Olivia stood there for what felt like hours. Words suddenly became hard to pronounce.
'What are you doing here Olivia?' He asked in a stern voice.

'Maureen called me.' She stuttered out.

'It's 3 in the fucking morning!' He barked at her.

'And Maureen called me! Let me in I need to talk to her!' She shouted back at him. She pushed passed him but didn't make it too far before she was pulled back against the now closed door with extreme force. That made a loud thud as her body hit the door. She looked down and saw that his fingers tightly wrapped around her forearm.

'Let go of me!' She between her teeth.

'Not until you tell me what you are doing here!' He said his face was centimeters from her's.

'I told you already that Maureen called me. She needed me. That is what I'm fucking doing here.' His lips looked so tempted. She wanted to feel those lips all over her body. She pushed the thoughts out of her mind because this wasn't the time to think about that.

'Daddy let go of her! I need to speak to her!' Maureen said as she ran out of her room towards the couple.

'so you call her at 3 in the morning!' He finally lets go of her arm and turns towards her.

' Yes daddy because I'm scared!'

' Mo lets go talk in your room alone.' Maureen turned around and walked into her room. Olivia took a deep breath and turned around to face Elliot.
'Just because you kicked me out of your life doesn't mean that I still don't care for you and your family.' She turned around and walked into Maureen's room.
She closed and locked the door behind her the last she needed was to deal with Elliot again.

'Thank you for coming Liv, I am so scared. I can't lose my dad. I love him too much to let him go through this.' The blonde sobbed into her chest.

'Don't worry baby girl. We are going to take care of this.'

'How?' She looked up with her bright red eyes.

'I want you to go to my apartment for the night. Make yourself at home. I will be back sometime tomorrow. Everything is going to be okay. I promise sweetie.' She gave her a tight squeeze. Maureen gathered her things and looked out the door to make sure the coast was clear. She made a run for it to the door.

Olivia took a deep breath and walked into Elliot's room. He was sitting on the edge of his bed. His head in his hands. She could see the scars that Maureen had called about. She decided it was best to keep her distance for now so she just leaned against the door frame.
'She's worried about you Elliot.'

Her voice made him jump. He looked up at her. God she hasn't changed on bit. Her perfect breasts, her perfect curves and mile long legs. ' Why should she?'

'Because you're her father and she cares for you Elliot!' She said in a stern voice.

'Everyone gave up on me. No one cares about me. Why does she care?'

'Because she isn't giving up on you El. She believes in you. She knows that you are strong enough to pass through whatever you are going through.'

' I'm such a failure Liv. I'm not good for anything.' He sobbed into his hands.

'So you turned to cutting yourself right! You wanted to get rid of all the pain.'

He said nothing.

'You know Elliot. It may seem that no one cares about you but you're wrong.
A lot of people care about you.'

'Ha! Like who?'

'I care Elliot. I've always cared for you.'

'You have a funny way for showing it.' Olivia's jaw dropped.

'Elliot I called you for months! Nonstop. Don't sit there and say that I don't care. Because I do care! No one is here because you let them walk away Elliot! 'She walked towards him. 'Now you are sitting here all alone. Your own daughter is scared of you! So don't sit there and play victim. The only victim here is me and your family!'

'The world doesn't revolve around you Olivia! What are you a victim of huh? All you did was loose a partner that's all.' He stood up and screamed at her.

'You were more than just a partner to me Elliot. You were my best friend Elliot! '

' Liv I had to leave. ! Did you really expect me to come back huh!?'

' I don't know what to expect Elliot but you leaving me was not what I was expecting!'

' what do you want me to say Olivia huh!? That i love you with all my heart and not coming back to you was harder then my divorce with Kathy and she took my fucking son away from me!' He fell back down on the bed and placed his hand in his hands again. Olivia walked over and kneeled down in front of him. She was witnessing Elliot break down and it was breaking her heart.

'Elliot I love you too. Why are you doing this el? Why are you hurting yourself like this? You could have gotten help El. Go to a therapist. You could have called me you know I would have answered your calls.'

She rubbed her hands gently over his scars.

Suddenly he grabbed her from around the waist and pulled her on top of his so she was straddling his legs. He sobbed into her chest. Olivia was in shock from this movement and wrapped her arms around his body and rubbed his back trying to soothe his sobs.

It was 5am by the time he stopped. They crawled underneath the covers before he finally fell asleep. Olivia couldn't even think of sleeping, she kept tracing her hands over his scars. How much pain could he have been to do this much damage to himself?