Olivia sat next to Amanda at her desk as they went over new evidence from their suspect that she found online. As she was reading, Olivia noticed the pattern of the current perp seemed vaguely familiar. Amanda went to another NYPD site with information on their dirty cop.

"I've got a file on another prick that looks all too familiar to this scumbag, hang on a sec." Olivia scrounged in her files she kept for every 5 years back in her bottom drawer when she came up empty she went into the file room and returned after several moments. Amanda came over and plopped down in the chair beside her desk.

"This is from an old bank account with a dual signature; the 2nd person's name has been blacked out so I pulled a little give and go with the branch president to release this, notice whose name is beside our perps?"

"Jorge and Rolando are step brothers, the mother…she's been behind the scam this whole time." The two women looked at one another astounded this went unfound. Amanda spied the small black and white photo taped to the bottom of Olivia's computer labeled my baby girl.

"You're having a girl?" Amanda pointed to the photo.

"Yeah." Olivia beamed looking at her 6 month old fetus.

"Have you decided on a name yet?"

"I'm throwing around some but there's one that keeps coming back to the forefront."

"And that would be?"

"Saving that share till she's born, sorry."

"No it's fine, no worries, congratuations Liv."

"Thanks." Just then Nick and Fin returned with the alleged dirty cop.

"We need to pay a visit to mommy dearest seems she's been funding the boys operation, you two feel like going back out or you want go at him?"

"You leave my mother out of this she ain't gonna tell you squat!" Fin jacked Jorge's arm a little tighter.

"Oh yeah, when enticed with a deal she'll squeal, blood isn't thicker than water when it comes to you and your bro. He's all yours. Come on Nick you owe me lunch for picking against the Nicks. Damn I'm a poet today and don't even know it." Fin said. Amanda's eyebrows rose listening. "Relax it was a friendly bet, just going on Nick's lack of basketball knowledge." Amaro got a good chuckle at his partner's attempt humor. Amanda took the lead as Olivia stood first against the wall.

"You raped and killed these girls who were onto you your scam Jorge!" Amanda threw down the 8x10 autopsied photos in front of him as she circled him. We know your mother has been funding your brother's prison habit because we found that dual signature account from 2005. Jorge you're in a lot of trouble so just come clean to us and the D.A. can cut you a break, so instead of life at Sing-Sing you'll get possibility of parole but sorry you're still stuck with that prison meatloaf."

"I'm not copping to no deal cause I didn't rape or kill those girls! They wanted it, stupid sluts!"

"Well if you didn't kill them Jorge then who did?" Olivia asked stepping away from the wall, pulling the chair away from the table creating some distance between her and the 6'2 alleged perp.

"I don't know!" He shouted.

"See Jorge this how we see it, you invite these underage girls up to your place and they get a little nosy while your doping up so you come out, see them nosing through your book and you're left with no alternative but to kill em after you raped them first. You're sloppy Jorge, professional criminals don't leave evidence out in the open like that. You're just an amateur and when your dna comes back that's inside those girls you're going down and I mean on your knees in prison. Amanda saw the look in his eyes as did Olivia. They both kept their eyes on his hands that were balled up into a tight fist.

"Screw you bitch! Didn't they teach you anything at the academy? "A snitch always winds up someone's bitch." If it weren't for Amanda's quick reflexes moving closer to the table as she anticipated Jorge's next move to prevent it from slamming into Olivia's stomach, not knowing what damage it could have possibly done to her unborn child. Cragen bursted into the room having witnessed the move.

"Get him out here and book him. You ok Liv?" he asked. She finished her moment of being startled but after so many years of perps trying to take a run at her or her former partner she was ready for just about anything. Amanda enjoyed twisting his arm tight as she slapped the silver bracelets on his wrists jerking him around and walking him out.

"Yeah I'm ok." Olivia couldn't hide the fact that her heartbeat was still accelerating as she passed her captain leaving the room. His look of worry was evident across his forehead watching her go. When Nick and Fin returned they informed their team the mother was too frail to interview, she was severely hard of hearing, hooked up to oxygen and had lost the ability to speak from having had surgery for throat cancer. Her hands were too arthritic to pen and paper it. She answered all questions with non-manual answers.

