Ok I don't own these Characters, Dick Wolf Does, and all the other Disclaimers.
Thanks to Cluck for helping me out on this one. Hope you enjoy. I feel like a dam has busted and can't be closed.
Part One.
Anthony Winchester's Home
Upper East Side Manhattan
Monday Morning
"So what do we have officer," asked Eames.
"Mr. Winchester is a teacher at an all girl private school, in Manhattan. The house keeper came in this morning and found him here in the living room, gunshot wound to the face. Nothing appears to be missing, no evidence of a break in." said the officer.
"Thanks, we will take over from here," said Eames.
"Looks like a hit, but he must have known the person. He let him in, no forced entry. Doesn't look personal, straight shot, gets the job done, didn't take anything," says Goren.
"Hey what's sex police doing here, we didn't call in any rape," snarked one of the officers on the scene.
"Hey man, stick it in your ear and go get a donut," said Finn.
"Finn?" said Goren.
"Bobby Goren, I'll be dam!" said Finn. Going up to him and sharing a guy hug.
"How you doing man," said Goren.
"Doing great, and you," replied Finn.
"Well we don't have the time, to go into all that," Goren laughed uneasly.
"Hey this is my partner, Alex Eames, "
"Nice to meet you," Finn extended his hand and shook Alex's.
"Oh you will never guess who my partner is," he looks back and notice's she isn't there, "Oh she must be outside calling the Captain, to see what we are going to do now."
"So why are you here?" asked Eames.
"This guy is wanted for rape. We were here to arrest him, seems he and a partner been raping and killing 15yr old girls. We finally had a live victim who could identify him, but not his partner. We were here to arrest him, but seems we are too late," said Finn. "We were hoping he would lead us to his accomplice."
"Wooohooo, and speaking of the Special in Special Victims, Detective Madison, how do you do today?" said the officer at the door.
"Stick it in your ear," she snapped.
Goren's heart fell to his stomach when he saw her walk around the corner, Taylor Madison. He hadn't seen her in 10 yrs. Is it possible for someone to get more beautiful in that amount of time? They worked together for his first three years in Narcotics. Working narcotics wasn't easy, especially for a woman, most women went into vice, but she held her own. He was only interested in his career and didn't want to fall for a policewoman, but with her he couldn't help it, she saved his ass so many times. One night on a stake- out, it just happened, and after that they couldn't turn back. They kept their relationship secret from everyone, even Finn. But after 3 yrs she wanted more, and he couldn't give it to her, not with his mother. It broke his heart to have to break hers. After that she transferred out of narcotics to SVU, and she never talked to him again, but he couldn't blame her.
"Captain said, to keep with this case Finn," said Madison.
Then she saw him, her knees got weak. She hadn't thought of him, since she saw in the paper his mom died. She wanted to go to the funeral, she felt so bad for him, but how could she after so much time had passed.
"Hey, look who's here Maddie," said Finn.
"Hey Goren, long time," said Madison.
"Hi, how are you? This is Detective Eames," said Goren.
Eames and Madison shared nods.
"Captain, said the murder is probably, the second rapist, so we can either work this together or as two separate teams, he is going to talk to the Captain at Major Case, but he says it's up to us," said Madison, thinking to herself "oh please no, I can't handle this,"
"Fine with us, if you two want to work together, it would be like old times, huh Bobby," Finn said, while slapping Bobby on the back.
Eames could sense Bobby's uneasiness. "Well we have to wait till we hear from our Captain"
"Sure, we understand, here is my card, give us a call," Finn said.
Finn and Madison walked out of the house.
"Bobby you ok?" asked Eames.
Bobby came back to earth, "Yes, I am fine, real fine," he smile, scratching his head and returning to the crime scene.
Full Version: Past loves and Homicides
Nice work, Jryan!
Nice start. Curious to see where it goes.
Ooh, this is going to be interesting.
Hi Bubba here, this looks very interesting. Nice start!
Nice work! Another good one to keep up with.
::wanders off in search of quiet spot to sit and write::
::wanders off in search of quiet spot to sit and write::
Part 2
Eames and Goren got back to One PP.
"Goren, Eames in my office," called Ross.
"I just got off the phone with the Chief of D's. Seems this Murder/Rapist has 4 young female victims already, all daughters of affluent families. Now he has killed the only lead. The chief wants you to work with SVU on this case. He is hoping a pair of fresh eyes will help. Seems SVU is over worked with too many cases and not enough people. Report to Captain Cragen ASAP." Ordered Captain Ross.
"Sure Captain, uh, do you need both of us," asked Goren.
"Do you have a problem with working there?" asked Ross.
"Uh, no, Captain, I just thought, maybe you didn't need both of us," Goren replied, starting to play with his tie clip.
"Well I think they could used both of you, if things get hectic around here, I can always call you back, this is not a transfer," said Ross, "Now get going."
"Yes, Captain," said Eames.
Goren just looked out the window on the ride to the 16th precinct. Thinking back to the first time he and Madison met. Finn had introduced them.
"Hey Madison, this is the new guy Bobby Goren, Goren this is Taylor Madison," said Finn, "If I am not around and you have any questions, Maddie is the one to ask."
"Nice to meet you Maddie."
"Nice to meet you too, but Finn is the only one who gets away with calling me Maddie."
"How come?" Bobby asked.
"Long story, will save it for stake- out one day, welcome to the team Goren."
"Lost in thought?" asked Eames.
"Uh? What?" Bobby came back from his thoughts.
"Worried about working with your old buddies?" said Eames.
"No, sure it will be fine, just thinking about this case," said Goren.
Eames, notice her partner was sure using the word FINE a lot in reference to his old Narcotics Buddies.
They arrived at the 16th precinct's SVU unit.
"We're looking for Captain Cragen?" said Eames.
Bobby looked around, it wasn't as big as Major Case at was older like most of New York's precincts, but most of all he was looking for her, and she wasn't there.
"You must be the big shots from Major Case, coming to save the day, Cragen's office it just right there," said Stabler.
Goren rolled his eyes. That was just the welcome he figured they would get. They headed to Cragen's office and knocked on the door.
"Come in," said Cragen.
"Hello, Captain, Detectives Alex Eames and Robert Goren, reporting," said Eames.
He rose from his desk, "Yes, I been expecting you, I am glad you could come, we really need help with this case, especially since our primary suspect and only lead was murdered this morning. Let me introduce you to everyone."
They walked out the office.
"Everyone, this is Detectives Alex Eames and Robert Goren from Major Case, they are here to assist us with this case, I want you to give them anything they need. Some of you need to leave your egos at the door," he looked right at Stabler, who then turned his chair so his back was to the Captain, "That is Elliot Stabler and across for him is his partner Olivia Benson," she waved as her name was mentioned. "At the next desk is John Munch," Munch saluted, "And across from him is Chester Lake," he just nodded, "We aren't rigid about partners here, you just take who is available at the time, but if your not getting what you need just let me know." The Captain started to head back to his desk.
