Chapter Four
The next morning Olivia woke up early to make breakfast for both Noah and Emma. She wasn't sure what Emma liked, so she played it safe and made pancakes and eggs. After breakfast Emma took the bus to school, even though she offered to drive her after she dropped off Noah, but she insisted on taking the bus.
Olivia drove to the precinct after dropping off Noah at school, Noah couldn't stop talking about Emma to his friends. She was so happy that they were both getting along.
"Morning Cap," Amanda said walking back to her desk, with a coffee in her hand.
"Hey Amanda, how are we on Emma's case?"
"Well not much, we sent her kit to the crime lab and they're getting her DNA processed. We told them to put a rush on it." she explained to her Captain.
"We got two men that we were on the street the night of her attack." Fin chimed in.
"Good bring them in," Olivia said as she walked into her office and set her things down. Just as she was settling in, someone knocked on the door.
"Come in!" she yelled.
"Melinda called," Fin said
"About the case?"
"Yeah, she says it's urgent."
Olivia got up out of her chair and grabbed her coat and purse. "Oh, she said to bring Stabler." Fin added. Olivia gave him a confused look. Why would she want to talk to both of them? Wasn't like they were still partners or anything. He doesn't even work for SVU anymore. Fin just shrugged his shoulders.
Olivia made it to the elevator before pulling out her phone and texting Elliot.
Olivia: Meet me at the morg in 10 minutes. It's urgent.
A few minutes later she got a text back-
Elliot: Copy that Captain.
Elliot back at the OC squad unit, put his phone back in his pocket, with worry and confusion on his face. "Everything alright?" Jet asked.
"Yeah. Tell Bell I have to leave, I don't know when I'll be back. SVU emergency." Elliot said quickly, grabbing his coat and keys, and running out of the room. Jet was a bit confused herself, but decided to not question anything.
A few moments later Elliot ran up to Olivia, catching her on the elevator. They looked at each other welcoming each other's company. It was a bit awkward for the both of them, it just brought back memories of the times they had been there prior to Elliot's disappearance. The elevator doors opened, they walked into the room waiting for Warner to show up.
"Liv, Elliot. Nice to see you." She said with a warm smile and a folder in her hands. "Elliot I'm sorry for your loss," She added knowing it might be a touchy subject, but he smiled accepting her condolences. "Anyways, I didn't bring the two of you down here to hash things out."
"Yeah, why exactly am I here?" Elliot added.
"I'm getting there, hold on." Melinda said. "So I ran the DNA from the rape kit. I ran it twice to make sure my test was accurate."
"Ok." Olivia said, still being confused.
"I ran the DNA through codis, the guy you're looking for is Richard Wheatley and Richie Wheatley." Melinda let that sink in for the two of them before she dropped the next bomb on them.
"Ok, so the Wheatley's must've gotten bail." Liv added.
"So this is why I was asked down here, but this is still a Special Victims case." Elliot said, still confused about this involved him.
"Here's the next thing, I extracted the DNA from Emma's underwear, look at the x-chromosomes," she said pointing to the DNA results on the board.
"They're exactly the same." Olivia mentioned.
"Exactly, but when I put her DNA into the database this popped up." She said, adding another piece of paper on the board, only this time the name on the bottom of the paper said "Kathy Stabler". Elliot stood there frozen, not able to move.
"Are you sure that's accurate?" Olivia asked in shock.
"I wasn't sure at first, so I contacted Kathleen and asked if she had anything with Kathy's DNA left on it, and sure enough their mitochondria DNA was a match." Melinda looked at the former partners, waiting for one of them to say something, but at last, neither of them said a word. "Look Elliot, I know this must be hard to hear but I'm sure SVU will figure this all out." Melinda walked to Olivia. "Can I have a word with you? Privately." Melinda and Olivia made their way to a private room where they could talk. Elliot stayed where he was still shocked from the news.
"Look Liv, when I talked to Fin, he mentioned Emma was staying with you."
"Yeah," Liv agreed.
"Look, I don't know if she knows who you are or who Elliot is, but this may be why she seems so attached to you."
"Thanks Melinda," Liv said walking towards the door.
"Liv," Melinda said before walking out.
"Talk to Elliot, he obviously needs to be involved in this situation."
Olivia smiled and nodded. She walked back where Elliot was still in shock but agreed to return to the 1-6 precinct with Olivia.
Still having the look of horror on his face, Elliot stepped off the elevator and walked behind Olivia towards her office.
"El, are you ok? It looks like you've seen a ghost." Fin asked jokingly yet in a concerned way.
"Not now, Fin." Olivia said. They made their way into their office, Liv closed the door and shut the blinds.
"What do you think that's about?" Kat asked.
"Not sure, but I don't think it has anything to do with what happened at the wedding do you?" Amanda added.
"Probably not, considering you are the one everyone's talking about! You and Crasisi huh?" Kat added jokingly.
Back in Liv's office she sat in her office chair not looking at him, and Elliot across from her with his face in hands. It was a few moments of silence, until Elliot decided to be the one to break it.
"How could she not tell me?" he asked himself confused, as to why his wife hadn't told him about her pregnancy, let alone dating the guy who eventually murdered her.
"Look, Elliot, maybe she was scared, and didn't know what to do." Liv added.
"But when?" he asked himself again.
"You guys were separated for an extended amount of time. It probably happened then. Look Elliot, it's not like she wanted to keep it from you, she probably just didn't know how to tell you."
"But why didn't she tell me?" At this point Elliot was throwing his hands in the air pacing while Olivia was trying to calm him down before he did something irrational.
"Look Elliot, I'm entirely too sure how to tell you, but she's currently living with me and Noah."
"Goddamn Liv, it's HIS child!" He yelled, allowing everyone in the precinct to hear him.
"Ok, calm down." Olivia said, putting her arms on his biceps.
"Why didn't she tell me?" he said, with tears running down his face. Liv pulled him closer comforting him. He cried into her shoulders feeling some sort of comfort. Olivia walked over to the couch in her office and sat down, once Elliot calmed down he sat in the chair beside her.
"So what are we going to do?" he asked.
"Well I have to bring her down here tomorrow for a line up. We could both be here and tell her together." Elliot nodded in agreement to Liv's suggestion.
"Liv, let me tell her, I just feel like it needs to come from me."
