Olivia sat in the bathroom and the vanity with tear-drenched cheeks. It had been just a few minutes since the argument and she didn't know what to do. She didn't know where Fitz went. She didn't know what he was thinking and the fact that he seemingly believed Erin showed her that he didn't trust her.
She didn't know where to go from here. What kind of relationship could last when anyone shouting a lie about her could set him off.
A few more minutes passed. She was so lost in thought that she didn't hear when he entered the bathroom. It wasn't until he was steps away from her that she registered the sound of his feet against the floor. She glanced at him and he looked furious and tense. His hands were shaking the way it usually was when he was angry.
Olivia went back to staring at the tiles of the marble floor. She didn't want to argue with him.
Fitz stopped in front of her and stood for a silent moment. She heard him let out a long breath then he reached under her face and wiped her cheeks with his thumbs. He pulled her face up and leaned down and kissed her lips softly and held it for a moment before he let go. It felt tense but gentle like he was trying to calm himself. When he broke the kiss he let out a breath and rested his forehead against her.
"I don't know why you think I'd believe your crackhead sister. I had to leave because if I stayed a second longer I think I would have murdered her."
Olivia sniffled and wiped her eyes.
"So you didn't believe her?"
"Come on Liv."
"I really thought you did. You were so mad…"
"I was- I am but not at you. Never at you. If I stayed I would've exploded and that would've been more stressful for you."
Olivia nodded and took a deep breath. She was trying to calm down.
Fitz pulled her legs open and stepped between them then he wrapped his arms around her waist and hugged her close. Olivia wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him again and again. She couldn't bring herself to let him go. He'd grown so much from the man she knew so many years ago.
He leaned her back against the mirror and opened her legs wider as he pulled her crotch against his. Fitz deepened the kiss and with one hand lifted her slightly off the edge of the vanity counter. With his other hand he reached under her dress and pulled down her underwear then he pulled her dress over her head.
Olivia reached between her legs and undid the hook of his pants then shoved them down. She could hear him panting with impatience, dying to be inside her.
Fitz kissed her lips then moved lower to her neck, kissing and sucking hungrily. He stepped out of his pants and pulled off his shirt then he pulled her to the edge of the counter. He kissed her slowly as he pressed his tip against her opening.
Olivia grabbed his hips with both hands and shoved him in forcefully, giving her walls no choice but to stretch for him.
His lips were still pressed against hers when she heard a loud groan of relief from him. He pressed her body tightly against him.
Olivia couldn't move.
Fitz began thrusting into her and immediately everything felt like jello. She melted in his arms and hung unto him like a sloth in a tree.
"Ohhhh-" she mumbled in what sounded like a mix between a moan and a cry.
She reached up and grabbed into his hair.
Fitz thrust faster and with every thrust, her erect nipples rubbed against his skin.
"Fitz," she moaned breathlessly.
She grabbed him tight and closed her eyes then she bit on his shoulder and sucked. Immediately, her walls contracted on his wet, slick cock.
He thrust faster. Olivia tried to meet his thrust but couldn't keep up. Suddenly, her body broke into convulsions and tried to lock her bent legs as she came.
Fitz pressed his palm against her pubic bone and continued. She arched her back like a defensive cat. She always felt overwhelmed in the sweetest way when Fitz continued to fuck her even after she came.
"Fuck…" he breathed out as his orgasm washed over him. Cum slowly drained from him. He closed his eyes, groaning breathlessly as he orgasm passed.
Olivia rested her head against his chest and let out a breath. Fitz held her and lifted her from the counter. He was still inside her.
He walked her to the couch in their bedroom and when he lifted her off him a dollop of white cream dripped out of her walls and fell on the carpet. Fitz sat on the couch and turned her around and sat her slowly on his lap, sliding his way inside her as he lowered her on him.
"Fuckk..." she mumbled with a gasp.
She braced herself against his knees and thrust her hips back on him with energy she didn't know she possessed. Fitz was laid spread eagle on the couch. His head leaned back and his eyes closed then he reached up from behind her and began massaging her breasts.
Olivia began riding him faster.
"Shit-baby," he grabbed her ass and thrust up into her.
Olivia fell back against his chest, "ahhh-" she screamed as she locked her legs together. Beads of sweat ran down her forehead and her hair began to stick against her skin.
Fitz grabbed her waist to steady her on top of him and stroked her long and deep. The feeling of her tight flesh, wet and warm and dripping on him left him unable to form a word.
