Chapter 14

A/N: LMAO guys, I just had to end the case in this chapter. I can't go any further with it because I haven't planned it very well and I'm just going to bore you all like I did with the previous chapter. And totally off topic, but does anybody else get really irritated by the cast's "shocking table read" tweets? Kerry and Darby tweeted a few weeks ago and I just kept scrolling. Have any of you guys actually been shocked when an episode that has been hyped up by the cast? They did this for episode three this season and it turned out to be one of the most basic episodes ever. The only times I've ever been shocked were when Fitz was shot and when Jerry died because I didn't see either of these coming. I've noticed that even fans I follow on Twitter are over this crap but I'm not even going to speculate on 5x13, but I hope whatever it is is case of the week related. I know it's just for PR and it's part of the job but it's so annoying. Anyway, enjoy this chapter and please review. And last but not least, Happy New Year! I hope 2016 brings you peace, love and happiness.

Olivia strolled into the building with the Ghettysburger takeout bags in hand and over to the reception desk where the young female receptionist was on the phone and about to finish up. Olivia waited patiently as she did. The receptionist ended her call and acknowledged Olivia. "Hello miss can I help you." She asked with a smile on her face.

"Yes, I'm here to see Jake Ballard." Olivia answered.

The receptionist handed a her a pass and told her to go on through. She entered Jake's office to find him buried in paperwork. His head turned up the minute she entered the room.

"Hey!" She said walking over to him and kissing him on the cheek

"Hi, I'll take those." He said as he took the bags out of her hand and placed them onto the desk. She went to take a seat and as she did, she rested her purse on the chair next to her and removed her coat, resting it on the back of her seat. Jake took the Ghettysburger take-out boxes out of the bag.

"Is this one yours?" He asked handing the box to her.

"Yes it is." She took it out of her hand and opened it up, taking a fry out to eat. "I see you're busy." She told him.

"Very. So how's your case going?" He asked her while taking a straw out to place in his drink.

Olivia just sighed and looked at him. "It's, interesting." She answered before snorting and covering her mouth.

Jake furrowed his eyebrows her and smiled. "What's so funny?"

"Where do I even start?" She rhetorically asked before putting her drink down. "Have you heard of Senator Wilkinson?"

"Uhm, maybe." He answered

"Well, it turns out he's into some extra curricular activities."

"I don't think I like where this is going." Jake interrupted knowing exactly what she was referring to.

"And it turns out someone has been filming these activities, sending him the videos as well as threats, manually and electronically and using them to blackmail him, under an anonymous alias online."

"Are you kidding?"

"No, and we can't track this source either unfortunately. They've conveniently managed to remove footage from the Senator's security camera's and Huck has done everything he could. It's mission impossible."

"Well it must be someone whose a wizz with computers and all of that stuff if they've managed to outsmart Huck."

"Tell me about it." She responded before taking a sip of her drink.

"They probably know him well too." Jake said

This had Olivia furrow her eyebrows and come to a realisation. She just sat there glaring at the phone on Jakes desk

"What's the matter?" Jake asked her noticing she had suddenly stopped eating and was glaring at nothing.

"Uhm, nothing. I have to go." She said as she picked up her coat and bag and left the office before kissing him on the cheek. She left his office and quickly strolled through the hallway searching through her bag for her phone to call either Quinn or Huck.

"Huck?...We're off the case, tell Quinn...Yes, it's done, I'm on my way back to the office, I'll explain there."

Olivia left the pentagon and entered her car, driving right back to OPA. She arrived, walking over to find Quinn and Huck at the conference room desk waiting for her.

"Liv, what's going on? Did the Senator want us off the case?" Huck asked her as she removed her jacket and and purse and put them onto the rack.

"No. we're off the case because it's solved. I think I know whose behind the threats." She answered before sitting down and picking up her office phone to call the Senator. "Hello? Senator Wilkinson?...Yes, it's good news. Could you come down to my office again please? And you know what, bring your son Victor too." She demanded before putting the phone back down.

