the heiress ( law & order: svu fanfiction )

chapter two

Chapter Two – Admit What You Can't Deny

"You!" He demanded, moving towards Amanda before Fin stepped in front of her. "You said that you were taking her back to your apartment but she's here?!"

"How would you even know that?" Amanda asked, forcing herself not to look into Olivia's office.

Daniel rolled his eyes. "After what happened to her, I tracked her phone with software the company developed years ago."

Olivia looked at Maddie who had curled up on the couch, her hands covering her ears as tears fell down her cheeks. "I'm going to get him to leave okay? Just stay here." She looked at Barba as she stood. "Stay with her, please?"

Before waiting for a response, she left the room, looking at Daniel and her detectives. "Mr. Campbell, I can assure you that Maddie is not here. We had an officer drop her off at Detective Rollins' apartment, her phone is here so we can gather evidence and see who attacked her."

Barba had moved to sit with Maddie at this point, trying his best to make sure that she stayed calm. He knew what panic attacks could be like, but he didn't know what hers would be like. "It's going to be okay, Liv is going to make sure that he leaves." He assured the younger.

Maddie's face paled as she looked at Barba. "He's gonna make me leave. If he finds out I'm here, I'm gonna have to go, I don't want to go with him." She shook her head vigorously, moving to the opposite end of the couch.

"Hey, Maddie. Look at me." Barba spoke gently as he got up from the couch, moving to crouch in front of her. "I promise you that you will not have to go anywhere you don't want to go. I will talk to the DA and make sure of that okay?"

Maddie nodded slowly, closing her eyes to try and drown out the sounds of Daniel's voice.

"Mr. Campbell if you aren't going to stop yelling, I'm going to have to ask you to leave." Olivia told him, a bit more forcefully this time.

Daniel rolled his eyes once again. "If I find out something is going on around here, I will have all of your badges. Every. Single. One." He pointed to the detectives to emphasize his point.

"We get that a lot, pal." Fin called after him as he waved two officers to follow him.

Once the bullpen was silent again, Olivia went back into her office, finding Maddie and Barba facing each other trying to calm Maddie down.

"I'm sorry, Maddie." Olivia apologized as she sat back ok the couch.

Maddie shook her head. "I should be apologizing to you. I should have known he'd track my phone. I just didn't think he'd show up here." She admitted, wincing when she caught one of her stitches as she rubbed her hand.

"Maddie, you told Amanda that you got a text from your friends inviting you to dinner. Did you hear from them after that?" Olivia asked. "Do you think that it could have been a set up?"

Panic flashed in the younger's eyes. "You mean do I think that someone got me out of the party to attack me in the courtyard? Why would someone do that?"

"That's what we're going to try and find out." Olivia shared a look with Barba. This was going to be a long case.

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It had been a few hours of looking through security cameras, waiting for TARU to finish examining Maddie's phone.

By the time they had gotten her phone back, Maddie was curled up on the couch in the interview room, fast asleep. Olivia had managed to get in contact with her friends and see what had happened.