"Thanks Captain, but uh, Captain, where is Madison, and Finn?" asked Goren.
"The last victim just woke up so they headed to the hospital," he said.
Goren looked at Eames, "That's where we need to be."
Goren and Eames arrive at the hospital. They see Finn waiting in the waiting area.
"Hey, Finn, what's going on," asked Goren.
"Our Victim, Pam Ambers is awake, Madison is in with her," said Finn.
"You two don't question the victim together?" asked Eames.
"Well she was a little apprehensive with me in the room, so I bowed out. Madison is really good with them, especially since what happ..," Finn cut himself off realizing he had said too much.
"Especially since what happened?" asked Goren.
"Let me show you where she is," Finn ignored the question and walked off to the ICU.
Goren and Eames looked puzzled but followed Finn.
The ICU was an open area, but the patient's rooms were glassed enclosed. They could see Madison speaking to Pam. Pam was crying and Madison was holding her and patting her on the back. Pam was pretty beat up, her left eye and her lips were swollen. Her right arm was broken.
"Special Victims must be a hard detail?" said Eames.
"Yeah, I been here 5 years, Madison 10, it's the live victims that break your heart, you lose part of yourself on each case. I don't see how she has been here so long, "said Finn.
"Isn't 3 years the usual amount of time a cop will last?" said Eames.
"Yeah, for the usual cop," said Finn.
Madison walked out the room; she had a tear in her eye. Goren just wanted to hold her and tell her it was going to be ok. But he wanted to know, what happened to her. What was Finn not saying?
Eames and Goren got back to One PP.
"Goren, Eames in my office," called Ross.
"I just got off the phone with the Chief of D's. Seems this Murder/Rapist has 4 young female victims already, all daughters of affluent families. Now he has killed the only lead. The chief wants you to work with SVU on this case. He is hoping a pair of fresh eyes will help. Seems SVU is over worked with too many cases and not enough people. Report to Captain Cragen ASAP." Ordered Captain Ross.
"Sure Captain, uh, do you need both of us," asked Goren.
"Do you have a problem with working there?" asked Ross.
"Uh, no, Captain, I just thought, maybe you didn't need both of us," Goren replied, starting to play with his tie clip.
"Well I think they could used both of you, if things get hectic around here, I can always call you back, this is not a transfer," said Ross, "Now get going."
"Yes, Captain," said Eames.
Goren just looked out the window on the ride to the 16th precinct. Thinking back to the first time he and Madison met. Finn had introduced them.
"Hey Madison, this is the new guy Bobby Goren, Goren this is Taylor Madison," said Finn, "If I am not around and you have any questions, Maddie is the one to ask."
"Nice to meet you Maddie."
"Nice to meet you too, but Finn is the only one who gets away with calling me Maddie."
"How come?" Bobby asked.
"Long story, will save it for stake- out one day, welcome to the team Goren."
"Lost in thought?" asked Eames.
"Uh? What?" Bobby came back from his thoughts.
"Worried about working with your old buddies?" said Eames.
"No, sure it will be fine, just thinking about this case," said Goren.
Eames, notice her partner was sure using the word FINE a lot in reference to his old Narcotics Buddies.
They arrived at the 16th precinct's SVU unit.
"We're looking for Captain Cragen?" said Eames.
Bobby looked around, it wasn't as big as Major Case at was older like most of New York's precincts, but most of all he was looking for her, and she wasn't there.
"You must be the big shots from Major Case, coming to save the day, Cragen's office it just right there," said Stabler.
Goren rolled his eyes. That was just the welcome he figured they would get. They headed to Cragen's office and knocked on the door.
"Come in," said Cragen.
"Hello, Captain, Detectives Alex Eames and Robert Goren, reporting," said Eames.
He rose from his desk, "Yes, I been expecting you, I am glad you could come, we really need help with this case, especially since our primary suspect and only lead was murdered this morning. Let me introduce you to everyone."
They walked out the office.
"Everyone, this is Detectives Alex Eames and Robert Goren from Major Case, they are here to assist us with this case, I want you to give them anything they need. Some of you need to leave your egos at the door," he looked right at Stabler, who then turned his chair so his back was to the Captain, "That is Elliot Stabler and across for him is his partner Olivia Benson," she waved as her name was mentioned. "At the next desk is John Munch," Munch saluted, "And across from him is Chester Lake," he just nodded, "We aren't rigid about partners here, you just take who is available at the time, but if your not getting what you need just let me know." The Captain started to head back to his desk.
"Thanks Captain, but uh, Captain, where is Madison, and Finn?" asked Goren.
"The last victim just woke up so they headed to the hospital," he said.
Goren looked at Eames, "That's where we need to be."
Goren and Eames arrive at the hospital. They see Finn waiting in the waiting area.
"Hey, Finn, what's going on," asked Goren.
"Our Victim, Pam Ambers is awake, Madison is in with her," said Finn.
"You two don't question the victim together?" asked Eames.
"Well she was a little apprehensive with me in the room, so I bowed out. Madison is really good with them, especially since what happ..," Finn cut himself off realizing he had said too much.
"Especially since what happened?" asked Goren.
"Let me show you where she is," Finn ignored the question and walked off to the ICU.
Goren and Eames looked puzzled but followed Finn.
The ICU was an open area, but the patient's rooms were glassed enclosed. They could see Madison speaking to Pam. Pam was crying and Madison was holding her and patting her on the back. Pam was pretty beat up, her left eye and her lips were swollen. Her right arm was broken.
"Special Victims must be a hard detail?" said Eames.
"Yeah, I been here 5 years, Madison 10, it's the live victims that break your heart, you lose part of yourself on each case. I don't see how she has been here so long, "said Finn.
"Isn't 3 years the usual amount of time a cop will last?" said Eames.
"Yeah, for the usual cop," said Finn.
Madison walked out the room; she had a tear in her eye. Goren just wanted to hold her and tell her it was going to be ok. But he wanted to know, what happened to her. What was Finn not saying?
I wonder what happened to Madison that Fin won't say. Poor Pam too, a broken arm. Looking forward to more.
Goren and Stabler together in the same room? Uh, oh! I want to know if you're going to have Munch and Eames go head to head with the snark? That would be funny!
Another good chapter. Now I'm really curious......
Another good chapter. Now I'm really curious......
QUOTE (flashymom @ Jun 29 2008, 12:31 PM) 
Goren and Stabler together in the same room? Uh, oh! I want to know if you're going to have Munch and Eames go head to head with the snark? That would be funny!
Another good chapter. Now I'm really curious......
Another good chapter. Now I'm really curious......
I would need help with that, would need to watch old epi's I am not good at snarks, lol.
