Prologue
Five years. It's been five years since the death of Kathy Stabler and the birth of Eli Stabler, the youngest of the Stabler children. A lot has changed in five years for Olivia Benson. About three and a half years ago she quite SVU, and now works as a teacher at the academy, only a few times a week. She also got the thing she wanted the most; she got a wonderful three year old daughter named Eleanor. Eleanor Megan Cristina Benson. In those five years the only Stabler that called and kept in touch with her was Maureen, the eldest Stabler child. They had become great friends and she was with her all through Olivia's pregnancy, and for the last five years Olivia was there for her on this horrible day. But today, today was different because Maureen asked if she could bring some people over to do the little tradition they did every year. They would eat ice cream and watch movies, then Eleanor would fall asleep, Maureen would then wake up in the middle of the night with a nightmare, Olivia would comfort her and then Maureen would be back asleep. Once Maureen was asleep for the second time, she would go to bed and every year in the morning, Maureen would have to wake Olivia up from a nightmare. This had just become a routine over the years. Olivia was not expecting that a horrible day could bring so much joy.