"Liv, you should come by Amanda's place"

"I'm sorry Fin, I'm gonna need time and so does she. Let her think about what she's done." Olivia wasn't angry about Amanda's behaviour. She was disappointed. And worried. Amanda has had a hard time, with her sister then Nate and the girl they met at a meeting who used her to get rid of her lover. Olivia felt like she should have noticed something, she felt responsible in a way.

"It's not that… She called me about an hour ago. But when I got there, she refused to open. On the phone earlier, it didn't sound good.

Liv took a breath and although Fin couldn't see her through the phone, she nodded. "I'm on my way". Thoughtfully, she grabbed her keys and jacket and left the precinct

Fin hung up and sat in the staircase. He had tried to convince Amanda to open the door for about half an hour before calling Liv. He could tell by the way she sounded that her partner was panicked. Fin was already supposing the worse and his gut told him he was right. Amanda's undercover in the illegal club had just ended and she suddenly was in trouble? This couldn't be a coincidence. That's why he called Liv.

15 minutes after, he heard a slapping door and he recognized Liv's pace.

"So, what is it?" Liv didn't show it but she cared.

"She's in there, or somebody else is. Liv why would she call me and then refuse to open the door?" Fin looked her boss straight in the eyes.

"I don't mean to sound trash, but this is none of my business"

"Liv, stop it, something is wrong here" He was worried and so was Olivia even though she hadn't admitted it yet.

Olivia stroke her hair and moved forward towards the door. She knocked. "Amanda, it's Liv, are you in there?"

"Amanda could you open the door?" Liv's tone was soft and reassuring.

"'Manda I'm here with Liv, you called me a moment ago, I just wanna make sure you're ok."

They finally heard something. They supposed it was Amanda's hand touching the door, and after a few seconds she finally made contact with them "I'm ok". That's all she could say. She tried to sound relax.

"Amanda can you please open the door?" Liv asked once again, with the same nice and reassuring voice than before.

"I quit" was Amanda's dry answer.

Fin and Liv exchanged a worried look while Amanda completed her answer. "So would you please leave me alone, now?"

Amanda's voice seemed broken. Liv has done this job for so long that she could tell when someone was fighting to sound fine.

"Listen, we're not here about your job, we're here, because we care, so please, it's ok if you don't wanna talk with me, but there's Fin, here beside me, don't you think he deserves better than a closed door? Come on Amanda, we can work this out"

-Work this out- Amanda didn't want to hear these words ever again. Nothing will never be worked out anymore. But she didn't care. After all, she deserved it. That's what she thought. She deserved what happened for betraying her squad. Liv was right though. Fin deserved an explanation, so she finally decided to open. Her trembling hands refused to cooperate but she eventually managed to unlock and slowly open the door. She hid behind it. Liv was the first one to enter inside the apartment. Fin didn't have to enter. Seeing the horror on Liv's face he already knew what happened. Somebody hurt Amanda. He never should have left her alone.

If an hour ago Liv was sad about what had just happened with Amanda, now she absolutely let it behind and all she could feel right now was concern. Amanda couldn't stand on her foot, she was hurt. Her back? Her ribs? Maybe the stomach? They couldn't guess. Her hair were a mess, and she was staring the floor, avoiding any eye contact. In addition to the bruise under the eye that she got on the previous uncover job, she now had red marks around her neck. Liv was quick at looking to somebody's wound without being too intrusive. She also noticed the scratch around Amanda's wrist. Who could have done that? Probable some kind of vendetta: someone's working in the gambling club that had been forgotten?

For now, the important thing was to take Amanda to hospital, She definitely needed to see a doctor. This wouldn't be easy, she already knew that. Fin didn't know if it was best to let Olivia deal with Amanda or on the opposite if he should take the first move. He didn't have the time to take a decision though because Amanda had no intention to let them help her.

"Well, you've seen me, now… Can you leave me alone?" Her firm voice didn't fit with the way she kept staring the floor. Liv slowly took a step in her direction but Amanda moved backwards. "please don't"

"You need to sit down, we can work this out.."

"DON'T say that". Amanda pulled her hand over her ears. She was scared, and angry.

Liv didn't take it personally, she understood these words weren't appropriate.

"Ok" She whispered. The way Olivia whispered was always something Amanda had admired from her co-worker. Almost every reluctant victim always felt the need to talk to Olivia after she whispered that it was ok to tell her.

Fin slowly grabbed Amanda by the waist, she was tensed but didn't push him away. She didn't have the strength to. A part of her wanted to just open up and tell Liv and Fin what just happened. The other part of her thought it was useless. After all, she lied, she broke the trust they had in her and now she only had what she deserved. With Fin's help, Amanda sat on the couch. She was trying her best not to show that she was hurt, but of course she couldn't fool Liv and Fin.

With any other person this would not have been a good time to made a speech, but this was Amanda, and Liv knew the only way she could manage to make her trust her was to come back on what happened in her office a moment earlier.

She looked at Fin who understood what she wanted: some privacy with Amanda.

"Amanda, I want you to listen carefully. I wasn't happy about what just happened. I'm your boss and god knows sometimes it's the hardest part of my job. I'm not happy with the fact you lied to us.. But this has nothing.. and I want you to believe me when I say, this has nothing to do with what is happening now." Liv was trying her best to make eye-contact with the blonde to let her now she really cared about what happened. "I want to know who dare to hurt one of my best detective and I want to be sure that person never see the lights again. Do you get me?"