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Text in Italics are memories

On my drive, I was debating whether or not to make a quick appearance at Jerry's house. As much as I didn't want to associate with Bobby, I did want to see Jackie again' to be able to hug him and smile with him again. Well this was it, this was his neighborhood; I decided to attend until Bobby showed up. Parking across Jerry's house, I was one of the first that arrived; this calmed my nerves a bit. Exiting my car, I quickly looked around; making sure Bobby's car wasn't around. Looking back to Jerry's house, he was there with a smile on his face, opening his arms. "Well isn't it little Livy." I smiled upon hearing the sound of my childhood nickname. Opening my arms as well, I welcomed Jerry's hug. "How you been girl?" Letting go, he placed his hands on my shoulders, looking me over. "You look good."

"Thanks Jerry." I smiled to him as his daughters ran over to us. "My God, you girls are so big." I bent down to my little nieces and gave them a hug.

"I was hoping you'd be here." Camille, Jerry's wife, came out and quickly wrapped her arms around me.

"Wouldn't miss out on seeing my favorite family, would I?"

"It's good to have you here, Liv." Looking back to Jerry, a smile still plastered on my face, I knew when Jerry said this he genuinely meant it.

"Alright girls, let's get inside so you can eat something." Camille took her daughters inside their cozy looking home, but not before waving goodbye.

"Have you spoken to Bobby yet?" Slightly rolling my eyes, I balanced on my foot before taking a breath in.

"Not yet, and I kind of don't plan to." He raised a brow at me before shaking his head.

"Listen, I don't know how things went down between you two, but…"

"Jerry, leave that between Bobby and I, okay?" He nodded, understanding why I didn't want to talk about it; Bobby and I have history. Ever since Evelyn took me in, Bobby took it upon himself to take on the 'big brother' role. In school whenever someone would cause trouble, Bobby would always be right there to have my back. Whenever a guy broke my heart, Bobby was there to break his nose, and whenever I just needed someone, it was always Bobby who was there with a shoulder to lean on. It wasn't until after my junior year of high school that Bobby started to notice my growing breasts, my unusually round ass, and my 'glowing' smile. And is wasn't until my senior year that I noticed Bobby's broad shoulder, toned chest, and charming personality. I'll admit, it was strange to be dating someone I had known for years and the one who's always there, but at the same time I knew because of all the years he was there, he'd continue to do so. Unfortunately I was mistaken.

"That's fair." Jerry stuffed his hands in his coat pockets. He nodded behind me and smiled. "If you didn't want to talk to Bobby, you might want to leave now," he said through a smile. Turning around, I spotted Bobby in his favorite brown leather jacket, walking beside Little Jackie. I couldn't help but smile to Jack, him smiling back.

"Olivia!" Jack quickened his pace as he continued his way toward Jerry and I. Because my reasoning for coming to the reception was for Jack, I met him half way, welcoming his arms around me. Wrapping mine around his torso, it felt good to be embraced by my little brother. "I've missed you so much," he whispered in my ear, making me smile.

"I missed you too," I whispered back pulling away slightly to get a better look at him. "How you have grown; I can't call you 'Little Jackie' anymore." Before I left, Jackie was still about as tall as I was, but now, I basically had to tilt my head to the sky to look at him, proving my shortness. He laughed at my comment before wrapping his arms around me one last time. Fully letting go, I didn't bother looking to Bobby, but I could feel him burning a hole through my back.

"What's up kiddo? Come on, man. Give me a hug, man." Jerry embraced his little brother, just as happy to see him as I. I quickly took a glance around my surroundings as Jerry greeted his older brother, and spotted Green and his partner sitting in his car. Shaking my head, I looked back to the boys who were reminiscing on their childhood. "Do you remember when I built that tree-house and you burnt the shit down?" Bobby and Jackie laughed while I smiled.

"Bobby, we really shouldn't be up here." After Jerry had built the tree-house, he left to get a couple party favors with Evelyn to celebrate his success. Of course he threatened Bobby and I to not go in it since we 'tend to fuck shit up', but Bobby never listens.

"Shut up Liv, I do what I fucking what to know that." Bobby grabbed my hand and pulled me up to the floor, me falling on top of him. "Get your fat ass off me Friedman," he belted while I laughed.

"Way to help my confidence asshole." Climbing off him, I rose to my feet and looked around. The tree-house actually looked like a great hang out spot. Yes you could probably only fit just the Mercer brothers in it, but boy did it look like something out of a movie. There was a black shag rug covering half the floor, a few beanbag chairs scattered around, and a cooler that had yet to be filled. "This place looks awesome."

"Yeah, he really did a good job." Bobby was now by my side, looking around as well. "Want to do a little pre-celebrating?" Looking to him, he held up what looked like a joint. Smiling, I nodded. After ten minutes of passing it back and forth, I could feel myself going with the high. We had decided to play charades, which didn't help much. All we did was laugh and be crazy.

"Pass the join," I demanded him, seeing he lit another one.

"Fuck you." He took another hit, pissing me off.

"Bobby Mercer, pass the fucking joint."

"Bite me," he responded, blowing the smoke my way. Getting up from the beanbag, I fell on top of him, grabbing his arm and biting hard. Hearing him scream, I stopped and looked for the drug.

