A week later, Roy settled into the sofa in Ollie's living room as Ollie handed Roy a cup of coffee, Roy leaned back on the sofa savoring the smell that permeated from the cup, Ollie always made good coffee, it felt good to be out of the hospital, even if he wasn't allowed to leave Ollie's house without informing the Police where he was going, it had taken a lot of work on the parts of Ollie and Dick, even Oracle had to pull some strings to get the authorities to allow Roy to go home with Ollie, but he was glad they'd managed to swing it for him.

"So when will they be back?" Roy asked, taking a sip of the coffee, he was feeling much better, a little tired that was all and he was anxious to see Lian again, After Ollie and Dinah had spoken to him at the hospital, he had calmed down enough when he had awoken for them both to convince him it was best for Lian to stay at Ollie's home rather than trying to bring her to the hospital to see him, she was beginning to settle, and it would not have been good for her to have seen her fathers room being guarded by a Police officer, it would have only slowed down her return to the happy child she was which was slowly beginning to reappear . But Roy had missed her more than he could describe.

"Shouldn't be long now, Connor felt it was important to let her have some fun after the counseling sessions so he took her to Toys R Us... After the first session Mia took her to Titans Tower, the kid was worn out for a day afterwards, she had a ball"

Roy chuckled "Yeah, heaps of 'Aunts' and 'Uncles' to spoil her rotten, she would have had Gar jumping around as a monkey, and giving her pony rides the whole time."

Both men stopped talking as the door flew open and Connor walked in, Lian was in Connors arms as he carried her inside, she had a toy dinosaur clutched in her hands and she smiled happily at Connor who bent to put the little girl down.

Roy smiled, "Hey Princess" he said.

Lain look up, startled, she hadn't seen Roy on the chair when they walked in, the smile fell from her face and the toy clattered to the floor as she took a step behind Connor and held on to his knee.

Roy's own smile disappeared, "Lian?...Princess?" he stammered not understanding what was taking place in front of his eyes, his daughter was always overjoyed to see him, this wasn't the reaction he'd been expecting.

Connor reached down and picked Lian up again and walked over to sit on a chair near Roy, he could feel Lian's little body stiffen slightly as they approached Roy, he didn't know what to make of the reaction the little girl was having to her fathers presence but they all knew that Lian had seen something that night that had changed the relationship she had with her father, perhaps permanently.

"Etai Yazi, what's wrong?" Roy said in a quiet concerned voice.

On hearing the nickname her father called her, Lian relaxed slightly, she loved her father, she didn't understand what had happened between him and her Mother but he still sounded like her Daddy not the angry man that she had seen facing her Mommy a week ago. "You hurt Mommy." She whispered, putting her head down and burying her face into Connors chest.

Connor stiffened at the words and looked at Ollie who was standing behind Roy, he was about to speak but was quickly silenced by Ollie indicating he should say nothing and take Lian into the kitchen so he could talk to Roy, Connor stood up, "It's ok little one, lets get a glass of milk and we'll talk about this soon." He said leaving the room.

Roy sat back, he turned to look at Ollie. "I thought you told me she doesn't know yet?" he said in a whispered voice.

"She doesn't know everything yet son, we're not sure how much she saw, we still don't know what the hell happened, but I do know she doesn't know Jade's dead cause she's asked a dozen times if her Mothers ok and if she's back in jail."

Roy put his head in his hands, leaning forward and resting his elbows on his knees, he sat that way for a long while until he felt Ollie's hand touch his shoulder and give it a firm squeeze.

"What the hell am I gonna do Ollie,….. What did I do?...What if I never remember and they end up throwing me into a jail cell and Lian has no one?

"Ain't gonna happen son, you know as well as I do that there's no way you could have done this someone else is involved and we'll damn well find out who the hell it was."

Roy sighed, and indicating the kitchen where Connor and Lian were said "What can I do?... I have to help her through this she's my life… but…….how can I help her when she won't come near me, when I don't even know what the hell it is that I'm dealing with?"

Ollie gave Roy's shoulder a pat than walked around to sit on a chair opposite Roy, "Son that kid thinks the sun shines out of your ass, she's going to come round, it's gonna be rough for awhile but all you can do is take things one step at a time, take it steady, it'll happen in it's own time."

Roy nodded "Man my life is turning to shit, I don't remember what happened to me before last week, the cops want me locked up, my kid hates me, and…… I'm taking parenting advice from you, this sucks."

Ollie smiled and stood up, secretly he was relieved that Roy could attempt such a feeble joke given the circumstances, even if it was at his expense, "Stay put I'll be back in a minute." He said walking towards the kitchen.

Taking a seat next to Lian at the kitchen table Ollie spoke to the little girl, "Princess you know your Dad would never hurt you, don't you?"

Lian looked up, "He hurt Mommy" she said again

Connor spoke quietly "How did he hurt your Mommy sweetheart?" he asked

Lian didn't respond to the question, she hung her head and fidgeted uncomfortably on her chair.

"It's ok Pumpkin, you don't have to tell us until your ready." Ollie said then added "But kiddo, your Daddy would never hurt you, and if something happened between your Mommy and Daddy it doesn't mean he loves you any less than he did before this happened."

Lian sat quietly swinging her legs back and forth, before saying softly. "I love my Daddy," she started to cry softly and Ollie reached over to pick her up and cuddle her to him.

"Baby girl, this all seems very confusing at the moment and whatever happened hurts, I know that both you and your Daddy are very sad at the moment, but its all gonna get better you'll see, its just gonna take some time."

Lian looked up and Ollie wiped the tears from her face with his thumb, "My Daddy's sad too?" she asked in a small concerned voice.

"Your Daddy doesn't remember what happened sweetheart…… But I know your Daddy and I know how much he's hurting because he can't fix whatever happened so that you can be happy around him again."

Lian stared quietly at Ollie for a minute absorbing what he had said, suddenly as if coming to a decision, she wriggled off his lap and walked out into the living room, Connor and Ollie followed but stopped in the doorway watching as the little girl walked around to stand in front of Roy.

Roy who'd had his head down looked up as she approached and they both quietly looked at each other before Lian climbed into Roy's arms and wrapped her little arms around his neck, "Don't be sad Daddy, it'll be ok." She said.

Ollie let out a sigh, he knew that Lian and Roy would still have a long way to go to get through the days ahead, but it was a start, and it showed just how much the little girl loved her father that she was willing to suppress whatever fears she had to offer comfort to him. Things would work out in the long run, they had to.

End Part 4