Chapter 8: It's Worth a Try
A couple days later Olivia was released from the hospital. She was exhausted and Cragen had given her two weeks off. Olivia had no idea what she was going to do for the next two weeks. Perhaps try and find Bryan again? It was worth a try. She still had low hopes that he would help her in any way at all. A girl could always dream, though.
After getting a full night's sleep, which she hadn't had in at least three days because hospital beds are so uncomfortable, Olivia decided to call Bryan's parents again. Maybe he was over there by some freak chance.
"Hello," Bryan's father answered.
"Yeah, this is Olivia again, is Bryan there by any chance?" asked Olivia.
"Look, our son told us about your little visit, and they he wants no damn part of that baby of yours!" his father screamed and hung of the phone.
"Dang," Olivia sighed. What was she going to do now? He had a right to know he had fathered twins. But then again he had made it pretty clear he could careless about any child of hers. All she really wanted was for her children to have a father who loved them. But apparently with Bryan as their father that would not happen.
Three days later Olivia decided why not to do an internet search on Bryan. That way she could find out where he lived and go and talk to him in the privacy of his own home. Then again he could not let her in. She just wished that he would listen and care about her.
When she got online she went to Yellow Book's website. When she typed in Bryan Cook several listings come up in New York. So she decided to narrow the search down by putting in his age. There were only two Bryans around the age of thirty-five that came up. It was easy to narrow down the search though. One of them lived up in the rich end of town. There was no way Bryan could afford to live up in that area considering the fact he worked at a convenience store and didn't exactly have any inherited money coming his way.
As it turns out Bryan lived only up the street from that little convenience store that he works at. Olivia decided to go make a trip up there. She grabbed her coat and went out the door.
When she arrived at the apartment building she couldn't help noticing that it was not located in the best end of town. This was the drug end of the city. This was the side of town you didn't want to be out alone at night.
On the website it said that he lived in Apartment 2B. Olivia slowly walked to Apartment 2B. She was very nervous that he would slam the door in her face. When she got there she hesitantly knocked on the door.
A woman in her early twenties opened the door. "Hello, how may I help you?" she asked.
Ooh god, he's got another girlfriend! Olivia thought. No wonder he doesn't want anything to do with me! "Um, does Bryan Cook live here?" Olivia asked nervously.
"Yeah…BRYAN GET OUT HERE NOW!" she yelled.
"Coming honey," Bryan said.
"Who the heck is she, are you cheating on me?" she asked him impatiently. Well you can imagine why she was jumping to conclusions, considering Olivia's condition and all.
"Don't worry, I'd never do such a thing, she's my ex-girlfriend," Bryan said. "Why don't you leave us a second to talk, okay Trish?"
"Okay, but that baby better not be yours!" exclaimed the woman addressed as Trish.
As soon as Trish was out of hearing distance, Bryan said, "Okay, Olivia, what is it now?" he said. "Have you come to ruin my relationship with my new girlfriend?"
"No, nothing of the sort," Olivia said, "I just thought you had the right to know."
"Know what?" Bryan asked impatiently.
"That I'm having twins! Okay," Olivia said.
"What! You are in over your head, that's why I told you several months ago you should have had an abortion," said Bryan.
"Well, I didn't," Olivia said. "Look, it's my choice to keep these babies, and frankly you have no say in it."
"Then why the heck did you come to tell me in the first place?" asked Bryan.
"Well, I thought you had the right to know, if I were you I would want to know!" exclaimed Olivia.
"That's why you and I do not belong together at all, that's clearly why I broke up with you, now good-bye," Bryan said slamming the door in her face.
Olivia sighed. "That's just what I was afraid of," shesaid aloud. There was nothing she could do about it. He didn't care about her at all. He was stuck into his new younger more improved girlfriend clearly. She just couldn't stand men who went out with women nearly half their age! She also could not stand men who were not willing to take responsibility for their actions. It's partly his fault that she's in this situation. But of course she couldn't put all the blame on him. She had agreed to have sex with him before they were married as well. Therefore, it was not just his fault. She was now on her own. Though, Elliot had said he and his girls would help her. And Olivia was sure they would. Elliot was a good guy.
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