Hello! Once again thanks for all the REVIEWS :) This chapter is definitely going to be filled with a lot of drama. But don't worry...the Prom story line hasn't been for forgotten. It will probably play out in either the next chapter or the one after. For now...find out how Maureen and takes finally meeting her Father and what Kathy has to say about it...ENJOY! :)


Sunday afternoon, Elliot and Olivia got the kids up and then brought them to Elliot's mothers house for the day. Then they made their way to Maureen's apartment to pick her up because today she was going to meet Allen. Elliot was quiet in the car, clearly still trying to deal with the idea that he wasn't biologically Maureen's father. When they were close to her apartment, Olivia reached for his hand and squeezed it gently causing Elliot to smile as he kept his eyes on the road.

When they got to Maureen's apartment, the walked hand in hand up her steps before knocking on her door. Maureen answered, a nervous smile on her face as she greeted her Dad and Step mom. "Hi."

"Hey." Elliot said smiling reassuringly at her trying to keep his emotions at bay. "Are you ready?"

She let out a shaky breath. "Uh…yeah. As ready as I'll ever be anyway."

Elliot smiled. "Everything is going to be fine. Liv and I will be there the whole time."

Maureen nodded. "I know. Just…a little weird. Don't you think?"

Elliot laughed. "Yeah."

She smiled at him. "Thanks for coming with me."

"Of course." He said. "You wanna head out?"

Maureen nodded. "Yeah. Let's go."

They walked back to the car and drove to the destination they had agreed on meeting up, Central Park. It was a silent car ride but nothing really needed to be said. They all knew that this was something that had to be done and no matter what they would still be a family.

When they did get to the park, Elliot and Olivia walked hand in hand and Maureen walked beside Elliot. They stood and waited for any sign of Allen, and even though they didn't say it they wondered if there was a possibility that he would chicken out. But after about three minutes, Olivia spotted Allen walking towards them.

"Elliot…" She whispered nodding her head towards Allen who was walking rather slowly and nervously up to them.

Elliot nodded and took a shallow breath before leaning into Maureen. "He's coming over here Mo…you okay?"

She looked out to where Elliot was looking. "Yeah. Will you stay for when we first meet? Then I can talk to him alone…"

Elliot nodded. "Sure."

Maureen smiled at Elliot. "Thanks."

He winked at her and smiled as they waited for Allen to finish walking to them. When he stood before them, there was an awkward silence, no one knew what to say at first.

"Hello Maureen." Allen said slowly. "I'm so glad that we're finally meeting."

Maureen swallowed hard. "Hi."

Allen looked at Elliot and Olivia and smiled. "Hello again."

"Hi." Elliot and Olivia said together before Elliot turned to Maureen. "Do you want us to leave?"

Maureen looked from Allen to Elliot and stared at him for a moment before nodding slowly. "Yeah…but…" She paused. "Don't go to far okay?"

He smiled. "We'll be right over there…" He said pointing to a spot close by.

She nodded. "Okay."

Elliot and Olivia walked away form Maureen and Allen finally leaving them alone together. Maureen looked down at the ground and let out a shaky breath before looking up at Allen again. "I…I'm not quite sure what I'm supposed to say to you."

Allen shook his head. "I don't expect you to say anything if you don't want too."

"I just…" She paused again and sighed. "Why did you want to meet me?"

"Because you're my daughter." Allen said quickly.

She nodded. "I know that. I mean…it's been 25 years. Why now?"

Allen stared at her for a moment. "Oh. Well…I'm not sure. I guess I was just too scared before to reach out to you. I'm sorry about that…I didn't mean to disturb things for you."

"Did you love my Mom?" Maureen asked.

He nodded. "I really did. I still do…"

Maureen rubbed the back of her neck. "I still don't know how I feel about you really…"

"I can understand that." He said nodding. "If I were in your shoes I would be angry and confused as well."

"It's just…when I look at you I see a stranger. When I look at Elliot…I see my Dad." She said softly. 'He raised me. I won't just drop him out of my life."

