The next morning, Olivia still had her head in the clouds about being pregnant because two hours before arriving at work, she and Alex booked an early-morning appointment with Alex's OBGYN to talk about the physical aspect of her getting pregnant and were able to meet with her. In fact, everything checked out for Olivia so well during the physical that they were able to start the beginning stages of the process, and if everything went well, she was going to have a very good chance of getting pregnant.

Had Olivia been completely absorbed in her own thoughts about her family life, she would have missed a very important phone call that came from her desk phone in her office.

It was from Audrey about Bedelia.

In the night, Bedelia had had a nightmare so extreme that it sent her into a panic attack strong enough to case need for a nasal oxygen supply and a need for a slightly longer hospital stay because her blood pressure had risen higher than the doctors would have liked, just from the fear alone.

Olivia was a little upset to be finding out about the panic attack so many hours after the fact, but when Audrey told her that she'd been the only one allowed to stay with Bedelia while she calmed and fell back asleep with help from powerful sleeping drugs, she let go of her anger and thanked Audrey for looking after Bedelia and filling her on the situation.

Things could have gone worse if anyone else had been there, no matter how good their intentions were.

"Aren't you two tired of coming to see me here?"

"No, mama, definitely not."

This was Amanda's response to her mother's inquiry when she and Olivia came to see her.

"Especially considering what happened the last time you got as panicked as this." Olivia added.

"I got scared into labor," Bedelia recalled with a sigh of resignation. "But I'm not pregnant now."

As the oldest person in the room, Audrey decided to be the voice of reason and interjected, "Bedelia, why don't you tell them what your nightmare was about?"

Bedelia didn't want to tell them because she was embarrassed that people kept coming to see her, but she knew that Olivia and Amanda had come for yet another visit not only because it was part of their job description but also because they were her family.

She spoke mostly to Amanda. "I dreamed that your father showed up from wherever the hell he is and took you and your sisters."

"Me, Kim, and Maggie, but not Leon? Is it because he doesn't care about him?"

"Probably. After he took you three, your whole squad looked for you, but bad things had happened by the time you were found. I can't even say." Bedelia took steadying breaths to calm herself. "If it hadn't for my blood pressure being so high, this wouldn't be such a big deal. I'm sorr—"

Her apology stopped abruptly when she caught sight of someone out in the hallway headed towards her suite, looking like he was on some kind of mission. Bedelia became so nervous that the blood pressure monitor she was hooked up to beeped warningly.

"What is it?" Audrey asked her.

"Who is that?"

She pointed in the direction of the person in question and they all followed her line of sight. Audrey didn't recognize the person, but Amanda and Olivia did, and they immediately grew hostile.

It was their number one, enemy, Sergeant Ed Tucker.

Amanda sighed heavily. "That's the head of the Internal Affairs Bureau, Sergeant Tucker. He doesn't like our squad."

"That's an understatement, compared to what Nick has told me over the years." Audrey mused, but she was already moving closer to Bedelia's bedside ready to protect her, or at the very least, be within reach if she wanted a hand to hold.

"Neither of you say a word unless he talks to you directly." Olivia told them seriously. "He looks for any little way in to try to shut the SVU down."

Bedelia and Audrey heeded Olivia's words and when Tucker entered the room, the pair noticed that a change came over Amanda and Olivia, it was as if hackles had gone up.

"What are you doing here, Tucker?" Amanda snarled, arms crossed over her big belly. "Neither of us have even done anything wrong!"

"I came here to tell you that if you toe the line in any way possible because this mess involves your family, I will report you to the Chief of Departments and get you transferred to the Brooklyn cold case unit. Everybody knows that your unit has a reputation for coloring well outside the lines, and I thought I'd show my face to tell you in person to make it stick, what with all the times you've been over to 1PP."

Amanda knew Tucker well enough to know that he was absolutely serious about the transfer threat. It did spook her, but to her credit, she didn't let her fear show.

"How did you know that I was here, let alone with my mother? She 's never even met you before, and just the sight of you caused her blood pressure to spike!"

"Rollins, you should know by now that I have eyes and ears everywhere." (Amanda made a hmph! noise) "Now, if you don't mind, I need to speak to your mother. Alone."

