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Chapter 7

Although she had wanted nothing more than to slam the door shut in her face, Olivia had let Sue Smith in. She had offered her a drink but her heart was pounding so hard she could barley hear her answer. It was only thanks to Sue nodding her head that she knew she did indeed want a drink.

She made the drinks with her hands shaking the entire time. In her head she kept picturing Sue walking out with Sara in her arms. She found herself blinking away tears before turning around to hand Sue her drink.

Olivia walked past her, he couldn't clear her head of the heartbreaking images of Sue taking Sara, as she walked over to the couch where she sat down, holding her drink in her hands, not even realizing the hot cup was burning her hands.

Sue quickly joined her there, sitting down next to her.

"How are things going on?" Sue asked her.

"What?" Olivia asked as she looked up. She just couldn't stop seeing Sara being taken away from her and it scared the hell out of her.

"The baby, how are things with the baby?" Sue asked more clearly.

"Great." Olivia answered truthfully. "She's, err…she's getting big. Her personality is really coming through." she said smiling at the thought.

"Terrific. How are you finding being a surrogate mother?" Sue asked with a big smile that made Olivia nervous.

"I love it….. Look I don't mean to be rude, but why are you here? I was told there wouldn't be a place for her for weeks."

"Well, we've found a foster home that's willing to take her on."

"Why can't Sara stay here? I'm taking care of her and she knows me. It's not fair to let her get attached in one place only to move her to another and then another."

Sue just looked at Olivia. "You gave her a name?" she said.

Olivia inwardly kicked herself. "It was better than calling her nothing." she replied.

"I like it. It shows that you care about her." Sue said.

"I do a lot more than just care about her... I love her. I couldn't love her more if she were my own." Olivia stated clearly. "That's why I'm begging you not to take her. Please, let me adopt her, I'll do whatever it takes."

"You're a Detective at the SVU?" Sue questioned.

"I'll work desk duty." Olivia said quickly.

"Do you have a husband?" Sue asked even though it was obvious this was a single person's apartment.

"I could get one." Olivia joked.

Sue just smiled at her. "I'm a single mother myself, it's hard." she said.

"I know, it must be, but living without Sara now would be even harder. I've told her that I'll protect her and that I'd always be there for her. I don't want her to have to go somewhere where she may never have that. So what, that I have no family. Sara will be my family." she said.

"Olivia…" Sue began.

"Please, I'm the only family she has ever known. I'm begging you not to take that away from her. She doesn't deserve anymore disappointments in her life. She deserves the best that she can get. I'm not saying I'm perfect but I will never ever hurt her like she's already been hurt." Olivia said very matter-of-factly.

Sue just smiled at her.

- - - - - -

Olivia was at Elliot's house. Kathy was happily cradling Sara whilst Olivia held Eli. She hadn't seen him in a while so had been surprised at how big he had grown and how much he had changed. She couldn't wait to see Sara grow and change. If that would be allowed to happen.

"So did she say whether or not you could keep her?" Elliot asked.

"She just said that they'd consider it." Olivia told them.

"So it wasn't a definite no." Elliot said encouragingly.

"I don't know," Olivia said sadly.

"Well at least they're considering it." Kathy said as she stood gently swaying with Sara who was now sound asleep.

"That's what they said to me the first time and they came back with a big fat no." Olivia said.

"That's before they saw you with a kid. You said yourself that she was impressed with how well bonded you and Sara were." Elliot said supportively.

"I guess…. I just… I'm so scared that they're gonna take her away. I tried so hard not to get attached to her, but…"

"It's impossible not to get attached to her when she's so completely dependant on you. Besides with a face like that who wouldn't get attached?" Kathy said as she placed a kiss on Sara's head. "You deserve this Olivia, and good things come to good people." she said.

Elliot smiled at his wife, before walking over to Olivia to take his now sleeping son. "Kathy's right. You deserve this." he said to her before he left to go put Eli to bed.

"You know we're right. " Kathy said with a smile as she passed Sara back to her.

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It was 7.30pm and Olivia was at home. She had just bathed Sara and was just finishing putting her pj's on. She scooped her up and gave her a kiss when their faces met, before gently rubbing her nose against Sara's. Sara's eyes remained locked on her. Olivia loved the way she did that.

With them both ready for bed but it being too early, Olivia decided they should watch a film. Although her collection was limited….very limited she did have one that she thought would be suitable for Sara, The Wizard of Oz.

With the film now playing Olivia was lay on the couch with Sara lying on top of her, dozing off as she lay on her stomach watching the film. Olivia had her hand resting gently on Sara's back. Not even halfway into the film Sara was asleep, her head resting lightly on Olivia's breast.

Olivia reached up and pulled the blanket down over them both. She then reached behind her and switched off the lamp. The place was all locked up so she didn't need to get up to do that. Instead she closed her eyes and prayed that her life with Sara in it would never end before falling fast asleep.

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(Some days later)

Olivia was sat down feeding Sara when there was a knock on the door. "Just a minute." she called out as she stood up, still holding onto Sara and still feeding her as she walked over to the door. When she got to it she held Sara in one hand, propped her bottle up against her chest and opened the door before taking hold of the bottle again.

She felt her heart skip a beat when she saw the familiar face at the door.

"Hi Olivia," Sue said. "May I come in?" she asked.

Olivia silently nodded and stepped back to allow her to come in. This was it, the moment that would change her life and Sara's forever. She began silently praying. She honestly didn't know how she would cope if Sara was taken away from her.

She prayed that if she were taken away from her it would be to as good home where she would be loved and taken care of but more than anything she prayed that Sara would be able to stay with her.

TBC

Cliffhanger!

I'll post more a.s.a.p.