A/N This is a really short chapter for me but I promise the next one will be longer than this.
Will Olivia listen to what Alex is gonna say? And if she doesn't, what will happen than? The only way to find that out is to read this chapter...
Chapter 15
"Now you listen to me Detective and you listen good." Alex says sternly.
As soon as Alex has spoken the words Olivia sets her jaw. Anger is radiating of the Detective. Alex and Casey both see the change in Olivia and they know that she's gonna fight or fly. Both attorney's hope that she's gonna fight. Fighting Olivia is easier to deal with.
"No. You two are gonna listen to me." Olivia says, looking at both Alex and Casey.
"You are not the ones lying in this bed. You are not the ones who is been brutally attacked, tortured and raped. You are not the ones being stuck to this bed for the past weeks. Nor are you the ones that has to stay in this bed. So you can't tell me what to do or how I should act, whether it's nice and polite or as Alex said losing my manors." Olivia says sternly.
Alex and Casey share a knowing look. They aren't lucky because Olivia is gonna fly. The question is how fast and for how long.
"You're right, we're not. But do you think that yelling at Nathalie is gonna help you?" Casey asks.
"Maybe, maybe not but either way it's not your call to make neither is it Alex's." Olivia answers.
"Liv, the only reason why I said it is because you need to stay calm for your own well being. It won't do you any good if you get angry and push yourself over your limits. I know how much you hate hospitals and needing to stay in them but it's not like you have a choice this time. But fighting against it won't get you out of here sooner. You're having a surgery this afternoon and you probably will be in more pain than you already are. So maybe it'll help if you can stay calm and not tensing your muscles more." Alex says.
"Oh and keeping it inside will help? Both of you always say that I need to open up sometimes, let it out. That everyone needs it once in a while. And now I need to shut up and hold back. It's either one of them, so make up your mind. Let me make it easier, either shut up or go. That goes for the both of you, just to be clear. I don't want to have this conversation now or in the next couple of days at least." Olivia says.
"Neither of us is saying that you need to shut up and hold back, do nothing with it. All we say is that maybe it's better to do it differently." Casey says.
"Like I have that many options to choose from. Let's see what I can do. I can go running, wait I can't because I have too many bones broke to count. I can go punch against a punch bag, oh I can't because I can't get out my bed let alone walk or punch. The only freaking way I can do it right now is with my mouth. So excuse me for being rude and yell at people, I'll try to find another way to spare people." Olivia says sarcastically.
"That's not what I meant and you know it. I don't think that Casey meant it neither. Let's try to talk about this without arguing. Alright?" Alex asks.
"I told you I don't want this conversation now or in the next couple of days. So let it rest." Olivia says.
"I heard you but I think that we should talk about it and see if we can do something. We need to talk about this Liv, sooner rather than later." Alex answers.
"And I say drop it. Twice so far. But you don't listen." Olivia says irritated.
"I agree with Alex. The sooner we do this the better." Casey says.
"That's it. I'm done. I can't make you to drop it but I can make you leave." Olivia says angry.
"That's only pushing it forwards. But alright we can go for now and talk about it when we come back. Leave you alone for a while if that's what you want." Casey says.
"I always have done it by myself, I can do it this time too. And we won't talk about later because you're not coming back. Now get out!" Olivia says determined.
"Fine you want us to leave, we'll go. I'll be back before they come to get you to the surgery." Alex says.
Alex and Casey stand up and walk to the door. Thinking that it's the best they can do for now. That Olivia just need some space and that once she calmed down or in a day or two can talk about it. They never saw it coming what comes next out of the Detectives mouth when Casey opens the door.
"No you won't neither of you. Leave me alone and get out, before I call the nurse!" Olivia growls.
Both women are shocked and cannot believe their ears. Alex doesn't know if she should burst out in tears or get pissed off because Olivia is pushing them away. They both turn around wanting to say something but the glare they are getting makes them keeping their mouth shot. Hoping that the Detective said it in the heat of the moment. That she couldn't take it anymore after everything that happened.
"I love you Liv." Alex says before she leaves the room behind Casey.
But Olivia wasn't saying it in the heat of the moment like they thought she did. Olivia denied everyone that wanted to visit her. She had told the medical staff that she didn't want anyone to visit her. To keep them away from her room. Prof. Meander did the surgery that afternoon but Olivia had asked Nathalie the next day to do the rest of the surgeries. She couldn't afford Prof. Meander and she didn't want Alex to pay for it. If Nathalie couldn't do it she asked to get someone within the hospital that could do it and the insurance company would cover. The Detective hardly talked with anyone and only about the necessary things. Nathalie thought that Olivia could be depressed, which would be completely understandable, but the Detective assured her that she wasn't depressed. She gets nightmares and they have trouble to get her out of them. But Olivia keeps refusing seeing anyone beside the medical staff. They think it's a coping mechanism for the Detective to deal with everything that happened with her and decide to let it go for the moment and keeping an eye on Olivia.
A/N 2 Don't get mad! The next chapter will explain it all. Why Olivia did what she did. How it Alex deals with this and how she and Casey will react.
For the record, it's my muse who wanted to end the chapter at this point not me.