"Cragen Junior," Munch called out, causing Olivia to scowl at him. "Our victim is awake, and he is requesting to see you."
Donald Cragen, having overheard this conversation, walked out of his office, laying a gentle hand on Olivia's shoulder. "Your choice Livvy," he whispered into her ear.
"Let's go dad," she said, a look of determination on her face as she grabbed her jacket off the back of her chair. On the walk over, Don wrapped an arm around her shoulders. "I absolutely refuse to allow you in the room alone with him."
"And for that, I will be grateful," she exclaimed as they entered the hospital, flashing their badges. They proceeded to his room, and Olivia shakily laid a hand on the doorknob. Behind it lay all the answers she had been seeking since before she could remember. "You got this Livvy bear. I believe in you."
With her dad's kind words echoing in her head, she opened the door and entered with her dad following. "Mr. Hollister, I am Detective Cragen. You requested to see me."
"That is no way to speak to your father young lady." Olivia's temper immediately flared, and she took a deep breath before responding.
"You have no idea what you did to my mother, how it hurt her and me. You violated her in one of the worst ways possible, and she had to live with that trauma until the day she died. She never stopped blaming me for your actions, turning to alcohol to numb the pain. You are not my father. You are nothing but the heartless bastard that created me."
"I hear what you are saying," he tried to say, but Olivia disagreed. "You have absolutely no idea what I said. I had to grow up from a very early age, to fend for myself. It took this man right here to show me that I deserve more than that. He believed in me when nobody else would, showed me that I can achieve anything that I set my mind to. His love for me knows no boundaries. You lost the right to be my parent the moment you created me. He will forever be my dad."
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