Dissonant Voices (15x07)
Olivia: I keep going over it in my head. Those kids did not sound coached.
Amaro: We had the DNA. We were just doing our job.
Barba: People lie, people make mistakes, people get hurt. This comes with the territory.
Rollins: No, you guys can keep telling yourselves whatever you want. This didn't have to happen.
"I just..." I sighed, "Normally we make a good difference. We don't ruin lives."
"Barba's right." Brian muttered, cluchtng the beer in his hand tightly, "Mistakes happen."
"Rollins is right." I didn't want to argue with him, but I couldn't let this go, "This wasn't some mistake. We ruined his life. It's over."
"Well you can't change it, Liv."
"I know." I slid closer to him and he wrapped his arm around me, "I'm sorry. You're right, it's over. How was your day?"
"Well, better than yours. I talk-"
My ringing cellphone interrupted him and I sat up, bringing distance between us again.
"Who is it?"
"Barba." We hadn't spoken after our obvious failure. He probably wanted to hit a bar. Or maybe he already had hit a bar and this was his drunken-call.
Oh my.
"Are you avoiding him?" Brian sounded confused, which made sense. Barba and I got along very well.
"No."
The phone continued to ring. He was being persistent and I didn't want him to think I was avoiding him. Even if it was a drunken-call, what did it matter? We were friends.
"Hello?"
"Olivia!" He didn't sound drunk, "I spoke to a friend of mine, well he's not really a friend, but his wife's sister is a teacher and she pulled some strings...and I got Jackie Walker a new job!"
"What?!" I exclaimed, sitting up so suddenly that I knocked against Brian and he spilled his beer all over himself, "That's great!"
Brian glared at me, before setting his bottle down on the coffeetable and went into the bedroom to get changed.
"Yeah." Barba sounded tired.
"So, you couldn't let this go either?" I leaned back against the sofa.
"No." He admitted without hesistation, "Rollins was right."
"You know, you should call her. She'll be glad to hear the news."
"Yeah, you're right." It was only very mild, but I could hear the hurt in his voice. I hadn't meant it like that, I didn't want to hang up.
"Oh, I can't believe this!" Barba suddenly hissed into the phone and I sat up,
"What's wrong?"
"Turn on Channel One."
I hadn't expected him to be at home and it was funny that he automatically assumed I would be. But then, if we weren't out together, maybe it was obvios we weren't out at all.
It was Brooke and she was singing, as was her friend Rachel. I gramaced at their highpitched voices and turned the TV down. Next up was her mother:
"Jackie Walker is not a child-molester, but he brought this whole thing down on himself: If he hadn't broken my daughters heart by telling he she wasn't going to be a star, she never would have done this!"
"Are they really doing this?" I sighed.
Rachels mother also stated: "Jackie Walker destroyed my daughters life. The worst thing somebody can do is discourage a young person and take away their hopes and dreams."
"That's the worst thing?" Barba sounded amused, "She makes it sound like she'd rather have had her children abused."
"Well then she wouldn't have had to blame them." I whispered, before switching the TV off. Brian hadn't returned yet, although I was sure, he had already gotten changed, "I'm gonna call it a night, Barba. Thanks for calling."
It meant a lot.
"I'll see you tomorrow."
We hung up and I was left with an empty feeling. I would have liked to talk to him longer.
For once they are not in a bar ;-) What do you guys think? This episode was so horrible, I feel really bad for Mr. Jackie and would like to think he was able to carry on with his life normally.