A Year and 365 Days

Chapter 18

Eight and a half months into the investigation of Olivia's disappearance

One week later:
"Turns out the Canadian bacon is really just ham" Munch mocked over the breakfast table

"Wow Munch...thought you'd be focusing more on-" Amaro said being cut off by Cragen
"Alright now, shush, the both of you. I don't want you two getting sent home in body bags. I need my best detectives out on the job."

The squad along with Agent Martindale had made their way to Canada, landing at the Jean Lesage international airport. They had booked rooms in a hotel in Quebec, which was only twenty minutes away from the airport itself. Each detective with their own room, all happened to book rooms next to each other to join doors to one another. The two customs agents from the US and Canada had checked in with the armed officer at the areas surrounding the Derby Line.

Martindale sat in his room when he called the detectives to come in through the open doorways of the conjoined rooms. The detectives had been talking to Cragen and Munch in Cragen's hotel room. They headed over to Martindale's section of the rooms and discovered him sitting at the work desk that had been provided by the hotel. He had two laptops open simultaneously, motioning for us to look at them. Amaro, Rollins, Munch, Cragen, and Fin had surrounded the sitting man.

"Wilson was able to pull video footage from the Derby line from the surrounding cameras. Looks like we've got a solid image of Alex Gurevich, also under the name of Eric Jean."

"Do the cameras have any footage of Olivia?" Captain asked

"There is only slight footage of the window being rolled down for her to talk to the guard. He asked for her passport that's it, but most importantly, we've got the direction they were heading in and license plates." He responded

"Great, if we get Alex, we can make him rat out his accomplice."
"They were last seen with New York license plates, but they are suspected to have been changed. Cameras caught them heading North towards Quebec City."

Olivia

From the new privileges and stories that Vedrana had told me, I still didn't think it would ever be possible to escape. If I had survived this long enough, I would wait until I had my chance for sure. When I escape, if ever do, I will make sure that these other girls will get help, hope, and justice. I had made a life-and-death promise that I would, and I am scared to do it. My adventures outside the house had began three days ago.

After Vedrana and I had returned from that night in the town, Alex and Damien had been out. Vedrana and I were on good speaking terms, as she had known the town pretty well. I finally had the guts to ask her the question I had been dreading to mention.

"Why don't you ever think of escaping?" I asked trembling in my dress
"I don't have a reason to go back, and either way I'd end up dead" she snapped back while she walked up the staircase that leaded to our rooms

We walked through Vedrana's room whom she shares with Valentina, the Russian blue eyed platinum blonde. The other girls were out while Vedrana walked through a door into a rather large bathroom. A huge mirror that hung above two sinks reflected Vedrana's beauty. She invited me to come in with her as I made small talk with her. She took things out of the cabinets under the sink.

"Why, you want to stay here?"

"No, but it's better then home I'd have to say. If I ever escaped, I wouldn't return home." Vedrana commented as she rubbed off the eyeliner and makeup that revealed her natural beauty that was framed by her black hair and green eyes.

I took notice to my own appearance, where I hadn't really taken the time to notice my hair had grown from my shoulders down to a medium length with waves to it.