Hello people of earth! Thanks for the many reviews and stuff so here is the next chapter in the story! As always read review and enjoy!
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Elliot had held them both letting the mother cry it out and the daughter try and console her. After Olivia had stopped crying he let them up and then he too stood up and said. "You okay now?"

Olivia looked at her best friend and nodded with a small smile as she wiped her eyes. "I'm fine" she picked her four year old daughter and held her close to her chest. She kissed the top of Carson's head.

"Did I make you feel better momma?" Carson as she she lifted her upper body up, so she could look at her mothers face and pat her hair.

Olivia smiled and kissed her daughters cheek. "Yes you made me feel a lot better Beanie. Thank you"

Carson smiled proudly and said. "Detective Elliot did most of the talking. I just pat"

Olivia smiled and said. "You did great sweetie. Now come on let's go and sit down and color okay?"

Carson nodded and giggled as they walked back inside and as her mother placed her at the desk. She pulled out her coloring back and went to work on Fin's almost finished picture.

Olivia turned away with a smile and she looked at Elliot. She knew that he had everything she had said on the phone to Seth. She bit her bottom lip when he nodded at her indicating that he wanted to talk. She kissed the top of Carson's head and went over to where Fin, Munch, Cragen and Elliot stood. She ran her hands through her head and she said. "So I guess you want to know what that was about?"

"Well yeah" Munch said.

Olivia sighed running her hand through her hair as she said. "Well it was Seth. He said that he had the divorce papers. I told him to sign them. He said that he would sue me for kidnapping Carson and then he would beat my ass." she stopped talking and looked back to make sure that Carson was still coloring. "Then he wanted to speak to Carson. That was when I lost, I told him off basically telling him that I knew what he did" she choked at the sentence. She then said. "He tried to deny it, then he called her liar, and said that she was just like me. He said that I was lying about everything that happened and that I should just come home so we can make up. He wants to try and have another child" she stopped talking as she felt bile rise in her throat. Just the thought of his hands on her, those same hands that touched her daughter, made her want to vomit! She continued. "He said come home or else. I asked what was or else and he said that I will see. He threatened me. I think he is planning something"

Cragen was livid! What in the hell was wrong with this man. "We are going to protect you! I wish he would show up here and tries to hurt either one of you"

Olivia smiled at the older man. The man that was closest to any father she was going to get. "Thank you" she hugged him.

Cragen was shocked but he hugged her back and kissed the top of her head. He was going to keep his promise. He wasn't going to let anything hurt either one of them.

~Saturday~

"Oh Mommy! Can we see the tigers first? Or maybe the cheetahs? Or the hippos" the four year old said excitedly as she jumped up and down. They were at the zoo and Carson was terribly excited about it.

Olivia laughed and bent down picking up the four year old. "Of course we can. We can see all of those things and so much more!"

Carson smiled widely and she said as she looked at Elliot, who was standing next to Olivia, "Detective Elliot can I have a piggy back ride?"

Elliot smiled at the four year old and turned around so Olivia could place Carson on his back. "Hold on"

Carson giggled and nodded.

Dickie and Lizzie made mad grabs for Olivia's hands. They both looked up and smiled at the women. "We wanna hold your hand Livvie" they said at the same time.

"Sure" Olivia said with a smile.

Maureen and Kathleen were walking next to each talking about some thing. They looked at Elliot and then looked back at Olivia, when they realized that she was staring at them they quickly giggled and turned away.

"What are they up too?" Olivia whispered to herself.

"LOOK! MOMMY! IT'S THE LIONS!" Carson yelled as she turned to look at her mother. Her green eyes were large with happiness and excitement.

"I see them Beanie" Olivia replied with a smile. "Do you see them?" she asked the twins who were holding her hands.(AN: I realized that I first said that Lizzie and Dickie were 10 years old. In the earlier chapters. But then I said that they were 7 in chapter 9. Sorry for the confusion! They are 7 not 10)

"Yeah!" Dickie and Lizzie said at the same time.

"It's a baby lion" Kathleen awed as she she looked at the lions.

Maureen was smiling as she looked at the lions in the cage. Even though she was 16 she still liked going to the zoo with her family. She smiled as she looked around at everyone. She looked at her ten year old sister and smiled and gave wink. She went over to Olivia and said. "So Livvie?"

"Hey Maury?"

"How long are you going to be staying with us?"

Olivia looked at the 16 year old and thought the same thing. She had been at the Stabler house for almost a week. "I'm not to sure. I'm going through something right now"

"A divorce?" Maureen offered as she looked at Olivia's hand. She saw that there was a pale section of Olivia's hand. The part where a wedding ring would go.

Olivia nodded. "Yes. It's going to take some time. He lives in Kentucky"

Maureen nodded as she examined the older women. If she looked closely she could see the faint black eye, that Olivia was still covering up with make-up, and the fading bruises on her arms. Maureen slightly gasped, she had watched enough TV and read enough books to know what happened between Olivia and her husband. She wrapped her arms around Olivia and hugged her tightly.

Olivia was shocked at the sudden show of affection. But she let of of the twins hands and hugged Maureen.

"I love you Liv. I'm so happy your here, you and Carson. I'm happy your both here and safe" Maureen whispered against Olivia's shoulder.

Olivia heard every single word of Maureen's little speech and she smiled as her eyes watered. "Thank you sweetie. I love you too."

Maureen pulled away and wiped her eyes and then got Lizzie's hand said. "Come on Liz. Let's get a closer look at the lion cub"

"Okay!" Lizzie said looking up at her big sister.

Olivia got Dickie's hand and they moved closer to Elliot.

"Oh really" Elliot said. He was talking with both Carson and Kathleen. "Then what happened?"

"It was like the movie. But just on ice" Carson said in wonder. Her mother had taken her too see Lion King on ice a short time ago and she had loved it.

"Where was your daddy?" Kathleen asked.

Carson tensed and she said. "He no go. He said it was stupid. He got mad at mommy for asking" she whispered the last. She remembered that day, not only because of the fun but because it was the first time she heard her father call her mother mean words.

Elliot looked up and saw that Olivia was right next to him. He smiled at her and said. "Hey you"

She forced a smile and said. "Hey"

He looked at her and knew what was wrong. He placed Carson on the bench and told the kids they were going to start heading to the Polar Circle and after that we can go see the Big Cats"

"Penguins!" Lizzie and Carson cheered.

Elliot turned to look at Olivia and he said. "Liv look at me"

She looked at him and said. "Yeah?"

"I don't want you to feel embarrassed to tell me stuff. I know it has got to hurt you to keep it inside. So whenever you want you can talk to me about it okay?"

She looked at Elliot and nodded. She hugged him and blushed when she felt him kiss the top of her head. "Thanks Elliot."

He smiled against her head and said. "Come on let's go see those Polar animals." they tuned away from each other to see the smiling faces of their children.

Maureen looked at the adults and wiggled her eyebrows. "Come on you guys. Let's go"

Olivia and Elliot both blushed.

'Detective Elliot! Piggy Back!" Carson cheered.

Olivia and Elliot both laughed. Olivia watched as Elliot turned around and let her four year old jump on her back. She walked next to Elliot and just enjoyed the happiness she was feeling, even if it was in a zoo filled with hundreds of people and smelly animals. She was still happy and best of all safe!