30 minutes later, Olivia could hear footsteps of Senator Wilkinson coming down the hallway and his son. She rose up from her desk chair and walked over to greet them both when she saw them coming towards her door.

"Senator Wilkinson" She said pulling out her hand to shake. "And victor, it's nice to see you both." She greeted giving Victor a snide smile. "Why don't you both have a seat." She advised gesturing to the couch in her office.

"So do you know who's been sending me these messages?" The senator asked anxiously.

"I believe I do." Olivia noticed that Victor squirmed in his seat and had suddenly become quite anxious.

"I'm not sure if told you this before senator, but a member of my team was able to hack into your security camera feed, you know, the ones out side of your home."

"And did they find anything?"

"No, unfortunately, the feed had been conveniently shut off at the times we would have needed evidence, so we're dealing with someone very computer and technology efficient. You wouldn't happen to know anything about this, would you Victor?"

Victor squirmed in his seat again and tried his hardest to avoid any eye contact with Olivia.

"What would he know?" The senator questioned

"I'm guessing a lot Mr senator because the culprit is him."

"That's a lie!" Victor defended

"Miss Pope, this is preposterous! He would never.."

"It took me a while to connect the dots and then I realised, who knows him well enough, who knows his routine, when he's at work and who knows technology well enough to have hacked into the camera's at the convenient time?" Olivia rhetorically questioned before walking up to Victor.

"Look, Miss Pope, I don't know..." Victor said nervously before being cut off by Olivia.

"Oh, I think you do victor, because it was you wasn't it? You're the person who has been sending your father the videos, you're the one who hacked the feed and you're the one who sent him the letters, which is why we can't access the feed because we'd see you posting these messages in your letterbox, isn't that right?!"

Senator Wilkinson turned his head slowly towards victor in shock and slight disgust. "Is this true?" He questioned Victor. Victor continued to ignore his father and keep his head away from him until his father yelled.

"IS THIS TRUE!" He screamed in victors face taking him off guard. He glared into his fathers eyes still too anxious to answer honestly.

"YES! OKAY! IT WAS ME. I'm the one who sent the threats." He finally admitted flailing his hands in anger.

"Why on earth would you do this to me?" The senator asked

Victor slowly looked up at him with a sinister grin on his face. "Do you really want to know why I did it, do you? Because all my life you have belittled me, shamed me and you have never respected me and you have never taken me seriously. So I wanted to teach you a lesson, and you know what, I loved every minute of it too, until I got caught." He said looking back at Olivia who continued to glare at him angrily.

"But it was enough to get you shaken up, so I guess that's a win for me." Victor continued.

"When have I ever belittled you?"

"Since I was a kid! I guess a computer dork was too much of an embarrassment for you. You've never been interested in me! I've heard you tell people in your drunken tirades that you sometimes wonder if I'm actually yours and that I'm not the son you wanted."

Olivia then began to feel pity on Victor during his rant. She didn't suspect she'd feel this way but she empathised with him on some level and started to regret badgering the truth out of him the way she did.

"You missed science fairs, recitals, parent teacher nights and so much more and all I ever wanted was for you to notice me and to love me." Tears began to run down Victor's eyes and he turned away so his father and Olivia wouldn't notice. The senator walked up to him and rested his hand on his sons shoulder slowly comforting him. He could see the pain in Victor's eyes before Victor turned around and it cut him deep to see his son that way. Everything Victor had said to him prior had

"Victor, look at me." Victor still had his back turned towards his father and ignored his plea to turn around.

"Victor please, look at me." He continued to plead

Victor slowly turned around, his eyes sore and red from the tears and continued to glare at his father right before lowering his head onto his fathers shoulder and releasing the loud cry he was holding in whilst his father comforted him. This moment between Victor and his father had managed to touch Olivia and have her think about her broken relationships with her own parents on her way home back from the office.

