(Disclaimer in part one.)
The Very Thought Of You 8
8:45 P. M. St. Catherine's ICU unit
The nurse opened the door to Olivia's room and quietly stepped in. She had to smile at the sight before her. Olivia was sound asleep with her arms wrapped around a girl about 17 or so. Who she surmised had finally cried herself to sleep as well. She put a hand on the child's arm to wake her. "Honey." Kathleen stirred and opened her eyes. She extracted herself from Olivia, careful not to wake her. "I need you to step out into the hall for a few minutes. We're going to move Miss Benson down the hall into a private room. I've also arranged for a couple of cots to be put in there for you guys. Your father hasn't rested at all since this whole situation began maybe you can talk him into a nap." "I will. Um. Is she really going to be ok.?" "physically, she's making an excellent recovery. Emotionally, that may take a while longer." Kathleen smiled a thank you and left the room. In the hall Elliot was sitting in a chair with Lizzy asleep on his lap and Dickie snuggled up next to him. His eyes were closed but she knew he wasn't sleeping. "Daddy, I'm sorry." Elliot opened his clear blue eyes. "Kathleen, sorry just isn't good enough." She blinked she wasn't expecting this. "I'm not going to go off on you now because I know your upset about your mom, but we will talk about this later. And here's a little food for thought. Olivia was literally brought back from the dead today and the first and only thought on her mind was making sure White didn't get his hands on you kids. She loves you just as much as your mother and I do. I don't want you to ever doubt that ok." She hung her head, ashamed. "Now I really feel like shit." Elliot was about to tell her to watch her language when Maureen and Munch walked up to them. Elliot had to do a double take when he saw his daughter. She was almost as tall as Munch now, no longer his little girl. Her blond hair was styled very professionally, almost like Alexandra Cabot's used to be. "Hey Maureen." Lizzy and Dickie woke up at the mention of their oldest sisters name. They scrambled away from their dad to give her a hug. Elliot kissed his oldest daughter on the check. "I'm so glad to see that your safe. Did Munch tell you?" "Yes, I got the full story from him on the way down here." "Was it the PG or R rated version?" "It was the un-rated, unedited truth. Is there are news yet." "No not yet ." "How is Olivia doing?" she asked with obvious concern. "I'm doing just fine." Olivia answered. As she stepped from her room. She was standing on her own and wearing hospital scrubs for clothes. Maureen walked over to her and gave her a gentle hug. "Should you be walking around?"Elliot asked alarmed. The nurse appeared at her side. "She's going to a private room at the end of the hall." Elliot stepped towards her with intentions of carrying her like before. Olivia saw what was coming and batted his hand away. "Oh, no. Not the prince charming routine again. I am not an invalid I can walk." " Why do you always have to be so stubborn?" He said to her back as she walked away. She answered by flipping him the bird over her shoulder. He smiled. "Well glad to see she's feeling better." Munch said laughing as they followed her down to her new room.
11:57 P. M. Holiday Inn Room 26
This time when Kathy opened her eyes things were a little clearer. She laid still for a while before trying to move again. She started slowly by moving her fingers then her toes getting used to the sharp twinges of pain. It felt a lot like the contractions she had while giving birth to her kids. Sharp and intense but then subsiding. She just had to remember to take it easy and breath. Finally after a while she managed to half roll, half crawl to the bedside table were the phone was. She picked up the receiver and it slipped through her hand. She noticed for the first time that her hands were slick with something. She wiped them on the bed sheet and saw the red streaks that she left behind. Blood. Oh God! She thought and looked down at her body for the first time. She wasn't wearing any clothes and the redness of the blood all over her body was in deep contrast to her skin. She pulled a blanket from the bed and wrapped it around herself. She picked up the phone again and dialed 911. "Hello. 911 What's your emergency?" She gave them her location. Her voice barley audible. "I ...There's blood....I think I'm ....." was the last the operator heard from her as the phone fell to the floor and Kathy once again slipped into unconsciousness.
