IT had taken two days to track down Sarah Smith, and Olivia was feeling it more than ever the nightmares were back and she was jumpy and paranoid. "Liv, are you alright?" Shanice pulled her aside and asked. Olivia rubbed her red eyes and locked at her partner.

"I-I'm okay" Olivia lied and rubbed her eyes again.

"Well lets go" Shanice said and held her hand, and together they walked into the room. "Miss Smith sorry to have kept you waiting" Shanice spoke firmly to the suspect; A woman whose body was so thin you could break, and eyes the color of blood, her lips where shivering and she was rocking back and forth like little child. Shanice came up behind her and she jumped.

"Val, step back" Olivia said and backed away. "Miss Smith, I'm detective Benson could you turn around for me please?" Olivia asked the woman gently. She slowly turned around and faced Olivia

"What do you want from me?" she asked her voice weak, Olivia heart went out to her.

"I want to know what happened to Maria" Olivia said softy sitting before the seemingly distraught woman.

"I don't know, she ran away, I don't know!" she answered rubbing her eyes and covering her mouth.

Shanice stood and watched in awe as Olivia worked, it was like magic. "So why didn't you report it?" Olivia asked. The woman sobbed loudly and gripped Olivia hand.

"Because a part of me wished she never come back, you don't know what it was like, having to look at her everyday! At times I wanted die. She was a beautiful girl she was sweet but she was my rapist daughter and I couldn't get past it! I couldn't!" She sobbed more and continue to speak " I used to hurt her so she would leave but she wouldn't she came home every day a star pupil, she had friends and she was always sweet to me, even when I beat her she would hang unto me and hug me telling me 'she loved me' When she didn't come home I realized I really loved her and I was searching for her where is she, can I see her now to tell her I love her, I really do, where is she?" she asked a smile coming to her faint lips. Olivia released her hand and looked at Shanice. "Where is she?"she repeated.

"Miss Smith, Maria died" Shanice said as she watched Olivia make haste to leave the room. "Lake" Shanice called and he appeared. "Book Miss Smith I have to go" Shanice said and ran after Olivia.

Olivia was walking, tears were blinding her, she didn't care where she was going she just had to get away, she found herself home, locked the door and cried. "Why, Why is this happening to me?" Olivia sobbed. There was a knock on the door, one that could only be Elliot she had forgotten to drop off his dry-cleaning.

"Hey-" she froze, it wasn't Elliot it was her new partner. She wiped her eyes and tried to smile.

"Hey, Liv is everything alright?" she asked softly and Olivia let her in.

"You want a beer?" she asked, putting on a brave face though there was a storm raging inside her.

"Nope, I just want to talk with you, I'm worried about you" she answered sitting on the edge of the chair. "Why is it you ran today?" Shanice asked looking into brown troubled eyes. She broke the contact and looked around the apartment; it was beautifully decorated it felt homely.

"I couldn't stand it anymore." Shanice walked towards Olivia unannounced and she just like Sarah Smith had.

"What happened to you?"

"Nothing and don't judge me"

"Olivia, I don't want to judge you I just want to know if you are okay and I know you are not!"