p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; text-align: center; margin-top: 17pt; margin-bottom: 11pt;"span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Chapter 2/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 17pt; margin-bottom: 11pt;"span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"By now the entire squad was at the hospital waiting anxiously for any word on Olivia. Cragen, Fin and Nick sat next to each other, nobody talking. Amanda couldn't stop pacing. Finally Nick broke the long silence, "Amanda, will you cut that out? Just sit still, you're making this worse!" Amanda looked at him, upset, but before she could say anything the doctor that had rushed Olivia into surgery a few hours ago stood in the doorway. Immediately the squad ran up to him, barraging him with questions. The doctor raised his hands, in an effort to quiet them, once they were silent, he began to speak. "Olivia has experienced an immense amount of trauma, there is a lot of internal bruising. She suffered a hemothorax, which made blood pool around her lung, this is what caused her to collapse. We were able to drain it, and she will be able to heal fully from it." The detectives let out a collective sigh of relief before Cragen spoke up, "when can we go see her?" The doctor hesitated briefly before saying, "you can go see her now, but I need to update you all on a few things." He paused before meeting their eyes, "I understand you are all with SVU, and I think it's important you know that we discovered evidence consistent with violent sexual assault." He sighed, "I am so sorry, when we took her in for surgery we had to sterilize her, so the evidence from her body is gone. It was that or she wasn't going to make it. I'm so sorry." The detectives didn't know what to say, looking back at the doctor with looks of shock, of hate, of horror and sorrow. "One last thing," the doctor muttered, "We had to give her stitches in various wounds and she has a broken wrist, and a torn ligament in her shoulder" Cragen finally found his voice, "thank you doctor, is that all?" He responded, "yes sir, you all may go to visit her, but be aware she's tired, and confused, so don't be too loud."/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 17pt; margin-bottom: 11pt;"span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Cragen knocked softly on the door and the detectives walked in, fake smiles of encouragement pasted onto their faces. Nick gasped, somehow, she looked worse than when they took her in a few hours prior. Liv slowly opened her eyes, blinking slowly, trying to take in her surroundings. Amanda walked over to her bed and took her hand, "Hey Liv." "Hey," she whispered back weakly. She tried to shift positions and winced in pain, "what happened?" she whispered. The detectives standing around her bed glanced between each other, not sure how to answer that. Finally Fin said, "What do you remember?" Liv closed her eyes tightly, "I remember Lewis, I remember you guys saved me and we were going to go to the hospital...that's it." Fin smiled softly, "You didn't miss too much then. They took you into surgery to repair internal bleeding by your lung and they stitched some of those wounds." Olivia nodded silently./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 17pt; margin-bottom: 11pt;"span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Olivia turned to Cragen, "you need my statement don't you?" "Yes, Liv, but we have time, you don't have to rush into that, it's only been a few hours," Cragen answered. "Can we just get it over with," Liv pleaded. She saw the apprehensive glances between the detectives, "Please. I just need this over." she asked, her voice breaking. "Okay Liv," Cragen said, "who do you want to take your statement?" She looked into the faces of her friends and colleagues, and noticed with horror that looking at the men all she could see was /spanspan style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"him, /spanspan style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Lewis. She closed her eyes tightly, trying to hide her fear which she knew was irrational, willing any thoughts of Lewis to leave. "Amanda please," she said unopening her eyes. Amanda looked up surprised, she and Liv had been getting closer, but they had had their fair share of arguments over the years. Liv didn't open her eyes, "can everyone else leave please?" /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 17pt; margin-bottom: 11pt;"span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"**Thanks so much for the views, reviews, and the favorites, it means so much to me! Please let me know what you think of this chapter!**/spanspan id="docs-internal-guid-86026e32-7fff-735f-e3e2-3182c420fd34"/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 17pt; margin-bottom: 11pt;"span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"By now the entire squad was at the hospital waiting anxiously for any word on Olivia. Cragen, Fin and Nick sat next to each other, nobody talking. Amanda couldn't stop pacing. Finally Nick broke the long silence, "Amanda, will you cut that out? Just sit still, you're making this worse!" Amanda looked at him, upset, but before she could say anything the doctor that had rushed Olivia into surgery a few hours ago stood in the doorway. Immediately the squad ran up to him, barraging him with questions. The doctor raised his hands, in an effort to quiet them, once they were silent, he began to speak. "Olivia has experienced an immense amount of trauma, there is a lot of internal bruising. She suffered a hemothorax, which made blood pool around her lung, this is what caused her to collapse. We were able to drain it, and she will be able to heal fully from it." The detectives let out a collective sigh of relief before Cragen spoke up, "when can we go see her?" The doctor hesitated briefly before saying, "you can go see her now, but I need to update you all on a few things." He paused before meeting their eyes, "I understand you are all with SVU, and I think it's important you know that we discovered evidence consistent with violent sexual assault." He sighed, "I am so sorry, when we took her in for surgery we had to sterilize her, so the evidence from her body is gone. It was that or she wasn't going to make it. I'm so sorry." The detectives didn't know what to say, looking back at the doctor with looks of shock, of hate, of horror and sorrow. "One last thing," the doctor muttered, "We had to give her stitches in various wounds and she has a broken wrist, and a torn ligament in her shoulder" Cragen finally found his voice, "thank you doctor, is that all?" He responded, "yes sir, you all may go to visit her, but be aware she's tired, and confused, so don't be too loud."/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 17pt; margin-bottom: 11pt;"span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Cragen knocked softly on the door and the detectives walked in, fake smiles of encouragement pasted onto their faces. Nick gasped, somehow, she looked worse than when they took her in a few hours prior. Liv slowly opened her eyes, blinking slowly, trying to take in her surroundings. Amanda walked over to her bed and took her hand, "Hey Liv." "Hey," she whispered back weakly. She tried to shift positions and winced in pain, "what happened?" she whispered. The detectives standing around her bed glanced between each other, not sure how to answer that. Finally Fin said, "What do you remember?" Liv closed her eyes tightly, "I remember Lewis, I remember you guys saved me and we were going to go to the hospital...that's it." Fin smiled softly, "You didn't miss too much then. They took you into surgery to repair internal bleeding by your lung and they stitched some of those wounds." Olivia nodded silently./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 17pt; margin-bottom: 11pt;"span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Olivia turned to Cragen, "you need my statement don't you?" "Yes, Liv, but we have time, you don't have to rush into that, it's only been a few hours," Cragen answered. "Can we just get it over with," Liv pleaded. She saw the apprehensive glances between the detectives, "Please. I just need this over." she asked, her voice breaking. "Okay Liv," Cragen said, "who do you want to take your statement?" She looked into the faces of her friends and colleagues, and noticed with horror that looking at the men all she could see was /spanspan style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"him, /spanspan style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Lewis. She closed her eyes tightly, trying to hide her fear which she knew was irrational, willing any thoughts of Lewis to leave. "Amanda please," she said unopening her eyes. Amanda looked up surprised, she and Liv had been getting closer, but they had had their fair share of arguments over the years. Liv didn't open her eyes, "can everyone else leave please?" /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 17pt; margin-bottom: 11pt;"span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"**Thanks so much for the views, reviews, and the favorites, it means so much to me! Please let me know what you think of this chapter!**/spanspan id="docs-internal-guid-86026e32-7fff-735f-e3e2-3182c420fd34"/span/p