Here it is chapter 19! More Olivia and Huang which seems to be what people are enjoying about this story! Let me know what you think guys and gals! REVIEW PLEASE!
Patiently, Olivia sat and waited for Huang. She knew that the only way she was going to get over everything that had happened was by talking to a shrink but she didn't want to talk with someone who didn't already know the details of what had happened. George Huang entered the room and sat on the couch opposite the one that Olivia was sitting on.
"How are you keeping Olivia?" he asked softly. Olivia just shook her head as the tears began to fall, she had expected herself to cry in front of Huang.
"I'm not sure I'm coping." She stuttered through her tears.
"Olivia by sitting in that court room and telling your story and then listening to the doctor talk about your injuries shows to me that you are coping. I know it isn't easy but believe me when I tell you you're being so strong. Not many people could sit there like you've done today." Huang said trying to comfort his friend and not his patient.
"I just feel that everyone is tip toeing around me. I know Serena and Craig are too young to understand but Elliot's kids and Elliot himself as well as Munch and Fin just act like they don't know what to say to me and all everyone does is ask if I'm ok." Olivia explained.
"I know it's difficult, but they're struggling too. Elliot is blaming himself that he wasn't there to protect you. The kids I'm sure just want to make sure you are all right, Munch and Fin feel helpless as does Casey and Melinda. You just have to talk to them, even about the weather if you have to."
Olivia just nodded her head as she tried to think about the turmoil her friends must be feeling as she was beginning to realise it wasn't easy for them either.
"Tell me what you did last night." Huang said going back to being a shrink.
"I err... The kids and Simon and Kathy came over for tea, we had take out and err ... I fell asleep on the couch and Elliot carried me to bed." Olivia shuddered remembering the nightmare she had.
"How many times did you wake up?"
"Twice after the second one I went downstairs and ..." Olivia placed her head in her hands as she began to cry again, it killed her remembering what she did to Maureen.
"Take your time and tell me what happened." Huang said.
"I saw a light on in the kitchen and so I grabbed my off duty gun that I keep on my thigh. And err ..." Olivia tried to keep calm but the tears just kept falling.
"I err ... took the safety off the gun and went into the kitchen and told the person to put their hands up where I could see them..."
"Who was it Olivia?" Huang asked feeling the concern rising inside himself.
"Maureen." Olivia said just before breaking out in more sobs.
"How did she react Olivia?"
"She was just ... so calm ... she placed her hands up and said err ... "Olivia, Ma' it's Maureen." And I err ... was just so angry, I knew the kids were staying over." She whispered.
"What did you and Maureen do?"
"I apologised and she ... she just laughed and just made a joke out of it and said ..." Olivia laughed nervously. "She said she had always thought it would be Elliot who pulled a gun on her." Olivia shook her head saying it out loud did make it sort of funny, Elliot was more paranoid than she had ever been.
"What did you do afterwards?" Huang asked moving the conversation forward.
"We talked." Olivia replied.
"What about?"
"She was laughing about the age gap between her and Craig." Olivia said. "Then we had ice cream and just talked about fashion and boys and stuff."
"So ordinary things you normally talk to Maureen about?"
"Yeah just like normal." Olivia said and she looked Huang in the eye.
"That's a really good thing Olivia, that you've taken a step to getting back to normal, if you can do it with Maureen then you can do it with Kathleen, Lizzie and Dickie too." Huang smiled.
Olivia nodded she hadn't thought of it like that before.
"Thanks George."
"You're welcome Liv, anytime remember." He smiled.
So a pretty short Chapter really, but I love Huang and have to include him a lot in this story so we can really get an inside into Olivia's state of mind. More court too come and someone who's been missing for a while!
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