Once Olivia was sure Alex was asleep and wouldn't wake back up she tucked her in and quickly made her way downstairs. One thing was for sure her and Abby was going to have a little discussion and Abby wasn't going to be happy about it. She was on her way to the door when she stopped in her tracks and looked at Elliot when she saw him sitting on the couch reading the newspaper.

"What are you doing here?" Olivia asked as she cocked her head to the side and reached for her jacket.

"Abby called me" Elliot said as he stood "Apparently you lost your temper and she was scared for Alex."

"I lost my temper at Abby not Alex" Olivia growled "Speaking of Abby where the hell is she we need to have a discussion."

"About?" Elliot asked even though he knew the answer.

"About? About? Try her forcing Alex to tell me before she was ready. I told her that Alex was not to tell me one second before she was ready and she made her."

"Abby didn't force Alex to tell you Liv. Either she told you now or you would have discovered it at court."

"That's bullshit" Olivia said as she headed for the door. She had just opened it when Elliot quickly shut it to stop her from leaving.

"El let me go I need to have a little discussion with her." Olivia said pushing him back.

"Really do you?" He asked holding her in her place "What will that do to Alex?"

"I'm doing this for Alex. That bitch had her in tears."

"Abby didn't have Alex in tears Olivia it was Jess. Jess was the one that had her in tears. It was Jess that made her life a living hell."

"It doesn't help that Abby is making her relive it." Olivia pointed out.

"No it doesn't but you know as well as I do that she has to relive it. All rape victims do. That is why we say a victim is raped twice, once by the attacker and then again by the system when they have to relive every horrible detail of their attack. The only reason why it's an issue with you now is because it's a loved one and you are working so hard to protect her."

"And I failed at that." Olivia said leaning against the door "I let her in here a second time. I let that worthless bitch get her hands on her one more time."

"We all failed Alex in that aspect not just you." Elliot said "We thought we had all the bases covered and we didn't. We never once thought she was able to break through the security measures we had in place. It never once crossed our minds that she would have impersonated an officer but she did."

"I should have thought of that." Olivia said as tears started falling from her eyes.

"We should have all thought of it but we didn't. It doesn't fall solely on your shoulders it falls on all of ours. So if you plan to beat the hell out of Abby then you need to do it to all of us. Is that what you want because we can go rounds right now?"

"Screw you Elliot." Olivia said as she lunged at him hitting him squarely in the stomach and taking him to the ground. She delivered several well placed blows before Elliot spun them over and held her arms to the ground preventing her from hitting him even more.

"Do you feel better now?" Elliot asked

"LET ME GO." Olivia screamed as she tried to flip Elliot but was unsuccessful.

"Once you calm down I will."

"Now you become all righteous? Now you want to control me?" Olivia spat as she head butted his face hoping to make him break his hold.

"NO I want to stop you before you go off and do something stupid. Think for a minute will you. If you go after Abby and she presses charges where will that leave you? Where will that leave Alex?"

Olivia stopped struggling against Elliot and thought about what he was saying. If she hurt Abby and wound up in jail she would be useless to her when she needed her the most. She promised Alex that she would never hurt her. Which, if Elliot hadn't stopped her, was exactly what she was on the way to do.

"Liv for the next few weeks while Alex is going through the trial there will be times that she will cry. You can't try to attack everyone who causes her to cry. The only thing you can do is stand there with open arms and offer you her shoulder. That's it. Deep down you know that."

"I don't want her to have to relive that hell Elliot." Olivia said sitting up and leaning against the couch once Elliot let her up "I don't want to see her cry anymore."

"I know believe me I know. There is nothing more I would love to do than to prevent a tear to ever fall from any of my kids eyes or Kathy's but I can't. It's a fact of life they will cry from time to time and there's nothing we can do about it but be there and hold them when they do."

"I hate that." Olivia sighed as she leaned her head back and closed her eyes.

"You think I don't?" Elliot asked "Every time Kathy cries and I can't do anything about it I feel like a failure. Like some way I let her down and I'm a failure as a husband. Believe me when I say that feeling is magnified when it pertains to my children."

"Why won't she just plead out? What type of deal is Abby offering her? Tell her to offer her one she can't refuse.'

"She has believe me she has. We have tried everything we could think of to get her to take a deal. Hell if you want to know the truth we were hoping that if we took the two counts of attempted murder of an officer off the table she would take what was offered to her but she wouldn't. She always smiles and says see you at court."

"Why? Why is she so hell bent to go to court? Jesus El we have her on tape shooting me. I caught her red handed in Alex's apartment where she tried to kill me a second time."

"Think about it. Why else would she want to make Alex go through a trial?"

Olivia locked eyes with Elliot when it hit her. Why didn't she just kill her when she had a chance? Why wasn't she successful then?

"To humiliate her more." Olivia finally mumbled.

"Exactly." Elliot said as he stood and helped Olivia to her feet as well "Which means you thought Alex needed you before, try more so now."

"I need to get back upstairs." Olivia said as she stared at the ground.

Elliot just nodded as he spun his partner around and gently shoved her in the direction of the stairs. Watching her walking into Alex's room and secure the door behind her he made a mental note for him to be there when Abby came back to finish her questions. Know what they say better to be safe than sorry.