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As soon as the words were out of his mouth he felt her tense up. Immediately he was afraid he'd said the wrong thing. He could also tell Olivia had something she wanted to say.
"Liv, talk to me baby. Whatever it is, please take to me." He begged.
"I…I love you too Elliot. I truly do. We wouldn't have done what we did if I didn't." She told him.
"But?"
"How do you know there's a but?" She chuckled.
"I've known you for nine years now, that's how. So what's the but?"
"It's embarrassing. I'm afraid to love you." She reluctantly told him.
"Why?" He asked.
"The last guy I was actually in love with broke my heart." She explained.
"Let me try and be the one to fix your broker heart. You deserve to not be afraid of love but to embrace it. Let me be the one to help you realize that. Let me love you with no fear." He said, bringing her into a deep kiss.
She simply nodded in agreement then let out a yawn.
"Livvie, if you're tired go to sleep. It is getting late."
"You're staying here too, right?"
"Of course baby, if you'll have me I'm sticking around until you don't want me here anymore." He told her.
Olivia tightened her grip around his waist and snuggled into his body.
"I love you El." She told him, lightly playing with the sparse hair near his navel.
"I love you too."
The pair drifted off to sleep, both content in the knowledge they both had finally shared their love with each other.
The next morning at around 8am they both woke up the happiest they'd been in years. Elliot tilted Olivia's head up and began lavishing her with kisses.
"Good morning to you too sexy!" She moaned between kisses.
"Mm…we really need to get over to Miller Farms today, but fuck if I don't just want to lay here and hold you all day." Elliot told her.
"The way I look at it is that we have two choices. The first being to get over to Miller Farms this morning then take the 'long' way home. The second being to hang out here in bed a little longer before going over."
"I like the way you think. I definitely vote for staying in bed a little longer." Elliot said.
He pulled Olivia's body up off the bed so that she was laying on top of him. With her on top of him he resumed kissing her, trailing down her jaw to her collar bone before being interrupted by a knock at the door.
"Elliot, breakfast time." Michael called through the door.
"Your brother has excellent timing." Olivia joked.
"We'll be down in twenty minutes." Elliot called back.
He turned towards Olivia and gave her a shit eating grin.
"Shower?" He asked.
"Shower."
They both got out of bed and headed for the adjacent bathroom. Since both were already naked all that needed to be done was to start the water.
"So, this is that second time in two days I've gotten company in my shower." Olivia pointed out.
"Just trying to always have your back." Elliot joked.
Elliot reached behind Olivia who was rinsing her hair and grabbed the bottle of shampoo off the shower rack. He squeezed some in his hand and began lathering her hair. As he massaged her scalp she let out a soft moan causing him to smile. When he was done he helped her rinse the shampoo out of her hair. Next he took a washcloth and bar of soap. Putting the soap on the washcloth he then began lovingly cleansing her body. He took great care to make sure she felt his treatment of her was full of love. After he had finished soaping up every inch of her body he again helped her rinse off. This time when she was rinsed off Elliot began kissing down every part of her body from her head to her toes. On his way back up he stopped to pay extra attention to her most treasured area. Parting her bronze hairless folds his tongue sought out her sensitive nub. Finding just what he was looking for he started sucking and teasing her with his tongue.
"God you're good at that." Olivia mumbled.
"Baby you ain't seen nothing yet as far as what I'm good at." He stopped to tell her with a wink.
He soon went back to work pleasuring her and within moments she was falling over the edge calling out his name. When her body had calmed down Elliot kissed her once more.
"Go get dressed Livvie. I'll be out in a minute." He told her.
"You sure you're good there?" She asked, pointing out his very prominent erection.
"Lot of experience in taking care of erections you've given me." He blushed. "Everything will be calmed down in a minute."
As Olivia got out of the shower Elliot went about washing his hair. By the time she was getting dressed he was drying off and following right behind. Close to the promised time the two were headed down to the dining room.
