A/N: This is from the SVU episode which aired on 1-3-18. There will probably be one more chapter after this one. I don't own any of the characters.
Everyone who was at the Precinct with the exception of Barba, who went back to his office, went to the Mall. Sheila was with Mall Security when they arrived. While Olivia had it out with the Head of Security, Fin, Rollins and Carisi started asking people if they had seen Noah anywhere. Olivia was trying to get Sheila to tell her if she remembered seeing anyone suspicious. Fin got a call from Chief Dodds saying that he wanted Olivia off the case.
"Liv, that was Dodds. He wants you off the case."
"Since when do I listen to anything he has to say? I am going to find my son even if I have to do it myself."
"It could be both our jobs."
"I don't give a damn. I don't care about anything or anyone other than Noah right now. That boy is my whole life and I am nothing without him."
"What about your fiancé?"
"Unless I have my son, I don't even care. I can't do anything right when it comes to relationships. Adopting Noah was the best thing I ever did."
"Olivia, I live a couple blocks from here, so maybe he walked there."
"Let's go."
Olivia and Sheila left and headed to Sheila's apartment, while everyone else continued looking for Noah or checking the security cameras. Hank felt like he had been stabbed in the heart. He didn't know if it was because she was panicked about Noah's disappearance but at that moment, he felt like he meant nothing to her. He headed toward to the Mall exit and had just planned to go back to Chicago. Tucker saw him and went after him.
"You ok?"
"Not really. I feel like I've been stabbed in the heart. Apparently I mean nothing to her. I might as well just go back to Chicago."
"I don't think she meant it. The worst thing you could do is go back to Chicago. She's going to need you whether she admits it or not. She was a wreck after Joe Utley was holding her hostage a couple years ago and she still has PTSD issues from that and from what happened with William Lewis. Her squad is pretty supportive and they will do anything for her as I saw when she was being held hostage. She and I never saw eye to eye on anything over the years and yes, she does have a habit of trying to do everything herself but in the end, she becomes more vulnerable than she leads on. I never expected anything to happen between us but it did. Even though we broke up a year ago, I still care about them both but I have accepted that she has moved on with you. The only advice I can give you is be patient with her through all this. You're the one she's going to need the most no matter what happens. Why don't we go to her apartment and see if there is anything there that might help us out."
"Ok."
Just as Hank and Ed were heading out, they both got a text from Fin with the guy seen leaving with Noah. Antonio called Hank to tell him they were there and wanted to know what he wanted them to do. Hank told him he was going to text him a picture of the suspect. Rollins and Carisi came running toward them.
"VOIGHT, TUCKER."
"What's goin' on?"
"Liv said Noah had a black hoodie on earlier and not the blue shirt in the picture."
"Something isn't right."
"Liv said she and Sheila were heading to the Precinct for now."
"Ok. I'll go with Rollins and Carisi to see if I can find this guy and find Noah. Voight, I would suggest going to the Precinct."
"Yeah, I will. Thanks."
Hank left and headed to the Precinct, while Ed went with Rollins and Carisi. When Hank arrived at the Precinct and went up to SVU, he saw Rafael holding Olivia and caressing her hair. He thought about leaving but he really hoped that his fiancée was only being consoled by Barba. He wasn't paying attention to where he was going because he was keeping an eye on the woman he loved more than life itself and ended up walking into one of the desks.
"Damn it!"
Olivia looked to see what happened and then both she and Rafael came out of her office.
"Babe, you ok?"
"Yeah. Sure. Do you even want me here?"
"Of course I do. Why would you even ask that?"
"Well, you said you didn't care about anyone about Noah right now and that you can't do anything right with relationships. Now, I walk in and find you in another man's arms. How do you expect me to feel?"
"She was actually waiting for you to get here but she broke down. I was just offering her some support. I do care about her."
"I know you do and I appreciate that. Right now, I don't know what to think about anything."
"Liv, you better give the guy a hug."
"Thanks for being here, Rafa."
"Anytime, Liv. You know that."
Olivia kissed Rafael's cheek and then wrapped her arms around Hank as she kissed him.
"I love you so much. You know that. I'm just having the day from hell. I don't know what I was thinking when I allowed her to take him shopping. I'm glad you're here."
Fin came back to the Precinct.
"They tracked down the barcode on that car seat, so Carisi went to check it out."
