Amanda's baby ✔️

Chapter 5

Amanda pov...

We got a new case of 13 year old Lane Baker who is 10-12 weeks pregnant. She is part of a religious family who believe in purity. Lane passed out at her virtue ball which is about promising to stay pure and not be with a guy until the father picks him and they get married. The whole Baker family is part of a show 13aker's dozen which is a reality show about one of America's favourite family.

I am the only one from the squad who has seen the show and I can't do much as I am on desk duty which I am really sick of. I find out that Lane was mostly likely in New York doing mission work when she got pregnant which means that we are to work on the case.

Dodds and Fin go to hospital to talk to Lane and the family. It turns out that Lane had already been discharged and the family was about to go home when Dodds and Fin get the whole family to come into the station.
Carisi deals with most of the children while Liv talks to Lane, Fin deals with the dad and I deal with the mom.
The mom asks me about whether my husband cares about me working with all these men, she guessed correctly that I am 8 and 1/2 months pregnant then noticed I wasn't wearing a ring and she says its normal for my hand to swell.

The dad doesn't want Lane to testify and the mom doesn't want Lane to have a paternity test as she thinks it may harm the baby.

Lane said that he was Pete Mattews so he was brought in for questioning, Pete says that it can't be him as he had a vasectomy meaning that he couldn't be the one to get her pregnant.
Watching the interrogation is Dodds, Liv and I. We talk about whether he did it or not and I bring up how when I talked to Lane she wouldn't give any information at all about what happened.

Pete shows footage that he recorded that leads us to thinking that it was the older brother Graham.

Liv and Dodds go to talk to the parents and the priest but don't get anywhere. When they get back the whole team sits round at the table talking about all the problems before Liv interrupts and says she doesn't want to hear this.
After being on desk duty and binge watching the show I bring up that Tate might not be on of the mom's children but it could be Summer's child which can help us as it means that we have evidence we can use.

Carisi and I go down to the Medical Examiners office to get the results from the DNA on Carisi's coat. The ME congratulates me and offers me a chair but I am fine, we just want the results. We are being told that Frank is on the maternal side with DNA markers but not on the paternal side, and their is also no paternal matches when my stomach hurts and I don't know why, somethings not right.
I get taken to hospital and when I wake up Carisi is still there, I ask him "why are you still here?"
He says "why do you think? This is your second ER visit in two weeks. Rollins, you got to slow it down."
I tell him "I'm fine"
The doctors said it could be a number of things and that they want me on bed rest afterwards. I say to him "What am I gonna tell Liv? I mean, I told her that nothing was gonna change and then"
He cuts me off and says "she knew that wasn't true"
I say "what am I doing?" And laugh then say "what was I thinking? Having a baby on my own"
He says "Amanda, hey, listen to me. I've been working with you over a year now, and there is nothing that you can't handle."
I start to cry and tell him "I screwed up, I won't be able to do this"
He says "Hey yeah, yeah, you will.
It'll be okay. You know how I know that? Cause my mother's at church lighting a candle for you right now."
I smile and say "okay Carisi"
Having Carisi here helps as he got me to calm down, and I realised like I will have the team there to support me if I need it.
Carisi fills Liv in with what's going on with me and he stays with me.

Liv pov...
After hearing about Amanda we have to focus back on work and go over details and realise that it could have been the pastor as he was with both Summer and Lane while they were away from home.
Fin and Dodds go to talk to the pastor and he claims that he didn't do anything and that this is now a case of religious persecution.

Carisi and I go down to the ME who asks about Rollins while we wait for the DNA results to come back and when the results come in they show that Tate's father is the pastor.
We try to find the pastor and it leads Carisi and I to the pastor and Lane in the middle of a marriage ceremony.
The mom says that she will testify and both Summer and Lane will and they will tell the truth. They don't care about the show anymore they care about protecting their families. The Pastor is arrested and will be charged with his crimes against Summer Baker and Lane Baker.