"Mommy! Mommy!" Olivia heard her daughter screams and dropped the knife into the kitchen sink .She immediately ran into the play room.
She found her daughter on the floor holding her knee, crying. There was blood surrounding Esme and Olivia immediately dropped to her knees.
"Esme baby what happen, Tell mommy." Olivia was holding back tears, this was the first time her daughter hurt this bad. It brought back extremely rough memories.
"Mommy, Mommy!" Olivia ran up to Serena with tears streaming down her face.
She had been riding her bike in the park when she hit a rock causing her to go flying off her bike. She had hit her head on the pavement , along with scraping in her elbow .Not knowing what to do the five year old ran across the street to their apartment in hopes her mother might care.
"Mommy, I …I fell off my bike. It hurt weal bad. I gots a boo boo." She reached up to her head and felt the warm blood in her hand. Serena was holding onto a glass of scotch like it was the last one on earth, she turned her glassy gaze upon Olivia face covered in tears and blood.
"You are getting blood all over the white carpet, you little brat!" With all her might Serena slapped Olivia across her little face.
Olivia looked up at her mother, stunned, with more tears flowing down. She turned around and ran into her room locking the door. Within seconds she heard pounding on the door, "You better open up this door or you are going to be sorry you selfish, ungrateful brat."
Sitting there broken and crying, Olivia clamped her eyes shut and held onto her dolly for dear life.
"Esme tell mommy what happened." Olivia brought her up to where she was sitting on her lap. She couldn't help but to cry herself.
"I …I was pwayen and I twiped … It hurts mommy." The little girl couldn't stop sniffling and whimpering. "Mommy why you cwying?" Olivia looked down at her beautiful daughter and couldn't help but smile. She looked so much like Elliot, the blue eyes were like little crystal lakes.
"Mommy is crying because mommies don't like seeing their little girls hurt. It makes mommy sad." She felt Elliot's hands on her shoulder and she turned around and meet his eyes with tears. He knew about Olivia's bike accident because when they first became partners he asked about the scare on her forehead. He gently touched her scar and wiped away her tears. Elliot then turned his attention to Esme.
"And Daddy's don't like seeing their little girls hurt either. Let's go get a Band-Aid." Elliot picked her up and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"Can I have a Hewo Kitty one?"
"Anything for my little girl."
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"Liv, are you alright? Olivia wiped away her tears; he knew there was more to her tears. Sitting down on the grown he pulled her closer to him.
"Livvie, she is alright, she is taking a nap in our bed. Now what's really wrong?"
"I should have been there when she tripped, I should have ..."
"Olivia stop it. Little kids are gonna fall and scrape themselves up, it's alright. What makes all the difference is if there is a mommy or a daddy to pick them up to kiss the boo boo. Liv you're not your mother." Elliot leaned down and kissed her softly.
"Thanks El" They sat there in silence for several minutes until a little voice called out.
"Mommy!"
"I love hearing that."
"I love it too." As she walked out the door, he playfully smacked her butt.
