Chapter 7: A Stepbrother

"Keisha Lee?" Olivia and Elliot flashed their badges at the bar tender.

"That's me?" Keisha turned around a beer.

"Do you remember these men?" Elliot showed her the pictures of Ken, Tom and Peter.

"Sure. They were in here Friday. They were a noisy bunch. They were playin' poker," Keisha shrugged.

"What time did they leave?" Olivia asked.

"Around midnight I guess? I don't really remember exactly. I was just happy they left. They were really drunk. One of them wanted me to come home with him," Keisha smirked.

"And they didn't leave at any time?" Olivia asked.

Keisha giggled, "Well, not other then taking turns barfing in the washroom!"

"Do you understand that you gave alcohol to a minor?" Elliot narrowed his eyes.

"No! They young one showed his license. He was twenty-one?" Keisha said unsure.

Olivia and Elliot looked at each other.

Amy stood in silence, there was no way that kid was twenty-one.

"Was anyone else with them?" Olivia asked.

"No. Just those fags," Keisha laughed, "The young one was so drunk he lost all his money. One of them kept calling him son? 'That's poker son!' Maybe it was his father?"

The three of them were very curious now.

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Olivia, Elliot and Amy entered the hospital in which Felicia was being held and they took the elevator up to Felicia's room. A nurse was coming out of Felicia's room.

"Detectives," she greeted, "I'm afraid she getting worse. She's in crucial condition. I'm not sure she'll make it."

"What?" Amy gasped.

Elliot and Olivia gave Amy a look of worry.

"But she was fine before?" Amy shook her head.

"She was far from it. She was clunked in the head with what seems like a beer bottle. And there is a bump on the back of her head from a bash against the fence. Her brain has begun to bleed…" the nurse said quietly.

Fear filled Amy.

The three of them entered Felicia's room.

Felicia weakly smiled at the sight of Amy, "You came back!"

"I said I would," Amy whispered as she walked to her bedside.

"Felicia, have you seen any of these men?" Olivia held up the pictures.

Tears welled up in the little girls eyes and she nodded, "They were there with my father."

Elliot pointed to Peter, "Who is this?"

Felicia paused, "That's Peter….My stepbrother from my fathers first marriage."

Their eye's widened.

"How old is he?" Elliot asked.

"Seventeen," Felicia answered.

Elliot gave his partner a glare for Peter.

"And the other one is Tom. He's a friend of my dad's. Daddy helped him get out of prison a few years ago…" Felicia whispered.

"Felicia, you need to tell us what happened," Olivia smiled with sympathy.

Felicia swallowed and her voice cracked, "It was daddy and Peter…I thought they loved me…Daddy promised he would come home and watch the movie with me…But Peter, I hadn't seen him in a while…he loves me…he didn't want to…" Felicia mumbled before she passed out.

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"Do you think Felicia will be OK?" Amy asked Olivia as they climbed the wall of rocks in the gym at the station.

"I have to say Amy, I really don't know. I seen tragedies happen everyday. Even if she lives she'll be scared for life," Olivia looked at Amy.

Amy looked down, "She trusts me…She believes nothing is going to happen to her as long as I'm here….How can I let her down?"

"Nothing that happens is going to be your fault," Olivia reassured her, "We'll get justice for what happened to her. You can guarantee her that."

Amy's swallowed her tears.

"You're going to experience some ups and downs. But me and Elliot and the rest of the squad we'll help you through these cases. They'll twist and turn and we all slip but it won't be your fault!" Olivia smiled.

Just then a rock Amy stepped up on spun around and she slipped, sliding down the wall. Acting quickly Olivia grabbed the top of Amy's shoulder and pulled her back up.

"See? We won't let you fall. I'll always be there to bring you back up," Olivia promised Amy.

"Thank-you…" Amy smiled with hope, "I'll do my best to stay on my feet."

"I know you will," Olivia nodded with certain.