"I would never ask you to do that." He said shaking his head. "Elliot has done a great job at raising you…it's obvious that you are a wonderful young lady. Whatever you decide to do…I will understand."

"So if I say that after today…I don't want anymore contact with you…you'll be okay with that?" She asked.

"It will be difficult. But…I had 25 years to be a part of your life so I don't really have any right to jump in now." He said shrugging. "I'll do whatever you want."

"If I do want you in my life? What do you want from me?" Maureen asked, afraid to meet his eyes.

"Just…a friendship I guess." He said shrugging. "I don't expect a full father/daughter relationship."

"You just want to be my friend?" Maureen asked.

"I don't know what else we could be at this point…" He said shaking his head. "You have a Dad."

Maureen looked at Elliot and then back at him. "Yeah. I do."

"Let's not get a head of ourselves though…take one step at a time. Do you have any other questions?" He asked.

Maureen nodded. "So…you're a Doctor?"

He nodded. "Yes. I'm a brain surgeon."

Maureen's eyes widened in surprise. "Oh. Wow." She licked her lips thinking of more questions. "Have you ever been married?"

He shook his head. "No."

"Do you have any other kids?" She asked.

"Not that I know of." He said trying to joke, Maureen didn't smile so he moved on. "I mean no."

"Why…why didn't you want me?" Maureen asked softly.

Allen fidgeted where he stood. "It's not that I didn't want you…"

"Then what was it?" She asked with a little more confidence.

"I wasn't ready to be a father." He said sighing. "That isn't a really good excuse…but I was a kid and I panicked when your Mother told me she was pregnant. I didn't want to take on that responsibility at that age so I didn't."

Maureen was quiet for a moment as she looked over at Elliot and Olivia who were talking together. "My Dad was the same age as you."

Allen nodded. "Well he's a better man than I."

Maureen looked back at him and nodded in agreement. "Yes. He is."

Allen stared at her for a moment. "I suppose I deserved that."

Maureen nodded. "You did." She paused. "Do you regret your choice?"

Allen sighed. "Yes. And no."

"Excuse me?" She asked feeling slightly confused. "What do you mean?"

"Well…I'm not sure I would have been able to give you the life you had with Elliot. So in that sense I don't regret it…you clearly had a great family. But I do regret not being able to say I knew you as a child. I missed all the important moments in your life and I don't have any other children. I probably never will…so I won't know what any of that is like." He said shrugging.

Maureen stared at him. "That was very honest of you."

He shrugged. "I figure I owe you at least that."

She took a deep breath. "You know…this is all still very new to me. I don't know how I should be feeling about you…I don't know what it is I want. Or if I want anything for that matter."

"Okay." Allen said. "This is your call."

"My Dad said that you agreed to leave me alone should I chose not to want you in my life." Maureen said. "Can you really do that?"

Allen let out a shaky breath. "It will be hard. But I don't really deserve to expect to be a part of your life…" He laughed. "And quite honestly…Elliot scares me."

Maureen smiled. "He seems to have that affect on a lot of people."

"You don't have to make any decisions now." He said shaking his head.

Maureen nodded. "Alright. Well…this has all been a bit overwhelming for me. I think I'm ready to go home now."

Allen nodded slowly. "Oh. Okay."

She stared at him for a moment. "I'm sorry…I just have a lot to think about."

Allen smiled. "I'm just glad you agreed to meet me at all."

She smiled. "Well I'm glad I decided to meet you as well."

"Would it be okay if I hugged you?" He asked.

Maureen looked down. "I suppose that would be alright."

Allen smiled and leaned in to hug her, Maureen tensed slightly when she felt his arms around her and that's when she knew what his role in her life would be. As he pulled away, she smiled politely and said goodbye before making her way over to where Elliot and Olivia were standing.

"Maureen's coming…" Olivia said to Elliot.

Elliot turned quickly to see Maureen to make sure she didn't look upset, he smiled when he saw her. "How did it go?"

Maureen smiled when she got up to them. "It was…interesting."

"Are you okay?" Olivia asked placing a gentle hand on her arm.