"Mm…Kathleen breakfast smells delicious. Thank you." Olivia told the woman as she set a plate down for her.
"So, what's this case you're working?" Michael asked.
"Remember the murder over at Miller Farms I told you we were working last year?" Elliot asked his brother.
"Sure, the stable hand, right?"
"Yeah. Well, a jockey from there was found raped and murdered upstate last week, then this weekend their bookkeeper's body turned up raped and murdered in Brooklyn." He explained.
"Any leads?" Kathleen asked.
"Three possible suspects. I've got photos upstairs if you two wouldn't mind checking them out too." Olivia said.
"Sure, no problem." They both answered.
The four finished eating their breakfast then Olivia and Elliot went up to their room to pack and get ready to head out. When they were all packed up Olivia took the photos of Troy Peters, Carl Masters, and David Parker in to show Elliot's brother and sister-in-law.
"Do you recognize any of them?" She asked.
"That one." Kathleen pointed to the picture in the middle.
The other three looked closer.
"Sure, that's Troy Peters, his wife Natasha is friends with Kathleen." Michael told them. "Wow!"
"Kathleen, have you seen Troy around lately?" Elliot asked.
"Not in like a week, sorry."
"Don't be, you've been a lot of help." Olivia told her.
Elliot and Olivia said their goodbyes and left the bed & breakfast.
"Do you think we should head over and question Natasha Peters first?" Olivia asked as they were pulling out of the driveway.
"Definitely couldn't hurt." Elliot said.
The two drove over to the Peters Residence, got out, and went to knock on the front door. A woman in her early 30s with dark brown hair answered the door.
"May I help you?" She asked.
"Natasha Peters?" Olivia questioned.
"Yes."
"Detective Benson, this is my partner Detective Stabler, Manhattan SVU." She told the woman as they both flashed their badges.
"What can I do for you both?" Mrs. Peters asked, escorting them in the house.
"M'am is your husband home?" Elliot asked.
"No, I haven't seen Troy in a little under a week. He's out of town on business."
"What does he do for a living Mrs. Peters?" Olivia asked.
"He's a sales representative for Johnson Pharmaceuticals."
"Is he expected home soon?" Elliot asked.
"Tomorrow morning. Look what's this all about?" Mrs. Peters asked.
"We're investigating a string of murders and looking for anyone who may have been to Miller Farms in the past year." Elliot explained, trying not to give away too much information.
"Sure. Let me get you his cell phone number, you can call him tonight or stop by tomorrow."
Natasha Peters took her cell phone off the coffee table and looked up her husband's cell phone number to give to the detectives.
"Thank you for your help Mrs. Peters." Olivia told her before the detectives left.
Once they had gotten back in Elliot's SUV Olivia took out her own cell phone to call the 1-6.
"Special Victims Unit, Lake."
"Hey Chester, it's Liv. I've got a phone number for you to run the LUDs on. 516-555-1017, Troy Peters cell number courtesy of his wife."
"No problem, I'll get on it. You must have left pretty early to be in Long Island by 9 Liv."
"Is Don around?" She asked changing the subject on him.
"Yeah, one second." He laughed.
Lake put her on hold for a moment until their captain picked up the phone.
"What's up Liv?" Don asked.
"We've got a lead on one of the possibles. Troy Peters, he's supposedly away on business due back tomorrow morning." She told her boss.
"And the two of you want permission to stay down in Long Island overnight and catch him in the morning. Am I right?"
"Yes sir."
"Keep in touch with us on everything, see what you can find on Masters and Parker while you wait." "Don told her.
"Will do. Thanks!"
The two ended their call and Olivia turned toward Elliot.
"Looks like we're in town another night." She told him.
"I'll call Michael, see if he's got a room still. Ready to head out to Miller Farms?"
"Let's go."
Elliot pulled away from the curb in front of the Peters Residence to make the drive to Miller Farms.
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