Disclaimer: I don't know any of it. Dick Wolf does.
"El? How is this even right? My own mother was raped, that's why I even exist. Now, my own daughter is raped. El, please don't let Cap take me off this. If I can't arrest my own father, and least let me take down the lowlife who did this."
Elliot reached over and squeezed her arm. Olivia sighed in relief because she knew that she still had her partner's respect.
"Wow, who would have thought that Liv had a baby?" Fin said.
"I think she gave it up because of a government conspiracy…"
"Munch, don't you ever give up?"
Munch shrugged and ducked the paper wad Fin threw at him.
"I wonder what's going on in there," Munch said referring to the conference going with Olivia, Elliot, and the Captain in the Captain's office.
"We'll find out the minute they walk out of that office. If it went bad, Elliot will throw something or punch the lockers again."
"Yea, I'm surprised they've not docked his pay for all the things he's destroyed around here."
"Hey guys, I heard about Olivia. What's going on?" Casey asked, flopping down into Olivia's desk chair.
"Well, stick around and watch the show. Anyone got any popcorn?"
Casey just gave Munch a disgusted look in response. For the next ten minutes, Munch, Fin, and Casey just sat around anxiously waiting. Sure enough, Elliot walked out of the office and they had their answer when he threw the closest desk lamp across the room.
"That bad, huh?" Munch asked.
"He's taking her off the case. This is gonna kill her. All she wants is justice. All she wants to do is make things right. Cap doesn't understand how guilty she feels about giving that little girl up. This is gonna kill her. All she wants is for things to be right again."
"Then make things right for me, El," Olivia said from the office doorway. She put her hand on his shoulder to give him reassurance. "I'll be okay knowing you're making this right for me."
Just then, Olivia's desk phone started ringing. She ran over to answer it.
"Benson. Yea…no…I can do that. In an hour? Where? I know where that is. Okay, see you soon."
Olivia hung up and realized that the whole precinct was looking at her.
"Was that her?" Casey asked.
Olivia nodded, "She got released from the hospital this morning. She wants to meet me for lunch."
Casey stood up and put her arms around the visibly shaking detective. "Do you want someone to go with you?"
"No, no. I always knew that I would have to face her eventually and answer her questions. I just never knew that it would be because of rape, of something I work so hard to try to prevent."
"Liv, we can never prevent rape. We can only bring justice for the victims," Cragen said from his office. "Now, Olivia. You go and make this right for yourself and for your daughter. Elliot, Fin, and Munch will take care of the justice part." He turned to go back into his office, but stopped and turned back around. "Liv, when you get back, I want you to make an appointment with Huang."
Olivia nodded, "Yes, Cap."
Cragen went back into his office and shut the door. He sat behind his desk lost in thought. He thought he had known his detectives so well. Olivia having had a kid was something that he never expected. When Elliot brought her in to talk to him, he could see instantly that she was a bundle of nerves and feelings. He had to reassure himself that taking her off the case was the right thing to do. No, he knew it was. She was too close to it. But he was worried about her too. Liv was strong; she would be all right.
"Hi, Erin," Olivia said tentatively.
"Olivia! I'm glad you came! I wasn't sure you were going to come for a couple of minutes there."
"Sorry I'm late. I got caught in traffic." She hadn't really got caught in traffic; she'd been sitting in her car for the last five minutes trying to regain composure.
"Erin, I'm not quite sure what you want to know, but I will be completely honest with you because you deserve it. I don't know how much about half of my past, but I'm not going to sugarcoat anything either."
"Good, I want you to be honest with me. But if this is too hard for you, and you'd rather wait, then that's okay too."
Olivia sat at the table outside the café and stared into Erin's eyes, her eyes. Her daughter's eyes were exactly the same as hers, and showed all the same emotions of fear, worry, hurt, and excitement. But the one emotion the girl did not have was guilt.
"Erin, I'm not a good person," she began.
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