He pulled her face towards him and slid his tongue between her lips then he felt her fingers pressed into his legs.
"Baby-I'm cuming, I'm cuming," she cried against his lips.
Her hips twisted and jerked and writhed on him.
"Fuck-" Fitz thrust harder and then stiffened when he felt her walls clamp on him. He felt it throbbing on his cock, contracting and expanding over and over again as liquid squirted from her walls.
He hugged her tightly as they came in sync.
"Fitz…" she moaned.
"Livie?" he mumbled, breathless, and dazed.
Olivia didn't answer.
Fitz lifted her off his penis and left a gaping hole in his absence. Cum leaked on the sofa and on his legs. He scooped her up and walked her to the bed then laid her down and got in beside her.
"What were you saying?" He asked.
"What?"
"You just called my name?"
He grabbed the remote from the nightstand and turned up the air in the room to cool down.
"I did?" Olivia asked, confused. She let out a long, exhausted breath.
Fitz wiped the sweat from glistening her forehead and kissed her.
"Thanks for believing me," she asked after a while.
"I can't believe you just said that," he said with a chuckle. "You're my wife, whose word am I gonna take over yours. Maybe 6 or 7 years ago I'd believe that but not now, years into our marriage, on our fourth kid. I hate that you even thought I believed her. I wanted to comfort you but I knew if I said something then she'd say something and I couldn't handle it. You're the one who keeps telling me to control my temper so I controlled it."
Olivia smiled, "I think, I'm sort of glad this happened. The one thing I've always been insecure about was that you'd never really trust me, even if you said you did but now, I know without a doubt that you do. I know that no lie could come between us."
"So you didn't believe me until two seconds. That's great."
"I'm sorry," she said as she leaned up lazily and kissed him. "Where did you go?" she asked.
"Just out back by the tennis court then when I realized Erin left I came back. I thought you were downstairs with the girls so I went to check on them."
"Did they hear anything?"
"Not in the insulated theatre room."
Olivia nodded.
"I think I'm glad Erin showed me who she is."
"You've always known who she is Olivia."
"I know my sister. She's erratic and spoiled, she only ever sees her point of view but I still can't believe she said that. I'm done with her. I don't think I want to speak to her again. I can't."
Fitz watched as a tear trickled down her cheek and wiped it then kissed her.
"Am I selfish?" She asked.
"You're not selfish Olivia and you're not insecure either. You put up with a lot of shit from women."
"I do right?" She said with a chuckle. "I mean, everywhere we go women feel bold enough to make their feelings about you known and I don't even react. I just let it go."
"Yeah- a little jealousy would be nice but that's besides the point." Fitz teased.
"I was jealous of Sasha."
"Why?"
"Because I was afraid I might have to share you with her if her son was yours. That would've been a special kind of torture."
"I still can't figure out why you think I'd be fucking women raw months after getting a kid."
She yawned and smiled, "because you're an insufferable hornball."
"and you're a pillow princess."
"A what?"
"A pillow princess. I read about that the other day and it describes you perfectly."
"What is that?"
"It just means you don't like to do a lot of work in bed."
"You don't let me."
"And I never will. You rode my cock a little today and you were sweating like a pig after."
"It's hard-" Olivia whined."and I'm pregnant."
Fitz ran his hand over her stomach, "our son's not even born yet and you're already blaming him for stuff."
She laughed, "It's true. You're like the energizer bunny, you're just an animal when you're horny."
"I don't get tired," Fitz joked.
"Really? You seemed pretty tired this morning," she teased.
Fitz rolled on top of her and before she could react he pinned her hands above her head and slid inside her with one quick motion. Olivia gasped.
Her legs were bent and spread open on both sides of him.
"Do I look tired now?" he leaned down and whispered in her ear
Fitz thrust once...
"Uhhhhh-" she moaned as she writhed under him."Fuck."
He leaned down and licked up her neck and the side of her face.
"Fitz-"
"You're pussy is so wet and I want to fuck you so bad," he teased, "but you didn't answer my question."
Olivia wrapped her legs around his waist.
"Oh no you don't," Fitz said.
He reached down with one hand and pulled her legs open. Once he moved his hands and Olivia was free she scooted from under him. When she moved, Fitz lost his balance and fell on his belly. When he turned around, Olivia climbed on top of him and then held his wet cock and slid him into her folds.
