Bar in Boston…..
"Jordan told me what happened between the two of you." Hoyt said as he sat down next to Benson.
"She tell you the truth?" Olivia asked.
"She told me that you were expecting a nice dinner, but instead you got an empty apartment." Woody replied.
"Good." Liv said softly.
"How'd you get over it?" Woody inquired.
"I didn't, not for a long time. I threw myself into work, and when I wasn't working it was a different woman every night. That was my existence for 3 years" Olivia explained her life after Jordan.
"When did it change? How did it change?" Woody pressed for more information. Liv smiled fondly as the memory before answering.
"Abbie. She made me want to change. She made me fall in love with her. She saved me form myself." Olivia replied.
"I needed you whole, not broken." Abbie said from behind the two detectives.
"Hey." Liv greeted her friend.
"Ms. Carmichael." Hoyt greeted.
"Has she apologized for what she did?" Abbie asked genuinely curious.
"She did actually. It doesn't change anything though. It doesn't undo the past, and if I had the choice of changing what happened, between Jordan and me, I wouldn't. My past lead me to you, and to who I am today." Olivia responded.
"Look at you taking the high road, while being awfully sweet." Abbie complemented with a smile.
"How are we going to handle, Richard White? Some uni's are going to pick him up tomorrow. Do you want to do the interview with him?" Woody asked bringing the conversation to work.
"We have the evidence and the forensics. He's gotten sloppy since he got out. I stay as far away from this until absolutely necessary." Benson answered.
"Why? From what I read in your files, is that he has a thing for you." Hoyt questioned slightly confused.
"No, she's right. White is an arrogant cocky son of a bitch. He'll think that he's played you. White will want to gloat, and demonstrate how smart he is. He'll act like he's and elitist. Then you slam him with all our evidence. He's still going to think he's won.
Then as you're reading him his rights, Liv and I walk in. White will posture; make a big deal that Ben is there. I will ask him if he wants a lawyer. I highly doubt that he will. I'll offer him life in prison with no parole. When we walk in, White will know that he's lost." Carmichael laid out for him.
"Once we got all the reports back, you knew exactly how this was going to play out." Woody realized.
"Yes." Olivia told him, at the moment Jordan walked up to them.
"Liv, hey can I buy you a drink?" Cavanaugh greeted and asked.
"No thanks. Abbie can you take me home?" Benson excused herself.
"Sure, no problem." Abbie said.
"Woody, I'll see you tomorrow." Liv told the young man.
The Next Day Olivia's Loft….
"Abbie can you get the door?" Olivia called out from the bathroom.
"I got it." Abbie responded. Carmichael opened the door to find Dr. Cavanaugh on the other side of it.
"Where is she?" Jordan demanded as she entered the loft.
"She's in the shower." Abbie answered the irate doctor.
"What's going on with her?" Jordan questioned completely confused at Benson's behavior towards her. It then dawned on Carmichael.
"She was in uniform when you two were together." Abbie clarified. Jordan nodded in reply. "You don't know how she is when working a case. Her world gets small; squad and ADA's are the only ones she lets in." Abbie tried to explain.'
"Is that why she tends to date ADA's?" Cavanaugh asked.
"I was a fluke. I think how we were, when we were together, is how she picked up this habit. It worked for us. It worked for Alex, and it's working for Casey." Carmichael expounded on her previous answer, while replying to the last question. "Don't get your hopes up on trying to recreate what you use to have with her. It won't happen." Abbie warned.
"Tex, you're going to pick Casey up from the airport right?" Liv asked as she walked into the kitchen, completely ignoring Jordan.
"Yes. I'll bring her back here first to drop off her luggage, then to the station so she can watch the show." Abbie answered.
"Thanks babe." Olivia said while checking her phone. "That's Woody. I'll see you at the station." Liv told Abbie, and then kissed her goodbye as she left.
"Pretty sure she was ignoring me on purpose. She didn't even acknowledge that I was even here." Jordan remarked.
"She's got a lot on her mind, but I think she was trying to make a point." Carmichael countered back, while pouring herself a cup of coffee.
"Which was?" Cavanaugh asked while sitting down across from Abbie.
"She has a girlfriend, who's arriving in Boston today. Don't mess with that. That was her point." Abbie answered in a serious tone.
"Was that you warning me not to tell Casey that I had sex with Olivia?" Jordan pressed the Texan. Abbie chuckled.
"Tell Novak whatever you want, as long as it's the truth. My warning to you is that you do not want to get on my bad side." Carmichael responded.
"I'll keep that in mind. I have to get back to the morgue." Jordan said as she left the loft.