A/N: So I thought this chapter had gone up days ago and was wondering what was going on as I'd not received any comments or messages about it...Well turns out it hadn't. So i apologise about that but as i said, i thought it was already posted. I also decided recently to change the direction of this story slightly as i was re-reading every chapter and thought it was dragging a little, which i can see some of you agreed with too (so thanks for your reviews. So i've been busy re-writing the next few chapters and editing them in a hope to get some quicker updates. But without further ado, please enjoy this chapter and let me know what you thought by leaving a review!
Until Next Time ;)

Chapter 16 - Confrontation

Olivia wasn't sure what was going to happen next, but she had Dani holding Richard somewhat hostage, Elizabeth clinging to her in tears and Richard looking at her across the gap from where Dani was holding him, unsure exactly what was going on anymore. Parker had told her that Mr Stabler was on his way and Dani had taken that communication as a sign that he was coming to stick up for her rather than Olivia but Olivia knew it differently. However, it was when Dani had made a grab for Elizabeth to get her away from Olivia, that Olivia made a move to place the girl behind her. Elizabeth was more worked up over this and absolutely terrified now. It was not surprising when she was 7 years old and a crazed grown woman who had affected her previously, was now making a grab for her in a wild rage.

"You can't take the kids from me you lying bitch! First you steal my job, you steal my man and now you steal the kids too? What do you have against me?" Dani yelled.
"I didn't steal anything" Olivia retaliated, remaining calm for the sake of the children that were around and the other hotel patrons.
"Bitch, you did! Elliot wouldn't have suspected that anything was wrong with his children or caused any kind of issues with my job till you decided to stick your foot in everything. You are clearly a selfish bitch who decided that you wanted to be the one for him. You think that seducing him and getting with him is going to solve all your old ass problems…You're so lonely in your pathetic little life that you have to try and seduce a man to feel right, a man who would never look at you twice otherwise?! That's so pathetic" Dani remarked, verbally attacking Olivia however she could. Richard was starting to get uncomfortable with Dani's hold on him though and Olivia could read his distress in his body language like a book. She could also tell that Richard was noticing his sisters distress at Olivia's side and wanting to help.
"Watch your language! There are kids around! You really shouldn't use that kind of language around them" Olivai retorted. She knew that it had to be close to the time that Lucy would be getting here with Chloe and she really wanted to end this situation before that happened.

"Dani, can you let go of me?" Richard asked, trying to be heard over all the commotion but his voice sounded very weak.
"No, she can't have you! You're mine! You love me and I want you more than anyone else ever will, I won't let this bitch have you too" Dani replied
"HEY!" Olivia interrupted
"Please Dani, you're scaring Lizzie and you're hurting me" Richard started to cry but Dani just seemed to cling to him tighter.
"NO! She's brainwashed you against me now, just like your brat sister. WE were best friends before that bitch stepped in and you can't leave me! You're meant to be mine" Dan replied but Richard was scared at this reaction. He had only come over to Dani to briefly give her a hug but now he wanted to get out. Olivia signalled to Parker to come to her, praying he would follow her instructions and that Lizzie would to or what she planned to do next wouldn't work.
"Lizzie, sweetheart. Can you go and stand near Parker for me? I need to help Dickie and I can't do that whilst holding on to you too. I know Parker won't let anyone come near you ok? Daddy's going to be here really soon and I know you're going to be ok" Olivia to coax Elizabeth as Parker walked over. Elizabeth was hesitant to let Olivia go but she managed to coax Elizabeth over to Parker, whom she held on to just as tightly.

"DON'T COME ANY CLOSER BITCH!" Dani yelled as Olivia turned back towards her.
"Dani, you are hurting Richard. I know that you love him and I know he's like a son to you. But I can tell you, you are hurting him right now. It's not him that you are angry at either, it's me. So, how about you let him go and we can talk" Olivia asked, trying to Dani to release the young boy from her grasp.
"I don't want to talk to a slut like you, you get everything you could ever want in your life by opening those legs and letting men have it" Dani yelled, threatening Olivia as she continued to approach. Olivia knew that she just had to get Richard away from her. But the closer she got, the further Dani backed away. Like Water to a duck's back, just let it go Olivia mentally tried to encourage herself to ignore the rude things that Dani was currently saying. None of which was true at this stage, but still had hurtful intentions.
"Dani, you are really hurting Richard now and making him upset. I know this isn't what you want. Can you just let him go? Let Dickie go and then you and I can talk. If you let Dickie go now, I will help you convince Mr Stabler to give you the job back?" Olivia tried to coax the woman. At this stage she really wasn't sure what was going to work but she was prepared to try everything she could.

