𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 • 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢

chapter 27

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27. Denied

Jocelyn wakes up, her vision was a bit blurry, but from the mirror across from her, she saw that her face was beaten badly, her left eye was bruised and swollen shut, stitches on her cheek and a busted lip. She looks to her right and sees her mom, sleeping by her side.

"Mama." Jocelyn whispers, her voice crackling from the damage that Teller did to her by choking her. She keeps calling her mom with her fragile voice. Claudia finally wakes up and looks at her daughter. "Mama." She cries like a little girl, crying for her mom. Jocelyn cries and her mother hugs her.

"Im here. Mija, im here." She holds her daughter close. They both cried together. Her mother takes a look at Jocelyn, she was unrecognizable. Her thumb rubbed the only soft untouched skin she had on her face. Jocelyn lays back as her head started to pound. She closes her eyes and held her mom's hand.

Liv got the call that Peña was awake and Amanda went with her. They got to the floor she was staying at. Amanda stops as she sees Jocelyn.

"Amanda?" Liv walks back to her. She sees that she was looking at Jocelyn. "Its not your fault."

"He did that the moment i left. I couldn't-" Liv touches her arm. Amanda starts to tear up. "I wasn't there to protect her."

"You didn't know." Amanda wipes her tears and tells Liv to go on with this. But she stayed quiet by Bensons side. She didn't know what to say to her but only im sorry. "Mrs. Peña, a pleasure to finally meet you, im Lieutenant Olivia Bensons, and this is detective Amanda Rollins, we work with Jocelyn."

"Yes, Jo talks about you all a lot." Claudia pats her daughter's hand. "Jocelyn, they are here." Jocelyn rolls her head over to see Liv and Amanda. She gives them a soft, weak smile.

"Im stunning huh?" Jocelyn cracks a joke. "Doc told me that i won't need surgery so thats sad, no nose lift."

"Jocelyn..." Liv goes to her side. Jocelyn sees her, that face. Liv couldn't look at her.

"What? What is it?"

"Tellers alive." She tells her. It was deja vu again. How? How can he still be alive? She felt him. Jocelyn just lays there. No reaction, no tears. In her head, shes just screaming at the top of her lungs and throwing everything in her way. How? How does he get to live? Its not fair. "Jocelyn..." Liv snaps her out of it. Jocelyn turns to see her again. The light in her is gone.

Jocelyn shuts down, Liv's voice was just noise. She can hear the murmurs of how IBA would like to speak to her about this situation, a possible trial if Teller wakes up and says not guilty, her time off. It was just the same thing that happened before. she cant go through this again.

"Mija..." Her mom calls her but sees her daughter dissociating herself. "She just woken up, maybe when shes better and ready, you can talk to her again." The three of them went outside, stood outside the door. Olivia nods. "You know, when Jocelyn wanted to be a police officer, i never really thought it was possible, her getting hurt on the job, shes too kind, never hurt anyone. I almost lost her, again. How is this fair? How can someone do this to my sweet girl?" Her mom starts to tear up as she looks at Jocelyn.