Broken ~ Law and order SVU

~ 8 ~

Olivia p.o.v.

After another hour we drive into a small town. Something is familiar about it but I don't know what. But as Elliot parks the car in front of a house I recognize where we are. We're going to visit Elliot's mother, Bernie. I first met her when Kathleen was in trouble, she's such a lovely woman. She's like the mother I never had.

We all get out of the car. Elliot grabs my hand. "The kids thought it would be nice to spend the day away from home and they thought it was a nice idea to go visit their grandma. You don't mind do you?."

"I think it's a good idea to spend the day away from home and your mother is a lovely woman, of course I don't mind." I give him a quick kiss on his cheek.

He places his hand on the small of my back and we follow the kids to the front door. Eli knocks on the door excitedly and after a few seconds Bernie appears in the doorway. All the kids immediately attack her with hugs. "Oh my goodness, It's so good to see you all!" The kids let go of her and walk into the house. Then she turns to look at us.

"Oh Elliot, it's so good to see you again. Last time was three months ago!" "I know mom." Elliot says as he hugs his mother. "Some things have happened and the kids came up with the idea to come and visit you." "I'm so glad you're here!"

Then she looks at me. "Olivia, how nice to see you again." Bernie says as she hugs me. I just give in to the hug. It's such a motherly hug, a hug I've never had from my own mother, a hug that I've needed this last week. "How have you been dear?" She asks me. And now there's nothing more I can do to keep my tears from falling. In no time I'm sobbing. I feel Bernie's arms tighten around me. "O honey, what happened? It's okay." She tries to comfort me. She lets me cry for a little while until I pull back a little.

"Thank you." I say while wiping my tears away. "It's okay honey, do you want to tell me what's wrong?" She asks me. I take a look at Elliot who stands in the doorway. I see there are tears in his eyes too. "Shall we just go inside first?" I ask Bernie. "Of course dear." We walk towards Elliot. Then Bernie notices the tears in his eyes too. "Elliot dear, are you alright?" Elliot grabs my hand and squeezes it. "We will be alright mom. We'll explain it to you later okay. Let's just get inside and see what the kids are doing." Bernie agrees and we walk into the house to join the kids.

The kids are in the living room waiting for us. I try to hide a bit behind Elliot because I know my eyes are probably red from crying. "I'll get you guys some drinks." Bernie says as she walks off to the kitchen. "I'll help her." I say to Elliot. "Okay." He says and he gives me a kiss on my forehead.

Elliot p.o.v.

I watch Olivia walk into the kitchen. I hate to see her so upset but I knew that it wouldn't be long before she'd have to let things out. I'm so lost in my thoughts I don't even notice the kids all staring at me until I feel someone tug my pants, I look down to see my youngest son staring up at me. "Daddy? Doesn't Livvi like our surprise?" He asks me with sad eyes. I kneel down. "She loves your surprise bud, why do you think she doesn't?" I ask him. "Because she's still sad daddy. I don't want Livvi to be sad." He tells me with tears in his eyes.

I pull him into a hug and just a few seconds later all my other kids are with us on the floor and we're in a group hug. Just then Olivia and my mom come through the door with the drinks. "Well isn't this cute." She says happily, but then she sees Eli's tears. She walks over to us while we get up from the floor. "Hey little guy, what's wrong?" She asks him. "I don't want Livvi to be sad." He sobs and then he runs to Liv to hug her.

Olivia p.o.v.

I hug Eli as he sobs into my shoulder, I feel so guilty for making him sad. "It's okay buddy, it's all going to be okay." Then it's Maureen who speaks up. "Liv, I know something really bad must have happened and we understand you're going through a hard time, we really want to help you but we can't do that if we don't know what's wrong. Will you please tell us?" All the kids are staring at me with sad eyes and so is Bernie. I put Eli down and together we walk to the couch. As we sit down the others sit down to and look at me expectantly. "Only if you're ready Liv." Elliot says to me as he sits down next to me. "They need to know." I tell him.

"So… About a week ago I was walking home from work when all of the sudden I was dragged into an alley. I was raped." They all gasped but I just continued. "After her was done I just went home and showered. I stayed home sick four days and then I made the decision to end it. So I went to the precinct to say my goodbyes but it didn't go as planned, I broke down in front of everyone and then I ran out of the building to the nearest river. I put the gun to my head and I was ready to do it but then Munch grabbed me from behind and he pulled the gun out of my hands. Then your father took me home with you guys and the rest you know." I'm relieved now that I finally told them everything.

They all hug me one by one and whisper sweet comforting words in my ear. And then Eli looks up at me. "Livvi?" "Yes Eli." "You don't have to be scared or sad anymore, I will protect you." This makes my heart melt, I feel incredibly loved.