can try to turn my boy against me all you want but we had plans. But you! You screwed with all that when you decided to pull that trigger. And to think…he really liked you."

"Oh." Olivia jaw dropped in disbelief at the words coming out of his mouth.

"No, he did. He must have. He kept you for three days! And when he got out of jail, he went back for you."

"That's where you're wrong, I went to him."

"Only because he wanted you there. He gave you his best. And you repaid him with a bullet in his brain."

"Huh. You clearly never knew your son."

"I knew him well enough! Well enough to know he would have loved this." He quickly ran to another room. Coming out with a red hot hanger held by barbecue tongs as he made a beeline for Amanda.

"No! Stop! Stop!" Olivia was yelling hopelessly as he burned the back of Amanda's neck with the hanger. Amanda, no longer tied, fell on her hands and knees and let out a scream she barely registered in her drunken phase.

"Wake up, Amanda!" He ripped her shirt off and burned her again. This time on her back.

Amanda was more alert now. The pain was like a direct line of coffee in her veins. "Stop." She tried to crawl away from him.

He then pulled out a knife and in one fell sweep he ripped the back of her jeans causing a laceration down the small of her back that ended one third of the way up where her ass crack began.

"Fuck!" Olivia was both boiling in anger and terrified for what else he may do to her.

Amanda was now shaking as her legs fully collapsed. She was using what strength was left in her arms to army crawl away from him.

"You said there was a reward!" Olivia shouted!

He annoyingly turned towards the screen.

Olivia continued, "You said that if I guessed there would be a reward. Unless you lied."

"No, that's you, Olivia. You're the fucking liar! But you are right, I promised a reward for guessing who I was. So here it is. You, and only you can leave your station and try to find me. Nobody else can step one foot outside of that room. Nor can you call for backup. You understand?"

"Yes."

"Captain Benson." Stephanie Daniels warned as she didn't like this one bit.

They both ignored her as he continued, "You have…" He looked at his watch, "23 minutes to find me."

"That's oddly specific." She observed.

"That is exactly how much time it should take you to get here. And I hope you make it because I will wait for you for the grand finale."

"And if I'm late?"

"I may have to forever shut those beautiful blue eyes of hers then."

Olivia swallowed the lump in her throat, "Then make it fair. Tell me where you are."

"No, no. What's the fun in that?"

"I have no idea where you are."

"You know what? You're right. You don't. And despite you never being fair to my son. I'm gonna be the bigger person here and I am going to be fair to you. I'm gonna give you 45 minutes to get here. But Olivia you better believe that one minute after and your detective here will be gone."

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