Day two part two court in session!
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After lunch everyone filled back into the courtroom to hear the next testimony. Olivia has spent a lot of time pacing outside the door trying to determine if she wanted to sit and listen to George Huang give his evidence, but then again she knew that it was the most important testimony that was going to be given. She gave in and went to sit beside her husband and his eldest daughter who instantly took Olivia's hand into her own. Olivia smiled before snuggling her head into Elliot's shoulder as he placed her arm around her neck. Once George Huang had been sworn in Casey stood to begin asking questions.
"Doctor Huang, you spoke with Ed Tucker after his arrest is this correct?"
"I did." Huang answered and Olivia could hear the soft shrink's voice speak in the same tone as he used every time he had spoken to her over the past few days.
"And what could you gather from the information and the behaviour he displayed?" Casey asked.
"I spoke with Ed Tucker for nearly a hundred and fifty minutes where I managed to gain a lot of understanding and reasoning behind his kidnap and torture of Detective Benson."
Bastard! Olivia thought, it sounded exactly like he was saying that what Tucker did made sense.
"Go on." Casey said nodding her head towards Huang.
"From what I can gather he has a lot of pent up anger from many different sources."
"Does this lead to any known psychiatric Illness?"
"It does not. From what I gathered Ed Tucker is as sane and competent as you or I." Huang said.
"Your witness." Casey said going to sit down knowing that Miranda Pond had a few questions or this witness.
"Do you say that what my client did made sense to you? Or to him?"
"I didn't say it made sense." Huang replied.
"I'm sorry, was his reasoning understood by you or just by him?"
"I understood his reasoning."
"Did he put up a good argument for his case?"
"Yes."
"So do you understand why he did the things he did and so from this you can gather that my client is as sane as you or I." Miranda Pond threw the well rehearsed questions at Huang like there was no tomorrow.
"Not exactly, I am not allowed to tell you the details of the conversation that I had with your client but he told me exactly why he did what he did and how he had planned it that is what I mean by his reasoning." Huang explained wishing Casey had realised his mistake.
"Where there any signs to link my client up with any know psychiatric illness?"
"Nothing."
Miranda Pond glanced at her client almost apologetically.
"No more questions your honour." Miranda said going to sit down.
"The people rest your honour." Casey said standing up to speak then instantly sitting down again.
"We'll break until tomorrow then. We reconvene at nine thirty Bailiffs please remind the jury that they are not to discuss the testimony and evidence." Judge Donnelly finished her statement and stepped down just as the courtroom buzzed to life once again. Olivia sighed as she slowly sat up again.
"Olivia we've got him!" Casey smiled giving her friend a hug.
"I'm not so sure." Olivia shrugged.
"The defence aren't calling on any expert testimony at all the only people left to give evidence are Melinda and Tucker and then we just have to wait and see what the jury decide." Casey explained. Olivia managed a weak smile before she caught Cragen signalling for her to come over to him and Huang. She told Elliot that she would be right back and headed over to them having a feeling she knew what it was about.
"Hey Olivia, Captain Cragen was telling me it might be a good idea for you to go to a group therapy session with other kidnap and torture victims."
Olivia crossed her arms on her chest and just shrugged, she didn't know if she could bear to listen to other people's heartbreaking stories when she could barely listen to her own.
"I am inclined to agree that it could do you a lot of good." Huang smiled softly and Olivia gave in and nodded.
"Good there's one this evening, why don't you come to Casey's office with me now and I can give you the details." Huang suggested and Olivia glanced over to Elliot who was talking with his kids. She nodded and followed him out the door.
"So how was everything today?" He asked her as they walked.
"Oh you know ... great." She said sarcastically. She had no interest in being questioned by a shrink at this moment.
"Liv, I wasn't lying when I say this will get easier, I can't tell you that you'll get over it but eventually it will become easier and you won't feel the need to sleep with a gun on your thigh." Huang suggested.
"Whatever." Olivia muttered under her breath as she followed George Huang into Casey's office.
"Take a seat Liv." Huang said as he went over to Casey's desk. He'd kept his brief case there whilst the case was on as it contained confidential notes about all his patients.
"Right, so this evening it's what they call a 'survivors' meeting. They won't all be kidnap victims, some of them will have been raped or abused but they all survived something horrific and you don't have to talk you could just go there and listen. I have all the details here. Some of them take a friend or a partner, why don't you take Elliot with you or someone you can trust." Huang said.
"Thanks is this everything?" Olivia asked getting to her feet.
"Yes, and Liv..." he said just as she headed for the door. Slowly Olivia turned to look at him.
"Call me if you need anything alright." He smiled.
"Thanks." She managed to say before rushing out of the door. Once around the corner she grabbed her cell phone.
"Hey Fin."
"Hey baby girl are you ok?" Fin asked sounding concerned.
"Yeah, I'm fine ... I was ..." she broke off as she gathered her words together.
"I was just wondering if you were doing anything tonight?" she asked.
"No why?" he asked not sure what to make of Olivia's question.
"There's a group tonight and I was told I should take someone with me and I don't want to take Elliot so I was hoping you'd come." She said hoping he wouldn't say no.
"Of course I will."
"Thanks Fin. Meet me outside the precinct at 6." She said before hanging up.
Olivia sighed as she took a moment to herself. Even though the courthouse was full of noise of people moving around she felt at peace with herself just for a moment.
"Olivia." Elliot smiled coming towards her.
"Hey El." She smiled putting her arms around him. "I'm not going to be home for tea tonight, will you be ok with kids?" she asked.
"Yeah no problem. Why?" he asked.
"I'm going to a survivors therapy group, I just think it might do me some good yano?" she sighed.
"Of course I'll have a snack and make something for Serena then maybe we can sit down together later. How does that sound?" he asked.
"Sounds perfect." She smiled before leaning in and giving him a kiss. "I love you."
"I love you too Liv. More than you'll ever know."
What will Olivia gain from group therapy? How cute is Fin? More to come guys!