My SVU: Episode 1

A Different Place

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I sat in a room. It looked like a conference room but I'm not really sure. I can't believe I got picked up by cops. Suddenly there was a knock at the door. My leg started shaking. It shook like leaves in a hurricane. A blond woman came in, followed by a hispanic male. She was wearing some form of a pants suit and the man was wearing a button up suit and a tie.

"Hi I'm detective rollins and this is detective amaro. How are you." she spoke in a sweet mello country accent.

"I'm good I guess." I responded. I'm so so tired. At this point I don't care, so I guess I'm talking.

"What's your name sweetie?" the woman asked.

"Umm, Sarah." I mumbled. I could only look at my knee, shaking like jello on the san andreas fault.

"Okay Sarah, how old are you?" detective amaro asked. His voice was rough, like the small amount of stubble on his chin.

"I'm uhh, 14" I responded, mumbling again. Even if I wanted to this situation is far too much for my anxiety.

"And where ya from hunny?" detective rollins asked.

"I uhh, I used to live in baltimore, then we moved to annapolis; all in Maryland."

"How'd you end up in Manhattan?" she ventured.

"I don't wanna talk about it." I quietly stated as memories of my mom flooded my brain.

"That's alright, we don't have to talk about that now"

"So what were you doing out there of the street" she asked

"I was doing what everyone else there, was doing" I stated. I do not want to get into this especially with some random man sitting in front of me.

"Sarah, you're only 14. You shouldn't be out there, doing that. Those men, that wasn't wasn't legal or consensual. Everything that happened was rape." the female detective vented.h My leg shook faster than ever as I felt heat behind my eyes. No. I don't want to cry. Not here not now.

"I chose that! It was my decision. I'm not some victim!" I vented as the tears in my eyes started to blur my vision.

"Sarah, the law says your not old enough to chose." detective amaro responded. I didn't say anything. I couldn't.

"You're 14. All of them raped you. We need to know who did this, so we can put them in jail. Sarah, you were in so much danger." detective rollins added.

"You don't get it" I quietly mumbled using all my strength to hold back the tears. Only one had escaped so far.

"Do you know any of them? What did they do to you." amaro asked. I don't want to talk to him about this. I looked at him, then detective rollins, and then my knee again. I guess I'm gonna say it, or at least try to, because they won't let me leave without doing that.

"It was safer out there, than where I used to live" I stated, completely ignoring the detectives question.

"Are you sure? You got raped, what, almost everyday here. Why don't we talk about here first and then we'll talk about where you used to live" the blond calmly stated

"Do you know any of the men who did this to you?" he asked.

"There were a few regulars, but I only know their first names."

"What were their names?" he continued.

"There was john, marcus, mike, lenny, and ryan. Mike was the worst though."

"What did he do to you?" rollins asked.

"No! I can't say! I don't want to. Please I don't want to talk about that". Tears streamed out of my face. The female detective handed me a box of tissues. What's that supposed to do? The water coming out of my eyes was like a tsunami and the tissues were a puny gate.

"How about you tell us what mike did that was different from the rest." amaro stated.

"He- umm he always asked for longer time than the rest. He would take me sometimes; usually with the others we stayed in the car, but he always wanted me in a hotel. And he would make me watch... things." I hesitated as tears continued to roll down my cheeks. Then detective rollins got up and left. Why did she do that. I probably did something wrong.

"Di-did I do something? Why did she just leave like that?"

"It's ok, Sarah. She's just very mad at mike." the detective explained.