It was 1PM. on a Friday. "Whose in charge here." A woman said walking quickly into The Special Victims Unit. Olivia heard a mixture of nervousness and anger in her voice. A man walked beside her. Olivia walked toward them.

"I'm Lieutenant Olivia Benson. "Can I help you? Do you need to report something?" Olivia asked in her gentle voice, the voice she spoke in when dealing with a new victim, a victim who had not had the time to process what happened to them yet.

"I need to speak to the person who talked to Nicole Price." The woman said quickly, her voice was full of bitterness. Fin got up quickly from his desk and stood behind Olivia in case he was needed Rollins and Carisi followed his action. The angry woman took 2 small steps closer to Olivia, she stood just inches from her face. Olivia quickly took 3 steps back. She put her hands up. "Ok. step back, I know you're upset but getting in my face won't help you." She said as she took another step back.

"You think I'm worried about myself, I'm not!

"What are you worried about?" Olivia asked calmly.

"I need to speak to whoever spoke to Nicole Price."

"I can't talk to you about anything. I can talk to you if you have a crime to report."

"How about I talk to you then?" The woman replied bitterly. "I'm Victoria Glen, Victor Glen's mother. That stupid girl is a liar! My son is not s rapist! Is he being charged?"

"Ms. Glen. Olivia answered, taking another step back. "Your son is an adult, I can't discuss him with you."

"Is he being charged? Victoria screamed.

Fin, Rollins, and Carisi inched closer to Olivia. "Your son's over 18. You have to get your information from him." Fin said. Victoria took a step toward Olivia. "You need to calm down lady." We can't help you." Fin continued. He was starting to get nervous.

Victoria took a step back, and then slowly she took a deep breath. "You can talk to me if I report a crime?" She asked as she stared at Olivia, her voice was now cold, but calm.

"Yes I can." Olivia answered.

"That little girl, that twit is blackmailing me, my husband, my entire family." Victoria answered turning to look at her husband, the man who had walked into the unit beside her. The man looked like he hadn't slept in days.

"How?" Olivia asked calmly.

"Blackmail is illegal. You tell her if she doesn't stop, I'm pressing charges against her. Talk to her Lieutenant . Please, talk to her." Victoria said, her voice cracking. "You can't talk to me about anything, but you can talk to her. Please talk to her. I don't want this to destroy my family. I'm sorry." Victoria turned, and grabbed her husband's hand. She ran into the elevator with him.

"Let's get back to work", Olivia said. She almost ran to her office. She closed the door behind her. She stood by her desk, picked up the phone and dialed quickly. Nicole's voicemail picked up on the 3rd ring. "Nicole it's Olivia Benson. I get that you don't want to talk, but it's very important that you call me back. Something just came up." Olivia left her cell number and hung up the phone, she sat down. She covered her face with her hands for a quick moment, then stared on some paperwork.

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"Is Liv in her office?" Barba asked Rollins and Carisi, as he walked into the squad room at 6:30PM.

"Yeah", they answered in unison, there was something about the tone of their answer that made Barba uneasy. He studied the faces of the couple.

"What? What's the problem?"

Carisi looked at Rollins and she decided she wanted to be the one to answer. "Victor Glen's mother stormed in here this afternoon, she wanted to know who took Nicole's statement. She got in Liv's face. Everything is fine, Liv handled her, and we were here to back her up, if she needed it. Then all of a sudden Mrs. Glen started begging Liv to talk to Nicole. She claimed that Nicole has been blackmailing her family, but she didn't give any details. She just ran out of here." Barba was very worried and his face showed it

. He turned to walk to Olivia's office, at that moment he heard a male voice. "Is there an Olivia Benson here?" Barba whipped his heard around. He saw a man dressed in a delivery uniform, and holding a vase of flowers. "I have a delivery for Olivia Benson." The man continued.

"I'll take it for her. She's busy." Rollins answered walking to the man, and taking the flowers from his hands.

"I need you to sign for them." The man said,

"No problem, give me a sec." Rollins answered, running to her desk to put the flowers down. She walked back to the delivery man, and quickly signed. "Have a nice day, I'll make sure she gets these."

The man smiled. "Have a nice day. "Thanks.". He said taking his clipboard, and leaving the room and the building within moments.

Rollins looked at the 2 dozen roses sitting on her desk in a light brown ceramic vase. 23 of them were red, but the one in the middle of the bouquet was a bright yellow rose. "Good job Barba.. I think you should be the one to bring these to Liv. I do have one question What's with the yellow rose in the middle?" Carisi raised an eyebrow to show that he was curious too. He walked over to Rollins and wrapped his arms around her waist. She laughed and smiled.

"Liv doesn't like real flowers, she hates to watch them die. She loves the smell of gardenias." The couple's eyes filled with sympathy. "You mean these flowers aren't from you?"

"No." Barba answered in a low tone.

"I thought they were. Liv said you just bought a car, maybe I'm off here Barba. but I was thinking you may have done that to make Liv's life a little easier." Rollins replied.

"We know you take cabs together all the time now." Carisi said. Barba didn't say a word. Carisi and Rollins exchanged a quick look. They were reading each other, both of them did not want to push Barba to talk right now, and both knew pushing him would not work.

"If you didn't send them, I wonder who did." Rollins said before she could stop herself.

"Rollins, did Barba get here yet?" Olivia said as she ran into the room, as soon as the words left her mouth she saw him. He smiled his half smile.

Barba chuckled softly. His heart swelled with deep pride. "I'm here "

"I see that, I need to talk to you about a case. You saved me a phone call." Olivia said, in a tone she hoped sounded calm. She was worried that she might be blushing.

"Good, I need to talk to you too." Barba said, as he watched Olivia's eyes wander to the flowers on Amanda's desk.

"Nice flowers Rollins." She glanced at Carisi, "What's with the yellow rose in the middle?"

"They're not mine. You were busy in your office, I didn't want to bother you.."

"They're mine? Who would send me flowers?" Olivia walked over to Amanda's desk to study the roses, She searched for a card, and found one. She took it in her hands and silently read it.

Dear Olivia,

The yellow rose in the middle of this large bouquet reminds me of you, like you this yellow rose stands out. I never met anyone like you, and that's because there is no one like you, there is only one Olivia Benson.

"Who are they from?" Rollins asked excitedly.

Olivia did not want to say, but the name of the flower sender quietly slipped from her lips. "Dr. Taylor." Barba took a deep quiet breath out, there was that name again. Who was Dr. Taylor? ""Rollins you can keep the flowers on your desk. They'll stay alive longer with you."

"You sure?" Rollins asked.

"Yeah" Olivia answered. Barba watched as she quickly placed the note that came with the roses into the pocket of her slacks. She turned quickly to Barba. "I was just about to head home Barba. Did you want to walk me out?"Not only did Olivia want to go home for some much needed relaxation, She needed a sidebar with her friend, and she wanted to give Rollins and Carisi some time alone. Olivia found it funny that they honestly thought they were hiding their romance well.

"Sure I'll walk you out." Barba answered, and within moments they were walking toward Barba's Bentley. "I heard you had a rough day?"

"What? It was fine. What did you need to talk to me about?" Barba could tell his friend was not ready to talk about what happened today, so he decided to answer her question right away, knowing that when she was ready to talk about what went on with Victoria Glen she would.

"I need to talk to you about Noah's birthday cake. I have an idea." Olivia smiled, and in that moment all her stress seemed to disappear.

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