I love it! I also like the flashback in Goren's mind! I can't wait to see what he does when he learns what happened to Taylor! 
Chapter 3
"You get anything?" asked Finn.
"She is fuzzy about the details. She was studying at the library, she left, was waiting for her father to pick her up. Someone came up behind her, then she blacked out. When she came to, she was in a locked storage room. She broke the window and managed to get out. She walked around till she passed out, then someone finally found her."replied Madison.
"How did you make the connection to Winchester?" questioned Eames.
"The rape kit, two different types of condoms were used on each victim, but this time the condom broke, so we were able to get DNA, and Winchester was in the system." said Finn.
Madison was on the phone, when she hung up she said, "Cragen wants us back at the station ASAP."
When they arrived at the station, everyone looked at her with a saddened look on their face.
"Who died?" asked Madison.
Stabler got up and walked up to Madison, "Uh, Madison, Jack McCoy and Mike Cutter are in Cragen's Office- they need to speak to you."
"Guess someone did die." said Madison looking uneasy.
She walked into Cragen's office and closed the door.
"What the hell is going on?" asked Finn.
"Roger Mills is being released." replied Stabler.
"What the hell?!" said Finn. "How the hell did that happen?"
"His trial was up for appeal, and some idiot in the evidence room lost the evidence, so the judge dismissed his case." said Munch.
"How could they do that! He killed 4 women, and after what he did to Madison?" yelled Finn.
"I know your angry Madison," said the Captain.
"Angry doesn't even begin to describe what I am feeling." Madison said angerly.
"I am so sorry, Detective, but we will get him." said McCoy.
"When is he being released?" questioned Madison, pacing, unable to sit still.
"Day after tomorrow." said Cutter.
"Take the rest of the day off." said Cragen.
"What good would that do?" she gave an uneasy laugh. "Five years, he gets off after five years."
"We will put a protection detail on you, Taylor." said Cragen.
Madison looked at Cragen. He hardly ever called her by her first name, unless he was really worried. She could see the concern in his face.
"No, I can take care of myself, but I will take you up on that day off."
She walked out the office and didn't make eye contact with anyone in the office. She grabbed her jacket to leave.
"Maddie?" Finn called out.
But she just kept walking.
Goren wrote down the name "Roger Mills" in his notebook, he had to find out what he did to Taylor Madison.
Cragen, McCoy, Cutter all walked out of the Captain's office.
"Way to go District Attorney!" says Finn.
"Calm down Finn." said the Captain.
"Calm down? They let a murderer get away and you know he is going to go after Madison the minute he gets out!" yelled Finn.
"He would be stupid to do that, Detective, and we will do everything we can to prevent that. We need everyone to just keep their heads and keep calm." said Cutter.
Bobby put his hand on Finn's shoulder.
"Come on, lets go for a walk." Bobby said.
Finn left with Bobby.
"You ok now? Want to talk about it?" said Bobby.
"Lawyers, they don't understand what it's like on the street; we work so hard to get these scumbags off the street. Then things get screwed up and bam they are back on the streets," said Finn.
"Finn, what happened to Taylor? Why is everyone so worried about her?" said Bobby.
"Man, I shouldn't tell you, she would kill me. It happened 5 years ago, but man it was horrible." said Finn.
"I can look it up in the records, or hear the truth from you. I have feelings for her, you never knew this, but she and I were in a relationship years ago. We kept it secret from everyone. It didn't work out, but I really never stopped caring for her, so please tell me." pleaded Bobby.
"Ok, but you didn't hear it from me. Six years ago, we had a string of rapes and murders, with no leads, no evidence. The crime scene was spotless. We started suspecting maybe it was a cop or someone in the justice system. The first three, Madison reported to the crime scene, and then she got ill with the flu, real bad, so she had to take a week off. Well, we had 3 more victims, and when she didn't work the crime scene, the perp got angry. He started writing at the scene, "I will kill cops if Madison doesn't start working my crime scenes". The perp wanted Madison, in a bad way. He was doing these rape/murders to get her attention. He started writing her notes on how he wanted to make love to her, and how he chose these women because they looked like her, but when he made love to them, and realized they weren't her, he killed them. Still, even with the letters, we didn't have a clue. Madison was going crazy; she was getting flowers, these sick love letters and a dead victim every three days. Finally we got a break in the case.
Someone found a roll of crime scene photos and all the pictures were of Madison. It was a CSU tech named Roger Mills. But we found out too late. Madison had gone back to a scene with Mills to go over some evidence he claimed he found, and he injected her with a knockout drug and took her. She was missing for three days. I won't tell you the things he did to her, and I couldn't watch her testimony. But from what he did to his other victims, it was horrible. She escaped on her own, she was found beaten, burn marks, and also, he had cut her. He would have killed her if she didn't get away. She has never talked about it with me and I never asked. If you want to read the transcripts and read what he did to her, go ahead. I, I don't want to know. But that animal should have gotten the death penalty." said Finn.
Bobby just looked into space, rubbed the back of his neck, and then buried his face in his hands. Why wasn't he there for her? If he hadn't broken things off with her, this would have never happened.
Finn went back to the precinct.
Bobby hailed a cab, he had to see her.
He knocked on her door. Maybe this was a mistake, what right did he have to intrude on her personal life after 10 yrs? The door opened.
"Hey, you need something?" asked Madison.
"Uh, I was just worried, you looked upset when you left the squad room." said Bobby nervously.
"Did Finn send you?" she asked.
"Uh, No." said Bobby. "Can I come in?"
She opened the door wider, so he could walk in. There was a man sitting on the sofa.
"Bobby Goren, this is Ben Adams. Ben Adams, this is Bobby Goren. Bobby is one of the detectives working on a case with us. We worked together a long time ago when I was in Narcotics. Ben is my boyfriend, he teaches at Hudson." said Madison.
Bobby was suddenly uncomfortable, why didn't Finn tell him Madison had a boyfriend?
Bobby extended his hand and shook hands with Ben Adams.
"Teacher at Hudson, what do you teach?" asked Goren.
"Chemistry." said Adams.
"Aw, explains the smell," said Goren.
"Have to excuse that." laughed Adams. "Teaching my students how to make sulfur dioxide."
"Dangerous stuff." said Goren.
"Not in controlled settings, but it's time for me to go. It will give you two time to catch up. Sweetheart, don't let Mills bother you, I can move in if you like, maybe make you feel safer?" he said and kissed her on the cheek.
"No, that's ok, I will be fine. I will see you later." She said walking him to the door.
Bobby just rolled his eyes, like a Chemistry teacher could protect a police officer.
They kissed again. Bobby thought, "Ok, I am going to puke." Then Adams was gone.
She turned to Bobby, "So what did Finn tell you about Mills?"
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"You get anything?" asked Finn.