Maureen nodded. "Yeah. It was weird. But I'm glad I did it."

"Good. That's good." Elliot said smiling at her.

Maureen looked down and kicked at the ground. "He was…nice." She paused. "But I don't think…I don't think that I want to have him in my life."

Elliot tried to keep his excitement at bay but he did let a small smile slip. "Oh. Well that's…"

Maureen laughed. "You can gloat if you want Dad."

Elliot chuckled and Olivia smiled softly. "I don't want to gloat."

"Yes you do." Olivia and Maureen said together.

Elliot laughed. "Alright maybe I do…but I won't."

"Not now anyway." Maureen said rolling her eyes.

"I don't want to gloat…but I am curious to know why you decided that." Elliot said staring at her intently.

Maureen sighed. "Well…I already have a Dad. A pretty great one at that…"

Elliot's face softened, his blue eyes filling with tears. "Maureen…"

"I just…I don't know it's been 25 years. If he really had wanted to be apart of my life he should have either raised me from the beginning or shown himself earlier. I'm not just some thing he can play with…" Maureen said. "He can't walk in and out of my life as he pleases. I have feelings too."

Elliot nodded slowly. "Okay."

"Okay? That's all you have to say about everything!" Maureen said laughing.

Elliot laughed. "I told you…this is your choice. I'll support you either way."

Maureen smiled. "Thank you." She took a deep breath. "I'll…call him. Or write a letter…or something."

"Whatever you want." Elliot said shrugging.

Maureen laughed and shook her head. "Alright. Well…let's get out of here."

"Where do you want to go now?" Elliot asked.

Maureen smiled. "I want to go home."

"Okay we'll drop you off." Elliot said looking at Olivia.

"No…I mean I want to go back to your house. I want to be with my brothers and sisters for the day." She said shrugging. "Lizzie and Richie will be off to school soon…I want to spend time with them now while I can."

Elliot smiled and put an arm around her shoulders. "Sounds good too me."

Together, the three of them walked from the park to Elliot's car and drove off towards Elliot's mothers house. They picked up Hannah and Adam and then drove back to their house where Kathleen, Lizzie and Richie were.

They walked into the house and then out to the back porch and joined the other kids. "How did it go?" Kathleen asked her older sister.

Maureen shrugged. "Fine I guess."

"You okay?" Richie asked. "Cuz I'll kick his a-"

"Richie!" Elliot yelled smacking him in the head.

"Ow!" Richie said rubbing his head. "Just trying to protect my sister dam-"

"Language!" Elliot said hitting him again.

"Oh fine. I can't say bad words but it's okay to show your kids that hitting is okay!" Richie said rolling his eyes.

Elliot laughed and pulled Olivia to his side, she sat down beside him and he put a hand on her growing belly. "You know we're really going to miss you and Lizzie when you go off to college. Especially with the new baby coming."

Lizzie pouted. "I know. I can't believe we're going to miss out on this."

Olivia smiled. "You'll just be a car ride away…whenever you want to come home you can."

"Speaking of college…" Lizzie said smiling. "Richie has some really good news I think he wants to share with you."

Richie blushed. "No. No it's not important."

Elliot looked at his son. "What is it?"

Richie shook his head. "It's nothing."

"It's not nothing Richie! Tell them!" Lizzie said smiling.

Sighing, Richie looked over at Elliot. "The uh…the Lacrosse coach from Hudson called today. The school is going to offer me a full ride if I agree to play on the team."

Olivia's face lit up. "Richie that's amazing!"

Elliot was just staring at his son, making Richie think that he wasn't excited. "No. No it's not that big of a deal."

Elliot got up and pulled Richie up giving him a fierce hug. "It is too a big deal. It's great. I'm so proud of you."

Elliot and Richie rarely showed this much affection so Richie was caught off guard at first before hugging his Dad back. "You're just happy it's one less tuition for you to pay for…" He joked.

Everyone laughed and Elliot pulled away from his son as he placed a hand on his shoulder. "That is great. But I'm very proud of you, you worked hard. You deserve this. You want to play right?"

