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Olivia walked into her house in New York. She had been married for two years. She had identical twin daughters. She was married to Elliot Stabler. They were happy, but lately they'd been in a bad rough patch that was getting worse with every glance at one another.
Elliot heard the front door close and knew his wife was home. He looked down at his daughters in their bouncy seats. "Hey Casey, can you watch the girls for a couple of minutes?"
"Yes, sure I can." Casey smiled taking Elliot's place on the floor.
Elliot walked into the foyer and looked up the staircase to find Olivia going up. "I thought you wanted to talk after your walk."
Olivia looked down at him. "Well, if you still want to, come upstairs." She huffed. She hated it when they fought. Here she was, twenty-two and married with daughters. She loved her girls and her husband, but she missed out on a lot. He never siezed to remind her of that detail. She threw her jacket on the bed when she got to their room.
Elliot stormed in and slammed the door shut. "What's your problem?"
"You're my problem." Olivia shouted. "You. You. You! You have to remind me every single fricken day that you gave up things to be apart of this family. Guess what? I have given up a lot of things also. You are not the only one who wants the best for our daughters." She walked into their master bathroom.
"So what? Do you regret us now?" Elliot asked following her.
Olivia whipped around to glare at him. "Don't even say that. You know I love those girls." She gritted out pointing her finger at him.
"I love them too." Elliot shouted. "But, at least I try to work on our marriage."
Olivia scoffed. "And you think I don't? Do you really think I like this? I hate this. You know I hate it when we fight. But, you remind me of all these little things everyday that I've known for years. We knew that we would be giving up a lot of things when we got pregnant. I accepted that. Obviously, you didn't."
"So, what does that mean?" Elliot asked going back into their bedroom. "Do you want me to take the girls away to make it easier for you?" He felt something hit his back hard. He turned around to find that Olivia had thrown her curling iron at him.
"You don't even say that!" Olivia yelled. She was tearing up and she stepped towards him. "Those girls mean everything to me. They are mine."
"They are ours!" Elliot shouted. "What about me, huh? Do you still love me?"
"Of course I do. But, you're acting like a total jackass!" Olivia screamed. She pushed her palms into her eyes.
"Oh, I'm acting like a jackass! We're both in this together!" Elliot shouted.
Olivia shook her head as she stepped away from him. "I think we should not be...us anymore."
Elliot went into shock. "What?"
"I think we need a divorce." Olivia said hugging herself. "You and I just aren't getting along anymore. We are constantly fighting. I can't take it anymore."
"I can't believe you're actually saying that." Elliot said.
"It's how I feel." Olivia huffed.
"How you feel? What about us? What about our girls?" Elliot asked getting angrier with each word. "You want a divorce? You got one." He sat walking out of the room. He slammed the door shut behind him.
Olivia ran out of the room and followed him. "You leave the girls here."
"No." Elliot said simply.
Olivia ran past him and picked up her daughters. She was crying at this point. "You're not taking our girls."
"You wanted the divorce. I get the girls." Elliot said reaching for one of them.
Olivia shook her head and stepped away. "Can't we figure this out in the settlement or something?"
Elliot sighed. "Give each of the girls a number between one and two. Which ever number I pick, that's the daughter that comes with me. It's fair."
Olivia paused as more tears came down. "You can't expect me to give up either of my girls."
"And you can't expect me to leave without at least one of them." Elliot said and paused. "Two." Olivia shook her head as she guarded her daughters. Elliot took one of their daughters. "C'mon Ashton."
"No, you can't do this." Olivia cried stepping towards him.
"You have Indianna. I have Ashton. This is as fair as it gets." Elliot said tearing up. He kissed Indianna's head. "Bye sweetie. Daddy loves you." He looked past Olivia to find Casey and John in shock. "One of you guys, call me later and pack some of my things along with Ashton's." He said and then left.
Olivia stood in shock and turned to Casey and John. "I can't believe that just happened." She kissed Indianna's head and looked back at them.