She began riding him. Fitz felt his heart skip a beat in his chest.
He grabbed her by the waist and flipped her under him then he held her in place by the throat, holding her firmly. He was in a mood to tease her early but now playtime was over. He shoved two fingers in her mouth as he slammed his cock into her.
All that could escape her lips as she sucked on his fingers were mumbles.
He thrust so fast and so hard that the bed began to shake. The sounds of the headboard thumping against the wall behind her head so loud she could barely hear herself.
Her insides began to swell around him. Fitz pulled his finger from her mouth and replaced it with his tongue. Olivia held him tightly but it did not slow him. She came fiercely on him while Fitz came inside her. She was left tender between her legs and panting.
She was done now and she knew it.
He slowly pulled out and watched a stream of cum slowly cascade from her gaping hole. Olivia was moments from sleep as she laid with half-closed eyes. Her breathing finally calmed and she turned on her side. It was how he noticed she'd been sleeping lately.
"I want to take you and the girls out tonight so take a nap and I'll wake you in a couple hours to get ready."
Olivia nodded.
Fitz leaned down and kissed her lips.
"You really know how to fuck," she whispered.
Fitz chuckled and shook his head, "go to bed," he turned to walk off.
"Where are you going?" she mumbled.
"I'm gonna wash off and then take the girls outside, they've been inside all day."
"Okay."
In the morning when Olivia woke it was almost 7am, later than she usually woke for work. It was the first time that after a vacation, going back to work seemed dreadful. Fitz was already gone from the bed, no doubt he'd already gotten Lily up.
She brushed her teeth and showered quickly then she went to her closet to dress. In the closet, as she dressed in her bra and underwear, Fitz walked in.
"Why does your stomach look bigger today than it did yesterday?"
Olivia smiled and caressed her stomach, "I do feel extra chubby today."
Fitz walked over and hugged her from behind and ran his hands gently over her stomach.
"Are you feeling better from yesterday?" he asked as he kissed the blade of her shoulder.
"Tons better. I hope she at least gives me today before she shows up at work."
"You're gonna fire her right? She can't be there?"
"I hate that I have to do it but I'm going to. I need some time away from Erin and I don't really know when I want her in my life again. She went too far. I mean- what if you believed her?"
"I didn't and I wouldn't have."
"But what if you did? That was what she wanted. I keep wondering what she expected you to do?"
"What did you expect me to do? You were freaking out."
"I just thought you were going to leave and I couldn't handle that now that I'm pregnant again."
Fitz chuckled and opened his mouth to say something but Olivia turned quickly and covered his mouth.
"I know what you're going to say. I know better now."
She moved her hand and watched a smile spread across his lips.
"Fine."
Lily ran into the closet, "Daddy, I'm done," she said. "Morning mom."
Olivia opened her arms and Lily ran to them. "Morning my beautiful girl." Olivia kissed her cheeks and hugged her.
"Do you want mommy to do your hair?" Olivia asked.
Lily nodded excitedly. Olivia grabbed her robe from the hook and against the wall and threw it on then followed Lily back to her bedroom.
Fitz stayed in the closet to get dressed. When Olivia returned, Lily's honey blonde hair was braided into two large braids. The ends were left loose and curly with pink bows tied at the end of her braids.
"That's very pretty Lily," Fitz said to his oldest daughter.
"Yes, isn't she beautiful?" Olivia gushed.
"Thanks daddy," Lily said blushing.
He was dressed in navy suit pants and a crisp white button-down.
"Alright honey, let me get dressed and then we'll have breakfast downstairs," Olivia said to Lily.
Lily nodded and skipped out back to her room.
"I can't even look at you in a suit, you're so dashing."
"You say that now but when I tried to wake you this morning to fuck, you couldn't get up."
"You did not-"
"-Yes-"
"No- I would've remembered you waking me."
"Well, I did. If history serves any indicator my days have always been shitty when I start them off horny so let's see."
"You're days are only shit because you're grumpy which is your fault." Olivia walked to her side of the closet and began getting dressed. "I know you jacked off this morning so you shouldn't even complain."
"I had no choice," he said with a chuckle.
Olivia rolled her eyes.
"Hypotheically speaking, if I were to drop by say...around lunch time could we lock ourselves in your office and fuck."
"I think I'd be better to go to your office, it's way bigger and I don't think anyone could hear us."
