Not Everything Done In The Dark Is Shameful Barson Story

Not Everything Done In The Dark Is Shameful chapter 22

Olivia emerged from her bedroom 5 minutes later. She held the shawl in her hand, and she wore black flats. She draped the shawl over the sofa. Rafael thought she was going to sit back down with him, but instead she stood next to the sofa. Barba looked on the coffee table, sitting there was a file. He picked it up. "Reading material for your hot date?"

"I don't have a hot date, and I wasn't going to bring the file with me."

"Oh, how romantic to go over the details of a rape right before a date. You always do that?"

"What can I say I'm a workaholic, you know that. Don't judge me, I'm sure you've been tempted to bring work on a date."

"My work has always been more entertaining than the date until recently."

"See?"

"I haven't been dating officially for a very long time" How come I didn't know about this hot date? Why didn't you mention it? "

"Because it's nothing, I knew it would be nothing. I don't have a hot date, it isn't even a date. Besides Fin wouldn't fix me up with someone on the job. It's not something I would even have to disclose. A girl has to eat, that's all. Fin got a girlfriend, I told you that, and all of a sudden he wants to be a matchmaker. The only thing funnier than Fin being a matchmaker is Munch being a matchmaker."

"You know if you didn't agree to a "date" sometime people would start to talk." Rafael got up from the couch and stood in font of her, he saw she backed up a little. "You're right a girl has to eat, especially if she didn't eat all day, and she hasn't had her coffee."

"I didn't tell you that." "Fin!" Olivia said, her brown eyes going wide.

"I was here at 9 Olivia, before 9, I'm not rude, and no one stood you up." Rafael said, the same determination in his voice as was in his eyes. She turned away from him and began to pace.

"How long has he had this planned?"

"Not long, I don't think. When he first spoke to you, he had someone else in mind, but he thought better of it."

"Oh, he thought better of it! He had no right!" She ran to her phone and started dialing.

"Olivia please, don't call him now. He was looking out for you. If you call him now, you will say something you'll regret. I know you. At the words I know you she stopped dialing her cell phone, and dropped it gently on the counter. She turned to face him, but didn't speak for a moment her eyes were locked with his. "Fin couldn't do this on his own. You! You agreed to this! Why did you agree with this plan, this set-up? You didn't need to do this, you didn't need to set me up!"

"I needed to speak to you, and you wouldn't have picked up the phone."

"Maybe not today", she admitted turning away from him again and pacing.

"Why not today Olivia? The note?"

"I'm not talking about that note now. I'm sorry I left it. You have no idea."

"Fair enough. "My mother asked you if you knew anyone at work you could fix her up with. You said, and I quote, you don't want to date a cop why?"

"Oh you're good, you just asked another question to get the answer to your first question".

"Thank-you, now please answer."

"Ok fine. because we're messes, all of us cops, all of us SVU cops are messes. Your mother does not deserve to deal with a mess of a man. I would think you would agree with me on that. I'm done answering questions, I'm not a witness on the stand right now!" She stopped pacing, and looked in his direction, careful not to stare into his eyes.