"Why would you help me?" Dani asked, suddenly interested at the prospects Olivia was offering.
"You are clearly an important person to Dickie, he really loves you but you need to let him go for me to be able to help you. I know the twins would like to see you back looking after them but we can't do that when you're like this" Olivia explained, she knew she was wearing Dani down. But it was this intimidation that Dani was feeling, that made her retaliate rather than agree.

"You know, I read up on you. I looked you up the minute I met you and spoke to different people. You have really got quite the past" Dani remarked, Olivia was close enough now that she had to focus on Richard and getting him free.
"Dickie, can you see Parker? When you get a chance, I want you to run to him. He'll keep you safe ok?" Olivia asked, knowing that Dani had to be getting worked up to the point where she will retaliate physically soon and she needed to get this precious little boy out of the way before that happened. She had seen this type of behaviour before and if Dani was after her then Richard would be safe.
"Abusive husband, raped him to get your ugly kid but yet you still couldn't get that man to stay. You're a lying bitch and won't actually help me at all. You just want this family, my family all to yourself, you're determined to try and get a new man to make you feel whole. WELL GUESS WHAT, YOU CAN'T HAVE HIM" Dani remarked. Olivia couldn't' believe all the personal cards that Dani was playing but she was determined to stay calm and in control for the sake of the twins.
"You can't have Elliot or the twins, they're mine, they love me and I will make Elliot way happier than you ever could. A man like him doesn't deserve a slut and a waste of space like you…You are going to be forever alone because there isn't a man on the earth who could love you" Dani continued to attack. Olivia knew this was her moment, she lunged towards Dani, trying to release her hold on Richard and sure enough her movement worked. Dani slapped Olivia wide across the face but in her attack, she let go of Richard and the little boy took off towards Parker. Olivia didn't have to say a single word, he'd know what he needed to do.

"How's that feel huh now Miss Benson? I bet this turns you on" Dani taunted.
"Parker, take the twins upstairs…NOW" Olivia called as she turned her focus briefly from Dani to make sure the kids got out of here. Olivia would never be violent but she wasn't just going to stand by and 'take' anymore of this or let Dani get anywhere near the twins.
"NO!...No, you can't take them from me!" Dani lunged towards the ids but Olivia stood in the way and Dani just lunged at her, knocking them both to the ground. No one could say what sparked this next outrage but when they hit the floor, Dani just let loose. There was a fist to the eye, a knock to the ribs and grabbing of hair, the majority being inflicted on Olivia but she stayed strong. She could take it but she wasn't going to let this psycho win.


"YOU STEP AWAY FROM HER RIGHT NOW" A voice echoed throughout the lobby, people turned to see the noise and spotted Elliot walking into the lobby. However Dani was too quick for anyone and the minute she spotted Elliot, she was off Olivia and flinging herself at Elliot.
"Oh my god, Elliot! Thank god you're here, this psycho bitch was out of control, you really shouldn't let her near your children again. I had to step in just to save them" Dani remarked as Elliot just pushed her away from him. Elliot wasn't listening to Dani as he knew that her story was not the true case, his focus was on Olivia. He watched without saying a word, whilst Dani rambled on, as a few reception staff helped Olivia to get up and lean against the pole. They seemed to fuss over and assess her condition, whether she was bleeding and he was sure he heard someone say to call an ambulance. Elliot wasn't concerned about Dani in the slightest, he needed to see that Olivia was ok and he needed to find his kids. He hoped they weren't hurt by all of this. Elliot had called the police on the way over to the hotel and a few armed officers had followed him into the building. They were now in the process of escorting Dani out of the building as she screamed and cried out for him. Elliot's priority was Olivia.

Elliot rushed over to where one of the receptionists was holding up an icepack to Olivia's head.
"Olivia…Olivia, are you ok?" Elliot asked, concern thick in his voice.
"Go…upstairs…I'm fine…But your kids need you" Olivia wheezed out, she was more focused on getting Elliot to his likely terrified children upstairs than anything to do with herself right now.
"Look after her…please" Elliot ordered and rushed off towards his private elevator, hoping to get to his children as fast as possible.