"She is fuzzy about the details. She was studying at the library, she left, was waiting for her father to pick her up. Someone came up behind her, then she blacked out. When she came to, she was in a locked storage room. She broke the window and managed to get out. She walked around till she passed out, then someone finally found her."replied Madison.
"How did you make the connection to Winchester?" questioned Eames.
"The rape kit, two different types of condoms were used on each victim, but this time the condom broke, so we were able to get DNA, and Winchester was in the system." said Finn.
Madison was on the phone, when she hung up she said, "Cragen wants us back at the station ASAP."
When they arrived at the station, everyone looked at her with a saddened look on their face.
"Who died?" asked Madison.
Stabler got up and walked up to Madison, "Uh, Madison, Jack McCoy and Mike Cutter are in Cragen's Office- they need to speak to you."
"Guess someone did die." said Madison looking uneasy.
She walked into Cragen's office and closed the door.
"What the hell is going on?" asked Finn.
"Roger Mills is being released." replied Stabler.
"What the hell?!" said Finn. "How the hell did that happen?"
"His trial was up for appeal, and some idiot in the evidence room lost the evidence, so the judge dismissed his case." said Munch.
"How could they do that! He killed 4 women, and after what he did to Madison?" yelled Finn.
"I know your angry Madison," said the Captain.
"Angry doesn't even begin to describe what I am feeling." Madison said angerly.
"I am so sorry, Detective, but we will get him." said McCoy.
"When is he being released?" questioned Madison, pacing, unable to sit still.
"Day after tomorrow." said Cutter.
"Take the rest of the day off." said Cragen.
"What good would that do?" she gave an uneasy laugh. "Five years, he gets off after five years."
"We will put a protection detail on you, Taylor." said Cragen.
Madison looked at Cragen. He hardly ever called her by her first name, unless he was really worried. She could see the concern in his face.
"No, I can take care of myself, but I will take you up on that day off."
She walked out the office and didn't make eye contact with anyone in the office. She grabbed her jacket to leave.
"Maddie?" Finn called out.
But she just kept walking.
Goren wrote down the name "Roger Mills" in his notebook, he had to find out what he did to Taylor Madison.
Cragen, McCoy, Cutter all walked out of the Captain's office.
"Way to go District Attorney!" says Finn.
"Calm down Finn." said the Captain.
"Calm down? They let a murderer get away and you know he is going to go after Madison the minute he gets out!" yelled Finn.
"He would be stupid to do that, Detective, and we will do everything we can to prevent that. We need everyone to just keep their heads and keep calm." said Cutter.
Bobby put his hand on Finn's shoulder.
"Come on, lets go for a walk." Bobby said.
Finn left with Bobby.
"You ok now? Want to talk about it?" said Bobby.
"Lawyers, they don't understand what it's like on the street; we work so hard to get these scumbags off the street. Then things get screwed up and bam they are back on the streets," said Finn.
"Finn, what happened to Taylor? Why is everyone so worried about her?" said Bobby.
"Man, I shouldn't tell you, she would kill me. It happened 5 years ago, but man it was horrible." said Finn.
"I can look it up in the records, or hear the truth from you. I have feelings for her, you never knew this, but she and I were in a relationship years ago. We kept it secret from everyone. It didn't work out, but I really never stopped caring for her, so please tell me." pleaded Bobby.
"Ok, but you didn't hear it from me. Six years ago, we had a string of rapes and murders, with no leads, no evidence. The crime scene was spotless. We started suspecting maybe it was a cop or someone in the justice system. The first three, Madison reported to the crime scene, and then she got ill with the flu, real bad, so she had to take a week off. Well, we had 3 more victims, and when she didn't work the crime scene, the perp got angry. He started writing at the scene, "I will kill cops if Madison doesn't start working my crime scenes". The perp wanted Madison, in a bad way. He was doing these rape/murders to get her attention. He started writing her notes on how he wanted to make love to her, and how he chose these women because they looked like her, but when he made love to them, and realized they weren't her, he killed them. Still, even with the letters, we didn't have a clue. Madison was going crazy; she was getting flowers, these sick love letters and a dead victim every three days. Finally we got a break in the case.
Someone found a roll of crime scene photos and all the pictures were of Madison. It was a CSU tech named Roger Mills. But we found out too late. Madison had gone back to a scene with Mills to go over some evidence he claimed he found, and he injected her with a knockout drug and took her. She was missing for three days. I won't tell you the things he did to her, and I couldn't watch her testimony. But from what he did to his other victims, it was horrible. She escaped on her own, she was found beaten, burn marks, and also, he had cut her. He would have killed her if she didn't get away. She has never talked about it with me and I never asked. If you want to read the transcripts and read what he did to her, go ahead. I, I don't want to know. But that animal should have gotten the death penalty." said Finn.
Bobby just looked into space, rubbed the back of his neck, and then buried his face in his hands. Why wasn't he there for her? If he hadn't broken things off with her, this would have never happened.
Finn went back to the precinct.
Bobby hailed a cab, he had to see her.
He knocked on her door. Maybe this was a mistake, what right did he have to intrude on her personal life after 10 yrs? The door opened.
"Hey, you need something?" asked Madison.
"Uh, I was just worried, you looked upset when you left the squad room." said Bobby nervously.
"Did Finn send you?" she asked.
"Uh, No." said Bobby. "Can I come in?"
She opened the door wider, so he could walk in. There was a man sitting on the sofa.
"Bobby Goren, this is Ben Adams. Ben Adams, this is Bobby Goren. Bobby is one of the detectives working on a case with us. We worked together a long time ago when I was in Narcotics. Ben is my boyfriend, he teaches at Hudson." said Madison.
Bobby was suddenly uncomfortable, why didn't Finn tell him Madison had a boyfriend?
Bobby extended his hand and shook hands with Ben Adams.
"Teacher at Hudson, what do you teach?" asked Goren.
"Chemistry." said Adams.
"Aw, explains the smell," said Goren.
"Have to excuse that." laughed Adams. "Teaching my students how to make sulfur dioxide."
"Dangerous stuff." said Goren.
"Not in controlled settings, but it's time for me to go. It will give you two time to catch up. Sweetheart, don't let Mills bother you, I can move in if you like, maybe make you feel safer?" he said and kissed her on the cheek.
"No, that's ok, I will be fine. I will see you later." She said walking him to the door.
Bobby just rolled his eyes, like a Chemistry teacher could protect a police officer.
They kissed again. Bobby thought, "Ok, I am going to puke." Then Adams was gone.
She turned to Bobby, "So what did Finn tell you about Mills?"
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Nice chapter. Looking forward to more.
This is a fun cross-over. I'm looking forward to the next chapter.
Chapter 4
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"Don't get angry with Finn. He didn't tell me anything I couldn't have found out on my own. Why didn't you call me, Taylor?"