"I'll go get Elliot and Ashton's stuff ready." Casey, their nanny, said. She walked out of the room.
"It'll all work." John soothed.
Olivia sighed. "Where's my father?"
"He's in the study." John, their butler, said.
"Thanks." Olivia breathed as she walked through the house cradling her daughter against her. She walked into her father's office to find him at his desk. "Hi Daddy."
Don looked up to see his daughter with tear stains on her face. "Livvy, what is it? What happened?" He asked getting up and walking over to his daughter.
Olivia wiped her eyes. "It finally happened. I finally told Elliot I wanted a divorce. I never thought he would take Ashton and just leave like that."
"What?" Don asked. "He took Ashton? You asked for divorce? Why am I never around when this stuff happens?"
"Daddy." Olivia whined leaning into him.
Don rubbed her back. "Look, you asked for a divorce. Maybe he just needs time to cool off. Give it time." He kissed her head. "How is Indianna doing?"
Olivia smiled lightly looking at her daughter. "I'd say she's doing alright." Indianna smiled at her. "Yeah, I'd say you're doing alright." She looked at her father. "It's going to be too hard."
"I know." Don smiled sadly kissing her head.
Casey walked into an apartment. "Elliot, are you here?"
"I'm in here." Elliot called from the living room. He walked in carrying Ashton. "Did you bring everything?"
"Yeah, when did you get this place?" Casey asked looking around.
"This is Don's old place. He keeps it on the side if he ever wants a night away from everything." Elliot said picking up one of the bags. "Thanks."
Casey followed him as he walked down the hallway. "Are you okay?"
Elliot let out a laugh. "What do you think? My wife just asked me for a divorce and she has one of my twin daughters. My life is just fricken peachy right now. How is Olivia doing?"
"She's freaking out." Casey sighed. She watched as Elliot started unpacking a few things. She took Ashton from him. "Are you sure you want to do this?"
"I don't want to, but Olivia does. I want to make her happy." Elliot sighed.
"She just wants you to stop blaming her for things she's not at fault for." Casey retorted. "You can't blame her for this. Where are you even going to go? You don't have the money to take care of Ashton. The only reason you and Liv made it was because Don has a bunch of money. Plus, you're going to be a single Dad. How are you going to work when you have to pay a nanny or a babysitter?"
"I've already thought of that." Elliot said.
"Oh really?" Casey asked shocked.
"Yeah, it's simple." Elliot said. "Either you or John could come with me. One of you could live with me and take care of Ashton while I go to work. I've had this plan on a back burner. My parents left me their house back in California. I'll go there."
"You are going to take your daughter all the way across the country while your other daughter stays here." Casey tried to comprehend.
"Liv isn't going to stay here. She has dreams just like I do. There's one place she's always wanted to go to make her dreams come true. She can do that now." Elliot said simply.
"Really? Where is she going to go?" Casey asked.
Elliot stopped what he was doing momentarily to look Casey in the eyes. "The Caribbean. She's always wanted to go there because it's easier there to become known. She's wanted to design clothes since I first met her. The Caribbean is a tourist attraction. She'll do well."
"So, you are just going to let her go to the Caribbean while you go to California. Do you care about Indianna at all?" Casey asked.
Elliot's eyes grew wide. "Don't ever ask me that question! I love my daughters, but this is the easiest thing for both Olivia and I."
"What's that?" Casey asked getting frustrated with Elliot.
"She'll go to the Caribbean. I'll go to California. We won't talk or see each other. Indianna and Ashton won't know they are twins until the time is right. Liv already knows about this. We both hate the idea of not seeing our girls, but it's what's best for everyone. Our girls don't need to see us fighting all the time." Elliot said quietly. "I hate that I won't get to see Indianna, but...it's better for her that way."
Casey sighed. "Are you sure you and Olivia know what you're doing?"
"We're sure." Elliot nodded and went back to his suitcase.
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