Chapter Three
"How are you feeling sweetie?" Elliot asked, as his daughter opened her eyes.
"D-dad. What are you doing here? I thought Olivia was-"
"No honey. Olivia has gone down to the precinct to check out a few things, and notify the captain."
"She will be back soon though. Are you feeling any better?" Elliot said.
"Why the hell would you care? I am just a liar to you."
"Maureen that's not what I meant, when we argued last night"
"Dad I don't want to hear it."
There was a knock at the door. Elliot and Maureen both turned to the door. It was Olivia. "Oh Olivia, thank God you're back,"
"I am right here sweetie. I have brought Captain Cragen along with me."
"W-What do you mean? What for?"
The captain came around the corner, looked Maureen in the eye and said, "Hello Maureen. Everything is going to be okay."
"These two people here are going to look after you, "
"You mean Olivia and the nurse, right?" Maureen was hoping for a nod from the captain.
"No, Maureen. I am talking Olivia and your father," said Cragen,
"You're joking. You have to be joking," said Maureen
"My dad doesn't care about me-"
Elliot left the room in anger.
Olivia followed him.
"Your father does care about you Maureen," said Cragen
"What the hell would you know?"
"Well I know that your father loves you very much and would do
anything for you," said Cragen
"Yeah, whatever," replied Maureen
"What did you two fight about?" asked Cragen
"It's none of your business," said Maureen angrily. "I want to talk to Olivia! Can I talk to Olivia?"
"Fine," said Cragen, as he left the room to get Olivia
He found Olivia sitting outside the hospital room with a very stressed-looking Elliot. "Hey Olivia. Maureen won't talk to me.
She just keeps saying her dad doesn't care about her and that I don't know anything. Can you go in and talk to her?"
Elliot let out a sigh
Olivia looked at Elliot looking even more sad and stressed by the minute. "Yeah, I'll go talk to her," she said to Cragen
The captain took the seat next to Elliot. "What's going on Elliot?
What did you argue about?" asked Cragen
"She told me that she and her boyfriend weren't having sex. I wouldn't believe her, and then she yelled, 'If you just took notice once in a while you will figure out what's been going on in my life.'"
"I asked her what she meant. She said that she knows what its like to be a victim. Then she locked herself in her room. That's when I called Liv and asked her to come and talk to her. I am so stupid! I should have seen it!" Elliot began to get angry.
"Elliot, there is nothing you could have done. Stop putting yourself down," said Cragen.
"I just wish I could take back what I said Cap," said Elliot.
Cragen and Elliot both stood up, and began to walk to the coffee shop in the hospital.
"Maybe you should take a bit of a holiday Elliot. Take Maureen somewhere and relax. To take her mind off things, make her happy again," Cragen suggested to Elliot.
"No. I have to catch the bastard that did this to her!" replied Elliot getting a little bit angry.
"Okay, okay," agreed Cragen. "But you will let me know if you need any time won't you?"
"Yeah cap, I will."
They paid for their coffee, and sat back down on their chairs.
End chapter three