Ch.4

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Narrative p.o.v.

Odafin "fin" tutuola and Melinda Warner had just stepped of the elevator which had took them to the 16th precinct. Fin was trying to calm the woman next to him while they walked towards the other cops in the room. Only a few people turned around when they walked in. those people were shocked to Melinda crying and went to help her. Olivia benson-stabler was right by her friend's side comforting her and asking her questions.

"Melinda what's wrong sweetie?"Melinda stared up teary eyed at her friends. They were standing in a circle around her with fin being to her left and olive to her right. It took a while for Melinda to get the answer out, it seemed like her voice was blocked. When she stopped crying Melinda finally chocked out the horrible truth. "It's my daughter Miranda. 'Sniff' she's gone missing. Fin found her sweater in my office with blood on it"

Olivia clinged to her husband Elliot stabler's arm. She knew that things like this happened to people, their children disappearing but she never knew that something like this could hit so close to home. Olivia had finally found her daughter not only a few months ago, and she bet if anything happened to Chloe she would be just like Melinda at this moment.

John munch being a very sincere man when he wanted to be but a comforting hand on the woman's shoulder. "Alright Mel its ok were going to find Miranda don't you worry" john was rewarded with something that resembled a smiled and a hug from Melinda who was still trying to get the tears off her face. "Thank you munch, thank you."

Not much later people in the 16th were now searching for the missing girl. They hadn't gotten very far in the search when they knew that Miranda was nowhere to be found. They also knew that someone was going to have to tell Melinda that her daughter was missing. Olivia stood by the woman she knew as her friend comforting her that is until she felt someone poke her back.

"Hey mom what are you guys doing?" Olivia handed Melinda off to fin and turned around to face her daughter Chloe. Chloe was a pretty girl for her age she was average height blonde hair with a dark undertone with blue eyes just like Elliot. "Oh sweetie how do I explain this? I'll were looking for Melinda's daughter. Her name is Miranda and she was last seen in the morgue."

Chloe stood there staring at her mother before asking a question that really made Olivia want to slap herself. "Mom you know Miranda been upstairs with me the whole time we were listening to music. I just came down to get something to drink." Olivia looked into her daughter's eyes to make sure she wasn't lying. "So what your telling me is that Miranda's upstairs right now?" with that question being asked Olivia had sparked everyone's attention in the room. "No mom she's in space. Yah she's upstairs ill go get her."

All the adults were happy and shocked. They were happy that the little girl was safe but they were shocked because they were too stupid to look upstairs for Miranda. After a few seconds Chloe came back down stairs with the little girl in tow. By the looks of it she didn't want to be back downstairs and was stuffing something inside her backpack.

Melinda rushed to her daughter who was looking solemnly at the floor. "Miranda do you know how worried I was? You can just leave my office and not tell me sweetie." Miranda just simply nodded her head to afraid to look at the disapproving stares from the adults around her. The only time she did look up was when she saw her sweater in the hands of a strange man. Miranda walked up to the man not even bothering to listen to her mother who was rambling on about something

Miranda's p.o.v.

"Hey mister. Can I have my sweater back...Please?" I asked the man who stood in front of me. I could already tell that I wasn't going to like him that much. It was something in his aurora that set me off. He looked at me for a second before handing me my sweater. 'He's probably looking at the stain on my shirt' by now I could feel eyes on me but didn't care, I was too busy studying my sweater to really care what was being said. "Sweetheart, how did you get that ohm mess on you?" I look at my mom who was searching my eyes for an answer.

"It's nothing really mom just some just that I had, I got it on shirt on accident." I looked at my mom dead in the eyes giving her the puppy dog eyes I could give. "Mommy iam sorry for scaring you ill never does it again."Of course I knew what would happen and that is my mom scoped me up in her arms and told me everything was ok.

3 hr. later (still Miranda's p.o.v.)

After the little fright at the precinct I spent some time learning who was who while my mom and the man I know learned whose name is fin. I also learned that he gets really pissed when you call him oda an you're not my mom, and when you get in-between him and my mom which is what I'm doing right now.

Mom had taken us back home with fin tagging along. He decided he wanted 'to get to know me' but I knew that he was just there for my mom. And I also knew I was going to make his life a living hell. For instance the three of us are watching a movie in the living room and I just so happened to decide to sit in-between the two adults.

Narrative p.o.v.

Melinda watched her daughter sit in-between her and her lover. She knew it seemed selfish but she just wanted to be close to fin and she knows that Miranda just wanted love from her mother. Melinda turned to her lover and could see the pain on his face. "Hey sweetie why don't you go and get ready for bed?"

Miranda stared at her mother before getting off the couch. "Alright ill go to bed but I have ballet practice tomorrow at 10 o' clock" Miranda then walked away from the two adults leaving them to move closer to each other. "Hey baby you know we got that lunch thing with el and liv at 1 right?" fin asked well rather told his lover.

Melinda sat comfortable in his arms before she replied. "Yah I know. But whose going to watch Miranda I can't just leave her only" Melinda looked at fin searching for an answer. "I got the perfect idea Mel, ken can watch her." Melinda sat up from her slouching position to stare at fin in the eyes.

"Are you sure? I mean ken could be busy and can't watch her." Fin got up from the couch to make a phone call to ken his son. "Don't worry your pretty little head about that."

Fin walked out of the living room into the kitchen to make a call. It didn't last long actually. Fin told his son that he needed a favor and ken happily deiced to watch the little girl after ballet practice. Once the phone call was over fin went back into the living room to see Miranda standing in front of Melinda dressed and ready for bed.

Miranda had got in her mom's lap to give her a hug before she went to bed. "Goodnight mommy I love you. Ehh goodnight mister oda." Melinda kissed her daughter on the head. "Goodnight baby. Sweet dreams." Fin didn't really want to reply but decided to for the sake of Melinda. "Goodnight Miranda"