the heiress ( law & order: svu fanfiction )

chapter three

Chapter Three – Deny What You Can't Admit

Standing in Olivia's office, Amanda and Maddie watched as Olivia sat her brother down.

"So, Daniel. Let's start with when you attacked your sister. You knew the cameras were there. Why'd you do it?" Olivia asked, raising a brow.

Daniel looked between Olivia and Barba, his smirk still present. "I thought that I would have been able to destroy the feeds before you figured it out."

"No. That's not why you did it. You did it because you liked having an element of control over Maddie." Olivia countered, leaning forward. "You couldn't stand the fact that everyone around you wanted Maddie to take over the company. It's her company isn't it? Everything's in her name, the company, the apartment... all of it." She leaned back in her chair.

Daniel's smirk had fallen, his brown eyes turned almost black as he watched Olivia. "It's my company. I'm in charge."

"Temporarily. We actually got ahold of the business records. You can't sign for anything. Maddie has to sign for it. But you... have been signing her name for years. So not only do we have you on rape and potentially murder, you're going down for fraud." Barba interjected.

Daniel leaned back in his chair, his eyes moving from Olivia and Barba to the one-way mirror across the room. "I bet you're watching, aren't you Mads?" He asked.

"Don't call me that." Maddie whispered even though he couldn't hear her.

"You're probably wondering why I did this to you? It can't be to keep you safe, if I wanted to do that I would just keep you in the apartment. And it can't be because I love you, because what kind of brother would do something like that?" He asked, tipping his head to the side.

Amanda moved towards Maddie, wrapping her arms around the younger. "It's okay, Maddie. It's gonna be okay."

"Oh, you know what it was?" Daniel jumped forward in his seat as if he'd just had a brilliant idea. "It's because you got everything. Everything that was supposed to belong to me. I mean, a corporate lawyer? Seriously? That's the best mom and dad could do?" He raised a brow.

A knock on the interrogation room door, drew everyone's attention.

"Lieutenant Benson. Barba." Rita greeted them, walking into the room. "You know you're not supposed to be talking to my client without me present."

"He offered up this information, Rita, we were simply... listening." Barba pointed out.

Rita tutted him as the uniformed officer stood Daniel up from his chair. "That's not really your style is it Barba?"

"Why'd you do it Daniel?" Olivia asked.

"Because everything I said to you, is now inadmissible in court." He smirked, following Rita out of the room.

"We'll see you in arraignment Counsellor!" Rita called over her shoulder as they walked through the building.

Maddie and Amanda had watched the whole scene, eyes wide in shock as Rita breezed in and out of the precinct. "Oh my God..."

When Barba and Olivia moved back into Olivia's office, Maddie was pacing, picking at her stitches in her hands. "He's going to get away with this. He always gets away with everything. He's not going to pay for what he did to me... for what he did to Emily..." She mumbled.

Barba stepped over towards Maddie, his face softening as he saw the pain in her eyes. "Hey, I promise you I am going to do everything in my power to make sure that he never sees the light of day again. Why do you think he's going to get away with this?"