Hospital Room 137
Olivia was sitting up at the head of her bed with the twins at the foot. They were playing Spite and Malice while eating their Happy Meals and Liv was losing. "Isn't there a rule about two against one?" She asked. "We're twins it doesn't apply to us." Lizzy said stealing one of her brothers fries. "You can get dad to help you play against us." Dickie suggested. Elliot laughed at that. "What so I could help here lose faster. I'm terrible at this game. Liv destroys me every time, usually I don't even get to play one card from my stack." Olivia couldn't hide her smile. Off in the corner sitting on a cot Maureen and Kathleen were talking quietly. "I can't believe you actually said that to her."Maureen admonished her sister. Kathleen sighed. " And for future reference Dad can't be involved in mom's case in any way whatsoever or Olivia's for that matter." "Why?" "Police procedure. When they catch this guy there can't be any hint of misconduct on the part of the police. His lawyer could say that dad planted evidence or tampered with a witness and the s.o.b. could walk.. Elliot looked at his daughter from across the room. Truly impressed and proud.
Captain Cragen stepped into the room and everyone turned to look at him. "No word yet on Kathy. I'm sorry." He stepped up to Olivia and Elliot with Munch and Fin right behind."We need to talk." the twins took the hint and went over to be with their sisters. Cragen handed Olivia her shield and gun. She took them but gave him a quizzical look. "We found Lilia White dead a couple hours ago." "He killed his mother?" Fin asked surprised, after all he hadn't been with SVU when they put away White before and didn't know too much about the family dynamics. "He did a lot more than that." and handed Olivia a file folder with the details and a few crime scene photos. "My God." she gasped and handed the file over to Elliot. "Mommy dearest was his first stop when he escaped. After he killed her he took all the money and jewels he could get his hands on. It comes out to about 3 or 4 hundred thousand dollars." Elliot and Olivia shared a look. "He's in this for the long haul." Liv said. "And He's not through with you yet." Cragen said as he pulled out an evidence bag. Inside was a card like the others she had gotten from him except this one had blood on it. She read it through the plastic. "My sweet Olivia, Our time together in the ally was too brief. And I am looking forward to being with you once again seeing as my last conquest proved so disappointing. Elliot doesn't know what he's missing. And I'm sure you're waiting with bated breath. I'll be seeing you. Love Richard." Elliot was almost shaking with anger when he took the note from her to read it himself. "Who's blood is this?" Cragen put a hand on Elliot's shoulder. "It's Kathy's." Before he could react the nurse ran into the room. "Detective Stabler! We just had a ambulance come into the ER. The EMT recognized the passenger it's your wife!"
The Very Thought Of You 8
8:45 P. M. St. Catherine's ICU unit
The nurse opened the door to Olivia's room and quietly stepped in. She had to smile at the sight before her. Olivia was sound asleep with her arms wrapped around a girl about 17 or so. Who she surmised had finally cried herself to sleep as well. She put a hand on the child's arm to wake her. "Honey." Kathleen stirred and opened her eyes. She extracted herself from Olivia, careful not to wake her. "I need you to step out into the hall for a few minutes. We're going to move Miss Benson down the hall into a private room. I've also arranged for a couple of cots to be put in there for you guys. Your father hasn't rested at all since this whole situation began maybe you can talk him into a nap." "I will. Um. Is she really going to be ok.?" "physically, she's making an excellent recovery. Emotionally, that may take a while longer." Kathleen smiled a thank you and left the room. In the hall Elliot was sitting in a chair with Lizzy asleep on his lap and Dickie snuggled up next to him. His eyes were closed but she knew he wasn't sleeping. "Daddy, I'm sorry." Elliot opened his clear blue eyes. "Kathleen, sorry just isn't good enough." She blinked she wasn't expecting this. "I'm not going to go off on you now because I know your upset about your mom, but we will talk about this later. And here's a little food for thought. Olivia was literally brought back from the dead today and the first and only thought on her mind was making sure White didn't get his hands on you kids. She loves you just as much as your mother and I do. I don't want you to ever doubt that ok." She hung her head, ashamed. "Now I really feel like shit." Elliot was about to tell her to watch her language when Maureen and Munch walked up to them. Elliot had to do a double take when he saw his daughter. She was almost as tall as Munch now, no longer his little girl. Her blond hair was styled very professionally, almost like Alexandra Cabot's used to be. "Hey Maureen." Lizzy and Dickie woke up at the mention of their oldest sisters name. They scrambled away from their dad to give her a hug. Elliot kissed his oldest daughter on the check. "I'm so glad to see that your safe. Did Munch tell you?" "Yes, I got the full story from him on the way down here." "Was it the PG or R rated version?" "It was the un-rated, unedited truth. Is there are news yet." "No not yet ." "How is Olivia doing?" she asked with obvious concern. "I'm doing just fine." Olivia answered. As she stepped from her room. She was standing on her own and wearing hospital scrubs for clothes. Maureen walked over to her and gave her a gentle hug. "Should you be walking around?"Elliot asked alarmed. The nurse appeared at her side. "She's going to a private room at the end of the hall." Elliot stepped towards her with intentions of carrying her like before. Olivia saw what was coming and batted his hand away. "Oh, no. Not the prince charming routine again. I am not an invalid I can walk." " Why do you always have to be so stubborn?" He said to her back as she walked away. She answered by flipping him the bird over her shoulder. He smiled. "Well glad to see she's feeling better." Munch said laughing as they followed her down to her new room.
