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A/N: So I apologize to everyone who was thrown off by my last chapter. I know that a lot of you mentioned it in your reviews, so I will try to go somewhere with this that suits everyone. Please, keep reading and reviewing!!

A New Job

Olivia looked at Jake and swallowed, "Jake, honey, c'mere." Jake walked over to his mother, who immediately picked him up and cradled him to her chest, "Jake, I don't really know how to tell you this, but…your dad…your dad was hurt today at work. He wont be coming home."

Jake looked at his mother, "Daddy got hurt? Why isn't he coming home?"

"Well, he died. Do you know what that means?" Jake shook his head no, "That means that God took him to Heaven. He is gone forever."

Jake's eyes went wide with realization; he buried his head in his mothers shoulder and started to cry. Olivia sat on the couch with Jake until he cried himself to sleep. She then took him to his room and put him in bed; she came out to the living room and looked at the three sad faces still there.

5 Years Later

"Don, I don't think I can do this any more."

"Olivia, what are you talking about? You are the best detective I have."

"I just can't. I need to stay at home with the boys and just try to relax a little."

Don looked at Olivia, "I know that you have put in your twenty, but are you sure you want to retire so soon?"

Olivia nodded, "Yeah. I think I am going to take Jake and Luke and move west a little. We need to get out of this city. The past five years have been the worst of my life, and I don't think I can survive in this city anymore. I have been looking at houses online in Ohio, Wisconsin, Kansas and Missouri. I don't know where we are going yet, but I just know that we need to go."

"I don't know what to say Liv. I know you have had a hard time with everything, but I just don't want to lose you or the boys. I love those kids so much!"

"I know you do, I promise that as soon as we get settled somewhere I will call and give you all the information you need. You can come visit and call as much as you want. I am going to miss all you guys a lot, but I feel that this is the best for my family right now."

Don nodded, "Okay, but are you going to tell the guys or what? And when do you think all this is going to happen?"

"I am really not sure. Soon I hope. Jake is out of school for the summer and I would like to move before he starts again in the fall, and Luke is going to start kindergarten, so I don't want to have to pull both boys from school."

"Okay," he said.

"I guess I'll tell Munch and Fin as soon as I get stuff finalized. I know that they deserve to know sooner, but I just can't take everyone knowing right now."

Don nodded and brought her into a warm embrace.

Olivia pulled out of Don's arms and bit her lip nervously, "Bye, I'll see you tomorrow."

Don just watched as one of the best detectives he has ever known walked out of the squad for one of the final times. He wasn't an overly sensitive man, but he felt a tear run down his cheek and did nothing to try and stop it.

Six weeks later, Olivia and the boys were unpacking the rest of their things in their new home in St. Louis, Missouri. The boys had taken to the whole moving they pretty well and the only hard part for them all was the good-byes they said to the squad.

Olivia was in the kitchen cooking dinner when the doorbell rang, "Jake," she called into the living room, "Will you see who is at the door?"

"Sure mom," he called back. Jake went to the door, he pulled it open to reveal a young couple holding a plate of brownies.

"Hi! We are the Wallace's, we live just next door," she indicated to the right of the house. "We noticed that you guys seemed to be moved in, so we wanted to come and welcome you to the neighborhood. Are your parents around?"

"It's just me, my mom and my little brother. My mom is here though, hang on," Jake disappeared into the house and came back a few seconds later with Olivia in tow.

Olivia got to the door, "Thanks Jake, you can go back into the living room." Jake nodded and went back to the show he was watching. "Hi, I'm Olivia. Jake didn't tell me your names, sorry."

"No, that's okay. We are the Wallace's, Jeremy and Amanda. We live just over there," she said, again indicating the house to the right, "and we wanted to welcome you guys to the neighborhood."

"Well, that is really nice of you. Would you like to come in?"

Amanda nodded, "Thanks."

"Well, as I said, I'm Olivia Stabler. You met my son Jake and his younger brother Luke is around here somewhere. You can meet him later."

"So, where are you guys from? You accent doesn't sound like anywhere around here."

"No, definitely not. We are from New York City actually."

"Really? What brings you to Missouri?" Jeremy asked, speaking for the first time.

"Umm…well, we just needed a change in pace and scenery I guess. Nothing major."

"Okay."

For two hours, Olivia sat with Amanda and Jeremy and talked. They told her about St. Louis and she told them about New York. They never asked and she never mentioned why it was just her and the boys. Olivia didn't know if she could take it if they did.

The next two weeks found Olivia registering the boys for school and looking for a job. She told herself that she didn't want to work in law enforcement anymore, but she was drawn to it. One day, she found herself outside police headquarters in St. Louis. She took a deep breath and went inside.

"Can I help you?" a uniformed officer asked as she approached.

"Yes, I was wondering who I talk to about joining the force."

"Right this way." The uniform led her to a large two room office. The first room had a desk, with a secretary, and a few chairs for people to wait in. The door to the second room read, Sergeant Jack Michaels.

Olivia thanked the uniform and walked up to the secretary, "I was wondering if I could talk to Sgt. Michaels about joining the force."

The secretary looked up, "Okay, hold on one second." The secretary picked up the phone and dialed into the office of the sergeant, "He is with someone right now, but should be done within the next twenty minutes. He said to wait and he will talk to you after he is finished."

"Thanks," Olivia turned and sat down in one of the chairs closest to the window. About fifteen minutes later the door to the inner office opened and two men stepped out.

One left and the other said something to the secretary. The secretary indicated Olivia and the Sgt. Walked over. "Hi, I'm Sergeant Jack Michaels, you wanted to talk to me?"

Olivia nodded and stood up, "Yes, I would like to discuss joining the force."

"Okay, right this way." Jack led her into his office and told her take a seat. "So, you want to join the force?"

"Yes, sir. My name is Olivia Stabler. I was a detective with the Special Victims Unit in Manhattan for the NYPD for fifteen years, and on the force in New York for twenty."

The sgt. Nodded, "Well, you are in luck, that is if you want to be in SVU here. We just had someone request out of that unit, so there is a spot available."

"Really? I would love to have it, if you will give it to me."

"Just leave your name, number, previous captain's name and number and I'll talk to him and call you about the position."

Olivia stood up, "Thank you sir," she shook his hand and left the office.