Liv gets home and the first thing she does is puke. She feels so sick and she can't completely say it's the hormones because it's not. She flushes the toilet and stairs at her reflection. The woman starring back looks tired, old, and so out of it. The last time she saw her reflection this bad was when her dad left her with her and her mom for another woman. They never spoke again, but she got over it, right?
Ring…Ring!
She glanced at her blackberry. She smiled very slightly because her favorite mentee was calling.
"I'm coming in. I'll be there in 10." She rushed.
"Liv…" She hung up on Huck before he could protest. She needed a distraction, and the best one was the work she did with the team. It'll give her time to come back and fight her demons later.
AT POPE ASSOCIATIONS
"Liv's here." Finch said as ran a hand through his messy array of hair.
"Showtime." Harrison loosened his tie. He along with everyone else knew what this meant. Quinn blushed. She was so lost without Olivia here so she met up with Gideon for lunch. Poor Quinn was so flustered, he ordered shots.
"What happened?" Olivia dropped her bag. She walked to her office to set up her laptop.
"He's our guy. His DNA is all over her." Harrison stated.
"Yea…it's like he wants us to know he killed her." Abby voiced.
"Or maybe…he's an outsider who was in the wrong place at the wrong time." Finch grabbed his chin thinking about his twist of his story.
"We interviewed him, grilled him even, but something is missing…" Harrison handed her the file. She set it down on her Mahogany desk.
"Pause. Who is trying to frame him? Why Mark, I mean do they have motive? What is the game plan?" Liv asked. She never met Mark, but her group seemed confused and she couldn't figure out anything for herself.
"Liv this is big, and so before we go on I just want to warn you about the case." She looked up because that was the first time Huck spoke up. He seemed tired, they all do, she thought. She felt horrible.
"Everyone just needs a clear mind on this. Go home and catch up on some rest. Take the day off tomorrow. I'll interview him and cut some knots. Then, the day after, we regroup and send out the big guns. Clear?" Liv waited for their responses. She knew they'd work tirelessly because that's how they are.
"I'll sleep in, but I'm definitely coming in tomorrow Liv. We are a team and we do things together." Finch proclaimed.
"I can use the spare couch if you aren't." Harrison said. He wasn't leaving either. Quinn stood there awkwardly. She went to speak up when Abby decided she wanted to.
"So…the floor isn't that bad.."
"No Abby. Go to my house and use my queen size bed. You too Harrison. I love all of the dedication, but we must not forget we are people." Liv stressed.
"I never heard the phrase 'take a break' with you liv. You feelin alright?" Finch asked. He looked worried. She smiled. They began leaving one by one promising to be there tomorrow. She heard Huck walk in.
"I'm guessing you never looked at the file." He sat on her couch.
"No, I'm checking e-mails and missed calls and such. I have to look over my schedule too. Where's my calendar?" She shoved things around searching high and low until she realized that it was on the floor from two days ago. The promise ring was gone. HHMMM. Maybe I threw it out, she mentally shrugged.
"Liv this one is big." He paused so long she swore he was on the edge of sleep until he muttered.
"Liv the Case involves Mark being framed by the President, for killing Amanda Tanner." She froze. It was like running in slow motion, only she was falling in slow motion. She fainted, but luckily Huck caught her. Huck sighed. He put her on the couch and put his head in his hands.