Richie smiled. "Yeah. I do. I would start as a Freshman."

Elliot beamed at him. "That's amazing."

Richie blushed slightly. "Thanks Dad." He looked over at Lizzie. "But I'm not the only one they want…"

Lizzie smiled. "I got an Academic scholarship. If I can keep my GPA above a 3.5 I only have to pay 2,000 a year."

Elliot laughed and pulled her up for a hug. "My little genius."

"We figured you guys would be happy since you have the new baby coming…" Richie said. "We know that's all a lot to pay for."

Olivia shook her head. "That's nothing you guys have to worry about. That's why you're kids…your Dad and I are the adults. And we'll figure it out…scholarships or no scholarships."

"Yeah but you guys work hard enough as it is." Kathleen said rolling her eyes.

Elliot shook his head. "No Liv is right. We'll figure it out…we always do. I don't want you guys to ever think you can't do something because of the cost. We can talk about it and figure it all out. Don't be afraid to ask us for stuff okay? I'm not going to say it will happen…but ask."

"Well now that you've said that…" Richie said smirking. "How would you feel about giving Lizzie and I some money for a limo for prom. I mean…we did get scholarships so you must have some extra cash lying around…"

Everyone laughed. "I think we can do that." Elliot said smiling.

"All our friends are chipping in so we can go together." Lizzie said smiling. "Obviously they don't know I'm going with Carlos yet…but they know I have a date. He said he would pay but I don't want to make him do that."

Elliot nodded. "I can take care of it. No worries. I'm proud of you both, you deserve it."

The door bell rang and Olivia stood up, "I'll get it." She walked back into the house and down the hallway to the door, when she opened the door she wanted to slam it back shut. "Kathy."

"You went to see Allen without telling me?" Kathy asked.

Olivia sighed. "Maureen didn't need your permission to meet him."

"You could have picked up a phone and called to tell me." She said glaring.

"Well you could have told everyone the truth from the beginning but you didn't…we have a lot of what if's." Olivia shrugged. "This is your fault so why are you yelling at me?"

"Sorry, I feel a lot of rage towards you. Our last meeting didn't go the way I would have liked I too." She said.

Olivia stared at her. "I felt a lot of rage towards you too. It all just sort of built up over the years. Sorry." She said sarcastically.

"I want to see my children." Kathy said.

"I don't know if they want to see you." Olivia said.

"Well ask them!" Kathy said glaring at her.

Olivia sighed. "Stay here." She shut the door in her face and walked back onto the porch, Elliot and Richie were going through Lacrosse plays in the yard.

"Whose at the door?" Kathleen asked.

"You're Mom…" Olivia whispered. "She wants to see you guys."

"Yeah well I don't want to see her." Kathleen said turning towards Maureen. "Not after what she did to Mo and Dad."

"Yeah me either." Lizzie said from where she was sitting, Adam on her lap.

"What's going on?" Elliot asked noticing the kids looking upset.

"Mom's here." Lizzie said looking at him. "She wants to see us."

Elliot sighed. "Well why don't you guys go and talk to her."

"No way!" Richie said. "We have nothing to say to her…we talked about it. We decided we don't want her in our lives anymore."

"Guys it's not that simple…" Elliot whispered. "I know you're upset but she's your Mother."

"I appreciate you supporting me but you should still talk to Mom." Maureen said shaking her head. "I don't expect you to cut her out of your life."

"Well at least one of my kids is sensible." Kathy said walking around the side of the house to the back yard.

"I thought I told you to wait on the steps." Olivia said.

Kathy shrugged. "I got tired of waiting."

"We have nothing to say to you." Richie said. "You're a liar."

"Only about Maureen's Dad. Your Dad is Elliot." Kathy said simply.

"That doesn't change the fact that you lied and hurt Maureen and Dad." Lizzie said. "Did you think we would just be okay with this?"

"Mommy what's going on?" Hannah asked Olivia.