11:57 P. M. Holiday Inn Room 26
This time when Kathy opened her eyes things were a little clearer. She laid still for a while before trying to move again. She started slowly by moving her fingers then her toes getting used to the sharp twinges of pain. It felt a lot like the contractions she had while giving birth to her kids. Sharp and intense but then subsiding. She just had to remember to take it easy and breath. Finally after a while she managed to half roll, half crawl to the bedside table were the phone was. She picked up the receiver and it slipped through her hand. She noticed for the first time that her hands were slick with something. She wiped them on the bed sheet and saw the red streaks that she left behind. Blood. Oh God! She thought and looked down at her body for the first time. She wasn't wearing any clothes and the redness of the blood all over her body was in deep contrast to her skin. She pulled a blanket from the bed and wrapped it around herself. She picked up the phone again and dialed 911. "Hello. 911 What's your emergency?" She gave them her location. Her voice barley audible. "I ...There's blood....I think I'm ....." was the last the operator heard from her as the phone fell to the floor and Kathy once again slipped into unconsciousness.
Hospital Room 137
Olivia was sitting up at the head of her bed with the twins at the foot. They were playing Spite and Malice while eating their Happy Meals and Liv was losing. "Isn't there a rule about two against one?" She asked. "We're twins it doesn't apply to us." Lizzy said stealing one of her brothers fries. "You can get dad to help you play against us." Dickie suggested. Elliot laughed at that. "What so I could help here lose faster. I'm terrible at this game. Liv destroys me every time, usually I don't even get to play one card from my stack." Olivia couldn't hide her smile. Off in the corner sitting on a cot Maureen and Kathleen were talking quietly. "I can't believe you actually said that to her."Maureen admonished her sister. Kathleen sighed. " And for future reference Dad can't be involved in mom's case in any way whatsoever or Olivia's for that matter." "Why?" "Police procedure. When they catch this guy there can't be any hint of misconduct on the part of the police. His lawyer could say that dad planted evidence or tampered with a witness and the s.o.b. could walk.. Elliot looked at his daughter from across the room. Truly impressed and proud.
Captain Cragen stepped into the room and everyone turned to look at him. "No word yet on Kathy. I'm sorry." He stepped up to Olivia and Elliot with Munch and Fin right behind."We need to talk." the twins took the hint and went over to be with their sisters. Cragen handed Olivia her shield and gun. She took them but gave him a quizzical look. "We found Lilia White dead a couple hours ago." "He killed his mother?" Fin asked surprised, after all he hadn't been with SVU when they put away White before and didn't know too much about the family dynamics. "He did a lot more than that." and handed Olivia a file folder with the details and a few crime scene photos. "My God." she gasped and handed the file over to Elliot. "Mommy dearest was his first stop when he escaped. After he killed her he took all the money and jewels he could get his hands on. It comes out to about 3 or 4 hundred thousand dollars." Elliot and Olivia shared a look. "He's in this for the long haul." Liv said. "And He's not through with you yet." Cragen said as he pulled out an evidence bag. Inside was a card like the others she had gotten from him except this one had blood on it. She read it through the plastic. "My sweet Olivia, Our time together in the ally was too brief. And I am looking forward to being with you once again seeing as my last conquest proved so disappointing. Elliot doesn't know what he's missing. And I'm sure you're waiting with bated breath. I'll be seeing you. Love Richard." Elliot was almost shaking with anger when he took the note from her to read it himself. "Who's blood is this?" Cragen put a hand on Elliot's shoulder. "It's Kathy's." Before he could react the nurse ran into the room. "Detective Stabler! We just had a ambulance come into the ER. The EMT recognized the passenger it's your wife!"