"Ok. Good."
"I have my squad out looking for this guy too."
"Great. Thank you. I really hate that I can't be out there."
They all sat and waited for something to happen and no one seemed to notice that Sheila had left. Carisi arrived at the store where the car seat was purchased.
"May I help you?"
"I'm with the NYPD. There was a car seat purchased from this store and we need to know when it was purchased and who purchased it. The barcode traced it to this store."
The sales clerk looked to see when the seat was purchased.
"It was purchased a couple days ago."
"Did they pay for it with cash or credit card?"
"It was paid for by credit card. I remember the person who bought it. They had the prettiest eyes. The name is Sheila Porter."
"Son of a bitch!"
Then Carisi called Olivia.
"What do you have, Carisi?"
"Sheila Porter purchased the car seat."
"Damn it! Thanks."
Olivia hung up.
"Sheila had my son taken. They planned this."
Olivia looked in the Interrogation Room where she had last seen her but she wasn't there.
"Where the hell is she?"
Olivia, Fin and Hank left to head to Sheila's apartment and Barba decided to see if he could talk to the lawyer Sheila had hired to see if he could find out more about Sheila. They arrived at Sheila's and went into her apartment. She wasn't there and her favorite picture of Ellie was gone.
"She took her favorite picture of Ellie, which means she's not coming back."
Barba called and said he got some information that might be useful. Rollins and Carisi had gone to talk to the PI Sheila had hired and then they track down Juan, while Olivia told everyone they were now looking for Sheila. She hoped Rollins and Carisi would be able to get out of Juan where Sheila was. After Amanda slapped Juan to get him to talk and threatened to arrest his daughter, Carisi arrested him for kidnapping and 'a lot of other stuff'. He told them that Sheila was going to his cabin and then they were supposed to meet in Montreal. Olivia said that Sheila had mentioned a family cabin in New Hampshire, so Fin booked her and Hank on the flight. Rollins and Carisi had basically been sent on a wild goose chase and then they headed to where Fin told them Olivia and Hank were headed.
When Hank and Olivia arrived where they had hoped to find Sheila, Olivia went straight to the house, while Hank took a look around the property. He didn't want to leave Olivia alone for long. Olivia opened the outside door and then went inside. She slowly opened the door to the house and went in. Olivia was hit over the head and she lost her gun. Sheila grabbed it and pointed it at Olivia. Hank had come it and had his gun pointed at Sheila.
"Drop it!"
"No! I won't drop it. You drop yours. You want to take my baby away from me."
"He's my son."
"He's not your son. He will never be your son. You don't love him."
Yes, I do. I love that little boy with all my heart."
"You can't love him the way I do. You're not his mother."
"You didn't even know he existed until a few months ago. I am his mother, damn it!"
"Because some judge signed a piece of paper? I'm his blood. I'm his family."
"Blood isn't the only thing that makes a family. Family is who loves you and is there for you. This man is going to be my husband soon and he loves Noah as much as I do. You're not his mother."
"You can get another child, another little boy who needs a family."
"I don't want another little boy. I want Noah. Again, you're not his mother."
The door opened. Hank put his gun away and Sheila hid Olivia's.
"Mommy!"
"Noah, get out of here!"
"Why?"
"Just please go with Hank."
"Ok."
Hank took Noah out, while Olivia shut the door and got in between it and Sheila, so she wouldn't hurt try to grab Noah. Olivia knew Noah was safe with Hank. Sheila had a meltdown and they were both crying. The police arrived and took Sheila into custody. Olivia took Noah in her arms.
"Baby, I'm sorry I yelled at you like that."
"You and Grandma were fighting."
"I know we were."
"Is Grandma bad?"
"She's a good person who did a bad thing."
"Oh."
"Aunt Amanda and Uncle Sonny can drive us all home and we can talk all you want ok?"
"Ok. I love you, Mommy."
"I love you too, Baby."
"I love you, Daddy."
Olivia looked to see tears in Hank's eyes at hearing her son call him 'Daddy'.
"I love you too."
"That goes double for me."
Hank kissed Olivia and gave Noah a big hug. Then the 3 of them went outside.
Hank put Noah in the car and Olivia went over to the Squad car where Sheila was.
"What's going to happen to me?"
"You'll be booked locally and then extradited."