Fitz smiled, "okay, I'll pick you around 12, we fuck and I'll feed you then take drop you back."
"Now I'm excited," Olivia teased.
She finished dressing and then they headed downstairs with Lily for breakfast. After breakfast, Fitz dropped Lily to school then Olivia to work. As usual, he opened the door for her and walked her to the door of her office before kissing her goodbye and heading off.
Olivia watched all morning for Erin. She was usually to be at work at 9am but it wasn't until almost 11am when Erin called her. Olivia didn't answer. After a few missed calls Erin stopped calling and moments later it was Rumi who answered her phone.
"Erin, where are you?" Rumi said.
Olivia watched and listened, wondering how much of their private affair Erin would reveal. Moments later Rumi turned to Olivia and said, "Erin says the guards won't let her in. I'm gonna go outside and see what's going on."
Olivia shook her head, "It's alright," she said. "I'll go."
Olivia dropped the stack of sketches she had been going through on the table and headed to the entrance.
Erin was standing by a trio of guards. She looked pissed. Olivia stopped a few feet away from Erin and waved for the guards to step back and give them some space. They stepped away only a few feet. Olivia let out a breath, waiting for Erin to start.
"I'm trying to come to work and these assholes won't let me in. Did you tell them not to let me in?"
Olivia realized Fitz must've instructed the guards to keep Erin away.
"Good morning Erin. I think with all things considered it's best you find another job."
Erin scoffed, shocked, "what?"
Olivia didn't respond.
"We get into one little argument and you're gonna fire me over it?" Erin barked.
"According to you Erin, I'm the real culprit behind Scott's murder. Why would you want to associate with someone like that?"
"Obviously I didn't mean that, I was mad okay, I'm sorry."
Olivia shook her head, "you being 'mad' doesn't excuse what you did. You knew I was pregnant, you knew I just got Fitzgerald back and after four years of blathering in your ears about him you knew how much I loved him and you still said something that would have destroyed my marriage- if he believed you."
"Okay, he didn't believe me, so what are you mad about?" Erin asked.
Olivia ignored the flippant question and continued.
"I'll be moving to New York with my husband and my children. I'm going to take some of my staff with me."
"What? You're what?" Erin shook her head, "you're kidding, right?"
"Since I'm the one asking you not to come back, I'll send you a severance check in the mail and that'll be the last time you get anything from me."
Erin sniffled until she began to cry.
"So that's it, Fitz comes back and just like that, I don't matter anymore. You're moving with the only family I have. What about my nieces?"
"When you play stupid games you win stupid prizes. I'm not going to deal with your shit Erin, I have enough on my plate and I don't need you adding to it."
"You're such a bitch-"
"No- you made a ridiculous ask and you couldn't take no for an answer-"
"What's ridiculous about asking Fitz to donate-"
"He's my husband and you're my sister, that's what's fucking ridicoulous. There are 3 billion men on the planet and you chose my husband and then you acted like a spoiled brat and I need a break from you, I don't know how long."
"You've had a break from me for four 4 months!" Erin screamed, "Since Fitz has been back you've acted like I'm a leper. You don't want me around, you don't want me at the house. You barely answer my calls. We left fashion week and you jetted off on your big boat without saying a word to me. I called you for a day before you answered."
"My husband has been back for a few months and I want some time with my family, I'm horrible and you know what Erin, that's fine."
Olivia turned back and headed towards the door of her office.
"No one cares about me, maybe I should just end it."
Olivia stopped in her tracks and closed her eyes. She took a moment then she turned around.
"Don't say that Erin."
Erin shrugged and wiped her eyes, "Cheyenne left, I think she's tired of me. You're apparently tired of me too. When you leave, so do my nieces. I'm unemployed now. What else is there for me Olivia? What else?" Erin screamed through tears.
"Don't say that," Olivia walked closer and held her hands, "Look, I don't want you to feel like you don't have anyone because I know what that feels like and it's horrible but Erin, what happened yesterday can't happen again. You can't do that to me because I would never, ever do that to you."
"I'm sorry," Erin cried.
Olivia hugged her, "let's just forget about it, alright?"
Erin nodded.
"Come inside," Olivia said.
"Mr. Grant said she is not to be allowed inside," one guard said.
"It's fine, just tell him I said it was okay."
"We don't take orders from you," he responded.
"Yes you do," Olivia said as she pulled Erin inside.
A few minutes later as she sat in her office with Erin her phone rang. It was Fitz.
