Chapter 6
Amanda and Olivia enter her office. She shuts the door and the gang wonders what's going on. The women sit on the couch in Olivia's office. Amanda doesn't know what to think or say.
"Amanda, what your mother and your sister did to you was unforgivable. And if you don't deal with this now, it's going to haunt you for the rest of your life." Olivia says.
Amanda doesn't know what to say. She knows that she can never forgive her sister for setting her up for murder. She also knows that she can never forgive her mother for abandoning her when she was pregnant with Jesse and when Patton raped her.
"You have an opportunity here." Olivia says.
"I've been through a lot." Amanda says.
"So has your father. He's been through a lot too." Olivia says.
Amanda isn't sure if she should send her mother and her sister engagement photos after what they did to her. Her father and her fiancé are the two most important men in her life. She has just gotten engaged and now she has to figure out what she wants to do before she marries Declan.
"I know that you can never forgive your mother and your sister for what they put you through." Olivia says.
"I know." Amanda says.
Olivia tries to get through to Amanda. She just wants her to feel loved. Amanda doesn't want to talk about what happened with her mother and her sister in the past.
"But can you forgive your mother for what she did to your father?" Olivia asks.
"I caused it. My daddy leaving was my fault. My mama said that he would have stayed if I was a good girl." Amanda says, sadly.
Olivia feels compassion for Amanda as she talks about her father leaving. Olivia's father wasn't around to see his daughter grow up and her mother emotionally abused her. Both Olivia and Amanda's mothers drank. Olivia's father was a rapist and Amanda's father was a gambler.
"You can't keep blaming yourself. Amanda, you can move on from this." Olivia asks.
"Why? So I can relive everything bad thing that happened to me?" Amanda replies.
"You're getting married. Your wedding day should be the happiest day of your life." Olivia says.
Amanda doesn't want to relive every bad thing that has happened to her over the years. She needs her father here with her.
"Amanda, your father is a wonderful man. He loves you." Olivia says.
"At least, I can share my engagement and my wedding day with him." Amanda says.
Olivia is happy to know that Amanda can share her engagement and her wedding day with her father. Olivia hands Amanda her therapist's buisness card.
"I want you and your father to see my therapist." Olivi says.
"I couldn't do it last time." Amanda says.
"If you want, have your father come in and I'll talk to him." Olivia says.
Amanda tells Olivia that she'll call her father after she goes back into the squad room. Olivia agrees with her on calling her father to come into the squad room.
"I'm going to tell him that you're going to call. It's important, Amanda." Olivia says.
"Important for who?" Amanda asks.
"For you and your father." Olivia replies.
Amanda tells Olivia that she and her father will see her therapist. Olivia hopes that this will work out.
"Does Declan know that your mother left you?" Olivia asks.
"No. I love him so much and I really want to marry him." Amanda replies.
"You're going to marry this man. He should know." Olivia responds.
Amanda tells Olivia that she'll tell Declan that her mother left her when the time is right. She knows that she doesn't have to tell him right away. She'll tell him when she's ready.