Disclaimer: See chapter 1
A/N: Thank you for your wonderful reviews! Here's chapter 6!
The next morning, Elliot and Olivia were awakened by the ring of Elliot's cell phone. Elliot groaned as he sat up and grabbed his phone. Looking at the caller ID, he saw that it was Fin. He flipped it open and answered it. Olivia rolled over to check the time and saw that it was 6:00 am. It was time to get Karla up for school. She eased herself out of bed and down the hall. She cracked Karla's door open to see her little girl on her stomach asleep. Olivia smiled at this sight. She walked over to Karla and gently shook her shoulder to wake her.
"Karla, time for school," she said softly. Karla moaned and rolled over.
"I don't wait to go," said Karla. Olivia raised a brow.
"You love school Karla. Is this about the teacher thing?" Olivia asked. Karla looked down and nodded.
"Didn't your father and I tell you that we would take care of it?" asked Olivia.
"Yes ma'am, but I'm worried that he will try something," said Karla.
"He won't try anything. Especially after your father and I get done speaking with him. I promise," said Olivia. Karla smiled and hugged her mother.
"Now," said Olivia patting her leg, "Get out of bed and get ready."
Karla giggled and hopped up to get dressed. Olivia walked out to get ready for the day. She walked into her bedroom as Elliot hung up with Fin and shook his head.
"What's going on, El?" she asked.
"Uh, Fin and Munch spoke to Michaels and got a warrant for his records. Our files are in there and there is a full account of what he did to us. He even had a file on Karla from when she was living with the Grangers," he replied.
"And?" said Olivia.
"And… when they went to arrest Michaels he had disappeared and they can't find him." Olivia sat down on the bed.
"Now what are they going to do?" she asked. Elliot sat next to her and wrapped his arm around her shoulders.
"Fin said that they have an APB out on Michaels' car and someone is sitting on his house and at the hospital to see if he goes to either place. They'll find him, Liv," he said reassuringly. Olivia nodded her head and sighed.
"I just want this to be over. I want to not feel like a victim. I want justice for what he did to us and to Karla. He should pay for it," she said with tears falling down her face. Elliot pulled her close to him.
"Liv, it will be over, shortly. Fin and Munch are working hard to catch the bastard. I promise," Elliot said softly. Olivia smiled into his chest. She listened to his heartbeat again. She immediately calmed down while listening to the rhythm. Karla walked into the room.
"What's wrong Mom?" she asked. Olivia sat up.
"Nothing, sweetie. I'm fine," she said. Karla shook her head. She looked from her mother to her father. Elliot saw that she had her interrogation face on and she wasn't going to stop until she had an answer.
"Your mother and I got some bad news about a case that Fin and Munch are working," said Elliot.
"The one with that doctor?" Karla asked. Olivia looked at her daughter in disbelief.
"How do you know about that? How much do you know?" Olivia asked. Karla looked down at her feet.
"Everything," she whispered.
"Everything? You've heard us talking?" Elliot asked. Karla nodded.
"What have we told you about eavesdropping?" Olivia asked.
"It's not polite and it can get me into trouble," Karla said, "But I heard you and mom talking and mom was crying and I was worried…" Elliot held a hand up.
"I understand why you did it. Just don't do it again," he said.
"Yes sir," she replied, "Mom, are you going to be okay? You know Uncle Fin and Uncle Munch won't give up." Olivia smiled at Karla.
"I know. Thank you sweetie," said Olivia. Karla went over to her parents and wrapped her arms around them.
"I love you both," said Karla.
"We love you too," said Elliot, "Now, we've got to get ready to leave. Go out so your mother and I can get dressed. Fix yourself some cereal." Karla nodded and left the room.
Elliot got up and dressed for work as did Olivia after she showered. They went out to the living room and saw Karla dozed off on the couch. Olivia looked at Elliot and grinned and Elliot grinned back.
"She's so sweet when she's asleep," Olivia said, chuckling. Elliot walked over to the couch and kissed Karla's forehead.
"Come on baby. We gotta go," he said softly. Karla moaned and opened her eyes. Yawning, she sat up.
She stretched and said, "Okay, I'm ready." Elliot chuckled. She looked at her father.
"What?" she asked.
"Your hair is sticking up. You need to brush it," he replied. Karla got up and went over to her mother.
"Mom, can you put my hair into pigtails?" she asked.
"Mmmhmm," Olivia replied.
Karla sat down in her chair and Olivia picked up her brush and hair ties. She brushed Karla's softly, getting all the tangles out as gently as possible. Elliot watched them. He loved the way Olivia was so gentle and caring with Karla, how easy they had got along when they first met. Olivia looked up and caught Elliot watching them. Elliot smiled and Olivia smiled back.
"All finished. Let's go," said Olivia.
Karla got up out of the chair and threw on her backpack. Elliot grabbed his coat and put it on and then held Olivia's out for her to put hers on. Olivia adjusted her jacket.
"Thanks," she said to him. He nodded and they left for the school.
A/N: So? What did you think?