Unorthodox

This is a companion (not so much a sequel) to "Betrayal" and "Revelations" continuing the story of Detective Benson and Detective Scott. Enjoy!

Five years after being betrayed by his partner, Tobias Jones, Detective Elliot Benson entered Sheriff Hank Keough's office with his partner Detective Olivia Scott. Keough had called them in to his office to explain the events surrounding a rape/homicide that had occurred in the middle of the night the night before.

"What have you got?" Benson asked.

"Victim is a 29-year-old male," Keough replied. "He was a lawyer who had just started at a law firm. His social life implies that he was homosexual which would make since because the person who raped him was male. Cause of death appears to be strangulation."

"Got any names for possible male prostitutes?"

"None, I figured you two could go out and ask some of the local slime if they know anything."

Benson and Scott left Keough's office and headed to the slums of Miami where prostitutes could be found, even in broad daylight. As they searched around, Scott spotted a female who was dressed in a way meant to show off her body.

"Got one," she said, pointing to the woman.

The two approached the woman. She spotted them and made to turn away, as if she knew they were cops.

"Hold it! We're not with Vice!" Benson shouted to the woman. "We're detectives with the Special Victims Unit. We need your help looking for a suspect."

The woman stopped and turned to talk to the detectives.

"I'm Detective Benson and this is my partner Detective Scott. Can you tell us if there are many males working in the business?"

"Very few, I can only think of five or six."

"Any of them gay?" Scott asked.

"One. I don't know his name, but he calls himself FG."

"FG?"

"It means 'Fabulous Gigolo.'"

 

"So he is a gay male prostitute. Thank you very much," Benson said.

For the rest of the afternoon, the detectives questioned other women in the area. They all had similar answers, there were very few male prostitutes working in Miami and only FG was a homosexual. One of the women gave a name, Al Redfield. After questioning a dozen or so women, Benson and Scott returned to the Police Department. They presented Keough with the information they found.

"Well, I think given the fact that a dozen prostitutes only named one gay male prostitute, I think that she be enough to obtain a warrant. Find out where this Redfield lives and be prepared to take him down.

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The next afternoon, Benson and Scott arrived at the apartment of Al Redfield with the three other officers. They walked up the stairs to Redfield's level and once they reached his apartment, they got out their guns. After reaching for his gun, Benson slammed on the door of Redfield's apartment.

"Redfield! Police! Open up!" he shouted.

When they got no response, Benson nodded at one of the officers who used an object to break down the door. The officers raced inside and pointed their guns at locations in the apartment, making sure rooms were clear. Benson and Scott made their way to the bedroom. When they walked in, a man screamed effeminately and stood up from the side of his bed, his hands raised.

"Why did you break into my house?" he asked in a squeaky voice.

"Albert Redfield?" Benson asked.

"Yes, what's going on?"

Benson raced forward, roughly turned Redfield around and put handcuffs on him.

"Redfield, you are under arrest for rape and murder."

"What?" cried Redfield. "I didn't kill anyone!"

"Sure you didn't," Scott said as Benson helped Redfield up, having cuffed him. "We just found a dead body raped by a man in an area where prostitution is common and several women told us you were the only gay male prostitute currently working."

The two detectives escorted Redfield out of the building, put him in their car, and drove him to the police station. Once at the station, they put him in the interrogation room and sat down to question him.

"Okay Redfield, you are the one responsible for the rape and murder of 29-year-old Stephen Gutierrez. Did you know this man?" Scott asked, pulling out a picture of the victim.

Redfield hesitated before breaking down into tears.

"Steve was one of my regulars!" he cried. "I thought we were going to start dating. We met together last night and he decided to break it off with me completely, he wanted nothing to do with me. I got angry. I knocked him unconscious and took him to my bosses' apartment. She told me that she would punish him but if I wanted him one last time, I could. So I took his unconscious body and had sex with it. He regained consciousness halfway through and tried to scream. My boss slapped him across the head and put a gag in his mouth. I finished and then she grabbed a gun and killed him. She dumped his body in the place where you found it."

After confessing, Redfield sat crying. Benson waited for him to control himself before continuing questioning.

