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Chapter 7: Recovery

"I know this is awkward for you." Matt said while keeping his eyes on the road.

Olivia, who was curled up in her seat leaned against the door thinking about the few, rare, happy moments in her life. "It is, so just ignore me."

He sighed. This was a side of Olivia he rarely saw. She usually acted like this after a hard case. "You probably want to kick my ass and I don't blame you."

She ignored him and looked down at the recent text message she received. It was from Elliot.

Hey, babe. I hope you're doing fine with that dick in the car with you. I love you so much, baby.

She smiled and replied back.

It's not as bad as I thought. I'm just ready to get this over with. I love you more.

She put her phone back in her pocket. "I don't get you. I thought I did, but I was way off. Now I know I will never get you. Never have and never will."

"To be honest, I don't get myself. I don't know why I do half of the things I do."

"I just don't understand why. I don't understand why after all this time Dean is plotting revenge."

Matt chuckled a little. "That's the same thing I said to him. I told him it was kind of creepy he was still obsessed with you."

"Do you really have my back?" Olivia said barely above a whisper.

He finally looked over at her. "You have every reason to doubt my intention, but I do have your back."

"What pushed you over the edge? It had to be something that made you just completely turn on them."

"Dean is an asshole. I was tired of getting pushed around by him. He treated me shit and I was supposed to be his friend, so I can only imagine what he would have treated you like."

"Like shit." She smirked.

"Here, let's talk about something positive. Tell me about your daughter, if you want."

A smile was immediately brought to Olivia's face. She was hesitant to tell him anything. She couldn't trust him as far as she could throw. Instead of talking out loud, she thought to herself about Lindsey. "I'm not really comfortable with sharing that information."

"That's fine. I understand. Just trying to get your mind off this bullshit. You and Elliot?"

"That's a long story."

"Well from what I know, you two have always been more than partners. It was just a matter of time before you two would get together."

Olivia looked over at him. "And who told you that?"

"Everyone. I heard it from your Captain to Dean, not to mention what happened on our wedding day."

"Oh yeah, our wedding day. Remind me to thank Casey, Alex, and Melinda for that. They kind of saved me."

"I will forever apologize to you for this."

"You sound like Elliot." She mumbled.

"What was that?"

"Nothing. Just forget I said anything." She looked back out the window. "Seriously, for once in your life can you drive above the speed limit?" Being in the car with Matt made her suddenly remember all the annoying things about him.

"I am doing the speed limit. For the millionth time, you're a cop. Doing the speed limit is something foreign to you."

She rolled her eyes. "I'm not going to argue with you. I just want to get this over with. I know you're trying to enjoy your last moments of freedom before you're trial, but why must I suffer?"