Tangled Webs II: Normal For The Spider - An SVU fic

4.Serial

That evening at the sixteenth...

"How the hell do you parole an inmate and fail to notify the person he tried to murder?" Olivia yelled into the phone.

"Lieutenant, we have tens of thousands of inmates currently in the correctional system, it's possible that inmates might slip through the cracks here and there"

""Might?" He's already killed his ex wife! She should have been at that parole hearing; my Sergeant and I should have been at that parole hearing!'

"And again, I apologize on behalf of the parole board but-"

"Save it!" she barked and slammed the receiver down onto its base and growled in frustration before she got up from her desk and walked out of her office and into the squad room.

"You don't look happy" Amanda said

"What gave it away?" Liv said sarcastically as she approached the conference table where her officers were gathered "Faust was paroled from Elmira a month ago"

"A month?! And they didn't think to notify Jessica...to notify us?" Nick asked.

"Slipped through the cracks" Olivia sneered as she took a seat at the table "but they are sorry" she mocked

"My ass!" Fin angrily exclaimed

"They apparently saw no problem when he failed to check in with his parole officer either! The system has failed this girl miserably!"

"Life failed this girl miserably!" everyone could see how upset Fin was "He abuses her, almost kills her, she loses her son to cancer when he's only seven and now... this is bullshit! Do we got any leads on Faust?"

"Homicide's got a manhunt goin but so far, nothin." Amanda said "it's almost like he's vanished just that fast."

"He got what he wanted" Nick chimed in "He's got no reason to stick around; probably in Canada as we speak."

"Wouldn't that just be the cherry on the fucking sundae?!" Olivia mused as she released a deep breath.

...

He watched her as she got into her car and left the precinct that night...

"Idiots! They're so busy trying to find me and here I am, right under their pig noses!" he laughed to himself.

She looked a lot different from the last time he'd seen her ten years ago - super thin with short-cropped hair. She was beautiful then, but now...wow! Long dark hair, curves for days; when it was her turn, he would enjoy beating and fucking her into submission before he dragged the blade of his knife across her throat and ripped it open but for now, he had to stay out of sight until me made his next move.

"One down, four to go!" he said as he started the car he'd stolen and drove away; he'd lay low for a while, while letting this cunt and her team think they'd have a chance of catching him.

***

Langan home...

It was just before 10pm when Olivia arrived home with her mind racing from the day's events. After spending a few minutes with Semper and Jax who eagerly greeted her the moment she walked through the door, she headed upstairs, stopping first in Adrienne's room and was not surprised to find Caden curled up beside his sister, face-to-face with his thumb in his mouth just like when they were still in her womb; she and Trevor had given up on trying to make them sleep without each other - it didn't work when they were babies, doesn't work now and so at bedtime when one would crawl in with the other they just let it be, figuring that they'd be sick of each other soon enough so they might as well enjoy the peace while it lasted. She smiled as she leaned over them, adjusting the covers then kissing both their faces, lingering to take in their sweet scents before pulling back and taking Caden's thumb from his mouth.