Her mother had been in prison for her many criminal acts and her father had left town and gone on the run after it was revealed that he was behind the murder of Harrison. And given everything they've ever done, Olivia still missed them. She just wanted them to love her, be there for her and just be normal parents for once because they never were.

She needed love and an apology from them for all the damage they'd inflicted upon her for all these years. Even now, she wished she had them in her lives, they were about to be Grandparents and she wanted her daughter to have as many family in her life as possible. She didn't want her daughter growing up the way she did with little to no family members and no support system. She wanted her daughter to have a big and loving family, but as long as her parents were in the wind, that wasn't going to happen.

She drove home that evening after hours of paper work to find Jake in the kitchen cooking their dinner.

She leaned against the door frame and watched as he stirred up what seemed to be soup.

"Smells good." She told him. He turned around to smile at her before walking over.

"Hey. I didn't hear you come in." He said to her before kissing her. "How was work? Did you manage your case okay?"

"Yeah, what makes you think I didn't? You underestimating how good I am at my job?" She jokingly asked before resting her purse on the surface.

"No, I would never question the abilities of the formidable Olivia Pope, but I just figured you probably did with the way you left my office so quickly." Jake answered while stirring what was in the large pot on the stove.

"What are you cooking anyway?" She asked him

"My mother's chicken soup. You'll love it."

"Hmm." Olivia answered briefly not paying attention to him and staring out of the window.

Olivia's thoughts on her parents were still plaguing her that evening and it became very evident to Jake when she wasn't paying attention to him. She really needed to vent and ask something personal but she still wasn't sure how Jake would react to what she wanted to say. Given the history between Jake and her father, she wasn't 100% sure if it was a good idea, but she decided to go ahead with it.

"Olivia? What's wrong?" He asked her rubbing her back. She slowly turned around

"I had a client today, and uhm, he had a very broken relationship with his son. I say had because they've managed to resolve their issues and fix what was broken, and then it had me thinking."

"What about?"

"Me, my father, everything. I mean, it's no secret that I need fixing, we've both known that for years but it became more clear than ever when I saw victor completely breakdown to his father, it was like I was physically seeing that huge weight he was carrying for God knows how many years."

"Well what are you trying to say?" Jake asked

"I don't want to end up like he was and I'm sure I'm pretty close. I can't go into motherhood and parenthood with you broken. I don't want our little girl growing up with an unstable mother." Olivia let out before resting her hands on her abdominal area.

"And I want her to have the life and loving normal family that I never had and in order for that to happen, I have to fix myself and the first step would involve resolving the issues with my father."

Jake continued to stare at her with a blank expression on his face.

"And I know you hate him, and I don't blame you so I won't ask you to help me track him down or support me through this but, it's just something I feel I really need to do before I have this baby, I need the closure. Say something please?"

Jake gave Olivia a small smile, rested his hands on her shoulders and lowered his head to give her a kiss on the lips.

"I'm proud of you." He told her with his hand lifting her chin up

"For what?" Olivia smirked

"For finally taking that first step."

"First step in what?"

"Fixing yourself. You know I've always wanted what's best for you anyway and If fixing your relationship with Command..."

Olivia gave him a raised eyebrow.

"Sorry, your father. If fixing your relationship with him is essential to that, then I'll help you track him down and I'll be with you every step of the way."

Olivia gave him a soft smile and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Thank you." She said before raising her head to kiss him on the lips.

The next morning, Jake received a letter from his mother in the mail. She had been travelling with her new partner since before Christmas and he hadn't heard from her in a while so he was excited about receiving the letter. There was also a few bills and a letter for Olivia which he placed on her bedside chest for her to see when she was out of the shower.

