Dirty Little Secret

Olivia sat on the hard wooden bench, staring across the narrow hallway. She wasn't really sure that she cared what was happening at this point. Trevor's smug smile as the jury began deliberations was enough to make her heart leap into her throat. She just knew that he would win. He would get away without so much as a slap on the wrist… she knew that the system was going to fail her, even though she'd put all of her energy into making it work.

"Olivia?" Casey asked, sitting down next to her. Olivia fought back the tears that were coming and forced a smile.

"Hey. I'm fine," she said, knowing what the other woman was about to ask her.

"They want to make a deal," Casey told her. Olivia looked away. "I'm not going to offer one, Liv. The jury's not going to acquit…"

"It's never a sure thing, Case. I'm a cop, I know that as well as you do," Olivia whispered. Casey shook her head.

"You know too much," she joked, before turning serious. "Liv, don't get upset. You've got the scars to prove he was abusive, not to mention pictures."

"And no eyewitnesses to say he did it. He managed to manufacture an alibi, Casey! After he confessed to Munch and Fin, he actually made up an alibi, and found someone to lie for him!"

"And he covered his tracks well enough that we can't prove it. But that confession was good enough for something," Casey said, pulling out a blue folder. "If he's acquitted, there's still a restraining order." Olivia smiled, shaking her head.

"You went behind my back and got this?" she asked.

"Call it an insurance policy."

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Olivia watched as the jury slowly filed back into the room.

"Has the jury reached a verdict?" Judge Donnelly asked. Olivia's fingers wrapped tightly around the edge of the seat as she waited.

"We have, your honor."

"Please give your verdict to the court officer." The officer brought the verdict to the judge, who quickly read it and sent it back.

"How do you find?"

"We, the jury, find the defendant, Trevor Langan, guilty on all counts," the foreperson said. Olivia closed her eyes and breathed a sigh of relief. She didn't hear the rest of what was said. She didn't need to.

A/n: Okay, I know, sucky ending. But I'm sick of this story, so that's how it ends.