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After seeing Alex, Olivia felt even worse. It had been two days since she had barged into Alex's office and seen the bandages around the blonde's waist. Now knew without a doubt now that there was something Alex was hiding from the rest of them and that knowledge was eating away at her.

When she had gotten back from her office that day, Elliot had immediately sensed her bad mood and hadn't asked. She was thankful because she was sure she would have bitten his head off. Finally, after tiptoeing around her for two days, he couldn't take it anymore.

"You have to talk to her Liv because you're driving me crazy. I can't take it when you're like this."

"Like what?" she snapped.

He gave her a look.

"Sorry." She said, sighing. "I just can't stop thinking about it."
"What happened?"

"When I went to see her, she was wrapping bandages around her torso and when I confronted her about it, she refused to answer me. Instead she goaded me until she got me pissed off and then I left. I hate that she knows how to do that and I hate myself even more for falling for it."

"It's her job to know how to piss people off."

"Not helping El."

"Sorry. Have you tried speaking to her since?"

"Yes. I don't know what to do anymore. She's avoiding me completely. I don't know what to do. I'm really worried El."

"I know you are."

They both stayed quiet.

"What if you went to her place?"

"What?"

"What if you went to her apartment? She can't avoid you there."

"I've tried that. She just refuses to buzz me in."

"So then call her neighbours and use the cop line. Or follow someone inside."

Liv sighed.

"I didn't want to take it this far."

"Well you haven't got much of a choice, do you?"

"Not really."

"Well then. Go tonight. You have the whole weekend to harass her and find out what the hell is going on."

"Yeah...I'm just worried about making things worse. I don't want to let on that I suspect something in case she is seeing someone who's..."

Olivia didn't want to say it. She didn't have to though. Elliot knew exactly what she was talking about.

"Yeah I know. But if you're saying that she's wrapping herself in gauze now, we know what's next. You need to find out Liv. If you don't figure it out this weekend, I'm going to confront her and then go to Liz. If what you say is true, this has been kept quiet long enough. If she won't help herself, then we need to."

"I know El. Just give me the weekend."

"I will."

"Thank you."

Elliot nodded. He knew what this woman meant to his partner and he knew how much this was killing her. He squeezed her shoulder in comfort and she offered him a weak smile.

That night, Olivia left the office more nervous than she'd been since... well, since she could remember. She wasn't even sure it could be described as nervous, it was more like dread. She was dreading going to Alex's because she knew this was probably going to be ugly.

She got into her car and drove to their ADA's apartment. It was just after nine when she pulled into the parking lot. After parking her car, she got out and made her way to the door. She pushed the buzzer for the apartment and waited.

"Yes?"

"It's me, Olivia."

She could hear a sigh.

"Look Olivia, this isn't a good time."

"Don't give me that bullshit Alex. If you don't let me in, I'm going to buzz all of your neighbours until one of them lets me in. You've been avoiding me for too long. I want to talk Alex. Let me in."

There was silence for a few seconds before she heard the buzzer.

"You get five minutes detective."

Olivia let herself in and took the stairs two at a time before slowly making her way to Alex's door. She had too much energy to take the elevator and she hoped tiring herself by taking the stairs would help calm herself. Unfortunately it did nothing for the energy pumping in her veins. The only thing her trip up the stairs succeeded in doing was make her sweaty.

She took a few deep breaths and approached Alex's door. Just as she raised her fist to knock on the door, it swung open. Alex wrapped her bathrobe tighter around her waist as she stepped into the hallway. Olivia looked at her confused.

"Aren't we going inside?"

"No. If you want to talk, we talk out here."

