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"Elliot, you can't go in there." Cragen said putting a hand on Elliot's chest to keep him from going to the interrogation rooms.
Elliot growled. "Why not? He abused my daughter. Now, you want her to come and do a photo ID? Summer told us that that bastard hurt her. What more evidence to you need?"
"We need his DNA." Cragen said putting his hands in his pocket. "Sadly, we can't take a two year old's word over a twenty one year old man. This is the field of gray. Kids are already judged against for being liars. I'm not accusing Summer. I believe her,...we just have to have proof." He looked over to find Summer in Olivia's lap at her desk. "Where is Dickie and Kendle?"
"My brothers are taking them out to dinner." Elliot breathed. He dropped his head putting his hands on his hips. "How long until we can tell it's him?"
"The lab said it would be about another half hour." Cragen sighed. "Did Summer say how Mike hurt her?"
Elliot paused. "No, we asked her if Mike hurt her and she nodded." Cragen glanced at the floor before looking back at Elliot giving him a knowing look. "No." Elliot breathed. Cragen opened his mouth to speak only for Elliot to yell at him. "NO!"
"Elliot, she needs to tell us what happened." Cragen reminded him. "You know we can't charge him without a complaining victim."
"You know what, I don't like that term. Complaining victim? The guy abused my daughter and she's called the complaining victim, or the complainant." Elliot said getting irritated. "She's trying to get justice. She's trying to stop the pain, the abuse."
"I don't really care for it either, but it's what we've all known for a long time." Cragen sighed. "We're going to need Summer's statement, El. You and Liv can be there if you want to, but we need it one way or another."
Elliot looked over at Olivia and Summer and watched as Summer colored on Olivia's calender. "Okay, but Liv and I are going to be there and we stop when Summer wants to."
"I wouldn't force her to do anything Elliot. She's already been forced to do enough." Cragen told Elliot and walked back to his office.
Elliot walked over to Olivia's desk and squatted down. Olivia looked at him and kissed Summer's head. "She has to give a statement, doesn't she?" Elliot nodded and put a hand on the back of her head, cupping it. "It'll be okay. We just need to put this behind us." Olivia nodded and took a shakey breath.
"Summer, we're going to go talk to Don. He needs to know what Mike did to you." Olivia said to her daughter and brushed her hair back.
"Why?" Summer asked. She looked at Elliot and then Olivia. Their hearts broke at the look in the daughter's eyes.
"He's going to help us put Mike in jail for what he did to you." Olivia explained. She played with her daughter's brown locks. "Once we talk to him, we can go home."
Summer looked over to Cragen's office and then looked back. "Okay." She wrapped her arms around Elliot's neck when he held out his hands for her. Elliot lifted her up and kissed her head as he and Olivia stood up.
They walked into Cragen's office to find him talking to a shorter man with black hair. Cragen looked at them. "This is Dr. Huang. He thinks it's a good idea if he talks to Summer...alone."
Elliot held his daughter a little bit tighter. "Not happening. She needs us there with her."
Cragen went to open his mouth, but was stopped when Huang lifted his hand. He turned to Elliot and Olivia. "You two have been working this unit for a year now. How many children have you met admit to their abuse with their parents in the room?...Let me talk to her. You can watch through the window. It's easier for children to talk about things without their parents in the room."
Elliot started shaking his head. "El," Olivia started. She took his face into her hands. "you know he's right." She teared up. "If Summer wants to stop, she can stop. It'll be easier for her this way."
"I can also do the photo line up with her while I'm in there. It can go over as smoothly as she wants. We can stop at anytime. Once she's done, you can take her home." Huang said softly sensing the tension building within the man in front of him.
Elliot glanced at Huang and then looked back into Olivia's eyes before thinking about Summer. She stared up at him with those big blue eyes. "Alright, but you stop when she wants to stop."
Huang nodded. "Of course."
Elliot looked down at his daughter and kissed her head. "Baby, this is Dr. Huang. He is going to talk to you about Mike. Are you going to be okay talking to him?"
Summer looked at Huang and then back at Elliot. "Yes Daddy." She kissed his nose before he put her down. She slowly went over to Huang and took his hand. He took her into the children's room where all the toys were.
Summer sat down at the table while Huang sat down across from her. "So Summer, what do you like to do for fun?"
"I like to play with Dickie and Kendle." Summer said softly.
"Who are they?" Huang asked with a slight smile.
"They're my brothers." Summer said.
Huang grinned. "What do you play with your brothers?"
"Trains and barbies." Summer smiled. "Kendle always puts Percy in his mouth."
"Who's Percy?" Huang asked confused.
"He's a train, silly." Summer chuckled. "He's Dickie's favorite."
"Do you have a favorite?" Huang asked.
"I like Barbie." Summer smiled.
"Does your mom and dad play with you?" Huang asked.
"Yeah." Summer grinned.
Huang paused. "Does your uncle Mike play Barbies with you?"
Summer's smile dropped from her face and she went pale. "I don't like playing with him. He hurts me."
Huang grabbed a Barbie off of a shelf and gave it to Summer. "Show me where he hurts you."
"He hurts me here." Summer teared up pointing to the Barbie. Olivia buried her face into Elliot's chest as he held her. His daughter endured what most women don't ever have to face.
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