Daddy - An SVU fic

75. Back from the other side.

Sorry about the long wait, life happens. Anyway, chapter 75, right where we left off. And thanks to all of you still reading.

Chapter 75

"Lady, what the actual fuck?!" Joe started the minute that Joanie opened the door to her house. She was perturbed at the fact that he was there uninvited and so early; barely seven-thirty. She quickly hurried him inside before the neighbors started to stare.

"Have you no manners or sense? Banging down my door so early. What is this about?"

"What this is about is the fact that I'm running around with the face of a goddam rapist!"

Joanie had to think fast... "What do you-"

"Don't bullshit me lady! I did some research on that Harlan Lewis and it shocked the fuck outta me! That woman wasn't his comrade, she was his victim...his VICTIM!"

"Look, I don't know what you think you heard-"

"Heard? It's still all over the internet! You almost had me stalk and drive a woman crazy who didn't deserve it!"

"She killed my son!"

"HE KILLED YOUR SON!!" He screamed those words at her, making her jump nearly out of her skin. Seeing how he affected her, he took a beat to calm himself. "How could you honestly look at that woman and blame her for what that monster did? Not just to your son, but to her?"

"She led my son on for years...broke his heart-"

"So you do this to get back at her?!"

"You don't understand..."

"Oh I understand, I understand that you didn't tell me because you want that little girl; Serena. Nevermind what you were willing to do to her poor mother to get her. Well guess what? I'm out!"

"What do you mean you're out? We had a deal,"

"Screw you and the deal," He said as he went into his coat pocket and pulled out an envelope full of money, throwing it at her. "Take it, it's all there."

"Wait a minute," she said as the money hit the floor. "you can't be serious,"

"Lady, and I sincerely mean this; work it out, get help, I really don't give a damn. But, stay the fuck away from me, you psycho!" He said as he turned and started to walk out. But Joanie couldn't let it go.

"You can't do this!"

"Really? Get help... Seriously!" And he walked out of the front door, slamming it as he left.

Joanie bawled her fists, holding them tightly at her sides and screamed at the top of her lungs. She was so angry. "Who the hell does this guy think he is??"

...

"You've got to be kidding me!" Amanda said, pretty much blindsided as she walked into work and found Eugenia sitting outside her office.

"I wanted to talk, and I didn't think it would be wise to show up to your home."

"You thought right, but it's not too wise to show up here, either." Amanda said as she unlocked and walked inside, Eugenia following and shutting the door.

Amanda stopped as she removed her coat at the coat rack. "Unless you've come to apologize, we don't really have much to say to one another, so..."

"...please, just let me..."

"Why? So you can lie to me again?"

"Amanda,"

"...that is what you did, you lied to me...about having cancer? I heard everything."