Olivia picked up Adam and took Hannah's hand. "Nothing sweetie." She looked at Elliot. "I'm going to take them inside…this is between you guys."

Kathy rolled her eyes. "Like you've never interfered in my family before."

"Leave Olivia out of this!" Kathleen said. "She's a better Mom than you ever were."

Kathy stepped up on the porch quickly and walked over to Kathleen. "How dare you say that!"

"Back up Kathy!" Elliot said.

"Mommy what is Kathy doing?" Hannah asked looking nervous.

Olivia didn't want the younger kids to see this but she didn't want to leave them all out on the porch either. "Kathy calm down."

"You keep your mouth shut!" Kathy said pointing at Olivia. "I don't want you anywhere near me or my kids!"

"Liv bring Hannah and Adam into the house…" Elliot said looking at her.

"El…" She whispered.

"Please." He said nodding at her.

Although she didn't usually back down or always obey what Elliot asked of her, she knew that this was a matter they had to figure out for themselves. She looked at the kids and then back at Elliot until she walked with the kids back into the house.

Elliot turned to Kathy. "What do you want Kathy?"

"I want my kids back in my life. They have a brother who wants to see them." Kathy said glaring at Elliot.

"And we'll be happy to see Connor." Kathleen said smiling. "But not with you around, Brian maybe but not you."

Kathy rolled her eyes. "This is ridiculous. This is between Maureen and me not you guys"

"I heard you talking to Olivia when you told her about Allen." Maureen said, talking for the first time. "You told Olivia to take care of us because you knew we would be mad. You seemed willing enough to let us go then…what changed your mind?"

"I realized I don't want to just hand my family over to that bitch Olivia Benson the way I handed her my husband." Kathy said looking from Maureen to Elliot.

"You wouldn't be handing us to her." Richie said. "Lizzie, Kathleen and I talked and we don't want you around. You're always messing things up…you don't' really care about us."

"I'm your Mother." Kathy said staring at Richie. "I have rights."

Lizzie shook her head. "Not anymore. We're all over 18, we can choose to not have you in our lives."

"Lizzie you aren't thinking clearly." Kathy said shaking her head. "You do want me in your life. You're just upset."

"Ever since we were kids…you've been yelling at Dad and Olivia about how awful they were. But the thing is…you were the one always causing the drama. Dad and Olivia didn't do anything to you…you're the one that cheated." Lizzie said. "Stop trying to blame everyone else but yourself."

Kathy looked over at Maureen. "You met Allen. Everything can go back t normal now right?"

Maureen shook her head. "No Mom. It can't."

Kathy whipped around and put a finger in Elliot's face. "This is all your fault. It's always your fault! But I'm the one that gets blamed for it all."

"Mom you aren't listening!" Richie said. "What did Lizzie just say? Dad didn't do anything wrong…you're the one that cheated."

"No! No!" Kathy said yelling. "Your Dad…he pushed me into the arms of someone else! He was always working, and was always with Olivia. What was I supposed to do?"

"He didn't cheat." Kathleen said. "You did. And besides…you lied way before that. Dad never even would have married you if you hadn't been screwing two guys at once when you got pregnant with Maureen."

Elliot stepped closer to Kathleen. "Everyone needs to calm down. We all make mistakes…and yes that may be true Kathleen…I wouldn't have married your Mom back then had I know the truth. But If I hadn't married her…I wouldn't have you guys. I don't regret it."

"Elliot talk some sense into them." Kathy said staring at him. "You owe me that."

Elliot shook his head. "I don't owe you anything. They are all of age…it's their choice."

"You're enjoying this way to much." Kathy said glaring at him. "You think you're invincible."

"Now you're talking crazy." Elliot said rolling his eyes.

"You think that because you're a cop nothing bad can happen to you." Kathy said smiling.

"Are you threatening me?" Elliot said stepping closer to her.

"No. Not you." Kathy said was she walked off the steps. "When you kids come to your senses…you know my number."

As she walked away, Richie walked up behind his Dad. "You know that's a threat on Olivia Dad…"

Elliot looked at his son. "You know I won't let anything happen to her."

