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"Well, we'll take you home soon okay lili?" Cecilia said and water filled Olivia's eyes. Susan saw and took her hand to her mouth and made a quiet/hush sign with her hand.
"Don't" she mouthed and Olivia took a deep breath. Cecilia felt the girl's body shake a bit.
"Are you okay?" She asked the child.
"My head" Olivia lied.
"Put her down on the bed so we can give her medicine please" Amelia said and the woman did what was told. The moment she put Olivia down the girl turned to the side hiding her face.
Amelia put some IV fluid on a syringe just to have something, only Owen noticed.
"This will go on your IV okay? It doesn't hurt" Amelia said and injected on the IV bag. Callie noticed and smiled. Amelia just wanted to get the girl away from that woman.
"You're gonna be okay" Amelia said tickling the girl.
"When can we take her home?" Cecilia asked.
"In a day or two" Owen said. Olivia looked at Amelia and the sadness in her eyes said everything. She didn't want to go back home. And Amelia could see the girl on the verge of tears.
"She's gonna throw up" Amelia said. "Come here, I'll take you to the bathroom" she said fast and picked the girl up. "Dr. Torres!" Amelia said and Callie walked to the bathroom with her. Olivia didn't understand what was happening. She didn't feel like throwing up she felt like crying.
They walked in and Callie closed the door as Amelia sat on the toilet and placed the girl on her lap.
"Are you okay?" Amelia asked and Olivia started crying. Amelia hugged her tight.
"You're gonna be okay" she said.
"I don't wanna go." Olivia whispered. "I want my real mommy" she cried.
Amelia and Callie felt so bad. They wanted to help but they didn't know what to do. The girl wouldn't say anything.
They stayed there for a while till Olivia calmed a bit down. When they went back to the room only Susan, Owen and Rose were there.
"Where are they?" Callie asked.
"Went to get coffee. Is she okay?" Owen asked.
"Yeah she's alright" Callie said as Amelia put Olivia down on the bed.
"Olivia, do you mind if we talk a little bit? Your sister can stay here with you" Rose said and Olivia shook her head no.
"Amelia will be right out." Rose said.
"Yeah. You can hold my tag again huh?" Amelia said.
"Okay" Olivia said and Amelia grabbed the tag on her bag and put it on the child's shirt.
"There you go my little doctor" Amelia smiled and walked out with Callie. Owen shut the door.
Susan sat beside Olivia on the bed and Rose pulled a chair to sit close to them.
"So I'm Rose. And I work with kids for a long long time now" she said. "And when any kid needs to talk to someone they call me to come and see them." She told. "And do you know why Olivia?"
"No" the girl shyly answered.
"Because I'm the best at keeping secrets and I can help them with whatever is bothering them at home or here" Rose said.
Olivia looked at Susan.
"Susan we all know there's something going on and I know this must be hard. Very hard. They are your parents. But Oli is your sister isn't she?" Rose said.
Susan's eyes filled with tears. She had been through so much and her parents were doing the same to the sad little girl sitting beside her and she just couldn't take it anymore.
"They... Um... They've been doing things for a long time and I thought... I thought it would stop. When she came, I thought they would stop. They seemed to want another kid so bad." Susan said holding Olivia's hand and Rose just let the girl talk freely. "And it did stop for a while but then the shots and ... It was just too much I think… and they got mad. They started getting mad out of nowhere and it's not our fault. We didn't do anything" Susan said and hugged Olivia as she finished talking.
"Susan. If I give you this paper could you answer these questions for me?" Rose asked handing the teen a sheet of paper.
"Sure" Susan said.
"Think about you sister okay?" Rose said. "You guys can find a new home. A better home"
"You promise?" Olivia's eyes widened with that idea and she asked Susan crying and Susan just cried and hugged the girl again.
"I want Amelia now" Olivia said.
"Your sister needs to finish first" Rose said.
"no. I want Amelia." The girl cried.
"I can take you outside" Rose said.
"Okay" Olivia said. Rose picked the girl up and wheeled the IV with the other hand and went for the door while Susan sat on the couch and started filling the form.
"Hi" Cecilia said smiling when she saw the child but Olivia threw herself to Amelia who picked her up and told her everything was okay and she would be alright. The girl laid her head on the woman's shoulder.
"This won't take long" Rose said and went back in.
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Susan sat on the couch and answered the first few question. How old are you? How old are your parents? Where do you live? Do you have any pets? Do you go to school? Do you have siblings? And etc.
She was sweating because she was so nervous. As she progressed the questions changed completely. How many men in the house she lived in? How was her relationship with her mother? Did she ever do drugs? Did she ever drink alcoholic beverages? Any rape in her family history? Had she ever been hit? Punched? Rapped?
She felt her heart pounding on her ear. She didn't want to answer any of that. She was too scared. She wrote no in everything and handed the little test to Rose.
"You're all done?" Rose asked surprised and the girl nodded as tears started falling down her cheeks.
"Hey. It's okay" Rose said.
"I'm sorry" Susan said and walked away wiping her face. She couldn't do it. She wasn't strong enough.
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"Can we go home now?" Susan asked her father.
"Sure" he said.
"Watch my girl okay?" Cecilia told Owen and both looked at the sleeping child in Amelia's arms.
"Of course. Anything we'll call" he said.
"We'll come back tomorrow as soon as possible" Sean said and they left.
Suddenly Rose walked out looking defeated.
"So..?" Owen asked.
"Nothing." Rose said.
"She lied?" Owen asked surprised. "But she..." He said unable to finish. He also felt defeated.
"She said no in every question" Rose said.
"So Olivia stays with them just because of that?" Amelia asked angry and Olivia moved a bit. "Shuuuu shuuu" she said and moved a little so the girl would stay asleep.
"I'm sorry" Rose said. "The best we can do is call her case worker and they'll start an investigation. But that can take weeks" Rose said.
"But it's something." Owen said. "Please do that" he said.
"Once again I'm sorry" Rose said. She knew something bad was happening and she felt horrible that she couldn't do much to help that child. She needed proof in order to do something.
"Thank you for everything" Owen said and the woman left.
"So now what?" Amelia asked pissed.
Callie shook her head with tears in her eyes. "Poor baby" she said running her hand on the sleeping girl's back.
"I'm taking her to bed" Amelia said sounding defeated and walking towards the door.
"Amelia!" Owen called.
"Don't." Amelia said and closed the door behind her.
She placed Olivia on the bed and laid next to her. She hugged the sleeping child and didn't even realize she was crying. She just felt so bad. She wanted to do something. She had to. She couldn't let Olivia go back with them.