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Holding hands with my three year old daughter, I walked down the street in Manhattan. I felt Jacelyn tug on my hand.
"Daddy?" She asked. I stopped walking and bent down to her level.
"What's up, honey?" I asked.
"We see Mommy today?" She asked. I sighed inwardly. Her mother, my ex-lover, was my partner at the 1-6 precinct. We worked Special Victims together.
"Later. Sweetie, Mommy and Daddy have a lot of work to do today. So, I'm going to drop you off at pre-school and then I have to go see Poppy Cragen, okay? Lizzie will pick you up after pre-school." I told her. Jace sighed.
"But, Daddy-" my phone started ringing, effectively cutting her off.
"Hello?" I answered it, picking Jacelyn up.
"Elliot, you need to get here! NOW!" My boss, and Olivia's father, exclaimed. I sighed, and started walking faster.
"Cap, what's going on? I have Jacelyn right now. I'm on my way to taking her to school. What's so important?" I asked.
"It's Liv." Captain Cragen said. My heart stopped.
"What happened?" I exclaimed, now running toward the child care was clinging tightly to my neck.
"Daddy! Slow down! You're scaring me!" She yelled in my ear. I slowed down, but not much.
"Stabler, get your daughter to pre school safely, then you come here and I will tell you everything." Cragen said, and then hung up. I put my phone in my pocket.
"Sweetie, I'm sorry I scared you. I have to go to work and see Mommy. Lizzie will be here later, alright?" I asked. Jace nodded. As we came to a stop in the school hallway, the principal, Mrs. Weatherbee, came out of the office.
"Detective Stabler, I didn't expect to see you today." She said. I looked at her oddly.
"Why...not?" I asked. She smiled.
"Detective Benson told me yesterday that she was keeping Jacelyn out of pre-school today." Mrs. Weatherbee said. I sighed.
"That's funny, she didn't say anything when I picked Jace up last night. Oh, well. I have to go. Something has happened to her, and I need you to please take Jace to class." I said. She smiled and nodded.
"Sweetie, you need to go with Mrs. Weatherbee, alright?" I asked, kneeling down in front of Jace.
"Ok, Daddy. I love you." She said. I smiled and kissed her forehead.
"Love you too, bug." I said, then raced out the doors of the school.
~At the Precinct~
I walked in, and there wasn't anyone in sight.
"Stabler, she's at Mercy General. Go see her." I heard from Captain Cragen's office. I walked over to the door.
"What happened, Cap?" I asked. Cragen sighed.
"She was on her way here and a drunk driver ran a red light. She couldn't do anything. He walked away without a scratch while Liv is in the hospital with a broken leg and a broken collarbone." He said. I sighed and headed to the hospital.
~Mercy General~
"Excuse me, I'm looking for Detective Olivia Benson." I told the receptionist. She looked up at me.
"You're cute. What do you want with her?" She said. I sighed and resisted the urge to roll my eyes.
"Look," I looked at her nametag, "Sarah, she's my daughter's mother, work partner, best friend, and the love of my life. Tell me where she is." I snapped. Sarah sighed.
"She's on the third floor. I don't know what happened to her, but I'm sure she deserved it." She said snottily.
"Uh, aren't you supposed to be nice to your patients?" I asked, annoyed. Sarah smirked.
"Benson and I went to school together. She slept with the entire football team. She's a slut." She said. I didn't usually hit women, but at that point in time, I wanted to. I stormed off, in search of Olivia.