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"Alex, something tells me that Diaz and Vega aren't safe with him." Olivia sighed raking her fingers through her hair. Alex, who fully agreed with her girlfriend, had been explaining—or at least trying to explain that Diaz and Vega would most likely have to be placed back under custody of their father.

The blonde stood up from her position in her desk chair and walked up to her girlfriend. "Calm down." Olivia nodded and once Alex could tell she was calm, she continued. "I know you practically love those girls, I do too. But we have absolutely no say, what so ever over what the judge says. For now however, we don't have to worry about that."

The detective nodded. She loved how Alex always found some way to make everything seem alright.

"You don't have to keep watching me." Amanda mumbled will she twiddled with her thumbs. Fin stood in his kitchen clutching a red coffee mug. All the while keeping his eyes on her. "I'm fine."

"I know you are. But I have to ask—"

Amanda stood up from the couch. "You're going to ask if I'm scared or if need to vent about anything or maybe you'll even ask me if I'm going to go back to force?" She stopped and let out a shaky breath. "Keeping it inside works for me, Fin, okay? It's worked for the past 33 years, I'll be damned if it isn't going to work now. As for rejoining SVU, I don't know…"

Fin set down his coffee mug and let out a sigh. "I'm not trying to pressure you, I just care too much. And as stupid as that sounds, it's the truth."

The blonde bit her bottom lip. "I know you care, Fin. Everything that you, the squad, Cragen—everything you're doing, I am grateful for that in more ways than you know. I know what you're thinking, but I am not going to be the same, Fin."

Fin moved closer to her, but enough to leave her with some personal space. "I know you won't be the same. And it's okay." He placed each hand on the side of her shoulders.

He thought he was making a mistake, but he still leaned down and kissed her lightly. He expected her to flinch or pull away, but she didn't. She did the exact opposite.


Nick couldn't understand. But he was also one not to judge. He couldn't get Michelle out his head. It was hilarious and confusing how he never felt this way about Maria. But instead of dwelling on the thought of his ex, he headed into Michelle's hospital room.

"Victoriano Zane Ranson, I am fine. You do not have to leave your daughter just to come and see me." Michelle said slightly annoyed with Victor's persistence. Hearing the door open, she turned around, all the while continuing to button her flannel shirt. His mocha eyes became automatically stuck on her toned stomach.

"I-I'm sorry, I can come back?" Nick said beginning to exit.

"Nick its fine." Michelle said as she finished buttoning her shirt. "Beannacht." The brunette finished, this time into the phone. "Not to be rude, but why exactly are you here?"

Nick made a slight smile. Michelle sighed before starting to speak again. "Wow that made me sound like a total bitch."

"Nah, its fine. " This time, his smile was genuine. "I did choose to come, though."

"Might I ask why, I mean, you sleep with me, you're not obligated to be here." Michelle shifted a bit awkwardly.

Nick understood what she meant. "Who said that's all I wanted?"

"Something tells me you're here for another reason?" Michelle asked.

"I have two questions for you. Both aren't exactly my business."

"Try me."

"The nurse said they found traces of cocaine in your system. You're a user?"

"That is a depressing, sad, and quite frankly horrible story. And you're right; it is none of your business." Michelle quickly exited the hospital room, once again leaving Nick confused.


Vega's voice screaming and shouting in Turkish immediately made Olivia and Alex rush faster into Diaz' hospital room. An ACS worker with shiny blonde hair was trying to get Vega to exit the hospital room, with zero luck. The 14, almost 15 year old thrashed hard against the woman.

"What are you doing?" Olivia asked hastily as she looked over to Diaz, whose expression looked scared and confused.

"The children are being returned to the custody of their father and mother." Mrs. Nakamura, the other ACS worker in the room explained.

"Get your fucking hands off of me!" Vega screamed as she tried to move over towards Olivia. Alex snickered a little in her head at the profanity of the teen. Vega had made remarkable progress with her English over the time she had been staying with the couple.

Seeing the two enter the room, Diaz immediately ran over to Alex and wrapped her arms around the blonde's middle. Considering there were three ACS workers in the room, two female and one male, Alex would've thought someone would've tried to extract Diaz from her arms.

The male ACS worker, whose age clearly showed from hair, removed handcuffs from his back pocket and moved over towards Vega.

"Hey!" Olivia shouted while seeing this. "You can't put handcuffs on her."

"Why not?" The older man scoffed with an attitude.

The senior detective stepped closer to him. "For one, she has spent the past 2 years in handcuffs, secondly, she's a victim of sexual abuse and lastly, she's a child." The man let out a sigh and re-pocketed the handcuffs.

"You try calming her down."

Olivia looked back at Alex and Diaz, who were still in a hugging position.

This was probably the worst day of their lives.


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