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Part 1
Four Years Later
Elliot was tucking his shirt into his pants while watching the football game. A knock on the door interrupted him. "It's open come in" he said. Olivia walked in with a glass of orange juice and toast. "Hey Liv, what's up?" he asked as she sat on his bed.
"Nothing, well I know I was tough on you last night and I'm sorry"
Last Night.
Placing the case files on the coffee table he turned to see Olivia sitting in the dark. "Olivia" he said. She slowly came awake, yawning and stretching. "Why don't you go to bed?" he asked as she stood up face him.
"Elliot, how could you not be there? Maureen is really torn up about it" Olivia asked.
"Olivia not now please, I'm tired" Elliot said taking off his jacket. Olivia heard footsteps and looked up to see Maureen coming down the stairs.
"Dad! Dad how could you?" she said standing before him. With her hands waving, and puffy eyes. Elliot felt horrible, but he still couldn't bring himself to accept the fact that his little girl was all grown up and now from the diamond on her finger very much engaged.
"I'm sorry, I had a meeting I couldn't get out of" he lied, Olivia sent him a look which said BS.
"But dad, you could have called, I wanted you to be there" she said and a tear trickled from her eyes. Elliot pulled her into his embrace and stroked her hair. He hadn't meant to cause her pain but he just could not let go, not after the hell they all went through after the accident.
"Baby girl,"
"Dad I'm not a baby, look," she said showing the diamond on her left ring finger, taking her hand Elliot examined it, and he could find no fault. "Dad I love Mark and hope that you, one day can like him, it hurts me dad like crazy the way you treat him" she said going into Olivia outstretched arms. "Liv I'm so glad you were there" she said, lifting her head and walking up the stairs to her room.
Olivia looked at him, "Ok go ahead and say it!"
"You are an as how could you not show up? I know you miss her but you have to start living at some point" she said and worked off towards the guest room which was now her room.
"Olivia you don't have to, you are right, but I miss her so much I don't know how to handle this, this was her area of expertise." he said sitting on the bedside her. "Liv, what do I do?" he asked. She smiled, and hugged him, melting all the stress away.
"Well you can start by talking to Maureen, she needs her father."
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