A/N: I'm thinking that this will be wrapped up in a chapter and an epilogue. I'm so glad you all have been enjoying it. Thank you so much for reading, reviewing, and being your awesome selves.
A/N2: A shout out to Cinderella1268. Thanks for the review. I hope you'll be feeling ok after the cliffy at the end. ;)
Chapter 29
Olivia moaned and opened her eyes. The light in the room wasn't bothering her it was the chorus of snores coming from the men in the room. She quickly took stock and saw that Elliot and Fin were making the most noise, given their probably very uncomfortable positions in the chairs near her hospital bed, but then she noticed Noah was doing it in his stroller too.
"Dear God don't teach him that," she muttered to herself. A smirk crossed her face as she thought of something that would get the boys out of their seats.
"Ten hut!" She shouted, regretting it immediately as the wound in her right side didn't really allow her to breathe too deeply, nor did the broken ribs on her left side. Elliot fell out of his seat and then shot up straight at attention and found himself saluting. Old habits die hard, Olivia smirked. Fin was less put together as he stumbled upon standing, knocking the chair over, and getting himself all tangled up. Elliot quickly went over and helped him up. Through the whole incident all Noah did was roll over in his stroller and stop snoring. Olivia couldn't help but laugh.
"Very funny, Baby Girl," Fin shook his head.
"You guys were worse than a chorus of bull frogs," she was still laughing, despite the pain.
"I haven't heard that laugh in a long time. You must be having a fever," Fin laughed and Elliot went over to her to make sure their little bit of fun hadn't pulled any stitches.
"Looking good," he gave her a wink. She smiled and then asked,
"Is everything ok? Why is Noah here?"
"Lucy needs a raise and a vacation. She was going to stay with the little man after I called her but I told her, I'd bring him. Figured you'd want to see him," Fin explained. Then as if he knew they were talking about him, Noah woke up and gurgled. Fin scooped him out of the stroller and carefully set him next to Olivia.
"Who's Momma's big boy?" She asked him and he smiled. She gently pulled him into as much of a hug as she could, vowing to wear her bullet-proof vest everyday even if she didn't need it.
"Nick is down the hall in recovery. They were able to get his leg in good shape but he'll be on desk duty for probably the next six to eight weeks. Of course that fits because you're going to be out that long with your injuries. Although it sounds like Nick is going to need therapy for his knee wound which you won't because it was a through and through in the thigh," Tutuola gave her the update on the younger detective as Noah settled into Olivia's less injured left side and snuggled in.
"Oh I was worried he'd gotten himself killed. I have no idea what he was thinking. As much as I hated to see Mr. Lindley doing what he was doing, I didn't want any of the officers on the scene to get hurt. I bet IAB is all over this. Nothing like a good friendly-fire incident to get them going," Olivia shook her head and frowned.
"Oh Tucker was all over it. Said he'd swing by the hospital tomorrow to get statements which seemed fairly nice of him actually," Fin commented.
"Well the court officer…" the Sergeant started.
"Officer Amy Mitchell. She's going to be ok. Nasty concussion and head wound but they expect her to make a full recovery," the detective filled in.
"Oh good. Well at least we're all in halfway decent shape. What about the three officers who did the shooting?" Olivia wanted to know.
"Two of them are inconsolable and the third is semi-functioning. They're upset at what happened and their afraid of losing their jobs, you know how that is," Fin said.
"Oh I think we all know how that is," Elliot nodded. He'd been silent, allowing Fin to update his former partner as much as he could. Now he had to tell Olivia about the incident with the possibility of blood transfer. He moved over to her and grabbed her free hand and she gave him a confused look. Elliot opened his mouth but never got the words out as the door to the room opened and Kathy stormed in. Before anyone realized what was going on, she'd practically bowled Fin over but he managed to grab her around the waist.
"I'd keep your hands to yourself if I was you. I don't want to have to arrest you for assaulting a police officer," Fin told her. Olivia could see the anger in her former partner's ex-wife's eyes.
"Fin, let her go," the Sergeant said. The detective gave her a look but complied and Kathy let out a breath that she'd apparently been holding.
"So this is what you two have been up to?!" Her voice louder than she realized. Noah looked like he was about to cry and Olivia grabbed his tiny little hands, which calmed him down slightly.
"Noah is in my care via the foster care system. His mother is dead and his father is a violent criminal offender we arrested not too long ago. I'm going to adopt him," the Sergeant clarified in a calm tone, hoping that would help the situation. Kathy looked at her but the woman wasn't embarrassed so now Olivia was confused.
"Not him!" This time the paperwork that the woman held in her hand was thrust into Olivia's face and Elliot grabbed it.
"Kathy, please calm down," he said, without reading what she had.
"I had the lab put a rush on the results from the tests we needed to run and most of the results won't be back for at least a couple of days but this one was easy to figure out! I knew you were screwing around with this whore!" Kathy spat.
"All right! That's it!" Fin grabbed the blonde before she could do anything else and hauled her toward the door.
"You come in here again and I'll call the hospital administrator. You'll be looking for a job in short order. I don't care what you think was going on but you never call Baby Girl a whore," with that Fin shoved her out into the hallway and slammed the door shut. He turned back to Elliot and Olivia and saw that the latter was trying to keep it together but he wasn't sure she would be able to. Elliot was trying to comfort her and the piece of paper that Kathy had thrust into their faces was lying on the bed.
"I'm sorry she did that. She seemed perfectly fine when I saw her earlier. We had to run tests because there was a possibility that your blood and Officer Mitchell's blood had mingled and…," Elliot was trying to explain.
"What does it say?" Fin asked, partially hating to interrupt but also partially curious if it was bad news. He wasn't sure how much more bad news that Olivia could take. Johnny D's lawyer had dropped off paperwork the morning of the shooting and she had been close to tears when she read it. Fin didn't know what the paperwork was or if she'd discussed it with Elliot so he didn't bring it up but he knew that it would add to the pile that was just heaped onto her.
"I didn't read it," Elliot confessed, turning from Olivia and then scooping it up. He handed it to her, since they were her results, and she took as deep a breath as she could before reading it.
"Oh my God," she murmured.
To Be Continued…
