A/N I have changed Izzy's sisters nickname from Livvy to Ola which is a Polish diminutive
"Hi, my names detective Rollins, this is detective Carisi. Can we speak to Olivia Jones please." Amanda said to the man who answered the door.
"Ola?" What's she done? If this is because she's English. I've got her passport and visa. I'm her employer Mr Edward Hayes."
"She's not in trouble we just need to talk to her."
"She's playing soccer with our girls out in the backyard. Come in and I'll get her for you."
"Thank you."
"Hello. Vanessa Hayes." A woman said inside.
"The Police here to see Ola, she's not in trouble through." Edward told his wife.
Ola came in followed by 3 girls. "Ellie go upstairs, will you read your sisters a book." Vanessa asked.
"Sure." The eldest girl said who was probably about 12. "Hi Olivia, I'm detective Rollins and this is detective Carisi." Amanda smiled.
"You're the police?" Ola asked. She was of average hight, slim but not unhealthily so. Brown curls pulled back in a scrunchie, glasses framed her blue eyes and wearing cropped jeans and a mustard yellow T shirt.
"Yes, but you're not in trouble. We want to talk to you about your sister." Amanda told her.
"Izzy?"Ola asked eyes wide. "Is this some sick joke."
"What?" Carisi asked.
"Well you're a day early. Izzy's birthday is tomorrow." Ola said angrily.
"Hey.Ola, look at me." Amanda said "this isn't a joke."
"You've really found Izzy? Is she dead?" Ola looked at Amanda eyes wide
"No she's not dead."
"Is she okay?"Ola asked.
"She's at the precinct eating pizza and hugging a toy bunny." Amanda told her. Ola burst into tears. "Can I see her?" She sobbed. "I don't know why I'm crying. I'm really happy it's just a lot to take in."
"Yes we can take you to see her. She's in the city." Carisi said.
"Sorry to leave you in the lurch but.."
"Go, go honey go see your sister." Vanessa smiled.
"Let me get my handbag." Ola started for the stairs then turned back "I mean purse. I can't get my head around this American lingo." A million things were flying through her head but mainly joy. Her baby sister was alive!
"It's about an hour ride back to the city." Amanda told Ola as they got in the car.
"Oh are you this side of the city. I thought it was more like an hour and a half?" Ola asked.
"Not the way Amanda drives." Carisi teased from the back. "What's happened to Izzy? It amazing it's now. Just 1 day before her birthday and 4 days before she was taken." Ola shook her head truly in shock. "Wait Izzy was taken a few days after her birthday?" Amanda asked.
"Yes. We went to a water park in the Ukraine as her birthday treat. Is she really okay It's such an answer to all our prayers."
"We're not sure entirely but it seems like some kind of sex trafficking ring." Amanda decided to tell Ola the truth. "Oh my gosh"
"Listen. She's been through a lot But she's alive. Has she always been small?" Amanda asked.
"Not tiny, about average. My middle sister Anna is really tall, way taller than me but Izzy and I have usually been a pretty average size." Ola told them.
"I have to warn you Izabela still looks like a 7 or 8 year old. We think that she hasn't been given enough food and it's stunted her growth. We couldn't believe when she said she was almost 11." Amanda warned.
"How could someone do this to her...to us. It ripped our family apart. My mama didn't leave bed for months. My middle sister Anna has panic attacks and has been self harming. My dad was back and forth to Poland or the Ukraine every week. I started acting out. You know. Drinking and smoking. I shouldn't be telling you this. You're the police. After a year the police closed the investigation and we had a funeral for her. Well it was a memorial service but it felt like a funeral."
"We know she's your sister but we don't know how she'll react when she sees you so be gentle with her." Amanda told Ola
"Izabela." Olivia spoke to the little girl. "I know we've done a lot of talking but you told us you left Mr D and mommy. How did you do that?"
"He put us in a van to take us places. Hotels, To see other men. We open the back of the van when it go slow and I jump out. I bump my head and hands and knees. " she showed Olivia the grazed palms of her hands. I falled over then a nice lady call me a ambulance. I didn't care if I die. I just didn't want to do it anymore. But I want to help the other girls. I worry that they getting hurt because I leave"
There was a knock on the door.
"Hey Izzy-Bug. Cześć. I'm so happy to see you!" Ola said trying to hide the emotion in her voice as she lay eyes on her little sister.
"Ola." Izabela yelled and jumped into her sisters arms "Kocham Cię, kocham cię siostra."
"Love you so much Iz. Let me sit down and give you a proper cuddle." They embraced. A tangle of skinny limbs. Olivia Benson stood unobtrusively in the corner. "I've got you Izzy-bug and no one is ever going to take you away from me ever again."