"Hello Jacob. I hope you, Olivia and the baby are doing okay. I'm currently in Egypt, which is mine and Jeffrey last stop and we will be back home in few weeks, I was even thinking about coming tot see you and Olivia in DC because I've missed you dearly. I cant wait to see you both in the next few weeks, all my love, Mom."

A small smile came to Jake's face after he finished reading the letter and he decided to clip it onto the fridge.

Olivia was done with her shower and entered her bedroom with her new lilac cotton maternity robe securely tied around her and her wet curled hair dripping, using a small white towel to dry it and keep the water from dropping on the floor. Whilst lightly running the towel through her hair, she noticed the letter on her bedside and opened it up wondering who it could be from.

She then discovered it was a visiting order, from the penitentiary her Mother was serving time in. The curious look on her face then turned to concern. She felt her heart beat a little faster and she suddenly became a little anxious. The visiting order made her feel uncomfortable as she hadn't heard from her mother since.

What could she possibly want was the only thing running through Olivia's mind. She thought about just putting the letter aside and forgetting about it completely but she then realised that wasn't a good idea and thought talking about it was the right thing to do so she decided to take it to Jake to figure out what to do next.

Olivia went to find him. He was sitting at the breakfast bar with the morning paper in his hand and a cup of warm coffee in the other.

She said as walked over to him and and gave him a quick rub on the shoulders.

"Hey! Good morning," He told her kissing her on the cheek before she walked over to the kettle. "How did you sleep?"

"Okay. She had me up a couple of times but I managed." She answered referring to the baby's constant movements.

"What's wrong?" He asked her putting his cup of coffee down on the table. He didn't hesitate with the question either as he was quite use to it. He could always tell when something was troubling Olivia because he knew her just that well.

"I got this in the mail." She answered raising the piece of paper up for him to see.

"What is it?" He asked her picking his cup of coffee back up to take a sip.

"A visiting order, from my mother." She said staring out of the window with a lost and concerning look on her face.

"Oh." Although her back was turned, he could sense she wasn't feeling right about this. He rose from his seat and walked over to her giving her shoulders a soft rub. "Look Liv. Do you know what we talked about last night? I think you should extend that to your mother too."

She turned her head in disgust. "Are you serious? I can't. I wouldn't know what to say or do."

"Liv, how on earth can you better yourself if you don't attempt to fix things with the woman who gave birth to you?"

"Because, I'm scared, okay?" Olivia finally admitted. "She's a stranger to me and I resent her for leaving me when I needed her the most, I know it wasn't her fault but I just can't forgive that. If it wasn't for her being so evil, I probably wouldn't have ended up in Boarding school and left without a family for the rest of my life!" She breathed heavily after letting all of that frustration out and Jake went to hug her and she returned it.

"Liv, I know you're scared, but taking this leap will help you so much."

"You think so?"

"I know so. You should go and find out what she wants too." Jake suggested

"You're right. I should probably go and get dressed then." She went to walk off to her bedroom but Jake stopped her by holding onto her hand.

"Wait, do you want me to come with you?" He kindly offered

"No, thank you but it's okay. This is something I have to do myself." Jake gave her kind smile and she proceeded to her room to get dressed.

At the prison, Olivia had made sure she managed to secure a separate room for her and her mother as she didn't want the full prison visiting experience since she already hated them and having to occupy them. The prison was also very cold so she made sure to bring a

"Hi Livvie." Maya greeted, but she got no response. Olivia just glared at her.

"You got my visiting order?" She asked trying to break the tension in the room

"I wouldn't be here if I didn't." Olivia answered quietly. "So what do you want? What did you want me here for?" She then asked looking away from her mother.

"I just wanted to see you. Can't a mother not want to see her only daughter, her only child?"

Olivia just stared at the table she sat at blankly and gave a deep breath. She didn't know what to make of her mother's words, she was just confused by her.

"Can I at least get a hug?" Maya then asked her but Olivia couldn't respond as a sharp kicking hit her.

"Ooh." She said as she placed her hand on the area her baby was hitting with it's foot.

