A/N: Here is the next chapter, please enjoy and review!
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Olivia was stuck in hospital for 2 weeks before she was given the all clear and finally released. Elliot and Ashlyn came to pick her up.
As Olivia sat on the bed, she noticed that Ashlyn was acting very strangely, she was so quiet.
"Ash, honey, come here" Olivia said as she got off the bed and squatted down to her daughter's level.
Ashlyn slightly smiled. "Hi, mummy" she responded in a whisper, very unlike her.
Olivia picked her up and hugged her before looking at Elliot. "Hey El, what's with Ash?"
Elliot shrugged. "I'm not sure, Liv. She started acting strange last night after being with Kathy"
Olivia was suspicious of what Kathy did to her daughter, and she was determined to find out.
That night, Ashlyn was acting worse, so Olivia walked in to her daughter's bedroom and sat beside her on the bed. "Baby, what did Kathy do to you?"
Ashlyn looked at Olivia and started crying, so Olivia pulled Ashlyn up in to her lap and hugged her close until she heard Ashlyn whimper in pain. "What's wrong, baby?" Olivia asked, before lifting up her daughter's pyjama top, and discovering bruises on her daughter's arms and chest. "Ash, honey, did Kathy do this to you?"
Ashlyn nodded, "Yes, mummy" and she started crying again.
Olivia hugged Ashlyn till she fell asleep. Once her daughter was asleep, Olivia gently placed Ashlyn back on the bed and went to call Elliot.
"Stabler"
"Elliot, I don't want your wife anywhere near my daughter again, you hear me?"
Elliot was in shock. "Why?"
"Ashlyn has bruises on her arms and chest from your wife"
"Oh my God" Elliot couldn't believe what Kathy had done. "That must be why she always insisted on spending time with her" Elliot thought, once Olivia had hanged up.
Olivia went to sleep, only to be woken up a few hours later, by Ashlyn screaming in her sleep.
She woke startled, but didn't know what woke her til she heard Ashlyn scream again. Olivia practically jumped out of bed and ran in to Ashlyn's bedroom, where she found her daughter thrashing around in her sleeping, whimpering and crying.
Olivia walked over to the bed, sat down on the top end and kissed Ashlyn on the forehead. Ashlyn woke startled, but calmed down, when she saw her mother sitting there.
"Mummy" She cried as she climbed in to Olivia's lap.
Olivia held her close, as Ashlyn laid her head in to her mother's chest.
"Baby, you're ok, mummy won't let anyone hurt you anymore" Olivia promised her little girl, as she kissed her on the head before placing her on her hip took Ashlyn to bed with her.
In the bedroom, Olivia placed her on the bed, before climbing in herself. "Baby, what was your bad dream about?"
Ashlyn sniffled and snuggled in to her mother to feel safe. "It was about the first night, that Kathy hurt me. And…and"
Olivia kissed her daughter's cheek and held her close, "And what, baby?"
"She said that you were a whore and that I was a mistake. Mummy, what is a whore?"
Olivia was hurt, shocked and angry at the same time. "Sweetheart, mummy isn't a whore and you don't need to know what that bad word means"
Olivia felt Ashlyn nod before hearing her breathing even out and she was asleep, so Olivia drifted off to sleep as well.
Olivia and Ashlyn were woken the next morning, by someone pounding on their door.
"Ash, you stay here, honey" Olivia told her as she got up and put her robe on.
Ashlyn nodded as she lay back down and went back to sleep.
Olivia walked to the door and opened it to found Elliot.
"Come in, El"
Elliot came in and they both sat on the couch.
"Liv, I'm so sorry that Kathy hurt Ashlyn. I'm getting a divorce"
"I would say that's good, but ----"
Elliot silenced Olivia by kissing her. "I love you, Liv. I didn't realise til after I moved in with Kathy all those years ago. But I have always loved you and always will"
Olivia smiled. She had been waiting to hear that for years. "I love you too, El"
A/N: Please review and let me know whatcha think!