Addison is a school teacher living in New York when she becomes a victim of rape. The Special Victims Unit tries to connect the dots of the crime, leading back to a prominent family of the city. Sonny Carisi is the lead detective on her case, and th...
"The jury is in," Benson tells me coming out into the cold staircase of the courthouse. The rest of the afternoon was for closing statements and the jury returned after 3 hours of deliberation.
I exhale slowly and follow her inside. I take a seat on the outside of the last row next to the lieutenant. Detective Carisi and Rollins sit next to her. After another few minutes, the judge comes in and after we sit she asks the jury, "has the jury reached a verdict?"
"We have your honor." The women in the first seat says. The bailiff retrieves a piece of paper, hands it to the judge.
The judge looks it over and with a nod, she returns it back to the bailiff to return to the juror, "what say you?" She asks her once the paper is in her hand again.
"In the charge of attempted murder in the first degree, we find the defendant guilty. In the charge of murder in the first degree, we find the defendant not guilty by reason of mental defect or insanity."
"The state of New York would like to thank the jurors for their time. Mr. Morales, you are remanded to Ryker's until further sentencing." She bangs her gavel and the court people begin to pile out.
"What does all that mean now?" I ask, my mouth gaped open and a sense of some kind of relief washed over me. He was guilty on one account and not guilty on another.
Sonny taps me slightly on the back, "he's going away for life for the attempted murder charge."
I chuckle out, still not feeling completely relieved but that it's okay to finally not have to look over my shoulder every second of the day. Barba comes over and I shake his hand, "thank you so much." I say, removing my hand and swooping him into a hug.
He awkwardly hugs me back and says, "no problem." He replies and when I release him he turns to lieutenant Benson, "we need to talk." He says to her and she excuses them both.
"Thank you guys so much for everything, I can't believe it's over." I semi-smile as I thank Sonny and Rollins.
"You know, you still have to testify in the rape case." Rollins reminds me.
I exhale again, nodding my head, "I know, but still. He's going away for life, that's good."
"Sure is. Hey Amanda, will you excuse us for a second?" Carisi asks his partner. She smiles and nods, eyeing me for one second before leaving the courtroom ahead of us, "so, I wanted to talk to you about something." He says as he begins to walk out of the room, towards the front of the courthouse.
"What's that?" I ask him, already worried about what he's going to say to me.
He looks behind me at the people coming in and out of the courthouse. He inhales quickly and spits out, "my sister has been buggin me to ask you over for dinner?" He meets my eyes waiting for an answer.
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I drop my head to look at our feet to hide a smile. Of course, I want to go to dinner with Sonny, but I can't do that to him. After everything that I've been through, I shouldn't get involved with anyone. I sheepishly look up to him, "will you be there?" I ask. I know it's stupid but I can't help but think of Bella and Sonny as my friends after this. He was the detective working on my case but still, he was nice to me and I got to know both of them pretty well over the past month or so.
