Thanks to Sam and LT8. Also, my apologies to SensitiveSoul. I must have skipped over your name. It reviewers like you who help me to keep going. Special thanks to Rox88 for sticking with me through out the story and providing feedback.

Lizzie sat on one end of the long confrence table. She faced Taylor, sitting on the opposite end. Olivia sat in the middle. The room was silent for what seemed like eternaty. Finaly, the detective spoke.

"Lizzie, I want you to know that Taylor never wanted to say a word about you. But she is honest, and I respect that. She is concerned about you more than she is of herself. If you are going to be mad at anyone, it should be me."

Lizzie sighed. "What do you want? I need to get back to class."

"I need you to tell me about what happened between you and Taylor."

"We played hide and seek. Then she got all paraniod about being left alone, so I thought hide and seek wasn't the best game for her to play. I still wanted to play it though, so I played it with my other friends."

"Did you ever see the man she told you about?"

"No." she said impatiently. "Can I-"

There was a quick knock at the door, and Elliot came in. He looked madder than heck. Lizzie jumped in her seat, and fear struck her like a bullet.

"Daddy I-"

"Elizabeth." her father said. "You never told me you knew about this? How could you!" she said in rage.

"Dad I'm sorry" Lizzie said, a tear falling.

"You know how important the information is. You knew something happened, and you never said a word to me." Elliot still could get over his disbelief.

"When we get home, you're going-"

"Mr. Stabler please" Taylor shouted. Everyone was silent."It's not her fault. Don't be mad at her. She's a good friend." Now Taylor began to cry. Detective Stabler was quiet, and then all the anger seemed to vannish from his face.

"I'm sorry, Lizzie." he told his daughter.

"Oh daddy!" Lizzie cried, and hugged him tight. "I'm sorry. I was just so scared."

"Scared of what, honey?" he asked.

"Scared of what you would do." she said softly. She turned to Taylor. "I'm sorry for leaving you like that. And, I...I am really sorry about...what happened." she said to the girl.

"You mean, your not mad at me?" the 7-year-old asked.

"Well, I was dissapointed at first. But now I relize that I shouldn't have made you keep that secret. You still want to be friends?" Taylor nodded, but with all the excitement, she was still crying.

"Taylor, sweetheart, why don't we go outside?" Olivia suggested, wipping some tears from her cheeks. The girl nodded, and Detective Benson helped her up, leaving her partner to solve his own problem.

As soon as they stepped out, the little girl began to sob. Olivia bent down and took her into her own arms. "It's ok, sweetheart." she soothed, sighing.

This job was tough on both detectives. Especialy when it involved a child.