Last time I heard that line,
It was 1992, and the middle of the summer, and
I was finishing the first year in SVU.
And then, seven months later, 'cause they came early,
The twins were there.
They're almost fifteen now. Just turned fourteen in February.
And suddenly I'm hearing it again.
…way to throw me for a loop.
Didn't know you moved home, says Liv, and I look at her.
I didn't. Pathetic, I say, and wonder if maybe,
There was some truth to what Kathleen told me
When she found me in the kitchen at two in the morning.
The thought that there might be…
Well, it doesn't settle all that well.
Don't want to think about it.
But this is one of those things I can't avoid, and
It's been so damn long that
I'm not sure I can do this again.
Not with everything falling apart as it is, now.
And yet again, it feels like there's nothing I can do,
Probably because this time, there isn't.
Next thing I know, it ends,
And I'm wishing the neighbors would go the hell away, 'cause
They don't need to see this,
Don't need to know what's going on, and
I'm watching my daughter, my baby, being arrested, and
She's looking at me, like I can do something, but this time I'm helpless,
And I hate it.
Can't sleep when the time comes to do so.
Still in that apartment in Manhattan, 'cause
Decisions haven't been made, and
Now they need to be.
And Liv's in front of IAD, and Fin's got his issues, and
No one bothered to go after Munch, 'cause anything he did is long gone by.
Wonder what'll happen when we're back at work again.