Erin can you give me a moment," Olivia stood and walked out of her office to the old playroom she had for the girls."Hello?" she answered.
"The guards told me you took Erin inside?"
"Yes, it's a long story, I'll explain when I see you after work."
"After work? Wasn't I supposed to pick you up for lunch?"
"Umm- I don't think I can anymore…"
"Great."
"I'll make it up to you, I promise."
"I'll make sure you make it up."
Olivia smiled, "I love you darling, I'll talk to you later."
"Love you too."
Olivia hung up and went back to her office with Erin.
Fitz parked in front of Olivia's office after dance practice with Lily for their Friday show. It was after 5pm.
When Olivia walked out, Erin walked out with her. Immediately Fitz felt annoyed.
Olivia walked in front of him and kissed him softly on the lips.
"Please, be nice," she whispered as she wiped the gloss from his lips that had transferred from hers.
Erin was behind Olivia. "I wanted to apologize for what happened yesterday. I shouldve never asked that of you and the way I lashed out after was completely wrong and what I said about your brother was awful and obviously untrue and I should've never brought him into it. I'm really sorry and I hope you can accept my apology."
"That's fine Erin," he could barely get the words from his throat.
Olivia shrugged knowing that was as much as she could get from Fitz. She turned and hugged Erin, "call me if you need to talk okay?"
Erin nodded, "let me see Lily."
She walked to the backseat of the car and opened the door to Lily.
"Hey aunty Erin," Lily said with a smile.
Fitz took Olivia by the hand and walked her around to her side of the car. He opened the door and helped her inside then walked back to his side.
When Erin was finished with Lily, Fitz drove off.
They spoke about mundane things in the car like her first day back and work and Fitz's day back as well. They talked about Lily's dance practice with Fitz for the father-daughter show on Friday but the conversation never veered to Erin with Lily in the car.
In the night, after the girls had gone to bed and they were finally in bed, Olivia brought it up.
"I know your not pleased, I'm still speaking to Erin."
"I can't control what you do with your sister but I'm curious what she said."
"She's going through alot. Cheyenne got mad about what happened and dinner and they got into a big fight and she left then she came to work and fought with me and I fired her and she started to cry and she said she didn't want to live anymore-"
"Do not tell me you fell for that."
"I can't take the chance. She says she's sorry so I'm going to give her another chance."
"Just keep her away from me."
"I will but I wanted her to apologize to you today."
Olivia leaned over him and kissed his lips.
"Will a blowjob make you feel better? I haven't had your cock in my mouth for a few days now. That's way too long."
"Don't use sex to make me feel better," Fitz quipped.
"Fine, I guess you don't want your cock licked then."
"I didn't say that," Fitz said.
Olivia chuckled and reached into his underpants and pulled his penis out. She held it in her hands and watched as the seconds passed he cock went from flaccid to hard in her fingers. Olivia felt something wet at the corner of her mouth and realized she was drooling.
She quickly wiped it away and chuckled, "oh my god, I'm drooling."
"Well don't wipe it away, the more drool the better."
"Oh- shut up," she said.
Fitz laughed and pulled her hair from her face.
Olivia leaned down and licked up his seemingly never-ending shaft. She took her time until she'd gotten all of him wet then she slowly began sucking. When he came, it was on his stomach.
Olivia leaned up and watch him, spread out on the bed panting and smiling.
"So are you feeling better?"
"I'm not gonna tell you that I'm okay with you putting up with your idiotic sister but I'm feeling a shit ton better. Can we do more?"
Olivia chuckled, "No but I'll take it." She walked to the bathroom and brought back a wet towel to wipe the cum off his stomach.
"You know," Fitz said, "sometimes I miss the old you."
"The old me?"
"The 'you' that tore half the skin off Mellie's face because she annoyed you."
"I was quite immature back then. Now, I'm horrified I did that while pregnant." Olivia sighed, "I wonder where Mellie is. You told me she wasn't dead."
Fitz froze for a moment when he remembered exactly what happened to Mellie.
"What's wrong?" Olivia sensed his tenseness.
"Nothing," he lied, "nothing."
The next morning when Olivia woke, Fitz was already up. He was on the balcony but he wasn't pacing like she expected, he was just standing there.
Olivia stretched and checked the time, it was almost 6:30. She walked over to him out on the balcony. It was a cool morning.
"What's wrong?"
