Chapter 1

"This Letter terminates your rights as Calvin Arliss' Legal Guardian. Olivia, you know this woman is a junky and not fit to be a mother," Vivian said. "He is going to live in Vermont with his grandparents; his dad signed over rights."

Olivia read the letter and it said just what the case worker had said.

Calvin said "I don't want to go to Vermont I don't even know them!"

Both the case worker and Vivian said, "Come on Calvin lets go now!"

Calvin hugged Olivia and said "Don't let them take me!"

Olivia replies, "Honey, it's not up to me, we knew this was only temporary, and you know that I want to live with you!"

"I love you, Olivia, PLEASE don't let them take me, PLEASE!" Calvin would not let go of Olivia. Finally, Vivian had to pull Calvin off of Olivia so they could leave.

After they left Olivia just stood there shocked and amazed at what had just happened! Elliot told her it would be okay but she it would not be okay. She knew she would go home tonight and see his clothes in the bedroom, his toothbrush in the bathroom, and his favorite cereal in the kitchen. She was all torn up inside but there was nothing she could do about it. She told Elliot that she needed to head home and he should too. Kathy would be worried if he had not called or show up at home when he should be home.

As she was walking down the street to her apartment she knew she should go home, but she decided to go to a coffee shop down the street for a while. As she sat there and thought about all the things her and Calvin had done together and they still had not done yet. She could feel tears in her eyes, but they quickly disappeared as she noticed someone walk in the coffee shop she knew. It was a judge. It was Judge Elizabeth Donnelly.

Olivia said, "Liz, what are you doing here this late at night?"

Liz said, "I normally come here for coffee when I do not want to be home alone."

Olivia "I normally stay at the precinct and work on a case, but tonight is different. I do not even want to be there."

"I see."

"Join me for a cup?" Olivia asked.

Liz nodded. "Sure, why not?"

As they sat and talked about work Liz could see there was something else was on Olivia's mind other than just talking about work.

"You always want to be at work. You're a workaholic, so something other than this work talk has to be up," Liz said.

Olivia said, "Okay, you got me there. Liz, can I ask you something?"

"Sure, anything, we are not just colleagues, we are friends."

Olivia looked down at her coffee. "You know I had a boy in my care for a while."

"I do his name was Calvin right?"

"Yes it was."

Liz asked, "This is about him, right?"

"Yeah it is. Tonight a social worker and Calvin's mom came and got him at the precinct. They took Calvin to Vermont to live with his dad's parents. He did not want to go and he was begging me not to let them take him, but I said there was nothing I could do. I felt helpless and so out of control, like my world was crashing right in front of me and there was nothing I could do about it. All I could do was watch in awe at what was happening."

Liz "you want him back don't you?"

Olivia said "I so badly do. Calvin said he did not even know his grandparents or that he had grandparents on his dad's side. He did not even know his dad. The only family he knows is his mom and his mom's mother who just recently died from Alzheimer's."

Liz goes "How did you even get legal guardianship of Calvin anyway?"

Olivia sighed and began telling Liz, reciting the story she'd played over in her head many times since they took Calvin away. Olivia told Liz that she had gone to Calvin's house to ask Calvin's grandma a question, but had learned that Calvin's grandmother would not be able to tell her.

"That was when Calvin's mom asked why I was there. I finally told Vivian and she said 'no wonder my mom never loved me as a child or even now.' Vivian asked if I knew who her father was and I said 'we have a suspect in custody and that is all I can tell you right now.'

"The next day Vivian and Calvin came into the precinct and Vivian was as high as a kite. She said her mom died the night before. I told her that I was sorry to hear that. Vivian asked if there were any leads on who her father was and I said 'no not yet, now go home and I will let you know what I find out.'

"When Calvin and Vivian were leaving they saw our suspect leaving the squad room. He even talked to Calvin and I told Calvin to go back with his mom. I told the suspect to just leave. Vivian asked if that was her father, and I said that we didn't know for sure. So Vivian asks again if he is or isn't, and I say that he is. She then yelled at us to not let him go because he raped her mother. I told her that we did not have enough evidence to keep him. I said things like "I am sorry, we are trying our best." And she said, "Try harder." So I told her to "take Calvin home and I will stop by later and check on you."

"So, that night I left work and checked on them to see if they were fine, but by the next night when I had come back to the office Elliot said I had a visitor. I saw it was Calvin and I asked where his mom was and all he said was that she left him there with an envelope. I asked if I could read it and he let me. It said I was his legal guardian. I was stunned, but I took him home with me and I have had him since then."