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

8.Gloat

It had been two days since Casey had been viciously murdered by Paul Faust and her death had hit their family harder than any of them would have imagined and Trevor found himself being the glue that had to hold everything together. His parents grieved as would any who'd lost a daughter that they loved very much but his mother took it especially hard. The attachments she'd grown to both her daughters were nothing short of amazing to her sons. Tricia Langan never saw any woman as good enough for her boys and had sabotaged many a relationship throughout their adult lives but when Olivia and then Casey had come along, something in Tricia shifted and even with the baggage that came with the two women, she embraced them openly and loved them both without judgment or condition and grew fiercely protective of them, her heart being completely broken by the news.

...

Casey's office, two days prior...

When Olivia and Trevor had rushed over to the scene, he wasn't allowed through but she'd gotten past the police with her badge, the officers unaware that she shouldn't have been there and when she got to the door of Casey's office and saw her lying there, she crumbled inside.

"Lieutenant, you are not supposed to be here!" Murphy scolded but Olivia paid him no attention as she stood in shock at the sight in front of her. Fin had to physically pull her away before she could step into that office.

But Travis...Travis was inconsolable. He'd arrived at the crime scene with Alex, seen the carnage, seen his wife lying there lifeless and desecrated in the aftermath of what that animal had done to her. He'd cradled her naked, broken body; screaming while he begged God to take it back.

"Just breathe! Doll please just breathe for me...PLEASE...please... don't leave me." he said in a whisper as his tears fell in torrents

"Travis, we need to take her" Melinda said gently

"GET AWAY FROM HER!" he screamed then looked down at his wife in his arms "Please breathe for me" he begged. "We were supposed to go to Paris...she loves Paris" he gently caressed her face, his tears falling onto her bloodied skin as he spoke to her "I promised to take you every year...this is gonna be our 5th ...doll please...we have to go to Paris...I can't let you miss Paris!" he sobbed brokenly as he rocked her lifeless body back and forth.

It took over an hour before Travis would let go and let the M.E. take her away. Trevor insisted that Travis come home with he and Olivia but Travis refused saying that he wanted to be in their home, with her things. Olivia, seeing the state that Travis was in, begged Trevor to stay with him. She would go home and have her children there, Travis was alone and he needed his brother more than she did in that moment. Trevor was reluctant - all things considered but he knew that Olivia was right and reluctantly allowed her detail to take her home to the children and worried that she hadn't reacted at all.

...

"You're an idiot, Martin! Michael Jackson wore the glove on his left hand!" Detective Leight argued to his partner while shoving chili fries into his mouth.

"Bite me, he wore it on the right!" Detective Martin argued back

"I followed the Thriller -"

"Here we go again..." Martin said, rolling her eyes

"It's true, I followed the Thriller tour through 18 cities in 1984 and I had front row seats in 12 of those cities and in Toronto, I'll never forget it, Michael pulled me up on stage while he sang Billie Jean - the glove was on the left, I- Lieutenant" he said when he saw Olivia and Trevor approach. "Counselor"

"Please see to it that she gets home safe" Trevor asked

"Absolutely." Detective Martin assured "Lieutenant, if you're ready..."