DISCLAIMER: SO BOBBY AND ALEX ARE MARRIED AND EXPECTING TRIPLETS, I THINK WE CAN SURMISE I HAVE NO CLAIM TO L&O CI!

Please note that this story had gone on hiatus for awhile. To catch up, chapters 19 - 23 of Dr. Lovett Is Back In Session deals with the rest of the FBI investigation and Joe Dutton coming back to life. Sorry if I confused anybody!! We pick up with Alex in her seventh month. Thank you to all that read my FanFic ... I do appreciate it and love your feedback!

CHAPTER 17 Bishop's back!

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Moving On

A few months have passed since the discovery of Alex's late husband Joe Dutton, not being so late. She was now seven months pregnant with the triplets and bigger than Bobby … at least that's what she thinks. They had a little legal problem with the revelation of her "husband" coming back from the dead, but the circumstances in which they occurred, turned out to be not much of a problem at all. Bobby and Alex's wedding was totally legal and Joe Dutton had no legal claim to Alex or any property that they may have owned together during their marriage. A life of crime really doesn't pay. Dutton ended up with life in prison because of Bobby's due diligence, he found out the name of the unfortunate individual that Joe killed and used as his body double to fake his own death. The United States Navy found the remains of Navy Seal Slade Cowen and the list went on to include a woman coming forward in Granada for rape, drug charges were mounting, to include drug trafficking, which alone is a hefty prison sentence. Impersonating a Doctor and forgery. The list went on and on. What ever Bobby could find … including spitting on the side walk … was included in the charges. Joe would never see the light of day again, at least not without bars around it.

Most of the details were kept from Alex to spare her from knowing the truth about the man she was once in love with. Besides, she was never happier. Bobby couldn't have been a better husband and the triplets were growing according to all the charts. Sonograms showed all three babies growing perfectly, all thirty fingers and thirty toes and there was at least one penis. Bobby thought it was a tail … that boy is definitely a Goren. She sold her old house … the one she once owned with Joe. Bobby had to stop her from burning it down … fortunately, they got an offer on it and her dream house was not just a dream anymore. They were able to buy the house they wanted with a manageable mortgage, plenty of room for all five Goren's, a yard, a great neighborhood and only a few stops away from work on the subway. Oh, and Bobby got his garage for his Shelby which he didn't have to sell. All was right in Bobby and Alex world … for once. Bobby could even handle his temporary partner, yup, you guessed it … Bishop. She didn't even mind him this time around, she found him to be different, content, settled, … happy?

"Detective Bishop, It's good to have you back."

"It is?"

"Of course. Thanks for taking over for Alex, the triplets are kicking her butt."

"I always knew there was something between the two of you."

"I wish someone told me sooner, we wasted a lot of time."

"Nah, that's something two people have to discover on their own. I guess you discovered that in a big way. Triplets huh?"

"Yeah, at first she wanted to kill me but now she's excited with the new house and setting up all three nurseries. It's great, really great."

"Goren, Bishop! My office … we have a case."

Goren takes his usual spot by the window and Bishop has a seat directly across from the Captain. It was time for the new/old Partners to get back in sync and work a case together.

"There has been a string of armored car robberies and the Commissioner is kicking it to Major Case. He thinks it's an inside job. It's all yours Goren, all the information on the case is in the conference room along with videos of each robberies."

"Love the videos."

"It's going to be a long day."

"Don't worry Detective Bishop, he's a changed man, he has a wife and triplets on the way. The job isn't his life anymore. You might get home before midnight."

"Thanks Captain."

Goren and Bishop head into the conference room to sort through the information on the case. Goren pops the video in of the first robbery and starts taking notes. Bishop starts going through personnel files of bank employees to find any persons that work for multiple bank sites in the city. They work in relative silence throughout the afternoon until Goren notices he's taken the same note over and over. Outside of the bank in each case, is a woman with a baby carriage, whom seems to disappear soon after the hit on the armored car. He's perplexed as to why no one has noticed this detail before him. It isn't in any of the officers reports.

"Bishop, take a look at this."

"What am I looking at."

He has his standard three monitors set up and he's fast forwarding and rewinding the tapes simultaneously.

"See … do you see what I see."

"No, I'm not following you."

"Eames would."

"I knew it was too good to be true … you haven't changed that much!"

Goren smiles. He said it on purpose, he had changed … this is Bobby joking. He starts to laugh.

"Wait, are you laughing? You said that just to get my goat, didn't you?"

He nods his head in the affirmative.

She laughs as well and grabs the remote from him.

"What am I looking at?"

"There, the woman … she's at each robbery, yet she's not mentioned on any report. She doesn't even flinch when the robbery goes down, she's in on it. We need to figure out the pattern and go under cover. She's the key … we find her and break her."

"How do we find her?"

"We keep watching, there are more tapes and we could even look inside the bank. She couldn't have disappeared into thin air."

"We should get tech to enhance that part of the tape and see if we can get an ID or at least a better picture of her."

"Sounds good. Let's get on that and run down anybody that works for the bank with a criminal record, I don't care how insignificant."

"How about disgruntled employees?"

"Both the bank and the armored car service. Bishop, does it bother you that the officers that investigated these robberies didn't put all these pieces together?"

"Not really."

"Okay, if it doesn't bother you."

"What?"

"I'll let you know."

"Let me guess, it would bother Eames and she would know!?"

"Yeah, probably."

Goren and Bishop call it a night, they've spent the day putting Bobby's chart together, similarities, differences and hunches but those he kept close to the chest … not yet ready to reveal what he really suspected … and it wasn't good. By morning, Bishop would come to the same conclusion, he was sure of it. Right now, all he wanted to do, was get home to see Alex.

He walked through the door of his new home and new life to a ranting and raving Alexandra Goren.

"Robert Goren, I haven't seen my feet in months … MONTHS! This is all your fault! Look at me, I'm as fat as Mama Cass, I hope I don't choke on a ham sandwich."

"She didn't choke on a ham sandwich, it was just by her night stand."

"Do you have to know everything!?"

"Ah nooo, but … I can tell you what I do know for sure. You are not fat, he moves in close and tries to put his arms around her … even with his long arms, it's getting difficult. She is carrying three Goren's. You are the most beautiful woman in the world and you are carrying my babies, you're not fat."

"Oh please, you can't even get your arms around me!"

"Hey, I had a hard day too!"

"Are you carrying Goren triplets?"

"Worse."

"What could be worse than swollen feet, constant back ache and waddling like a duck?"

"Bishop's back!"

"You win … dinner will be ready in ten minutes."

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So, a new case ... with Bishop! The red head is back ... I hope Eames cooked his favorite! Thanks for reading, Judeey ;)