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"Captain? You look more like a private to me." Elliot snickers.
Looking at Olivia, Melinda says, "We'll have to enlarge it for the jury, but its right where Ashley said it was."
As Harris walks past her in hand cuffs, Olivia says, "See you in twenty years Captain."
Harris doesn't answer. He only replies with a devilish grin.
Three years later . . .
"Detective Benson? Hello? Are you still there?" ADA Cabot's voice called out.
Olivia deep in thought snapped back to reality. "Um yes. Sorry. What did you say?"
"I wanted to inform you that Lowell Harris has been released from prison. The Warden said something about good behavior."
Olivia dropped the phone onto the receiver in complete disbelief. How in the hell could something like this happen?
At that moment, Elliot walked through the doors of the 1-6 precinct.
"Liv, you okay? Looks like you've seen a ghost." Elliot remarked when he saw that the color had drained from Olivia's face.
"More like the devil," she spat.
As Olivia got up and started toward the door, Elliot gently took hold of her arm. "What's going on?"
"I don't want to talk about it. I need to go to the bathroom." She turned around and walked briskly into the hallway.
Once the door to the bathroom closed, she immediately broke down in tears. She grabbed both sides of the sink counter and screamed. Looking at her reflection, tears pouring from her blood shot eyes and streaming down her face, she said aloud, "How in the hell could this happen?!"
She turned on the water and began splashing her face. As she closed her eyes, there he was. Lowell Harris. His hands were all over her body. He slammed her up against the wall, thrusting his manhood into the small of her back. She was still handcuffed. She was helpless. She screamed out for help. All she could hear was his devilish laugh and his sickening words, "Keep screaming. No one can hear you."
The loud knocking on the bathroom door brought her back. "Liv, what's going on in there? Are you okay? I heard you scream?" Elliot was beyond worried about his partner. Something was definitely wrong.
Olivia turned off the water. Before she could dry off her face, another image flashed in her mind. She was running toward the door after elbowing him hard in the stomach. She wrapped her hands around the door knob violently twisting and turning it to no avail. She began banging on the door screaming for someone to help . . . anyone. Harris caught up to her. As she turned around there he was with a punch to the side of her face. She fell against the door and slid to the floor. Before she could react, Harris had already handcuffed her wrist to one of the bars on the door. As he unzipped his pants, he said, "You bite me and you're dead." He pulled out his penis as she screamed over and over, "Please don't . . . please." He grabbed both sides of her face and pulled it toward him, ready to shove his whole length in her mouth . . .
The door to the bathroom opened and in walked Melinda. "Liv, honey what's going on?" Melinda quickly walked over to her and wrapped her arms around her trembling body. Olivia collapsed into her. Melinda slowly brought her to the floor and began rocking her.
In a soft whisper, she spoke, "Lowell Harris was released from prison today."
A look of complete shock swept across Melinda's face. "Oh my God Liv, you need to tell Elliot and Cragen. You're going to need round the clock protection."
"Mel-Melinda," her voice cracked. "Elliot and Cragen don't know what truly happened three years ago."
Melinda looked at her in complete disbelief. "Am I the only one you told?"
Olivia shook her head. "No, Fin knows only because he was there. And my therapist knows. That's it, just you three."
"Liv, you have to at least tell Elliot. I know it'll be hard, but he's your partner and you need him." She let out a deep, slow breath. "If you want, I can sit with you when you tell him."
Olivia sat up and sincerely looked into her friend's eyes. "Thank you, but I think this is something I need to do alone."
"All right Liv, but promise me this," she took Olivia's hand in hers. "You'll call me if you change your mind?"
Olivia and Melinda both stood up at the same time. Olivia hugged her and said, "I promise."
