After the recent attack, Olivia was trying to get her life back in order. She still had some triggers that would send her memory back to those four days with Lewis. She did her best to convince everyone she was fine. "I'm fine" was her standard response to everything. Even though the rest of the squad were not fooled, they played along to help her feel "normal" after what had happened.
She had expressed her fear to her therapist that she was afraid everyone would see her as weak now. She didn't want their pity, she needed their support. What she didn't know was that they admired her even more now after what she had been through and each were secretly beating themselves up over the fact that none of them thought to see her home that night or that Lewis would come after any of them.
Rollins was taking it especially hard. She had brought Lewis into their lives and helped profile him. She thought to herself, I should have known. The woman she looked up to and secretly hero worshipped was struggling and Amanda felt it was all her fault.
Three months after the attack and well into her counseling and recovery Olivia is in the squad room doing paperwork when a courier walks in and says "I'm looking for Olivia Benson". "That's me" she says. The courier smiles and hands her a letter and says "You've been served, have a nice day".
She watches the young man leave and looks down at the envelope in her hand. It's from a lawyer's office. Everyone is watching her as she opens it and they see the look on her face. She goes pale and her hands start to shake. "Liv, what is it?" asks Nick. He stands to go to her but she curses under her breath and storms past him and into Captain Cragen's office and slams the door. Nick looks at Amanda and Fin and says "what the heck do you think that was about?" Both just shrug their shoulders and look towards the captain's office.
"Olivia, what is it?" asks the captain. She's so angry she's shaking when she hands him the letter. "You have got to be kidding me" she says. He looks it over and shakes his head and whispers "Son of a bitch". The letter states that William Lewis, even though he is behind bars is filing a suit against Olivia for police brutality and wrongful imprisonment.
"What the hell am I going to do?" "He can't do this. He's the one that kidnapped me!". She yells, still shaking. "Olivia, calm down, the department will get you the best lawyer, someone who has helped you before."
"Barba can't do it Don, he's too close to this case" she said.
"No, I know he can't do it, I was thinking more about Trevor Langdon" Trevor had helped Olivia once before when she was being framed for murder, if anyone could make this go away it was Trevor. Great she thought, just what I need another person to pity me. Little did she know that her life was about to change even more and it was going to be for the better.