"Call you! Why in the hell would I call you? You had your little family to deal with and after what you did to me! The way you used me, you're the last person I would have ever called," she yelled.
"What are you talking about? I loved you. I told you about my mother from the beginning, that I would never be able to get married while she was so ill, that between her and the job, I just didn't have the time to give a wife and family," he pleaded for her to understand.
"Yeah, that's what you told me, and I believed that lie, and stupid me would have waited for you forever. I looked into those big brown eyes, and fell for every lie: hook, line and sinker,"
"Lie? I never lied to you," Bobby defended himself.
"Awe, come on Bobby, it's been 10 years! You can drop the innocent routine now! Charlotte told me everything,"
"Charlotte? Who is Charlotte?"
"You are going to stand there and tell me you don't know the mother of your child?"
"What!? I don't have a child. Who is Charlotte?" Bobby was trying to think who this Charlotte is. Then it dawned on him. "Charlotte, was that the Captain's secretary?"
"Oh, are you now going to fess up?"
"Taylor, I still have no idea of what I am being accused of. All I know about her is she was the Captain's secretary, she used to flirt a lot."
"Well she told me you two were sleeping together, but I didn't believe it. But the night after the Sanchez bust everyone went out to celebrate. Remember I couldn't go because Mandy was having her baby? I told you to go out with the guys and that I would catch up with you later. Well, I went to your place after and she was there, walking around with just your NYPD T-shirt, bragging how great you were in bed. I left and went home and the next day was when you gave me your mom speech about not being able to settle down, and then I transferred. A few weeks later, I saw Charlotte and she told me she was having your baby. I never expected that from you Bobby," she shouted at him.
"Oh geez, I can't believe this is happening. None of that is true. I wasn't even at my apartment that night. Mitchell wanted to use my apartment that night, I didn't ask why. I dialed your cell and left a message but I guess you didn't get it. I had to go to Carmel Ridge because my mom had a break. I can't believe she said those things. I never slept with her...I was never unfaithful to you. You have to believe me. I am so sorry you have had those thoughts about me all these years, and that you had to go through what you went through," empathized Bobby.
Madison sat on the sofa in silence; she put her face in her hands. All these years she had thought the worse of Bobby a man she had loved so much. He put his arm around her and pulled her close. She started to cry. She always tried to be so strong, like all policewomen, you tried to never show any weakness. But with Bobby she could always let down her guard. Then she remembered, she wasn't with Bobby anymore, there was Ben. She sat up.
"You better go," she said while wiping her tears away. "They need your help catching this killer."
"Can I come by later?" He said wiping her tears with his fingers.
"No, Ben will be coming by later," pushing his hand away. "I will be back to work tomorrow."
She opened the door to let him out. Both of them stood with their backs to the door.
Wondering what would have or could have been.
Bobby walked out the building.
[size="4"]"Who the hell does he think he is," said the watcher, "Guess he needs another murder to keep him busy."
Thanks again Cluck
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"Don't get angry with Finn. He didn't tell me anything I couldn't have found out on my own. Why didn't you call me, Taylor?"
"Call you! Why in the hell would I call you? You had your little family to deal with and after what you did to me! The way you used me, you're the last person I would have ever called," she yelled.
"What are you talking about? I loved you. I told you about my mother from the beginning, that I would never be able to get married while she was so ill, that between her and the job, I just didn't have the time to give a wife and family," he pleaded for her to understand.
"Yeah, that's what you told me, and I believed that lie, and stupid me would have waited for you forever. I looked into those big brown eyes, and fell for every lie: hook, line and sinker,"
"Lie? I never lied to you," Bobby defended himself.
"Awe, come on Bobby, it's been 10 years! You can drop the innocent routine now! Charlotte told me everything,"
"Charlotte? Who is Charlotte?"
"You are going to stand there and tell me you don't know the mother of your child?"
"What!? I don't have a child. Who is Charlotte?" Bobby was trying to think who this Charlotte is. Then it dawned on him. "Charlotte, was that the Captain's secretary?"
"Oh, are you now going to fess up?"
"Taylor, I still have no idea of what I am being accused of. All I know about her is she was the Captain's secretary, she used to flirt a lot."
"Well she told me you two were sleeping together, but I didn't believe it. But the night after the Sanchez bust everyone went out to celebrate. Remember I couldn't go because Mandy was having her baby? I told you to go out with the guys and that I would catch up with you later. Well, I went to your place after and she was there, walking around with just your NYPD T-shirt, bragging how great you were in bed. I left and went home and the next day was when you gave me your mom speech about not being able to settle down, and then I transferred. A few weeks later, I saw Charlotte and she told me she was having your baby. I never expected that from you Bobby," she shouted at him.
"Oh geez, I can't believe this is happening. None of that is true. I wasn't even at my apartment that night. Mitchell wanted to use my apartment that night, I didn't ask why. I dialed your cell and left a message but I guess you didn't get it. I had to go to Carmel Ridge because my mom had a break. I can't believe she said those things. I never slept with her...I was never unfaithful to you. You have to believe me. I am so sorry you have had those thoughts about me all these years, and that you had to go through what you went through," empathized Bobby.
Madison sat on the sofa in silence; she put her face in her hands. All these years she had thought the worse of Bobby a man she had loved so much. He put his arm around her and pulled her close. She started to cry. She always tried to be so strong, like all policewomen, you tried to never show any weakness. But with Bobby she could always let down her guard. Then she remembered, she wasn't with Bobby anymore, there was Ben. She sat up.
"You better go," she said while wiping her tears away. "They need your help catching this killer."
"Can I come by later?" He said wiping her tears with his fingers.
"No, Ben will be coming by later," pushing his hand away. "I will be back to work tomorrow."
She opened the door to let him out. Both of them stood with their backs to the door.
Wondering what would have or could have been.
Bobby walked out the building.
[size="4"]"Who the hell does he think he is," said the watcher, "Guess he needs another murder to keep him busy."
Thanks again Cluck
Nice chapter. Can't wait for more.
Thanks Cluck
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Chapter 5[/b]
Goren returned to the 16th precinct.
"Where have you been?" asked Eames.
"I had something to take care of. What's going on?" he asked.
"I'm going over the reports from the other murders," said Eames.
"Anything stand out?" asked Goren, while taking the files looking over them.
"They were all in high school, but different high schools. All were honor students. Some were in band, some were in sports. They didn't hang in the same crowds," said Eames.
"I need to speak to Pam," stated Goren firmly.
"But she told Madison all she remembered," said Eames.
"Right, but I need to ask her some other questions," Goren got up to leave.
"Another girl has been taken," yelled Stabler, hanging up the phone.
"Cindy Martin, 16, was supposed to be home an hour ago. Friends saw her get into a black car, but now her mom can't reach her. He voice mail has a strange man's voice on it. She gave me the number," Stabler dialed the number and put it on speaker phone.
