Chapter 6

By the time Olivia woke the next morning Elliot had left for work. She was surprised that he hadn't said goodbye but thought that he just didn't want to wake her. As she sat up in bed she could hear someone in the kitchen. Her heart began to race, she wasn't expecting anyone. She quickly reached into her drawer and got her gun. She was frightened but she was unable to make her way to the kitchen and see who it was.

Her heart beat returned to normal when she heard someone singing. It was Liz. She breathed a sigh of relief, put her gun safely away and began to get dressed. Just as she had finished getting dressed Liz knocked on the bedroom door.

"You decent?" asked Liz.

"Yeah come on in" Liz had a huge, fake smile plastered on her face. It was obvious she was trying to hide something.

"Hey Liv I have a few days off so I thought I could keep you company. I made you some breakfast too" Liz knew that Olivia wasn't buying her story but she didn't want to tell her what had really happened.

"Thanks Liz. You should go and do something fun, you don't have to spend your day off looking after me. I'm a big girl."

"No really it's no problem. I love spending time with you" Olivia took this as her way in.

"I love spending time with you too Liz. Do you trust me?" asked Olivia. The question threw Liz; she turned her head to look Olivia right in the eye.

"Of course I do, why would you ask such a question?" replied Liz.

"Well if you really trusted me you would tell me what's going on. What really happened yesterday and why you are so shaken up" stated Olivia bluntly. Liz turned away from Olivia and walked over to the window. She drew back the curtains and stood for a few minutes just staring out the window. Olivia could see the vulnerability in Liz's eyes as she turned around and began to talk.

"When my mother died I was still only a child. I was only eight years old. Anyways a few days after my mother's funeral my grandmother told me that my father wasn't my real father. He had always treated me like one of his own, shown me the same amount of love as he did with his own kids. I was eight and I was confused. I had just lost my mother and now I was being told that the man I had called dad wasn't really my father. I didn't have much time to adjust to this revelation because I was sent to live with my real dad. He had two kids of his own and a beautiful wife. They both welcomed me with open arms but their son wasn't as accepting of the new addition to the family" Liz let out a laugh, trying to lighten the mood but Olivia could see that tears were about to fall.

"Everything was god. I was treated well. They took me in they loved me but Jamie and I never quite got along. He hated me. He was the youngest, got all the attention and everything but then I came along and I was the youngest. Dad used to take me into town or get me sweets, I guess he felt left out. When dad died he blamed me. My father was on his was to collect me from school when he was in an accident with an eighteen wheeler. Jamie blamed me, I blamed myself. From then on Jamie would try to ruin all my plans and do anything he could to hurt me. It didn't stop until I graduated but now he is back." At this point Liz had let the tears flow freely.

"Did he threaten you?" asked Olivia.

"He said he was going to make me feel the pain that he did when our father died"

"Have you told Don?"

"Yeah he knows about Jamie. He doesn't know everything though"

"There's more?" Olivia was intrigued. Liz had never spoken about her family before and now she was sharing everything with Olivia. What else is there to tell she wondered.

"I didn't tell him everything Olivia. I can't"

"Liz you can tell him anything he loves you he isn't going to leave you. You can tell me anything too" explained Olivia. Liz looked to Olivia and slowly began to roll her sleeve up. She exposed a scar just above her wrist. Olivia's eyes widened in shock, she had never noticed the scar before.

"Jamie did this to you?" she asked.

"No he got one of his friends to. He got his friend Ryan to date me. I didn't notice, Ryan treated me well, I was in love. Then one day I go to his house and his parents are away. We are just watching a movie when he starts asking me all these things about my father. I was getting a little uncomfortable and asked him to drop it. That's when he cut me. He called me a murderer and said I would never be loved because I was filth. I've never seen him since that night, until yesterday. He was in court. He just sat smiling at me."

"You have to tell Don, what if Ryan and Jamie are after you?"

"I know Liv, I will" reassured Liz. Just then something got Liz's eye.

"Olivia why do you keep rubbing your tummy?" asked Liz. 'Shit' thought Olivia. She hadn't even noticed herself doing it.

"I, um" stuttered Olivia.

"You're pregnant aren't you?"

"Me, no of course not" laughed Olivia. She was trying to hide it but Liz knew she was lying.

"I'm so happy for you Olivia!" screamed Liz.

Olivia put on a fake smile as she hugged Liz. But now her secret was out and she had to tell Elliot. She wanted him to be the first to know, she felt guilty that Liz had found out first.

"Liv are you ok?" asked Liz as she pulled back from embracing Olivia.

"Yeah I just haven't told anyone yet. I was going to keep it a secret until I hit twelve weeks" explained Olivia.

"Olivia I won't tell anyone if that's what you're worried about"

"No it's not that it's just I don't know how to tell Elliot"

"Well look at us. Both sitting here holding secrets" laughed Liz "why don't we all go out for dinner tonight. I'll tell Don and you can tell Elliot"

Olivia liked the idea. It also meant she could tell Don too.

"Yeah, sounds like a plan" said Olivia as Liz set about making dinner reservations.

"Is Ciara coming?" asked Olivia.

"No Ciara is going to see a movie with Zack tonight" replied Liz as she wiggled her eyebrows suggestively.

"He is so sweet isn't he"

"Yeah and Ciara never stops talking about him. I just hope she doesn't get hurt" Liz had seen how interested Ciara was in Zack but she knew most teenage guys only wanted one thing and she would do anything she could to protect her daughter.

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