The group waited with Huang for news about Gina. Olivia had tried to get Huang to sit down, but to no avail. Cragen and Munch had gone to get coffee for everyone, decaf for Huang. Elliot stood in a corner of the room, brooding. This case hit too close to home. Not only was he a friend of the victim, the victim was the daughter of one of his colleagues. Two distinct thoughts ran through his brain: one being that it could have been his own daughter, the other, somewhat selfishly, being that he was glad it wasn't one of his own children. However, Olivia, having intense maternal intuition simply glanced at him, both making sure he was alright, and berating him for focusing on what wasn't instead of what was. He nodded in response and began to help in her attempt to get George to calm down a little.
"Hey D…. George," he began, "Olivia's right. Your trying to make a ditch in the floor isn't going to help anything. Why don't you sit down and wait?"
"Would you!" he snapped back.
Elliot's face hardened, causing Fin to jump up between the two. Seeing that Cragen and Munch had returned, Fin suggested that he and Elliot take a walk, mostly just to calm him down.
"What was that about?" Cragen whispered to Olivia. She quickly explained.
Down the hall, Fin was in the middle of chewing out Stabler.
"What were thinking, man? This isn't about you. It's just another case."
"Oh right, just another case. Tell me you aren't scared for her. As I remember it, she was the one that stuck her neck out for you and saved yours."
"There you go again makin' everything personal. Yea, I'm scared for her. EVERYONE is. But Huang is even more. She's his daughter. HIS daughter… not yours. Your kids are safe at home in their beds sleeping. How many times has he been there for us, even though we all hated him for it at the time?"
Elliot started to respond, but stopped. Fin was right and he knew it.
"Alright."
"So
you're good?"
"Yea, I'm good. Let's get back there."
They returned just as a doctor was approaching the waiting room.