The Squad left and then Olivia got into the back of the SUV with Hank and Noah as Carisi drove back to New York. Both Olivia and Noah had fallen asleep, so it gave Hank some time to think. He ended up falling asleep as well. Amanda fell asleep for a while and then Carisi pulled over, so Amanda could drive. When they got back to the city, it was early the next morning. They dropped Olivia, Hank and Noah off and because of his ordeal, Olivia decided to keep Noah home from school for the rest of the week, so the 3 of them could spend some time together. Olivia invited everyone over to her apartment and that included both squads, Trevor, Barba and Tucker. Hank told Olivia that he had something he needed to tell everyone but he was going to wait until they all got there. He wouldn't even tell her. Everyone but Barba pretty much arrived at the same time. Fin told Olivia about the conversation he had with Chief Dodds at the Precinct, which she thanked him for.
"So, Voight, what do you have to tell us?"
"Barba isn't here yet."
"What is he up to, Liv?"
"I don't know. He won't even tell me. Just as long as he's not breaking up with me."
Olivia looked at Hank and then he kissed her.
"I'm not breaking up with you."
"That's a relief!"
"This has to do with us settling down."
"I already said yes. What more do you want?"
"If you don't want to marry me then just say so."
"Sorry, I can't do that. If I could marry you right now, I would."
"Is that right?"
"Uh huh!"
Olivia kissed Hank just as there was a knock at the door.
"Is that Uncle Rafa?"
"Yes, it is."
Olivia got up to answer the door.
"Hey."
"Hey."
"How are you?"
"Well, I've been better. I watch him when he sleeps and Hank assures me he's fine. I do feel safer with him here but it'll be hard once he goes back to Chicago. The 3 of us went for a walk and some lady told me how adorable he was. I almost bit her head off. You really don't want to know all this."
"I'm here to talk about anything my friend wants to talk about."
"Thank you. For everything."
"No problem. Aren't you going to invite me in?"
"Come on in."
"Thank you."
Rafael came in and joined everyone
"Hey."
"Hi Uncle Rafa."
Olivia introduced Barba to everyone from Chicago that he didn't already know.
"Ok, Voight. Tell us."
"I've been doing a lot of thinking with everything that has happened in the last few days. I've been doing quite a bit of travelling back and forth between New York and Chicago these last few months. In that time, Olivia, Noah and I have become a family, which is why I have come to the decision that I need to be here all the time. I can't keep doing this every weekend or even every other weekend. We need to be in one city. I'm willing to give up my life in Chicago to be here with you."
Olivia had tears running down her cheeks.
"So, what are you planning to do?"
"I was never the best father to Justin. I feel like I've been given a second chance with Noah to be the father I never was to Justin, so I want to retire to be able to spend time with him. You can still keep Lucy if you want to. I'm fine with that."
"I love that idea and I love you."
"I love you too."
Olivia kissed Hank and then Noah got up to give Hank a hug.
"I love you, Daddy."
"I love you too."
"You're not going to ask me to retire too?"
"I know you're not ready."
"When are you planning to move here?"
"It depends on when you want to get married."
"Next week too soon?"
"I would like to give CPD at least 30 days' notice. I feel confident that Antonio will be able to handle things if he's willing to take it on."
"I'd be happy to."
"Good. Olivia, I want you to have whatever kind of wedding you want."
"I don't care what kind of wedding we have. I just want to be married to you. I just want our family there and that's everyone here, Erin, Olive and Daniel."
"Where is Lindsay anyway?"
"She's away on assignment. We'll have to make sure she's going to be around when we do get married."
"Yeah, I know. I was thinking that we could look for a bigger place, so Olive and Daniel can stay with us when they come to visit or if anyone from Chicago comes to visit."
"I like that idea. I'd like to start the paperwork to officially become Noah's dad too."
"Trevor will be happy to handle that, won't you?"
"Yes. I will start working on that first thing in the morning."
"Good. Thank you."
"You're welcome."
"If I am retiring in a month, we don't have to get married right away."
"We can talk about that later."
Everyone enjoyed each other's company and then they had something to eat. The next day, Trevor started the paperwork for Hank to adopt Noah. Things started to return to normal or as normal as it could be for Olivia, who was still constantly worried about Noah. She was looking forward to the day in the not so distant future when Hank would be with them all the time.
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