Tortured Tears

Chapter Two

Disclaimer: see introduction

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Thank you so much for all of those wonderful reviews…and the bday wishes! It means a lot! Here's the second chapter. I finished earlier then I thought I would so I hope you guys would like it if I updated earlier too! Lol. ..R&R..

"Hi Tracy. My name is Dr. Huang."

"Hi," replied Tracy, who was colouring a picture with some crayons in an interrogation room. Huang noticed that she was only using colours of red, black, purple and grey.

"What are you drawing Tracy?"

"A picture. See? This one is Mommy and this one is Austin," she said, pointing to a few scribbles on the page. She hesitated for a moment but pointed to one more scribble, "And this man is very bad." Huang's heart started to beat a small amount faster.

"Tell me why he is so bad." Tracy shook her head. She continued drawing while small words came out of her mouth that Huang had trouble hearing. For a second, he almost thought it sounded like a song and when Tracy's voice became a little louder, he found out that he was right.

"Can't tell you….Can't tell you," she sang over and over. Her young eyes were glazed with tears. "Go away…Go away…"

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Meanwhile

Olivia hung up the phone and fixed her eyes on a piece of dirt sitting on her desk. She couldn't bring herself to look at Elliot. She had been avoiding him since he had been with her at the victim's apartment. He had caught a glimpse at the weak Olivia. She usually made it a point not to let anyone see that side of her. She was a strong person and this was just another case. Why had it bothered her this much? But there was one thing she was thankful for at the moment. Elliot was going through some paperwork and hadn't realized that his own partner was avoiding him.

"We've got the results from the rape kit. The woman was raped pretty badly, the boy hadn't even been touched." Her partner took a minute to put some pieces together.

"So, if we add it all up it looks like the woman was the main target. The way the boy was killed could have been the attacker just trying to get him out of the picture. Maybe that's why he didn't kill Tracy. She could have been hiding from the beginning or had run off so he didn't have to worry about her."

Liv nodded. She hadn't stopped staring at the spot on her desk. There was so much going through her head and she was still shaken up from what she had seen at the crime scene only a few hours ago. "Although, she did have that cut on her leg. It wasn't anything to serious though, EMS said she wouldn't need any stitches. If she were hiding from the beginning, how did she cut her leg? And if she ran off during the attack, you'd think the perp would go back, find her, and attempt to kill her so that she wouldn't be able to tell us what had happened. Has George gotten anything form Tracy yet?"

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George Huang put his hand on Tracy's to stop her from drawing. She looked up at the psychiatrist, waiting for him to say something. "Tracy. Why is this man so bad?"

"I can't tell you…Go away…" She paused, she started to silently cry. "If I don't tell you, he can't hurt you." A regular person might get frustrated by the young girl but being the psychiatrist that he was, Huang was very calm.

"Why don't we go back to what you were saying earlier Tracy? About the people in your picture. Who is Austin?"

Tracy seemed relieved that the doctor had changed his question. "My brother," It was almost as if she could read his mind. "He's 6."

"What is your mom's name?" Oh he was so close to getting where he wanted to be. A few more simple questions and she might open up some more. And even the simplest questions can be helpful.

"Caitlin. She's 28. Why are you asking stupid questions?"

"Because Tracy, these questions will help us find out what happened at your house. We want to find whoever hurt your mom and your brother. So maybe you could tell me if you saw anything that scared you." Huang thought he was getting somewhere but his thoughts changed quickly. The 4 year old girl sitting in front of him started to scream at the man.

"YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING! I WANT MY MOM AND I WANT MY BROTHER AND I WILL NEVER TALK TO YOU! I HATE YOU! YOU CAN'T MAKE ANYTHING BETTER! I WANT MY MOMMY! MAKE HER COME BACK!" Tears of pain ran down her soft skin and the crayons in her hand became broken to small pieces. She fell to the floor, covering her face with her hands. Huang sighed and left the room to go get someone who he thought would be much better with the girl then he was.

"Miss Benson!" Hearing her name she got up from her desk and walked over to where the psychiatrist was standing.

"What's up? Did she tell you anything?" He told Olivia what Tracy had told him. Her mother's name, that the three of them were related and how she broke down. "She's a smart girl though. Very smart actually, most 4 year olds would probably ask what was going on, or not say anything at all if they had witnessed such a thing. She seemed so comfortable sitting in there just colouring. It was as if she had done this before. Anyways, I thought that maybe you could go in with her, talk to her a bit. She'll probably open up to you because your female and you were the one that found her." Olivia was going to correct him, saying that Elliot was the one who found the girl but was quickly pushed though the interrogation room door. She turned her head as Huang said that he would tell everyone else what Tracy had already said. Olivia quietly walked into the room and saw the girl sitting on the floor, almost underneath the table, sobbing and talking to herself.

"Hi Tracy. Remember me? I'm Olivia, I was the one who carried you out of your mom's closet." The sobs became quieter and the mumbling stopped. The young girl lifted her head to see the detective and motioned with her hand for Olivia to come down and sit with her. Tracy nodded her head and spoke in a scratchy but soft voice.

"I remember. I'm glad I have to talk to you instead of him. I don't like him. He asked to many dumb questions…You won't ask lots of questions will you?" Olivia took the girls hand in her own and said that she would ask some questions but that Tracy was aloud to stop her if she didn't want to talk anymore. The girl agreed and climbed into Olivia's lap. At first, Liv was taken aback but found it rather…calming and made the mood between the two of them less tense.

From behind the glass mirror, Elliot, Cragen and Huang stood and watched Olivia talk with Tracy. "You know, Olivia's great with kids. Look at them sitting together…I think Tracy's really opening up to her," commented Elliot. Yeah, and she'd make a great mom one day. Whoa, wait. Why am I thinking about Olivia becoming a mom? No, that's weird. He quickly shook the thought from his minds as he and the other two men in the room watched Tracy start to bawl her eyes out as Olivia held her tight, trying to calm the child. Cragen turned on the intercom.

"Shhh...It's okay Tracy. We don't have to talk anymore." Olivia kissed the child on her forehead and continued to stroke her hair. They were still sitting on the floor of the room, Tracy in her lap. "Come on, how about we go outside and you can sit at my desk. I have to talk to some other detectives." Tracy just shook her head and pleaded Olivia not to leave. "It will only be a minute. I'm sure that Dr. Huang can go find some toys for you. Maybe a big cuddly teddy bear?" Hearing the offer of getting a teddy bear, Tracy agreed to let Olivia leave but insisted that she stayed in the interrogation room instead of sitting at the detective's desk.

Olivia walked out of the room, and leaned her back against the closed door. She took a deep breath and looked at the 3 men infront of her. "You aren't going to believe this…"

There ya go! Sorry I left you on a cliffy but it seemed like a good place to end the chapter. As you know, my birthday was yesterday and I turned 14! Lol everything's been going okay I guess…but I've been having some rough moments today and writing this chapter helped me calm down. So I guess you could say that your benifiting from my…gloominess. Anyways, it's a win win situation. You get a new chapter and I'm calmed down. So, did you guys like it? I hope so. If you did (and even if you didn't) please make my day and review! Thanks so much! Love you guys!