A/N: Thanks again for all the lovely reviews! This chapter is for OE-shipper-2006. I hope you like it!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except for Grace!
"Liv, who is she?" he asked again after a moments silence.
Olivia bit her bottom lip, holding back tears before finally talking. "She…she is a girl that I was going to adopt about two years after Melody went missing. She was being abused, I was determined to give her a good home" she explained.
"What happened?" he asked gently.
"Some rich woman decided she wanted to adopt her instead and so Grace went to her. The woman's name was Rosemary Kingsley"
He rubbed Olivia's back and kissed her forehead. "Oh honey, I'm so sorry. Come on, let's go talk to her. She might remember you" he replied softly and helped her up.
Elliot walked with Olivia to the room, but let her go in alone.
"Hello Grace" she said as she sat down on the chair beside the bed.
Grace took a good look at her visitor and instantly recognised her. "Olivia?" she asked, smiling.
Olivia nodded. "Yeah, it's me, honey"
"Oh my God, I've missed you so much" she said, sitting up.
Olivia reached up and gave her a hug. "I missed you too"
"I hated living with Rosemary, it was so horrible" she said when they pulled apart.
"What did she do to you?"
Grace didn't need to say a word; she just moved the gown sleeves up and showed Olivia cigarette burns on her arms. She had other marks as well but to show those she would have to remove the top part of the gown from her body. "I even have scars and more burns on my ribs, breasts and stomach"
"Oh honey, why didn't you report it?"
"I… I did, Olivia. I swear, I did. But she was rich and paid people off"
"I'm so sorry, I wish I could have done something" Olivia replied, starting to feel guilty.
"It's not your fault. I was wondering if I could legally change my last name to Benson. I don't want anything to do with Rosemary Kingsley"
"Of course. I'm going to talk to my partner now. Will you be alright?"
"Yeah. I'll see you again soon?"
Olivia nodded and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "Of course"
Olivia walked out to see Elliot talking to a doctor. "Hey El, I'm just going to head back to the station house"
"Are you alright?" he asked, feeling her forehead.
She swatted his hand away. "I'm not sick, El. I've just got to look something up"
Elliot sighed and nodded. "Alright, be careful"
She nodded and rushed out of the hospital.
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When she arrived at the precinct, she rushed inside and straight to the squad room to look at old files. She looked for two hours before she found one marked: Kingsley, Grace.
She began to read the file and gasped at what she read. She couldn't believe what she had been through.
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Elliot was concerned at the way that Olivia rushed out and how two hours later, she still hadn't returned. He needed answers, so he walked in to Grace Kingsley's hospital room.
"Hello again, Grace"
"Hello Detective Stabler. How can I help you?" she asked as she turned the TV off.
"I would like to know what you told Olivia"
Grace could tell that he wanted answers and wanted them now.
"I told her about the abuse I went through when I was living with Rosemary Kingsley. She asked why I didn't report it. I told her that I did, so now she is properly looking through my file, if it's still around. She's going to get a big shock when she reads it" she explained.
Elliot nodded. "Thanks. I gotta go see her. Will you be alright with the uniformed officer in front of your door?"
"Yeah, I'll be fine. I'm going to get some sleep anyway"
"Ok, bye" he said and rushed out.
He had to see Olivia and make sure that she was alright.
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