Sorry this has taken a while. I've been really busy with all my stories. So here it is, last chapter almost. This one's short, really short, for me anyway… :)
Disclaimer: Not mine. I wish they were though.
Chapter 15
Olivia walked into the squad room and sat down at her desk. Elliot couldn't help but notice how much better she looked. The rosiness in her cheeks had come back, as had the sparkle in her eyes. She still had the slightly hurt look in them but she had had that look for as long as Elliot had known her and he guessed for her whole life.
He knew she had been for her fourth counseling session before coming into work this morning and he was more than pleased to say that they were working for her.
"How'd it go?" he asked her.
"Well I'm not cured but I'm not getting any worse." she said.
"I could have told you that." Elliot replied.
"Yeah, but it sounds better coming from a professional." She said with a playful smile, one that he returned fully.
The day was quiet and quiet days at the SVU - what few there were - meant time to catch up on paper work. That was exactly what all the detectives had been doing. Olivia, as usual, had gotten through the most and had even started doing some of Elliot's.
A little before the end of the shift she began clearing up her desk. "El, I have to be somewhere, can you cover for me?"
"Sure, where you gotta be?" he asked.
"I'll tell you later." she said as she got up and left without another word.
Elliot just watched her. She had left him more than a little curious and more than a little confused. She suddenly seemed on edge, the opposite of what she had been like this morning.
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Olivia heard a sharp ring before a metal door screeched open and a bunch of guys in orange jump suits walked in. Straight away she saw Lowell Harris. His shiny black eye was practically glowing. She smiled smugly as he sat down opposite her, a thick piece of clear plastic separating them.
She picked up the phone on her side and a second later he copied.
"What?" he said.
"Come on, you not even a little bit happy to see me?" she asked smugly.
He just smiled at her, a smile that said 'what do you think?' "What do you want?" he asked her.
"I just had to come down here and see this for myself. See you rotting where you belong. Looks like you've been making friends." she said sarcastically.
"How are you doing?" he asked.
"Peachy." she told him, "Better than you." she said with a smile.
"You know detective, I'll be out of here one day, and when I do I'm coming looking for you." he threatened.
"Well that's what I'm here to tell you Lowell. The ADA is going for life. You won't be getting out of here, not while you're still breathing anyway."
He just looked at her. "Do you think this will help you? Telling me I'm probably gonna be spending the rest of my life in this place..?" he asked.
"Will be…spending the rest of your life in here." she said, correcting what he had said.
"Maybe so, but I don't have to be there to be in your head. You'll be seeing me for the rest of your life. You may as well be in here with me." he said.
"Unlike you, I am going to move on with my life and I will stop seeing your face because I have no reason to fear it or be repulsed by it anymore. I have absolutely no reason to think of you ever again and I can ensure you I won't." she said confidently.
She was about to hang up when he stopped her.
"Olivia?" he said, grabbing her attention. "How much do you really believe that?" he asked.
"Have a nice time in here." she said before hanging up and leaving.
Harris just sat there watching until an officer walked over to him and ripped the phone out of his hands and dragged him up, taking him back to his cell.
Once Olivia was outside, she sucked in a deep breath of cold air. She felt lightheaded but the more she told herself that what she had said was true the more she felt okay, as she kept saying it she felt herself getting stronger. By the time she reached her car she was confident as ever. Almost…
TBC
Sorry it was so short, but the next one is gonna be pretty long and this one seemed right just to leave it here.
Thanks for reading. Please review.
Last chapter is coming up soon.