"So sorry Cindy can't come to the phone, she is tied up right now." said the strange voice.
"This is strange," said Goren.
"Dam right it's strange," yelled Stabler.
"No, not that way, he has never communicated before, why now?" said Goren.
"He wants to play," said Eames.
"Yes, he is having fun. Before he played off his partner, now his partner is dead. So he is going to play off the police. This won't be the last time he communicates with us. He will call us," said Goren.
"I am going to call in Huang maybe he can shed some light on where this guy's head is at," informed Captain Cragen.
"Finn, Munch you interview her friends," commanded the Captain.
"Goren, Eames, you go to the library where it happened,"
"Uh, Captain, I think it would be better if Eames and I spoke to the parents," requested Goren.
"Alright Goren, if you think you will be of better use there. Stabler and Benson, you canvas the library for witnesses," ordered the captain.
"The genius gets to pick what he wants to do," snickered Stabler, as he and Benson grabbed there coats to leave.
"He is here to help, Elliott, cut him some slack," responded Olivia.
"What do you want me to do Captain?" asked Lake.
"Wait for Huang, make sure he gets all the info he needs," explained the captain.
Goren and Eames headed for the parents house.
"So Bobby, why did you want to take the parents?" asked Eames.
"There has to be something these girls have in common we are missing. We need to re-interview the parents. She got into the car voluntarily, so she knows him. He takes her with witnesses, he is bold. He leaves no evidence; he has knowledge of police work or police officers and how they work. He only killed his partner because his partner got sloppy, he probably was the reason Pam Ambers got away. He is very intelligent, probably college educated. We need to find out how these girls from different areas and schools knew this man," Goren finished, then he just stared out the window in deep thought.
Benson and Stabler came up empty at the library, everyone saw a black car, some said it was a Cadillac, some said BMW, others even thought it was a Lincoln. But no one even noticed the plates, or the driver.
That is all the friends saw too, Amber said." It was like, she saw the car, ran to it, and got in, and they were like poof, gone. I didn't notice any license plate. Why would I do that?
Did you notice, Tiff?"
"DUH, No! I was watching Todd in his Corvette, he is sooo hot!" said Tiff.
Munch and Finn just rolled their eyes and walked away, with nothing.
"With friends like those, who needs enemies," said Munch.
Goren and Eames arrived at the Martin household.
"Mr. and Mrs. Martin, we are Detectives Eames and Goren, we need to talk to you about Cindy, can we come in? asked Eames.
"Yes, have you heard anything?" her mother asked crying.
"No ma'am we haven't. I need you to tell me about your daughter," asked Goren.
"Cindy was a wonderful girl. She was an honor roll student, cheerleader. She loved school and learning. She was very popular," said her mother.
"Did Cindy have a boyfriend?" asked Eames.
"No, she dated, but not a steady boyfriend. Was there a special teacher she was close to?" asked Eames.
"She liked her French teacher, Mrs. Alice Walker. She always talked about her, but I never met her. Do you think she has anything to do with this," asked the father.
"No, but sometimes teenagers confide in teachers they trust. Maybe she might know something. We just want to talk to her," answered Goren. "Thank you so much for your time, and we will keep in touch."
"Please find her, she is our only child," cried Mrs. Martin.
Goren and Eames headed back to the precinct.
"School is closed so we can try to look up Mrs. Walker on the computer at the station. Wow, its midnight already," remarked Eames.
When they got to the station Huang was there ready to give his profile.
"He is probably college educated, in a relationship with a woman because he wants to appear normal. He has knowledge of police work, maybe was in law enforcement or knows someone in law enforcement. The girls knew him, since they got in the car with him; we just need to find that connection. I called the hospital Pam Ambers in heavily sedated, so there is no talking to her tonight," finished Huang
Eames looked at Goren and smiled in acknowledgment. Huang's profile matched Goren's. Goren walked over to Huang.
"I am so glad to meet you. I am Robert Goren."
"Glad to finally put a face to the name," Huang shook his hand, "All the times we have collaborated over the phone."
"Yes, finally we get to work together, but not under good circumstances. But then in this job there is never good circumstances," said Goren.
"So, what is your thinking on this guy," questioned Huang.
"Basically the same as yours, all girls were honor students and involved in after school activities. But in different schools. But somehow they had to be tied together. We just need to see how."
Meanwhile
"What are you doing here so late," said Madison.
"Sorry got tied up grading papers; I promised I would come by. I was so worried. How did your reunion go? You had told me about your history with Goren," asked Ben.
"I am tired, hun, I really don't want to talk about Goren, I just want to go back to bed. It's back to work in the morning," she moaned.
"Hmmm, bed sounds good," he said putting his arms around her waist, and pulling her body into his, kissing her on the neck.
"You're a bad boy," she giggled.
"But you love bad boys," he said, and swept her off her feet and carried her into the bed room.
Back at the precinct Goren looked up Alice Walker, Cindy's favorite teacher. The address the DMV had for her was no longer current.
"We are going to have to check with the school in the morning," said Goren.
It was now 2am and Captain Cragen came out his office. "Listen, there isn't much more we can do now. Everyone go home get a few hours of sleep, be back here at 6am we will re-interview the parents and see what we missed."
Everyone hated to go home with Cindy still missing, but there was nothing else to do. So slowly everyone packed up and went home. Goren was the last one. He kept looking at the files, he knew he was missing something, he rubbed his eyes, ran his fingers through his hair. What was it, what was he missing? He left the building and went home.
Everyone arrived at or around 6am the next morning. Madison came in at 7am.
"I thought I would be early," she said. "What happened, why everyone here so early?"
"Another girl was abducted. Cindy Martin 16," said Finn.
"Why didn't you call me? I should have been called in," argued Madison.
"You had enough to deal with. We were handling it," argued Finn.
"It was my decision Taylor, if you have a problem with it, discuss it with me," said the Captain.
Madison got quiet. Then sat at her desk.
"So what are we doing now," she asked.
"There must be something that ties these girls together that's what we are missing. We need to re-interview the parents of all the victims and see what it is," said Goren.
"Finn and I handled the Jamison and Luke cases. I conducted those interviews and I know everything about those girls, there is no need to put those families through that again," Madison said defensively.
"Are you trying to say we don't interview our victims' families as well as you do Madison," Stabler said defensively.
"Listen, I am sure everyone is great at their job, but something got missed, or didn't get added up. SVU is a hard detail; it takes a special cop to do this day in and day out. I couldn't do it. So lets just work together to get this nut job off the streets," pleaded Goren. "Madison, what do you have in your notes?"