"Daddy!" Elizabeth and Richard shouted as they ran over to him once he was out of the elevator. He was so relieved to see that they were ok, he'd been terrified when he saw Olivia in the lobby that something had happened to them.
"Daddy it was so scary, Dani had me and wouldn't let me go…I thought she was going to keep me" Richard started to cry as Elliot just soothed the little boy.
"Where's Miss Benson?" Elizabeth asked as she tried to look around her father's arms.
"Does Dani have Miss Benson now? Daddy we need to go get her" Richard stated, suddenly showing great concern that Olivia hadn't come up with Elliot.
"Hold up, Hold Up, Hold Up you two…Miss Benson is fine, she's just taking a bit of time to herself, she wanted me to get to you two and know you were ok" Elliot explained, trying to ease the worry of his kids as they moved over towards the couch again and Parker dismissed himself now that Elliot was back.

"Daddy, Miss Benson saved me…I need to see her too" Richard explained but Elliot would not let him go downstairs right now. He only hoped that Olivia would come up here before she left when all was said and done. He needed to thank her and he needed to know properly that she was alright. He had been just as terrified that she was hurt as he'd ben that his kids were and then it turned out that Olivia did get hurt. It was all his fault, he never should have left the hotel today, he should have gone to lunch and come back here to work, at least he would have been here then.
"Daddy, Dani said a lot of bad words to Miss Benson…But Miss Benson isn't those bad words is she?"
"I don't know what she said honey as I couldn't get here in time but i'm sure none of them were true" Elliot replied, trying to soothe all the thoughts going through not only his kids heads but his too.

"Dani was really angry, I don't want to see Dani again daddy" Richard remarked, today had clearly shaken his whole view of things.
"Don't worry, we wont see her again"
"Can we keep seeing Miss Benson though daddy? Please? Can she be our new nanny forever?" Elizabeth asked, it was like Olivia was the little girls new favourite person in the whole world. Before Elliot could respond to the little girls question, the elevator dinged and one of the police officers from earlier walked out.
"Mr Stabler?"
"yes? What can I do for you?" Elliot greeted, looking up from his kids
"We just wanted to let you know we've escorted Miss Benson home and the other lady from the attack is in our custody. We will await your request in how you want to proceed"
"Thank you" Elliot dismissed the officer again.

"No No No, Miss Benson can't go home Daddy…She has to stay here, what if Dani gets her again? Dani was really angry at her and Miss Benson can' go home" Richard started to protest, almost jumping off the couch to go towards the elevator
"Dickie, Dani isn't going to get anywhere near Miss Benson but I can't make Miss Benson stay here. Look I might try and talk to her later but for now, I think its time for dinner and a movie?" Elliot suggested as he stood up from the couch, taking both of the twins with him. He hated the thought that Olivia felt she would need to go home straight after everything today and not talking with them. He wanted to thank her properly for what she did and eh wanted to make sure that she was really alright. However, as Olivia had already left, that would simply have to wait and his focus was his kids right now.


Olivia was on the couch with Chloe, holding the little girl close as she slept and just embracing this sweet moment. So much had happened today, she didn't even know where to begin. The words that were said to her by Dani were so biter and hateful, the last time she'd heard those words were out of Brian's mouth or from his family when Brian had been sentenced to prison. That had brought up so much for her in the aftermath of the attack that there was no way that Olivia could really face anyone after that. Thankfully she had also been able to call Lucy before she arrived at the hotel, to cancel the meet up instead asking for her daughter to be taken home. Olivia had then asked for the same request for herself, to another police officer as she couldn't handle talking with anyone else today.

Olivia just wanted to be with her daughter, Chloe and she just wanted to be at home. Her face stung, though it was unlikely anything was actually broken. Olivia knew from the pain she was in with her eye, it was going to require her likely to miss work for the rest of the week, there was simply no way that it would be comfortable enough to put make up over it and there was no amount of make up that could hide the pain she was in or how bad her eye was going to look with all the swelling and bruising that was still forming. She'd almost forgotten what kind of pain these injuries felt like, but not quite.

Olivia hoped the twins were alright, she had meant to go up to their apartment and check on them before she left but when she was finally free to leave from the police officers, all she wanted was to go home. Olivia had to go down to the precinct tomorrow most likely to go over her statement and see any possible more evidence that had been collected. It was also likely that as her bruising and swelling would have formed around her eye and the other injuries, the officers would want to capture that. The officers had taken pictures today to add to the case but they would likely need more tomorrow as Olivia already knew how bad her eye was going to look compared to now. What Olivia really wanted though was just to get it all over and done with, to be able to move forward again. But she definitely didn't think that she would be venturing into the public places or at school again till likely early next week. She wouldn't put anyone through that horror.