It had been three weeks since Cragen had spoken to Olivia and she still hadn't shown up. He didn't want to believe it, but maybe she just wasn't the same Olivia. Maybe her loyalties didn't lie with him anymore. It broke his heart to even think that.
"Rollins, can I talk to you for a second?" The Captain said calling out into the squad room.
"Hey Cap, what's up?" Rollins said as she shut the door behind her.
The Captain shut the blinds because he saw all of his detectives looking into the office. "Have you talked to Olivia lately?" He said trying to figure out what was going on.
"No, she stopped taking my calls. I don't know what's going on. She really doesn't want to come back, I guess. She knows everyone misses her and when she said she missed everyone, it seemed genuine. She's not herself, Cap." Rollins said now concerned about her friends state of mind.
"I have a hard time believing that she would drop all of her friends like that." Cragen said.
"What friends? She is convinced that everyone will be angry with her if she comes back because she didn't say goodbye before she left. She's willing to give up all of her friends just like that. I don't know if we were ever really friends." Rollins said, now overthinking everything.
"I'm going to tell Fin and have him go talk to her. I would tell Elliot but I don't think I should be the one to tell him. That's all on Olivia." Cragen said, walking out of his office to go get Fin. Rollins stayed in the office and waited for them. There was a knock on the side door of his office. It was Olivia.
"You wouldn't believe the looks I got walking up here. I tried to hide the best I could but that's really hard when you're supposedly dead. Where's the captain?" Olivia said as she shut the door behind her.
"Let me get him." Rollins said walking toward the door. "Cap get in here. There's someone that wants to talk to you."
When he walked in his office his jaw dropped. Then he got a look of relief on his face. She had kept her promise to him. She was still the same Olivia, deep down.
"Hey Cap." Olivia said as he closed the door so no one would know she was here.
"Hey Olivia. It's good to see you! Why didn't you tell me you were coming?" The Captain said still trying to figure everything out in his head.
"I wanted it to be a surprise. Where's the rest of the squad?" Olivia said anxious to see her friends. "I want to tell Elliot last and I need to do it by myself."
"Okay. I'll go get Munch, Fin, and Amaro." The Captain said as he left the room.
"You ready for this?" Rollins said as she rubbed Olivia's shoulders.
"I've been waiting for this for a while. I just didn't think it would actually happen." Olivia said. Rollins could feel the tension in her shoulders.
"Relax. You'll be fine. They'll be happy to see you." Rollins said trying to boost Olivia's confidence.
Just then the door opened and in walked Amaro, Munch, and Fin. They're reactions were priceless and expected.
Fin ran up and hugged her.
Amaro stood there as if he had just seen a ghost.
And Munch sat there talking about how he knew it was a conspiracy from the start and that Olivia wouldn't go down without a fight.
"Why didn't you say goodbye?" Fin said as he released his grip on her arms.
"I had no choice. They told me that I needed to leave or it would put all of you in danger too. I did what was best for everyone." Olivia said, you could see the tears forming in her eyes.
"Did anyone tell Elliot?" Munch asked.
"I need to do it alone. I'm going to go up to the cribs. Send Elliot up there." Olivia said, exiting the room.
This was it. She was finally going to see Elliot after almost two years. What is he going to do?