Olivia thought that that was odd, but she didn't argue. She gave the blonde a long look as she stood there. She definitely did not look like her regular self. She was wearing a pair of knitted slippers, pajama pants that were covered by the bathrobe at the knees, and as Olivia made her way higher, she could tell the blonde was uncomfortable by the fact that she was being inspected but Olivia didn't care. She looked at Alex's face and thought the woman had never looked so drained. Her hair was pulled back into a ponytail and it gave the detective a good view of her face. Alex's cheeks were more sunken in and her eyes looked hollow. The woman had lost quite a bit of weight Olivia had noticed, but as she looked at her now, she couldn't help but feel that something was definitely wrong. All the anger that had pumped through her veins from earlier was gone now, replaced with worry and pain.

"What has happened to you Alex?"

The blonde was a little thrown off by the question.

"What?"

"You look sick. You're thinner. Jesus you look like someone's sucked the life out of you."

Olivia reached out to cup the blonde's cheek and Alex, not expecting the movement, flinched away. She managed to fight against the urge to fully turn her head, but Olivia caught the flinch. She shook her head.

"Who? Who's doing this to you Alex?"

"I-"

Both women turned their heads towards the elevator as they heard it ding. Olivia saw Alex tense beside her.

"You need to go Olivia. Now. You need to leave."

"Alex I'm not-"

"Go!"

The blonde tried to push her to move but Olivia refused to budge. The doors dinged open and Olivia watched as a man emerged from the elevator. He walked to where Olivia and Alex were standing and he gave Alex a look.

"Who is this?"

Alex forced a smile.

"This is Olivia. She's my co-worker."

He regarded her stiffly.

"What do you want?"

"I need her help getting a warrant." She answered casually.

Olivia watched as Alex stiffened when he approached her. He laid a firm hand on her shoulder and began guiding her in the apartment. The blonde, knowing what Olivia was going to do, tried to plead with her eyes for the brunette to just leave. Olivia refused.

"Unhand her."

"Excuse me?"

"Get your hands off of her."

"What the hell is your-"

Olivia reached out and slammed him against the wall.

"Listen asshole. I know what you've been doing and so help me God if you lay another hand on her I'll rip your fucking head off."

He jerked back and pushed her off of him.

"Look Olivia, just-"

But before she could continue her sentence, Alex was pushed into the apartment.

"Get inside Alex." He turned to Olivia. "You wanna be tough? Fine. We're going to deal with this like men. I'll fight you gladly."

"Jeff, please don't. Just come to bed."

"Jeff is it?" Olivia asked, finally finding out his name. "I don't want to fight you. I just want to warn you. If you lay another hand on my friend-"

She cut off her sentence as he took a swing at her. She was glad he did it. Now she could react and it would be self-defence. She grabbed his arm and twisted it behind his arm. She turned to Alex.

"Move." She said firmly.

"No. Not in the-"

"Move!"

Alex moved as Olivia shoved him inside. She slammed him against the wall.

"I'm placing you under arrest. You have the right to-"

"Maman?"

Olivia's gaze jerked over to the hallway where she found a small girl clutching a blanket and staring at Alex. Olivia looked up at Alex and back down at the girl.

She froze.

- No. It can't be.

She looked back at Alex and the girl and her eyes widened. The girl had long blonde hair and bright blue eyes. She looked back at Alex and saw the same blonde hair and blue eyes. While she was momentarily distracted, Jeff jerked away and elbowed Olivia in the face. The brunette fell back and raised her hand at the last second, just enough to push Jeff's fist from her nose. He still managed to get her in the cheek, but at least she had deflected most of the force.

This time she didn't hesitate. Three blows later he was down on the floor and cuffed. Olivia turned and found that the living room was empty.

"Move you son of a bitch and you'll regret it." She said firmly.

She made her way down the hall and called out to Alex. She followed the sounds of small sobbing and pushed opened one of the doors. She found herself pushing open the door of the small girl's room. Alex had her cradled in her arms and was trying desperately to soothe her. When she noticed Olivia had opened the door, she glared at her.

"Now do you see why I wanted you to mind your own damn business? You couldn't just leave well enough alone could you?!"

She got up roughly and left the room but was careful to mind the small child in her arms. Olivia, still in shock at everything that just happened, could say nothing.