"You don't think she would actually do anything to her do you?" Maureen asked. "I mean she's not…she's not that evil is she?"

"I don't know…" Elliot said. "I thought I knew your Mother…but now I'm not so sure."

"Why did she have to even tell us about Allen?" Maureen asked. "Everything was fine before then…"

"I don't know." Elliot said shaking his head.

"Are you going to tell Olivia that she threatened her?" Lizzie asked.

"No. I'm not. I don't want to worry her especially since she is pregnant. This stays between us…" Elliot said looking at his kids. "Do you think you can do that?"

"Yeah but…wouldn't it be better to warn her?" Kathleen asked.

"I'm going to take care of this." Elliot said. "Just…don't say anything to her. Alright?"

All four kids nodded their heads and Elliot walked into the house, he saw Olivia coloring with the kids in the living room.

When Olivia saw Elliot she stood up and walked to him. "What happened?

"Nothing." Elliot said staring at her intently.

"You're a bad liar." She said looking into his eyes. "She said something…"

Elliot shook his head. "No. I'm just frustrated."

Olivia put a hand on his cheek. "El…"

He smiled at her. "I swear…everything's fine. I just hate to see the kids like this…they don't need to deal with this crap."

She didn't believe him but she knew better than to push him. "Okay."

He pulled her closer to him and wrapped his arms around him tightly. "I love you."

She smiled against his shoulder. "I love you too."

He pulled away smiling at her. "I'm gonna go call Allen and tell him that Maureen decided she didn't want him in her life. At least not right now."

Olivia stared at him for a moment, trying to read him. "Okay."

"The kids are fine. I think they just want to be alone for a few minutes though." He said shrugging. "Ya know talk things through…"

Olivia nodded. "Okay. I'll just be in here with Adam and Hannah."

"Great." He said kissing her cheek before walking out of the living room and upstairs to their bedroom, when he got there he shut the door and flipped open his phone but he wasn't going to call Allen.

"Hello?" Finn answered on the other end.

"Finn. Hey It's Elliot." He said.

"Hey. What's up?" Finn asked.

"I need to ask you for a favor…" He said slowly. "This isn't easy for me but I know you care about Olivia and I need your help."

"What's going on?" Finn asked. "Is Olivia okay?"

"Yes. But…I don't know. I just…" He sighed. "Well you know about all this crap going on with Kathy."

"Yeah." Finn said. "Olivia told me. I'm really sorry man…you don't deserve that."

"Thanks. But I'm okay…or at least I will be. But Kathy came by today…she was really angry about how the kids were dealing with everything. She basically blamed it all on Olivia and she didn't say it our right but she made kind of a threat on Liv. Or at least I think she did…" He said.

"What do you mean?" Finn asked. "What did she say?"

"Nothing. I don't know…she just made it seem like she wanted to do something to Olivia I think." Elliot sighed and put his head in his hands. "I just…I can't be with her all the time. And I'm worried…I don't know what Kathy meant or what she is capable of. I don't know what to do…"

"You want me to keep an eye on her." Finn said.

"Yes. But I don't want her to know that anything is up…she's already stressed enough as it is with all this. You know Liv…she's working so hard to make sure everyone else is okay and not taking enough care of herself. And she's pregnant…I just don't want anything to happen to her or the baby because she is to busy worrying about everyone else." Elliot said.

"I get it. You want me to tell Munch about it too? That way there will always be someone watching her and one of us can tail Kathy if you want." Finn said.

"Yeah that's a good idea." Elliot said.

"Alright. Don't worry about it Elliot. You know we wouldn't let anything happen to Olivia." Finn said.

"Thanks…" He paused. "Finn I know you and I haven't always seen eye to eye but-"

"Elliot you may drive me nuts sometimes but as far as I see it were brothers in blue. I got your back and I know you got mine. Anything you need just ask okay? Especially when it comes to Liv…she's like my sister. I don't want anything to happen to her." Finn said sincerely.

"Thank you Finn. I owe you." Elliot said.

