Questions (ch 3)
Oliva sat outside for a while an emotional mess. She had a feeling of who the child really was. How the hell could she have not realized in the park who this girl was? How could she not have recognized her own daughter? Why didn't she make sure the child made it back to wherever she lived safely. She had failed the very child she had given up to protect. Eventually olivia had calmed her emotions and walked over to the one person who knew the turth and still worked at the hospital. She looked at the man. "It's been a long time." She stated trying to build the question she wanted to ask.
"Yes it has. You've made quite a life for yourself." He responded.
"Why didn't you tell me she had run away from foster care? What happened to the family that adopted her?" Olivia asked.
"I didn't think you would want to know. I know you had a hard time walking away when she was born." He responded, then added, "Her life was anything but easy. I checked up on her a month before she ran away. Her group home was a nightmare. She had been abused by her foster family unitl she was 9. She lived in the group home and suffered even further abuse until she ran away. I tried finding her but the trail went cold." He finished.
"Is the patient in room 209 her?" Olivia asked.
"Unfortunately, April Johnson is your daughter, Olivia." The man stated sadly. He knew this was going to tear the famed detective apart. She had given her daughter up to protect her and so that she could have a good life. In the end her life had been anything but. Now the child returned and was one of their victims. "If you need to talk you know how to find me." He stated giving her a fatherly kiss on the cheek and walking away.
Olivia just sat there the tears running down her cheeks. Had she known what her child was surviving she would have done anything to get her back. However she had told him that she wanted no updates. It would be easier that way. In the end giving her child up did not protect the little girl or give her the good life that Olivia dreamed she would have. She did not know how she was going to get through this case.
Walking back up to the 2nd floor and to the waiting room took forever. She checked at the nurses station. Young April was still out cold. They had determined that the child had a seizure and was grabbed. The rape kit showed no fluids and nothing to identify who had done this.