"Mr. Redfield, who is the woman you work for?"

"Her name is Excella Valentine. You won't be able to find her though. The only way you can find her is if you talk to her boyfriend, who is also in the business."

"Describe the boyfriend."

"He's about 5' 1". Much shorter than her. His name is Bobby Goodwin."

"Thank you, Mr. Redfield." Benson said. He and Scott then left and presented their findings to Keough.

"Okay, run a background check on this Bobby Goodwin, find out where he lives, and I'll get a warrant."

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That evening, Benson and Scott arrived at Bobby Goodwin's house and banged on the door, demanding access. They got no response, so they split up to find another way in. Scott got in through the back door that was unlocked while Benson got in through an open window. The detectives met up in a hallway and searched around for Goodwin. They found him in his bedroom, fast asleep.

"Mr. Goodwin, wake up," Scott said, shaking him awake. Goodwin stood up and Benson pinned him to a wall, taking out his handcuffs and putting them on Goodwin.

"Who are you people?" Goodwin demanded.

"We sex crime detectives," Scott explained. "We have a warrant to take you in for questioning to locate your girlfriend, Excella Valentine."

The two of them led Goodwin out of the house and took him down to the station. They put him in the interrogation room and began questioning him.

"Do you know where Excella is, Mr. Goodwin?" Scott asked.

"No. And what the hell does she have to do with this?" Goodwin demanded.

"Your girlfriend faces charges of murder. She killed 29-year-old Stephen Gutierrez after allowing FG to have sex with his unconscious body."

Goodwin sighed. "I knew that she killed him. She called me and told me what happened after she hid the body."

"Do you have a cell phone?" Benson asked.

"Yeah, I have it with me here in my pocket."

"Hand it over to me."

Goodwin took his phone out of his pocket and handed it over to Benson who took it and brought it to Keough's office while Scott remained with Goodwin.

"Mr. Goodwin, we are going to trace your last call to Excella and obtain a warrant to arrest her. You realize that she will likely face a life-term in prison as well as yourself for male prostitution?"

"Yes, I understand that."

"However, we may be able to grant you some immunity to lessen your sentence if you agree to testify against your girlfriend. Are you prepared to testify against Excella?"

"Absolutely. If it means I can get a lesser sentence, I'll make sure to help put her away."

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The next morning, Benson and Scott arrived with a team of officers at the abandoned tenements where Goodwin's phone traced his last call to Excella. They breached the entrance and searched the building for Valentine. Benson and Scott eventually found her in a room that had a mattress on the floor. When Valentine saw Benson and Scott enter the room with their weapons drawn, she jumped off her bed and ran for the kitchen area where she grabbed a gun. Quickly, and without thinking about it, Benson shot at Valentine's hand as she raised her gun. The gun was shot out of Valentine's hand while her hand remained uninjured. Before she could take off, two more officers entered the room and ran up to her, knocking her down and cuffing her.

The officers stood Valentine back up and walked her over to Benson and Scott. She was a very tall and muscular woman, she stood at about 5' 9". If she were seen standing next to her boyfriend, he would dwarf her by a large margin. As the officers brought her by Benson and Scott, Benson explained her situation.

"Excella Valentine, you are under arrest for the murder of Stephen Gutierrez." He then explained her rights as she began laughing. Once finished speaking, Benson asked her a question. "What is so funny?"

"Well, I am one crazy bitch!" she exclaimed gleefully.

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A year later, Valentine was handed her sentence in court. She was sentenced to life imprisonment for conspiracy to commit murder. Her boyfriend, Goodwin, testified against her and as a result, granting him some immunity for his involvement with prostitution.  Goodwin was handed a ten-year jail sentence and was required to undergo therapy during his imprisonment. Redfield was found not guilty by reason of insanity and was sentenced to spend at least five years in a rehabilitation center after which his case would be reexamined. As for Benson and Scott, they continued their jobs, becoming Top Elite Detectives of the Special Victims Unit of Miami. This new authority gave them both direct command over the SVU. Because of their dedication to the cause, the SVU of Miami was able to takedown several criminals and crime empires throughout the state of Florida. Everything was as it should be.