"Don't' mention it. I'll talk to Munch and we'll do a little digging. I'll call you if anything catches our attention. But for now just be with your family okay? Try and relax…for all you know Kathy may have just been saying that to rile you up. She may not have meant anything by it." Finn said.

Elliot nodded. "Right. I know. I just want to make sure."

"I get it. You did the right thing. I'll talk to you later okay?" He asked.

"Yeah. Thanks. Bye Finn." Elliot said before clicking his phone shut.

Sighing, he lay back on the bed and closed his eyes and just prayed that Kathy wasn't going to do anything stupid. He really thought he knew Kathy when he married her, when she had cheated it had shocked him but this was beyond anything he could have imagined. It didn't make any sense…it was true that he hadn't been the perfect husband to her but he would never do anything to physically hurt her. Taking a deep breath, he sat up again and tried to pull himself together…he didn't want Olivia to see him upset because then she would know that something was up.

Meanwhile outside, Kathleen, Maureen, Richie and Lizzie were still sitting on the porch whispering to each other.

"Do you think Mom will do something to hurt Liv?" Lizzie asked her siblings.

"I don't know…" Maureen said. "I don't think so…but then again I didn't think she would lie about anything like my Dad being someone else."

"This is all insane." Richie said. "I mean…when Mom and Dad got divorced I didn't think our lives could get any more complicated than that. I'd give anything to just go back to what that felt like…at least we knew where we came from and what was going to happen next."

"I know." Kathleen said. "But Dad isn't going ot let anything happen to Liv."

"Right. But what if he gets hurt in the process?" Richie said. "Or one of us? If push came to shove I would sacrifice myself for one of you guys or Liv, Hanna and Adam."

"Me too." Lizzie said.

"We all would." Maureen said. "But right now…we have to trust Dad. He's a cop…he knows what he is doing. He's used to handling situations like this…"

"Yeah but they don't normally involve his own family members." Lizzie said. "Dad's a great cop but sometimes he gets so overwhelmed by it all that he acts out. I don't want him to do anything stupid to try and save us all."

"Should we talk to Cragen?" Richie asked. "Maybe he can help…"

"I don't know…" Maureen said. "You heard what Dad said…he doesn't want anyone else involved in this right now."

"Mo's right. And…maybe Mom was just saying that to piss Dad off. I mean…what could she possibly do?" Kathleen asked looking at Maureen. "I mean she wouldn't try to kill Liv…" She paused. "Would she?"

"I don't know. I hope not." Maureen said. "But…Liv is pregnant. Dad's right that we can't worry her right now. Let's just…keep quiet about this and keep an eye on Mom, Hannah and Adam. If anyone sees anything weird we go straight to Dad. Okay?" Maureen said looking at all of them.

"Okay." Richie, Lizzie and Kathleen said together.

"Okay. Well we better go inside before anyone suspects anything…" Maureen said standing up and leading the way.

In the house, Elliot was just walking downstairs when the four of them walked in. They all shared an awkward smile that didn't go unnoticed by Olivia. She kept her worry to herself though as she continued to draw with Hannah and Adam. Elliot sat down beside her and put a protective arm around her.

She smiled at him, hoping to see whatever was worrying him in his eyes. She saw nothing and that scared her. She had always been able to read him but this time something was very wrong. She leaned forward and kissed him sweetly, trying to convey her love in that kiss hoping that it would make her open up to him. But he just smiled and tightened his grip around her shoulders.

She turned back to Hannah and Adam and the lack of talking from the other four children sent shivers down her spine. Whatever Kathy had said had been bad…she just didn't know why they were hiding it from her. But whatever it was, she was sure as hell not going to sit back and find out herself. She would talk to Kathy herself if she had too. Nothing was going to hurt them…not when everything was finally beginning to fall back into place.


What do you think that Kathy is going to do? You'll have to wait and seeeeee! For now send me a few REVIEWS and I'll try and update as soon as I can! Like I said this is a wicked busy week for me so it may be a while before an update shows up but keep checking :) MUCH LOVE!