"I totally forgot about Mellie. I'd had her locked up and she was released so she's out there somewhere and I need to find her. Now that everyone knows I'm back, I'm sure she knows too."
"Yeah but she hasn't done anything."
"Yet."
Olivia felt her heart skip a beat. "Oh gosh, don't scare me."
"I'm not trying to scare you. I just thought she was dead, that's what I'd classified her as. I hate being blindsided and because of this memory thing that's been happening a lot."
"Things have been pretty calm since you've been back, let's just hope it stays that way."
Fitz nodded though he couldn't be as optimistic and Olivia could tell by his facial expression. She sighed and pulled him from the balcony to the bathroom. They made love in the shower and after that, he seemed relaxed enough to go about his day as usual.
Fitz parked in front of Olivia's office after they'd dropped Lily off to school. The twins were left with Sonia at the house.
He hopped out of his side and walked around the front of the van to open the door for Olivia. He helped her out of the car and closed the door.
Olivia wrapped her arms around his shoulders and kissed him softly on the lips.
"Can we have lunch today?"
"I don't know, are you gonna ditch me for nutbag sister again?"
She shook her head, "no, I won't, I promise."
"You say that now…" Fitz quipped.
"You are such a baby," she said with a smile, "anyways I need to see you today because I'm going to tell my staff that I plan on moving so we'll see how well that goes and then with us going to Paris this weekend that's a bit stressful too…"
Fitz felt something pulling his eyes from Olivia. From his peripheral, on a large screen across the street, he saw himself.
It was a large screen broadcasting CNN news. The day had been sketchy in his memory but now that he was looking at it he was beginning to remember.
There was an ongoing video of him.
Olivia noticed him staring and turned around. When she saw the screen she froze, same as she did so many years ago when she was pregnant with Lily and she saw the footage in a cafe in New York City.
Fitz was dressed in all black armor and this time in the video, there were graphics that labeled each person individually. She saw him running through the streets in action. There was much more shown now that what she knew happened. She saw him in all his violent glory. It was a different video, it was clear and it followed them as they roamed through the streets. It was as if it was from the delta drone that usually followed them on missions.
She saw what he was most afraid of Lily and the twins seeing. She saw him shooting his targets execution-style. She saw blood splatter from their head wounds. She saw him use his knives to stab some man in the throat and she saw blood spray from him. She saw him running and jumping from car tops. She saw him dig his knives into the side of a truck and climb on top to shoot the sniper up there. She saw him punch through a car window and pull a man out the driver seat just to punch him in his face until he was unresponsive then he dragged him by his hair down the asphalt street.
She couldn't believe all that she was seeing and she couldn't believe it was coming out now.
Fitz saw a face staring at him from across the street. He didn't move as he stared at the face and the face stared back. Olivia noticed Fitz's attention was pulled elsewhere.
"Fitz?" she called. What could pull his attention elsewhere at a time like this?
He didn't answer or seem to hear her.
"Fitz, don't you see what's happening."
He still didn't respond.
They were leaned against the car. She tried to turn to look but Fitz held her in place with one hand. "Don't move," he said. She looked down at his hand and realized it was behind him as if he was ready to draw a gun.
Olivia began to hyperventilate. She looked around at the guard and they all seemed as tense as Fitz. She closed her eyes and suddenly she felt Fitz shove her to the ground and immediately the sound of gunshots surrounded her. People on the street began to run away. She could hear them screaming.
Everything was a haze around her. Moments later she felt someone lift her and sit her in the car. It had to have bee Fitz because it felt like him. She was so out of it she didn't know what was happening around her.
The door closed.
She didn't know how long she was there but she kept thinking about Lily. She was at school and she needed to be with her. The twins were at home, she hoped that meant they were safe but she needed to be with them too.
It took a while for the shock to wear off. After so many years of being away from the violence and the guns, it hit like a ton of bricks.
The sound of sirens was all around her now. She turned and looked through the car window. There was a man on the pavement with a bullet wound in his head. There was blood and brain on the floor beside him.
Olivia turned from the sight she knew was Fitz's doing.
She began to feel burning and pain. Her palms were scratched and slightly bleeding. Her left wrist hurt, her knees were burning and bleeding and so was her shin.
After a while, the door opened and it was Fitz on the driver's side. He looked down on her legs and arms.
"Fuck-"
He hadn't realized he pushed her so hard.
"Where's Lily?" Olivia asked shakily.