"I sure as hell do mind!" Amanda protested. "She's my mother, and she's recovering from something traumati—"

"Amanda-June McLaine," Bedelia spoke over her daughter in an authoritative tone. "Please be quiet."

Immediately but in her place, Amanda closed her mouth and stepped to the side. In turn, Bedelia stared Tucker down and if looks could kill, he would have been dead on the spot.

"What do you want? Anything you say to me, you can say in front of everyone else because I will not send them out."

"Alright, fine—when was the last time you saw your husband?"

Except for the beeping of the monitors, it suddenly became so quiet that one could have heard a pin drop.

When Bedelia spoke, she grew seething. "Are you joking? The last time I saw him was when he was attacking me and giving me the injuries that caused me to end up here!"

"So you haven't seen him since the assault occurred?"

"No!"

At this point, Olivia stepped forward. "Sergeant, get to the point before the doctors come."

"I'm asking you, Missus Rollins," Tucker said, redirecting his wording. "Because your husband is missing and nobody can find him."

Bedelia's eyes grew wide in horror and said nothing as her blood pressure monitoring began beeping even more.

"That's it." Olivia said in a "Blink, and I'll deck you!" tone. "Get out now."

She didn't wait for Tucker to respond, walking him all the way back out the elevators. In the mean time, Amanda turned to her mother.

"Mama," she said cautiously. "Tucker is a big bully with zero tact; he's even gone after me more than once. Can you say something?"

"I don't know what to say," Bedelia sighed heavily as she leaned back in her bed. "Except for if your father ever crosses my path again, I won't be entirely responsible if he gets hurt."

Amanda didn't say anything to that, but only because she knew that her mother was very serious. To her knowledge, Bedelia had never killed before, not even during her wild years in Loganville, but she was the kind of mother who would do anything at all to protect her children.

Out in the hallway, after seeing Tucker off, Olivia called Fin to update him on the situation, almost immediately after she was finished and she pocketed her phone, the other elevator doors opened to reveal Trevor Langan, disembarking and heading for her when he saw her.

"Trevor, what are you doing here? Your timing is as odd as Casey Novak's!"

Even with the cast of his broken arm peeking out from underneath one of his jacket sleeves Trevor still had his trademark look of intimidation about him, but because he had sought out Olivia specifically and their infamous, longstanding rivalry had thawed out in recent years because of Noah, he met the agitation with a gentle tone.

"Word has already spread through the grapevine about Lionel Granger and his current case. His work is even being monitored by his superiors." Trevor explained. "Do you know if Detective Rollins' mother has a lawyer yet?"

"A lawyer?" Olivia asked blankly. "I know that Bedelia might need one for a personal matter about something else, but do you think that this could go to trial? Her husband is both a snake in the grass and a slippery eel."

"Even if it doesn't go to trial, she should still cover her bases, just in case, and yes—I do know what's been going on."

"I appreciate you coming all the way down here, but your retainer is an arm and leg; Bedelia Rollins doesn't have as much money as I or your average clientele does."

"Olivia, if Missus Rollins does want my help, I will be offering my services one hundred percent pro bono."

Olivia was taken aback because it wasn't often that Trevor did something like that.

"Why?"

"Because men like Odis Lee Rollins and Leionel Granger give the rest of the male gender a bad name, and because I want to do what's right before someone seedy like Kessler shows up and leads her astray."

It was clear that Olivia was grilling Trevor because she was extremely protective of Bedelia, but upon hearing the sincerity in Trevor's voice, she was immediately won over.

"Okay, I'll bring you to her, but you have to know that she's in a delicate stage, both physically and emotionally. You also just missed Ed Tucker."

"Oh, really?"

Olivia nodded. "Mhm, and I chased him out. Do you promise to be on your best behavior now?"

"Yes."

Pleased, Olivia beckoned for Trevor to follow her.

When Amanda saw Olivia return with Trevor Langan, she was immediately on her guard, but once they explained what was going on, she let herself relax because at last, something of good fortune was happening in her family's favor, a changing of the tides.

They were safe again.

For now.