A/N: Here is the epilogue. Thanks to all the people that reviewed this story!! Please read and review!

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The mother and daughter shared a big warm hug. All had been forgiven.

Elliot quietly opened the door and smiled at the sight before him. They still had a long way to go before everything was even near even to being perfect, and this was just the start. He quietly closed the door again before the mother and daughter noticed he was watching. He gave them some much needed and wanted privacy.

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A year went by quickly for the Stabler-Benson clan. Olivia gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, who they named Matthew (Mattie) Elliot Benson-Stabler. He was born one week late, weighing a whopping 9pounds 1ounce at 4:02am on a Tuesday morning, after a long, painful thirteen hour labour.

Flashback Begin

"That's it, Olivia. One more push and you will meet your son" The older, grey haired woman OBGYN told Olivia.

Elliot was sitting behind Olivia to help her as she pushed. She sat up against Elliot and pushed with her last ounce of strength and energy.

Seconds later a baby's cries filled the room.

"Meet your son, Olivia. He's a big one" The doctor said, smiling.

She cut the cord and placed the screaming baby on his mother's abdomen.

Olivia was so tired, but so happy. "Hello Mattie. Welcome to the world" she whispered as she caressed her newborn son's cheek before looking behind her at Elliot. "Isn't he gorgeous?" she said with the biggest grin of happiness that Elliot had ever seen on her face.

"Yes he is. He's gonna break some girls' hearts when he grows up" he joked.

Olivia laughed, tiredly.

"Ok, he needs to be cleaned up" A young blonde nurse informed Olivia before taking Matthew.

"I'm just going to inform the kids, ok?" Elliot said and kissed her on the cheek before getting up.

Olivia nodded. "Ok. I'm going to sleep for a bit first"

Olivia woke about ten minutes after, feeling a little ill. She pushed the call button and suffered a seizure, which lasted about five minutes. They were all so worried about her. But being a strong, stubborn woman, Olivia pulled through but she was told that if she had another child, it would have to be born by c-section to prevent that from happening again.

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Baby Matthew was nearly twelve weeks old and was such a happy baby. He thrived on all the attention that he got from all of his older brother and sisters, as well as his doting parents.

Olivia was sitting on her and Elliot's bed, rocking Matthew to sleep since she had just fed and changed him. Melody walked past the bedroom to see her mother, rocking her baby Matthew to sleep as she was day dreaming. She walked in and sat down on the bed beside Olivia. "Penny for your thoughts, Mom?"

Olivia turned to be daughter and smiled. "Just thinking about how quickly this last year has gone. I didn't think that I would be sitting here at the age of forty-one with a twenty year old daughter and a twelve week old son. I'm so happy and don't regret anything... maybe only the fact that I couldn't be there for you as you grew up" she spoke and looked down at her and Elliot's gorgeous, brown hair, blue eyed son. He had Olivia's hair, nose, mouth and olive complexion, just like Melody did as well. But he had Elliot's eyes and facial structure.

Melody placed a soft, olive toned hand under her mother's chin and gently lifted up her face. "Look at me, Mom" she whispered and waited for her mother to look at her.

Olivia obeyed and looked in to her daughter's mocha brown eyes, waiting for her to speak.

"Mom, it was not your fault that dad took me from you. I love you, no matter what. You are my mother and we are together now. We are a family. Me, you, Mattie, Elliot, Maureen, Kathleen, Dickie and Lizzie. You wanted a big family, mom, and now you have it. We all love you" she spoke truthfully, causing a few rebellious tears to fall from Olivia's welled up eyes.

Melody gently wiped them away and smiled. "Just remember that, mom" she said then looked down at Matthew. She put a gentle hand on his arm as he slept and looked back up at her mother. "And don't forget, you now have baby Mattie, down here. You have him to raise now" she said and smiled, "he's going to be strong and stubborn just like you and Elliot. He is going to have the ladies chasing him when he grows up 'cos he has good-looking genes on both sides"

Olivia listened to every word that her daughter said to her. "You're so right, Mel. Oh God, if it wasn't for you, honey. I don't know where I would be right now. You've saved me from so many things this last year and I couldn't be anymore grateful, I wish there was a way I could return all the favours"

Melody rubbed her mother's arm. "Mom, you return the favours every single day by just being here. I cherish everyday that we spend together. You're the best mother that anyone could ever ask for and when you had that seizure after you had Mattie, we all though that you wouldn't make it, but here you are and I love you so much" she told her mother as a few rebellious tears slid down her cheeks.

Olivia gently moved one arm from underneath her sleeping son and wiped away her daughter's cheeks. "I love you so much as well and I cherish everyday with you here" she whispered.

Elliot entered the room and saw Olivia and Melody having a private chat. "Livvie, do you want me to take Mattie?" he asked, poking his head through the gap in the door.

"Yes please, El" she answered.

Elliot walked over to the bed and gave her a quick, tender kiss on the lips before gently taking baby Matthew from his mother and walking out, quietly closing the door behind him.

Olivia looked her daughter in the eyes again. "I thank God everyday that you found me, Mel. I missed you for so long"

"I thank God everyday as well, Mom. For letting me find you. I missed you so much as I grew up. Dad had a photo of you hidden but I found it and I put it in my purse and it went everywhere with me. I used to look at myself in the mirror and look at the photo of you and know that I got all my beauty and love from you because I looked and acted nothing like dad and as soon as I saw you again, I knew instantly that I was just like you"

Olivia smiled and embraced her daughter in a hug.

The mother and daughter had reunited over a year ago and were so happy.

Olivia was still an SVU detective. She was back at work but on desk duty, part-time, so she could be with Matthew as much as possible. Melody was still in college and had to decided that she wants to go to the police academy, and hopefully become an SVU detective, just like her mother.