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A/N2: This will pick up the pace next week, I'll be skipping ahead a little bit. Enjoy! ;)
Chapter 14
Elliot knocked on the door and Olivia turned to see him enter the room. She had a slight smile on her face but he knew she was burying wasn't hard to guess what but when Charlotte cooed and wanted her mommy she beamed.
"Hi baby. I missed you too," Olivia smiled but gave Elliot the questioning eyebrow as she reached out to the stroller. It frustrated her that she couldn't pick her daughter up but she was going home the day after next provided there were no complications. They had both agreed that bringing Charlotte to the hospital was unnecessary. Exposing the fifteen month old to the germs inside the hospital just wasn't something Olivia wanted.
"Things have gotten messy," he said.
"How messy?" She wanted to know.
"Rollins is in bad shape and our apartment has been bugged. CSU is over there now trying to remove them," he heaved a sigh and collapsed into the chair next to her bed before giving her all the details.
"What are we going to do?" She asked.
"We're going to have to talk to the lawyer. With any luck it is all fruit of the poisonous tree and the case should be thrown out. Although I'm not exactly sure if that applies with family court," Elliot admitted.
"Mindy committed theft right? So at least what she found should be out," Olivia pointed out.
"It's not that simple. We allowed her into our home. Social Services could argue that despite the fact that we didn't actually give her permission to do what she did, she could be called as a witness. She had to see the records in order to copy them," he told her.
"Oh God," she heaved a sigh.
"Like I said, we'll have to work it out with the lawyer. I'm more concerned about the bugs in the apartment. Given their location, whoever put them there, has practically every conversation we had somewhere. That and the lack of noise in the bedroom," Elliot shook his head.
"Yes but we can't have sex until I'm released from physical therapy anyway. We went fifteen years without it. Another six months to a year is nothing," Olivia reached out to him.
"I know Liv. I love you and the kids, you know that right? No matter what happens, we're in this together," he said taking her hand and giving it a squeeze.
"Yes we are. I love you too," she smiled.
"I better get out there and see if we've had any word about Rollins. Can I leave my two best girls alone for a little bit?" Elliot asked.
"I think we can manage," Olivia told him. He nodded and started for the door when he realized that the Captain was standing out in the hallway on his cell phone. Elliot exited the room and waited for him to get off the phone.
"Elliot we've got trouble," Cragen said without even a "how do you do".
"What else is new?" The detective wanted to know.
"That was Reginald Simpson's parole officer. He hasn't heard from him in a few days," his Captain explained.
"He was out on parole?" Elliot was confused. He hadn't been back with the unit when it happened but it had been all over the news.
"Yeah apparently no one thought to say anything. We need to find him and quick. He is either part of the team doing this or he isn't but either way he's broken the terms of his release," Don said.
"He has to be part of this. Otherwise how would our guys know badge numbers?" Elliot pointed out. Just then the Captain's cell phone rang again and he quickly answered it. It was a short call with the person on the other end doing most of the talking.
"That was CSU. They got a few fingerprints off of the bugs planted at your apartment. No hits so far but Major Case is talking to the super of your building and the plumber," he explained.
"Why Major Case? Don't they have their hands full already?" Elliot was confused.
"They are operating under the theory that what happened to Rollins is connected to you and Olivia because of what happened at Social Services," Don told him.
"All right well we've all been suspended from duty. How are we going to run down Simpson? He's our best lead but we don't have actual authority to bring him in," the detective said.
"Let me make some phone calls," the Captain said.
To Be Continued…