Her answer came in a straightforward tone. "Detectives Munch and Tutuola. Stabler's already too involved."
Cragen looked at her quizzically, wondering how she knew about the earlier confrontation between Stabler and Huang. He shrugged it off, and nodded.
"If there's
anything I can do…"
"I know."
" Munch and Fin will be in shortly."
Cragen left the room, leaving Huang and his daughter to sit in silence.
"How did you know about Stabler?" Huang asked after a while.
"It's pretty much a given, isn't it? Besides, your lip is swollen."
"Oh," a slight
smile flittered onto his face. "That was actually you… got a
little scared when you were coming out of the anesthesia and tried to
get up. I tried to keep you from hurting yourself and you slapped
me."
"Sorry"
"You were scared,
don't worry about it."
"Who said I WAS scared?" Gina
answered quietly.
Huang quickly hugged her firmly but lightly as to not hurt her. He held her with his hand in her hair and kissed her head. "I know, I know. I am too."
A knock was heard at
the door, followed by Munch's voice.
"Can we come in?"
"Yes." Wong called back.
Munch and Tutuola walked in, both bringing with them flowers. Gina slightly grinned momentarily at the guys's sympathetic, chivalrous attempts, especially from these two. A second later, the smile was gone.
"Hi Gina," Munch greeted.
"Hey Gina, how're you holdin' up?" Tutuola greeted as well.
Gina nodded at both of them. "Can we get this over with?"
They nodded back, glancing at Huang.
"Will you be staying? Munch asked him.
Huang glanced at his daughter. He saw her hesitation. "I'll be right outside the door, okay? Munch and Fin will be right here," he said, somehow not realizing that they had to be there in order for her to give her statement. Gina nodded at him. He gave her a quick kiss on her forehead and left.
Munch and Tutuola sat
down next to the bed.
"So, how does this work?" Gina asked
uncomfortably.
"You tell us what happened, include all details you can remember, and we got out and find the bastards that did this to you." Munch replied. Gina took a deep breath, winced at the pain from her broken ribs, and began.