"Where is it?" He shrugged. Smelling something burning, we looked to the rug that had already caught fire. "Fuck!" I quickly jumped off Bobby who had already gotten halfway off the beanbag. "What do we do?" I asked, panicking.

"Run!" Following him, we both climbed down the latter and ran to find Evelyn and Jerry running up. Scared, I grabbed onto Bobby. "Don't worry, I got this."

"What did you two do?" Evelyn cried out dropping the bags she had.

"My tree-house!"

"I went up there to check it out and I lit a cigarette but I fell asleep with it lit. Liv came up and saw and she pulled me down." Looking to Bobby, I was amazed at his lying ability. "She saved my life." Nodding along, I looked to Jerry who was still staring at his masterpiece burning down.

"Boy I wanted to kick your ass."

"Don't worry you house is brick, I ain't gonna burn it down," Bobby said after turning to look at me. In his eyes I could see his too remembered what had really happened that night.

"Well now, yeah." Jerry turned and waved for us to follow him into his house. Jackie reached in his pocket and grabbed a cigarette, lighting it. As soon as Jerry saw, he swatted the cigarette out. "No smoking in my house man, sorry." I watched as the men joined Jerry in the warmed, but I stayed frozen, contemplating whether to stay and convince Jack to stop smoking, or leave since what I came for was completed.

"These kids are congressman compared to what they would have been." Turning to Green, I quickly looked over his partner, trying to get a read; nothing. "Surprised you're here. Would have thought you would been eighty-sixed out by now."

"Wanted to see how the family was doing, Green." Wow, even after seven years he knew how to get under my skin. "Surprised to see you here' thought you would have been busy installing cameras around town now that the Mercer crew is here."

"No need for an attitude Detective, I came to see how the brothers are doing." Resisting the urge to roll my eyes, I stepped aside, showing entrance to the door. "Be my guest." They passed by me, Fowler keeping his gaze on me. Raising a brow to him, he quickly looked away. 'What is up with him?' I thought before joining them in the warmth. As soon as I stepped into the house, Camille pulled me over to where she and Jerry were.

"I'll be right back." Nodding, I looked to Jerry.

"I saw the way he looked at you; he still loves you." As he spoke, I watched Bobby, who was in the yard talking with his nieces.

"Green's here," I stated, changing the subject. I kept my gaze on Bobby, wishing I would have just left. Watching Bobby with the girls made memories come back of our conversations about kids and how he wanted one. But that never came through seeing as I worked as a cop; I wasn't going to bring a child into a world where the mother might not make it home one day.

"I'm surprised he hasn't tried to speak to you yet." It annoyed me that he kept trying to press the matter, but his luck was always shit.

"I'm not too fond of his partner though."

"Why do you keep avoiding him?"

"Why do you keep talking about him? Jerry, I told you, what happened is between us, that's it. I don't want to talk about it."

"Jerry!" It was a good thing Camille joined us again seeing as I was ready to punch him. "I thought you said he wasn't coming." I raised a brow; looks like I wasn't the only one that didn't want him around.

"No, I said I didn't know if he was coming or not. I ain't seen him in Lord knows how many years; you know it's hard to track that Bobby down." Camille smacked her lips and rested her hands on her hips; those were fighting moves. "Don't give me that look Camille – I am way through with that life." Before leaving, Camille gave him one last warning glare and stomped off. Jerry looked to me and shook his head as I gave him an amused look. "Don't say it." Holding my hands up, I took one last look outside and noticed Green had found the other two.

"Jerry, where's Angel?" Because Angel and I weren't as close as the other brothers, I almost forgot he even existed.

"I don't know; boy joined the Marines so he's probably stuck somewhere out at sea." Nodding, I watched as Green and the boys made their way inside the house. Just as I made a move to leave, Jerry wrapped his arms around me. Confused, I patted his back, but I quickly realized what he was doing when the men walked to us. "Thanks for coming, Liv."

"You're leaving already?" I heard Jackie ask as Jerry pulled away, a smirk on his face. If I knew Camille wouldn't murder me for doing the same to her husband, shit would have gone down differently.

"Yeah, I gotta hit the road and find a hotel room before they all get sold out." I looked to all the men expect for Bobby.

"Nonsense, you can stay at Ma's house; it'll save you money." I knew Jackie's request was with good intention, but there was absolutely no way I was going to sleep under the same roof as Bobby.

"She doesn't have to worry about money." Green butted in again. "She got promoted to detective a year ago." The brothers looked to me with smiled, but I knew Bobby's wasn't a real one.

"Wow, a detective now huh? That's great." As hard as Bobby tried to get me to talk, nothing was going to work.

"Oh gentlemen thought you ought to be informed that Green is a stalker and I'm his main target. So if I ever end up missing, that's why." I maneuvered my way around the men as they all exchanged confused glances, 'cept for Green. Patting him on the chest, I made my way to the door, escaping from the chokehold. The winter air was chill as the wind greeted me out. Nighttime was approaching so I knew this wasn't the coldest it would be. Getting to my car, I wanted to do nothing more but scream. Scream at Bobby, scream at the world and most of all, scream at myself for letting him get to me. Detective Friedman, the toughest female Sex Crimes Detective in New York City, the one that faces the most heinous monsters everyday, can't even face her ex; pathetic.