"Camey Jamison, 15, straight A's, fast track through high school. She was a senior, no boyfriend, band, wanted to be a doctor, spent the summer taking classes at Hudson, was going to start there full time in the fall with full scholarship. Next, Jamie Luke 15, high school junior, no boyfriend, girls volleyball team, wanted to be a lawyer, once a week in the afternoon took advanced calculus class at Hudson, mom would pick her up drive her to University then pick her up when it was done."
"Cindy Martin was honor roll student, Eames call her mom see if she took any classes at Hudson. Did any of the other victims take classes at Hudson? What about Pam Ambers?" questioned Goren.
"I talked to the family but they didn't mention Hudson. I will give them a call," said Finn.
Goren looked at Stabler about to ask.
"I'm calling," he said arrogantly.
"I think we might have found our link," said Goren to Madison.
"Good job, Bobby, "smiled Madison.
All the phone calls had the same result. The connection was Hudson University, but how?
They all took different classes, different teachers. While they were discussing how they might have possibly connected with the same person, a flower delivery man came.
"I have flowers for Taylor Madison," said the delivery man.
Purple tulips, thought Bobby, he used to send them to her all the time. Those were her favorites.
"Wow, Madison, two dozen purple tulips, what did you do to deserve that," said Finn.
"Ben better cut that out, he is making us guys look bad," laughed Stabler. "If we have to go to Hudson you can go and thank him in person."
Madison blushed at the guys comments. Bobby tried to not pay attention; he didn't like the idea of Taylor with someone else. But when Madison opened the card, her face drained of all color, she picked up the flowers and threw them in the garbage. She started pacing, running her fingers through her hair and staring at the card. She took the card into the captain's office and closed the door. The others got quiet and looked at each other.
"What the hell happened?" asked Stabler.
"Guess they weren't from Mr. Wonderful," said Munch.
"Cut it out guys, she is under a lot of stress," said Olivia
"They told me tomorrow, he isn't supposed to be out till tomorrow. Now I get this," she yells holding up the card. "This and two dozen tulips."
"Sit down and slow down," said the Captain. Taking the note which read,
Dearest Taylor:
I am so sorry for what I have done. I wish I could take it all back. I have been given a second chance, and I hope you will forgive me. I have turned my life to God and he has forgiven me. I would like to meet with you in person so you can see that in my heart I have really changed. Please call me at 555-7865. I look forward to hearing from you. You are all I have thought about over the last 5 years. Please agree to meet me; I hope you still love tulips.
Love
Roger
"Let me call Cutter," said Cragen picking up the phone.
"He said due to the problems with the media, they let him out late last night. You were supposed to be notified, he is so sorry you didn't get the call. He will talk to Mills' lawyer about the note and flowers. We can still put a security detail to follow you if you want?" added the Captain.
"No Thanks, Captain," Madison walked out.
Everyone was watching her, waiting for her to say something. She picked up her trash can with the flowers and put the whole can in the elevator and pushed the down button.
"Can we get back to work?" she asked.
"Maddie?" asked Finn. "We are family here."
"Roger Mills was released last night and they forgot to tell me, guess that was his way of letting me know. He wants to meet with me, since he has been forgiven by God, now he wants my forgiveness. Now can we get back to work?&
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Chapter 5[/b]
Goren returned to the 16th precinct.
"Where have you been?" asked Eames.
"I had something to take care of. What's going on?" he asked.
"I'm going over the reports from the other murders," said Eames.
"Anything stand out?" asked Goren, while taking the files looking over them.
"They were all in high school, but different high schools. All were honor students. Some were in band, some were in sports. They didn't hang in the same crowds," said Eames.
"I need to speak to Pam," stated Goren firmly.
"But she told Madison all she remembered," said Eames.
"Right, but I need to ask her some other questions," Goren got up to leave.
"Another girl has been taken," yelled Stabler, hanging up the phone.
"Cindy Martin, 16, was supposed to be home an hour ago. Friends saw her get into a black car, but now her mom can't reach her. He voice mail has a strange man's voice on it. She gave me the number," Stabler dialed the number and put it on speaker phone.
"So sorry Cindy can't come to the phone, she is tied up right now." said the strange voice.
"This is strange," said Goren.
"Dam right it's strange," yelled Stabler.
"No, not that way, he has never communicated before, why now?" said Goren.
"He wants to play," said Eames.
"Yes, he is having fun. Before he played off his partner, now his partner is dead. So he is going to play off the police. This won't be the last time he communicates with us. He will call us," said Goren.
"I am going to call in Huang maybe he can shed some light on where this guy's head is at," informed Captain Cragen.
"Finn, Munch you interview her friends," commanded the Captain.
"Goren, Eames, you go to the library where it happened,"
"Uh, Captain, I think it would be better if Eames and I spoke to the parents," requested Goren.
"Alright Goren, if you think you will be of better use there. Stabler and Benson, you canvas the library for witnesses," ordered the captain.
"The genius gets to pick what he wants to do," snickered Stabler, as he and Benson grabbed there coats to leave.
"He is here to help, Elliott, cut him some slack," responded Olivia.
"What do you want me to do Captain?" asked Lake.
"Wait for Huang, make sure he gets all the info he needs," explained the captain.
Goren and Eames headed for the parents house.
"So Bobby, why did you want to take the parents?" asked Eames.
"There has to be something these girls have in common we are missing. We need to re-interview the parents. She got into the car voluntarily, so she knows him. He takes her with witnesses, he is bold. He leaves no evidence; he has knowledge of police work or police officers and how they work. He only killed his partner because his partner got sloppy, he probably was the reason Pam Ambers got away. He is very intelligent, probably college educated. We need to find out how these girls from different areas and schools knew this man," Goren finished, then he just stared out the window in deep thought.
Benson and Stabler came up empty at the library, everyone saw a black car, some said it was a Cadillac, some said BMW, others even thought it was a Lincoln. But no one even noticed the plates, or the driver.
That is all the friends saw too, Amber said." It was like, she saw the car, ran to it, and got in, and they were like poof, gone. I didn't notice any license plate. Why would I do that?
Did you notice, Tiff?"
"DUH, No! I was watching Todd in his Corvette, he is sooo hot!" said Tiff.
Munch and Finn just rolled their eyes and walked away, with nothing.
"With friends like those, who needs enemies," said Munch.
Goren and Eames arrived at the Martin household.
"Mr. and Mrs. Martin, we are Detectives Eames and Goren, we need to talk to you about Cindy, can we come in? asked Eames.
"Yes, have you heard anything?" her mother asked crying.
"No ma'am we haven't. I need you to tell me about your daughter," asked Goren.
"Cindy was a wonderful girl. She was an honor roll student, cheerleader. She loved school and learning. She was very popular," said her mother.
"Did Cindy have a boyfriend?" asked Eames.
"No, she dated, but not a steady boyfriend. Was there a special teacher she was close to?" asked Eames.
"She liked her French teacher, Mrs. Alice Walker. She always talked about her, but I never met her. Do you think she has anything to do with this," asked the father.
