Chapter 10
After what seemed like eternity a doctor in scrubs ushered the detectives into a side room.
"Well?" said Olivia. The doctor asked them to take a seat and you could hear the echo of their heart beats resounding of the walls, bracing themselves for bad news.
Olivia stood where she was facing the man in front of her, "I don't want to sit down, I just want to know how Rollins is," she said with a little more venom then she would have liked. She ran her fingers through her hair and looked as Fin and Dan, could see her fear reflected in their faces.
"She made it through the operation," the Doctor began, "We lost her once on the table but she's obviously a fighter as we managed to bring her back." The two detectives and their sergeant held their breath as he continued. "She alive but the next 24 hours are critical, if she makes it through the night then her chances of recovery increase."
"Can we see her?" Liv asked, she put her hands in her pockets to stop them from shaking, she had to stay strong for her squad if they were going to get through this.
"She's heavily sedated, but if just one of you want to go in just for a few minutes then that's fine, but you can rest assured we are doing everything we can for her."
Liv looked at her two detectives and they nodded their head in unison indicating that Olivia should be the one to go see Rollins.
"Don't let the machines worry you," said the doctor as he opened the door to Rollins room, "they are just monitoring her and letting us know how's she's doing."
Liv walked into the small room and looked at the person laying in the bed, her feet seemed to stick to the floor as she took in the frail body that seemed to be swallowed in wires laying against the white hospital pillow. Taking a steading breath she smiled at the doctor who left the room and closed the door behind him. Walking towards where Rollins lay, Liv took in the bandage around her head and the black and blue marks appearing on her over white skin and tears filled her eyes.
Rollins had been through so much these past few weeks and the sight of her looking so defenceless and vulnerable brought out the mothering side of Olivia.
The soft bleeping of the machines and the hiss of oxygen running through the mask attached to Rollins face dominated the room. Liv sat on the chair at the side of the bed and covered Amanda's hand with her own, feeling their coldness she instinctively began to rub them gently in order to warm them up.
"Oh Amanda I'm so sorry," Liv whispered to her detective, "I should of come and met you after your call I let you down." A tear left Olivia's eye and dripped onto the starch whited sheets. "But I promise you this, I will get the bastard that did this to you, and make them pay, just get better Amanda, we need you, your part of our family."
Rollins was locked into her state of unconsciousness as Liv stood a placed a kiss on her forehead, "don't you dare think of dying on us lady, you fight this, you are one of the strongest women I know" and then she quietly left the room and went in search of Fin and Dan, determination in her stride and in the look on her face.
She found them outside in the car park each with a tortured look on their faces, as they heard her footsteps they spun round to meet her gaze.
"We can either sink and let Rollins down, or we swim and go get the bastards that hurt her," Liv said facing two of her closest friends.
With a look of anger and pure vengeance both men said in unison "lets go get them."
All three knew without voicing that Patton was somehow involved in this, but this time he had picked the wrong family to mess with, he was going down and he wasn't coming back up.
Back in the squad room Olivia wasted no time. "I want cctv checked along the street Rollins car hit that truck, go to every single store if you have to and look at all the footage, then first thing in the morning why his still warm in his bed I want Patton brought into the office, drag him here in his pyjamas if you have too." "I want every person he spoke to, looked at or walked past questioned, every avenue checked and then checked again understood?" Both men nodded their heads it didn't matter how long it took or if they got no sleep they were gonna get those that hurt Rollins, they left the office with anger in their belly and determination showing in every sinew of their bodies.
