Chapter 2

After the kids walked out from there dad's hospital room, they went to the parking lot; Lizzie and Dickie went in on the back set and Kathleen gave Lizzie, Eli and she put him in his car seat.

Kathleen got in on the passenger side and Maureen got in on the driver's side and she started and drove towards home.

"What do you guys think we are having for dinner?" Dickie asked and looked over at his twin sister.

"Don't know… mom were pretty mad, so she is probably going to make us make dinner on our on" Lizzie said and looked out the window.

"I don't get why she got so mad, Eli said his first word it shouldn't matter what he said" Dickie said.

"You know mom she has hated Olivia ever since they meet" Kathleen said and turned around to look at her brother and sister.

"Okay guys we are almost home… so let's not talk about any of this in front of mom" Maureen said as she parked the car in the parking lot in front of their house.

Everyone got out from the car; Lizzie took Eli out of his car seat and put him on her hip and they all walked up to the door, but the door were locked; they didn't think anything of it there mother had probably just locked it when she had gotten home.

Maureen got her key out from her jeans pocket and unlocked the door; when they got inside they couldn't smell food and there wasn't anyone in the kitchen; the twins walked up the stairs to look for their mother but they couldn't find her, when they got back down stairs Kathleen and Maureen where standing at the kitchen table reading something.

"What are you reading?" Lizzie said and both she and Dickie walked over to them.

"A note from mom… she left" Maureen said and she picked the note up from the table and read it out lout for the others.

Dear kids.

I'm sorry I couldn't be here when you got home from the hospital, I just couldn't take it anymore, I have to get a way for a little while, I don't know where I'm going but if you need anything you can call your grandparents.

I know you guys probably don't understand why I'm leaving; but everything there have happened lately; with Eli's crying all the time; with Kathleen begin sick and now this your father begin shot and Eli's first word.

I'm really sorry.

Love you guys

Mom

"How can she just leave like that, I know she gave some reasons but they are lame" Kathleen said and walked over to the dinner table and sat down; everyone else walked over and sat down too.

"I think that too; she probably only left because Eli's first word were Liv" Lizzie said and put Eli in his own chair.

"What are we going to do now, mom is gone for God knows how long and dad is at the hospital; she really couldn't have picked a better time to leave" Dickie said and hit the table a couple of times before Lizzie stopped him.

"Well mom wrote that we could call Grandma and grandpa" Maureen said and got up from her seat and walked over to the phone.

"Don't call Grandma and Grandpa… Why don't we call Olivia she said we could call her if we needed anything" Lizzie said.

"Okay I'm calling Liv" Maureen said and took the phone and dialed Olivia's number by heart.

The phone rang a couple of times before it was answered "Hi Liv… could you come over?" Maureen asked in to the phone; and Olivia of course said she would be right over.

(Olivia)

Maureen call me and asked me to come over I had a feeling that there were something wrong so I went in to my bedroom and packed a bag with things so if I needed to stay over I wouldn't have to go home and get some things first.

After packing my bag and went down to my car and drove towards the Stabler household.

I parked the car in the drive way, and I walked up to the front door and knocked; there didn't go long before Lizzie opened the door and jumped right in my arms.

"Hi…Hi take it easy… what's wrong" I asked her, as I tried to walk the both of us inside the house.

"Mom left… we didn't know what to do" Lizzie said as tires were running down her cheeks.

I walked her inside the living room and sat her down on the couch, "Okay Lizzie… what happened I couldn't hear what you said before" I told her and sat down beside her and took her hand in mine.

The other Stabler kids walked in to the living room to us, Maureen gave me a piece of paper "Here read this" She said and sat down in one of the chairs; I read the letter the more I read this more angry I got; how could she just leave them like that, and especially now where their dad are in the hospital.

When I was done reading I put the letter down on the sofa table; Lizzie were crying even more so I pulled her in my arms "Dickie can you go get my bag out from my trunk" I asked and gave him my car keys.

"You planned to stay over?" Kathleen asked.

"I could hear in Maureen voice at there were something wrong, so I took some things with me; I guess what you guys haven't eaten, so Kathleen why don't you go call for pizza or whatever you guys want to eat" I said and found my wallet out from my pocket.

"Okay" Kathleen said and walked in to the kitchen.

"You don't have to do this" Maureen said as she sat down on the other side of me.

"Yes I do… you guys shouldn't be alone right now" I told her and put my other arm around her shoulder.