Chapter 8
After Court
The SVU team is in the SVU squad room and they are discussing Bobby and Noel's conviction. They will never be able to rape another woman or try to rape another woman again. Amanda is happy to know that they will be locked up for a long time.
"Amanda, let's chat in my office." Olivia says.
"I'll be right back." Amanda says.
They walk into the office and sit on the couch. They think about what they're going to say to each other. Amanda was grateful that Olivia helped her when she got sick that night.
"Liv, I didn't know what else to do." Amanda says.
"You did a brave thing." Olivia says.
"I'm sorry if I threw up on you." Amanda says.
"No, Amanda. You threw up before I dropped my knee next to you in order to comfort you as you became ill." Olivia says.
Amanda was glad to know what she had people to help her that night. Olivia is concerned about what's going to happen with the video.
"Your father has been through a lot and so have you." Olivia says.
The video of Amanda's attack is viral and NYPD doesn't know what to do now. Amanda and Olivia discuss about what happened in the video.
"Buchanan is going to bring on a lawsuit but we're not going to let that happen." Olivia says.
"Unbelievable. Do you think that D'Amico is going to want to sue over a video that shows him trying to rape me?" Amanda asks.
"I hope he doesn't sue because I don't know what to tell your father because when he finds out, he won't be too happy about the video going viral." Olivia says.
Amanda and Olivia both know that Tony will do anything to protect his daughter. He didn't want to see his daughter hurt and sad. She's happy that he's in New York with her.
"Can I join the conversation too?" Tony asks Olivia.
"Of course, Mr. Rollins." Olivia replies.
Tony feels that D'Amico suing over a video of him trying to rape his daughter will ruin both him and her forever. He must figure out what to do so that he doesn't sue. Tony decides that he should be the one to sue, not D'Amico.
"He tried to rape my daughter. I want to see that son of a bitch pay." Tony tells Olivia.
"Nobody believed me last time, Daddy." Amanda says.
"Honey, that's not going to happen because I love you and we have the proof." Tony says.
"Now, Mr. Rollins, we can make sure that you don't try to kill yourself if he wins and we lose. Your daughter would be devastated. Sue him." Olivia says.
Tony thinks long and hard on how he's going to sue. He tells Olivia that he will sue for emotional trauma. He hopes to win but with the help of the SVU team. Then he mentions that he has a friend who is a lawyer. Olivia tells Amanda's father to call his friend and see what he can do. Tony leaves Olivia's office.
"If I never worked for Atlanta's SVU team, I would have not been raped and my father wouldn't have tried to kill himself." Amanda tells Olivia.
"Don't blame yourself. I'm sure that your father tried to get justice. Screw them for not believing you and trying to make your father depressed to the point where suicide is his only option." Olivia says.
Amanda is glad that she won't have to deal with men trying to rape her again.