"~Unconditional Love~" (Law&Order SVU)

Chapter XVI (16): "Goodbye for now or forever"

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No one's POV:

Dr. Huang, Olivia, and Everest went to get fresh air. The three of Them were sitting outside of the station where the park was, the view was quiet and calm, even though it was New York, for today, it was quiet.

Olivia looked over at Dr. Huang, and saw that He was still crying, after what happened, these kids... They are gonna be taken away from Him, from His team, from His family...

These children were supposed to be the children of the SVU team, He already claimed the children as a part of the family, but now, They are getting away...for how long?

A day? A week? A month? A year!? Or is it forever? Oh gods, Dr. Huang didn't know what to think anymore, He just couldn't comprehend this day at all, and everything was just going to fine, the trial was coming up, but mostly He promised the children that Him and the team would never leave or abandoned Them, or even let Them go...

"Are you okay?" Olivia asked softly but yet so worryingly.

Dr. Huang didn't say anything, He took in a deep breath, He looked over at both Olivia and Everest with a tear slowly dripping down His cheek.

"Are...You really taking Them?" Dr. Huang asked fearfully as a tear dripped down His cheek.

Everest gave Dr. Huang's a sad expression on Her face. 

"As much as I don't want too, because I immediately knew how much these children mean to You and the rest of Your team, I am terribly sorry but I have no choice," Everest explained with a sad tone of voice.

Dr. Huang burst into sobs, and Olivia immediately wrapped Her arms around Dr. Huang as She was weeping as well.

As Everest was watching Dr. Huang and Olivia were weeping, the social worker looked down and saw on Dr. Huang's hand, there were visible scars all His hand, She can tell that Dr. Huang had it rough back in His childhood. The scars look so familiar and so visibly that She even knew what it felt like.

Why, You may asked? Because She is one of Them too.

"You have scars," Everest simply said, which broke the silence, and got both Olivia and Dr. Huang's attention.

Dr. Huang gave Everest an uneasy/uncomfortable expression, He then put His hands inside His pockets, but then, Everest pulled up Her sleeve, and both Olivia and Dr. Huang's eyes widened once. They saw visible scars all over Her arm, hand, and wrist.

"I know, because I am You, and I have scars too," Everest explained with a sad but soft smile.

"You must've been through so much," Dr. Huang said, and Everest nodded. Her head in response.

"Indeed, I was abused as a child, My mother stayed with the man who abused Me anyway You can think of, ever since I was 3, My father died from lung cancer, and My mother wanted all of the money, even though My father wanted Me to have it, so I can go to college," Everest explained.

"It's been going on for years, until I was 12, when I told My mother that Her boyfriend was abusing Me, She beat Me, called Me a liar, and kicked Me out, then after I was wondering the streets, beaten up, hungry and cold, She called the police and told Them that I ran away, the police found Me, and took Me back, but then, She put Me up for adoption right when I stepped into the house with the police," Everest explained more.

"And just like that, the police called social services and I was taken while They were starting an investigation, but I didn't know anything about what happened, because I wanted nothing to do with My mom and Her boyfriend anyway," Everest explained.