Chapter 13

Olivia stared at Amanda who had just asked her a question but she didn't exactly hear what it was. Her adrenaline was still pumping and she couldn't focus on anything other than the thought of giving those men out there what they really deserved. Nothing else mattered to her at that moment.

"Liv?" Amanda voiced for the third time, causing her lieutenant to finally snap out of it.

"Yeah," she finally answered as she met the blonde's gaze.

"Maybe you should take some time off," Rollins tried to convince. "We can handle these guys. Trust me, they're not going anywhere."

"What? No," Benson quickly answered as if the thought were ridiculous.

"Liv, you just attacked one of our suspects," Amanda felt the need to remind.

"I know," Olivia answered. "I was there. And he deserved it. He's not a suspect," the lieutenant corrected. "He did it. DNA is irrefutable evidence."

"I know," Amanda answered. "And I agree with you. He did deserve it. But you can't beat all of them all up, Liv."

Olivia shook her head as if Rollins were just spewing nonsense.

Amanda sighed, "Look, I'm not trying to overstep here, but this isn't how we handle our cases. If you keep this up, I.A.B. will…"

"Screw I.A.B." Olivia answered as she continued to pace back and forth in her office.

Amanda could see that her fist was still clenched despite the fact that Fin and Carisi had to intervene and pull her off of Detective Williams just a few minutes before.

"I agree with you there too," Amanda answered, "But I'm worried… You're too close to this case. I don't want you to lose your job over this. These guys aren't worth that."

"They're cops," Liv answered. That was what was the most unbelievable thing to her. "They're grown men who beat and raped my niece."

"And we know that," Amanda answered. "But we need to be careful, here. It's better safe than sorry and besides… Jackie needs you. How are you going to help her if you're locked up too," Amanda said bluntly causing for Olivia to give her a stern look.

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Olivia got off of the elevator and walked toward Jackie's room but stopped when she saw Dr. Ramirez, "How's she doing?" She asked him.

"She's doing really well. She should be able to go home soon. We'll need to give her some medication for the pain and she should still stay off of her feet for a while but she's making a steady recovery."

Olivia nodded, "Thank you."

When she reached Jackie's room, she saw the teen flipping thru the channels on the small television in the hospital room. She opened the door, grabbing the teen's attention.

"Hey," Olivia said as she shut the door behind her and sat down on the sofa beside the hospital bed. "The doctor says you're doing much better."

"Yeah," Jackie answered. "He said I can go home soon."

"About that," Olivia began when she saw her cellphone on the small nightstand. "There's my phone. I've been looking everywhere for it. I can't believe I left it here."

You didn't exactly leave it, Jackie thought to herself.

"Yeah, you should really be careful with that. You wouldn't want just anyone going through that and reading your texts."

Olivia could sense the slight hostility in her voice and stopped to consider the possibilities. "What did you read?" She asked nervously as she wondered exactly how much the teen knew.

"Oh nothing," Jackie answered. "Just that you've been lying to me this whole time about who you are and that you're my biological aunt. Other than that, I didn't really read anything."

Benson froze and she for once she was speechless. It took her a while to finally find her voice. "Jackie," she finally spoke after a long few seconds. "I wanted to tell you."

"Then, why didn't you?" She asked. "I think you had plenty of time."

"I know, and I should have." Olivia felt a huge sense of regret.

"How did you even find this out? How do you know that we're related?" Jackie questioned.

"The hospital collected your DNA when you first came in. When your rape kit was sent to the lab and when we couldn't find you, we had your DNA run in the DNA database and I was a match. My DNA was kept on file after I had it run many years ago. That's when I found out I had a brother on my biological father's side. But it turns out that your mom and I had the same mother, Serena."

"My mom?" Jackie began. "You know who she is? Where is she?" She couldn't help but question. It was the one thing burning in her mind that kept her from running off with Jason a few hours ago.

Olivia squinted her eyes in confusion. "Jackie, I thought you said both of your parents were dead."

"And I thought you told me you were just a detective," the girl shot back.

"I'm sorry," Olivia apologized again. "I should've told you sooner. I was just… I didn't want it to affect anything that had to do with the case. And… I was afraid of how you would react."

"Well it's weird. I have to admit. But not the weirdest thing that's ever happened to me before," Jackie responded.

"And your parents?" Olivia asked. "Are you telling me that you can't find them?"

"I can't remember them," the teen said simply.

"What do you mean you don't remember them?" The woman asked. "How can you not remember your parents?"

"Long story," Jackie answered.

Olivia stared at her as if she was not going to budge from the topic...