"She just got home." he drove off and then spoke as he rubbed his ear, "I need to get a doctor at the house for my wife now."
Fitz turned to Olivia, "I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to push you that hard."
"What happened? The police were there?"
"Yeah, we talked and I'm sure they'll want to talk again soon."
"Who was that?"
"I don't know."
"Why is all of this happening?"
"I don't know."
That was all he's said to her until they got home.
He parked on the driveway and lifted Olivia out of the car and carried her straight up to the bedroom and sat her in their neatly made bed with fresh sheets. The maid crew changed their sheets every day.
He called Sonia and told her to bring the girls up to their bedroom then he kneeled and took off her shoes.
"The doctor should be here soon."
She nodded.
"And I really didn't mean to push you so hard. I was just trying to get you out of the way-"
"Fitz-"
"Did you fall on your stomach?"
Olivia shook her head.
She was finally beginning to thaw out but there was so much happening at once that it was hard to wrap her head around it all.
"You aren't hurt?"
"No," he said with a humorless chuckle as if it was a ridiculous thing to ask.
The girls ran into the room one after the other. Lily was first and when she saw Olivia's scraped legs she gasped.
"Mommy!"
"It's okay," Olivia said, trying to sound as cheerful as possible, "mommy just tripped but a doctor is coming to put a bandage on it and I'll be fine."
Lily climbed to the bed in her school uniform and crawled to Olivia. The twins followed her and shared Fitz's lap.
He kissed them both and Olivia kissed Lily.
"I'm glad I got to leave school today," Lily said with a smile.
"You are?" Fitz asked Lily as he kissed her forehead.
"Yeah. It was boring."
"Mommy can I touch your booboo?" Daisy asked.
Olivia nodded but Fitz disagreed, "sweetie, it really hurts right now so I don't think it's a good idea to touch it."
"Okay," Daisy said.
"Did you cry mommy?" Isabelle asked.
"No," Olivia said with a chuckle, "I didn't cry."
"I cry when I get a booboo, I cry like...a lot," Isabelle said.
"Me too," Daisy said.
Lily giggled, "you guys are such babies. I don't cry."
Fitz cocked his ear then he lifted the twins off his lap and stood.
"The doctor is downstairs, I'll go get him."
Fitz stepped off, leaving Olivia with the girls.
Downstairs he saw the doctor, he didn't bother to greet him, he just got straight to the point. "My wife is a bit over three months pregnant and she fell today she scraped her knees and shin so I need you to take a look at her."
The doctor nodded and followed him up to the bedroom. Fitz moved Olivia over to the couch so the doctor could look at her.
"Your husband tells me your about three months along."
Olivia looked to the girls who were still beside her but she realized they didn't understand what it meant.
"Yes."
"Did you fall on your stomach?' he asked.
"No, not at first, I fell on my hands and knees and then I kind of lowered flat on my belly."
He nodded and opened his doctor's bag.
"So, is it just the scrapes or did you hurt anything else?"
"My wrist hurts quite badly," she said.
The doctor slipped on gloves from his bag and took her palm and wrist in his hands. He shifted it slightly and Olivia winced.
"What does it feel like?'
"I can't explain it- it feels swollen from the inside."
"It might be sprained which is what happens when a ligament is stretched or tears. That can happen when you fall forward badly on your hands. It's actually more common with a push because there's a certain amount of force coming down with you-"
"Can you fix it?" Fitz asked, cutting him off.
"I would suggest icing it and then I can wrap it up for you." He reached into his bag and took out a portable cold pack. He activated it and placed it on her wrist. "Just hold it there."
"Can I hold it mom, I'll be gentle," Lily said.
"Sure honey, thank you," Olivia said.
Lily held the cold pack against her wrist while the doctor cleaned Olivia's scrapes and scratches then bandaged them up.
Fitz watched for a while but then he had to step out on the balcony to take a breath. The gravity of the situation was beginning to hit him.
He pulled the folded mask from inside the pocket of his jacket. It was in the likeness of his face. He snatched it from the unknown man's face before the police arrived. He was sure he'd destroyed all the masks before his memory was lost. How did he get one? Who else had one? If people were walking around with masks of his face there was no telling what they could do with it. What if they used it to walk into Lily's school and take her. What if they used it to fool his guards? There was no telling the damage they could do.
The first thing he had to do was tell Olivia. After that, he didn't know where to start.