"What's the matter? Are you okay baby? You look like you're in pain" Maya asked worriedly.

"It's okay, I'm fine, it's nothing." Olivia lied

Maya got up from her seat and moved over to Olivia to comfort her and called for a guards help. "Guard! Guard!"

"Mom, I'm fine!" Olivia said sternly.

"No you're not fine, I'm your mother, I know these things."

"I'm fine! It's just the baby!" Olivia yelled out. She surprised herself as she didn't expect to say that. She didn't want her mother knowing about the pregnancy just yet but she really just wanted her to stop fussing.

Maya took a step back and looked at Olivia stunned. "Baby? You're pregnant?"

Olivia took a deep breath and rolled her eyes back before standing up to show off her full body for her mother to see. "Yes mother, I am pregnant." She answered before sitting back down with an annoyed look on her face.

Maya began to slowly tear up and form a large smile on her face. "You're pregnant? I'm going to be a Grandmother?"

"I didn't come here to discuss my pregnancy so what do you want?" Olivia snapped

"Well this makes your visit more worthwhile now that I know I'm going to be a Grandmother."

"Mom, can you get to the point. Please?" Olivia asked sternly.

Maya sighed before speaking again. "I just want to say that I'm sorry."

"You're what?" Olivia asked in a confused tone.

"I'm sorry Olivia, for everything. Everything that me and your father have done, for all the damage we've inflicted on you, I'm sorry for hurting you and making you feel worthless because that is not true, I love you so much and your are worth more than the world to me. I know I nor your father can ever make up for everything we did but I can assure you that none of it was your fault and that you are loved and you always will be."

"You know what, you're right. Nothing you say can make up for what you and dad have done to me. Because of you and him, I can't form emotional attachments to anyone, I have difficulties doing it, and I'm sitting here, 7 months pregnant absolutely terrified about parenthood because I fear I'll be an awful mother thanks to you and dad being such upstanding role models." She said sarcastically.

"However, you can do something to make up for all of that."

"Anything, sweetie, what?" Maya asked resting her hand on Olivia's hand.

"Be a parent now. Do everything you should have done when I was a kid now. And really prove how sorry you are because this is something I really need. I just need love and support from you and to not feel like an inconvenience, I NEED to feel loved." Olivia explained.

"Of course. And baby? Can you find it in your heart to forgive me?" Maya pleaded with sad eyes.

"Yeah, I forgive you. And I didn't mean to snap at you earlier, you were only concerned. Plus, she's been kicking quite vigorously all morning anyway"

"She?" Maya questioned with lit up eyes

"Yeah. It's a girl." Olivia answered with a short smile.

"They sense stress, that's probably why she's been kicking so much."

"Yeah, I read about that."

"Also, she probably has your intelligence."

"Yeah." Olivia laughed rubbing her stomach and looking down at it.

"Baby, I really am sorry, for everything."

Olivia cut her off "Mom, don't, it's okay." She pleaded with teary eyes.

"No, it's not and it has to be said. And I need you to know that I love you so much. You are the most important thing in the world to me Livvie and I've wanted what was best for you."

It was this comment about wanting what was best for her that had Olivia finally breakdown in tears, the tears she had been holding in since she arrived. Maya quickly got up, as did Olivia and they both hugged each other tightly, but briefly. When they were done, Maya rose her hands to Olivia cheeks to wipe her tears and cupped her face in her hands.

"Bye Mom." Olivia said happily. Maya then gave her a kiss on her forehead before heading out to leave the room.

"Bye baby." She said to Olivia with a smile on her face. She then got up and proceeded to walk to the door, but not before blowing Olivia a quick kiss.

A/N: Sad news for those still reading, I might just stop all of my stories all together, because it doesn't seem like I'm getting any views and reviews at all. No one seems interested so why bother? I just wanted to give you all a heads up if I go through with quitting them.