"No, but sometimes teenagers confide in teachers they trust. Maybe she might know something. We just want to talk to her," answered Goren. "Thank you so much for your time, and we will keep in touch."
"Please find her, she is our only child," cried Mrs. Martin.
Goren and Eames headed back to the precinct.
"School is closed so we can try to look up Mrs. Walker on the computer at the station. Wow, its midnight already," remarked Eames.
When they got to the station Huang was there ready to give his profile.
"He is probably college educated, in a relationship with a woman because he wants to appear normal. He has knowledge of police work, maybe was in law enforcement or knows someone in law enforcement. The girls knew him, since they got in the car with him; we just need to find that connection. I called the hospital Pam Ambers in heavily sedated, so there is no talking to her tonight," finished Huang
Eames looked at Goren and smiled in acknowledgment. Huang's profile matched Goren's. Goren walked over to Huang.
"I am so glad to meet you. I am Robert Goren."
"Glad to finally put a face to the name," Huang shook his hand, "All the times we have collaborated over the phone."
"Yes, finally we get to work together, but not under good circumstances. But then in this job there is never good circumstances," said Goren.
"So, what is your thinking on this guy," questioned Huang.
"Basically the same as yours, all girls were honor students and involved in after school activities. But in different schools. But somehow they had to be tied together. We just need to see how."
Meanwhile
"What are you doing here so late," said Madison.
"Sorry got tied up grading papers; I promised I would come by. I was so worried. How did your reunion go? You had told me about your history with Goren," asked Ben.
"I am tired, hun, I really don't want to talk about Goren, I just want to go back to bed. It's back to work in the morning," she moaned.
"Hmmm, bed sounds good," he said putting his arms around her waist, and pulling her body into his, kissing her on the neck.
"You're a bad boy," she giggled.
"But you love bad boys," he said, and swept her off her feet and carried her into the bed room.
Back at the precinct Goren looked up Alice Walker, Cindy's favorite teacher. The address the DMV had for her was no longer current.
"We are going to have to check with the school in the morning," said Goren.
It was now 2am and Captain Cragen came out his office. "Listen, there isn't much more we can do now. Everyone go home get a few hours of sleep, be back here at 6am we will re-interview the parents and see what we missed."
Everyone hated to go home with Cindy still missing, but there was nothing else to do. So slowly everyone packed up and went home. Goren was the last one. He kept looking at the files, he knew he was missing something, he rubbed his eyes, ran his fingers through his hair. What was it, what was he missing? He left the building and went home.
Everyone arrived at or around 6am the next morning. Madison came in at 7am.
"I thought I would be early," she said. "What happened, why everyone here so early?"
"Another girl was abducted. Cindy Martin 16," said Finn.
"Why didn't you call me? I should have been called in," argued Madison.
"You had enough to deal with. We were handling it," argued Finn.
"It was my decision Taylor, if you have a problem with it, discuss it with me," said the Captain.
Madison got quiet. Then sat at her desk.
"So what are we doing now," she asked.
"There must be something that ties these girls together that's what we are missing. We need to re-interview the parents of all the victims and see what it is," said Goren.
"Finn and I handled the Jamison and Luke cases. I conducted those interviews and I know everything about those girls, there is no need to put those families through that again," Madison said defensively.
"Are you trying to say we don't interview our victims' families as well as you do Madison," Stabler said defensively.
"Listen, I am sure everyone is great at their job, but something got missed, or didn't get added up. SVU is a hard detail; it takes a special cop to do this day in and day out. I couldn't do it. So lets just work together to get this nut job off the streets," pleaded Goren. "Madison, what do you have in your notes?"
"Camey Jamison, 15, straight A's, fast track through high school. She was a senior, no boyfriend, band, wanted to be a doctor, spent the summer taking classes at Hudson, was going to start there full time in the fall with full scholarship. Next, Jamie Luke 15, high school junior, no boyfriend, girls volleyball team, wanted to be a lawyer, once a week in the afternoon took advanced calculus class at Hudson, mom would pick her up drive her to University then pick her up when it was done."
"Cindy Martin was honor roll student, Eames call her mom see if she took any classes at Hudson. Did any of the other victims take classes at Hudson? What about Pam Ambers?" questioned Goren.
"I talked to the family but they didn't mention Hudson. I will give them a call," said Finn.
Goren looked at Stabler about to ask.
"I'm calling," he said arrogantly.
"I think we might have found our link," said Goren to Madison.
"Good job, Bobby, "smiled Madison.
All the phone calls had the same result. The connection was Hudson University, but how?
They all took different classes, different teachers. While they were discussing how they might have possibly connected with the same person, a flower delivery man came.
"I have flowers for Taylor Madison," said the delivery man.
Purple tulips, thought Bobby, he used to send them to her all the time. Those were her favorites.
"Wow, Madison, two dozen purple tulips, what did you do to deserve that," said Finn.
"Ben better cut that out, he is making us guys look bad," laughed Stabler. "If we have to go to Hudson you can go and thank him in person."
Madison blushed at the guys comments. Bobby tried to not pay attention; he didn't like the idea of Taylor with someone else. But when Madison opened the card, her face drained of all color, she picked up the flowers and threw them in the garbage. She started pacing, running her fingers through her hair and staring at the card. She took the card into the captain's office and closed the door. The others got quiet and looked at each other.
"What the hell happened?" asked Stabler.
"Guess they weren't from Mr. Wonderful," said Munch.
"Cut it out guys, she is under a lot of stress," said Olivia
"They told me tomorrow, he isn't supposed to be out till tomorrow. Now I get this," she yells holding up the card. "This and two dozen tulips."
"Sit down and slow down," said the Captain. Taking the note which read,
Dearest Taylor:
I am so sorry for what I have done. I wish I could take it all back. I have been given a second chance, and I hope you will forgive me. I have turned my life to God and he has forgiven me. I would like to meet with you in person so you can see that in my heart I have really changed. Please call me at 555-7865. I look forward to hearing from you. You are all I have thought about over the last 5 years. Please agree to meet me; I hope you still love tulips.
Love
Roger
"Let me call Cutter," said Cragen picking up the phone.
"He said due to the problems with the media, they let him out late last night. You were supposed to be notified, he is so sorry you didn't get the call. He will talk to Mills' lawyer about the note and flowers. We can still put a security detail to follow you if you want?" added the Captain.
"No Thanks, Captain," Madison walked out.
Everyone was watching her, waiting for her to say something. She picked up her trash can with the flowers and put the whole can in the elevator and pushed the down button.
"Can we get back to work?" she asked.
"Maddie?" asked Finn. "We are family here."
"Roger Mills was released last night and they forgot to tell me, guess that was his way of letting me know. He wants to meet with me, since he has been forgiven by God, now he wants my forgiveness. Now can we get back to work?&