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"Listen up people." Don Cragen had the floor. He had in his possession an updated list of registered sex offenders. "Halloween is tomorrow so I trust you will be out in full force canvasing the neighborhoods, knocking on doors arresting any joker who tries to pull a fast one." He gave everyone a new sheet. "Rollins you and Fin head over to CPS, see a man named Wayne, he's holding a community rally at 3 with the neighborhood watch program. We don't want citizen's arrests done on these offenders and we want to avoid the fiasco that happened last year with property destruction by these watch dog groups."

"Damn cap'n every year the numbers go up instead of down. I swear take 50 of em off the street and 100 more take over their routes." He said as he and his partner headed off.

"Halloween…wow didn't we just celebrate it last week?" Nick asked wondering where the time has gone. "I'm just so glad Zara is over thinking candy corn is a vegetable." Olivia smiled from behind her computer at his remark.

"I wonder what Gil will decide to go as?"

"I'm betting a super hero." Nick told her. "I'm starved you hungry?…right, bad choice of words." He was forgetting that pregnant women are never without hunger pains.

"Yeah what did you have in mind?"

"I don't know something maybe from Little Italy."

"Mmm I could go for a pound of pasta with oily garlic bread."

"Hey John we're going to lunch want to join us?" Olivia asked.

"I'd love to but I'm taking my mom to her podiatrist appointment, she's having her feet scrapped." Nick and Olivia gave each other of look of don't ask why let's just keep walking.

"Ok another time then." She said.

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"That's too bad Munch couldn't join us." Nick tried to hide his sadness.

"Stop it." Olivia said light heartedly.

"Just means I get you all to myself." He wore a happy grin as he sat from her at the cozy corner table for two. Halfway through lunch, Nick propositioned her.

"I want to take you out to a special place next week?"

"A date date or a Nick version of a date?"

"What? What do you mean?" he looked puzzled at her.

"Your favorite Szechuan place then a movie on demand?" She gazed at him contrarily.

"Seriously Liv we haven't been out in a while and we can celebrate."

"I can't drink."

"Just a tiny sip, a toast, to our daughter on the way and to getting Leo back." Just hearing his name brought her sadness. There wasn't a day that went by she didn't think about him. Had he gained enough wait and strength to be released or was he still there, Olivia wondered? She missed the little guy so much. Nick stared at her reaching for her hand.

"Liv?" She stared at the formica for a moment before meeting his gaze.

"It's the only way it has to be." He told her. So next Friday we'll go out?"

"Sure." She echoed, minus her enthusiasm.

"Hang with me kid and I'll show you the time of your life you've never experienced."

"I can hardly wait." She said sarcastically offering him a small smile. Olivia pressed her teeth into her bottom lip.

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The first 5 homes had the registered offenders following probation orders.

"Where we going?" Olivia asked her partner as he made a quick detour.

"Pop into see Gil, you don't mind do you? You can meet him." Nick was happy.

"No not at all."

Cynthia alerted him of their location and Nick spotted them walking. He pulled the cruiser over and got out, Olivia followed.

"Hey Batman save any lives tonight?"

"Niiiick! What are you doing here?"

"Just seeing how much candy you've collected and if I get a piece of your stash."

"Sure whatever you want." Gil said offering his pillow sack. Nick scrounged around until he found his favorite. Cynthia eyed Olivia noticing she was pregnant. Nick looked at Olivia silently asking her if she wanted a piece of candy. She smiled at the young man shaking her head no.

"Oh sorry, Cynthia, Gil this is my partner Detective Benson…Olivia this is my son Gil and his mom." Pleasantries were exchanged between them.

"You're pregnant?" Cynthia asked. Olivia kept her long black coat half opened and the scarf draped around her neck falling past her stomach really didn't conceal too much.

"Yes I am."

"Congratulations when are you due?" Nick looked on as the proud undetected father.

"March." Olivia smiled at the woman.

"Well we better get back to keeping the bad people off the street. Have fun stay safe." Nick gave him a playful pat on his head.

"We will thanks for stopping bye." Gil said smiling at Nick.

"He's a great kid don't you think?" He looked from both mirrors before pulling out.

"Yeah he seems very nice and has good manners."

"I was thinking, I get Zara the day after Thanksgiving what do you think of having Thanksgiving dinner two days later with Gil, his mom, my mom and Zara?" Olivia thought for a moment. She's never marked the day since her mother's death even though her former partner Elliot Stabler invited her numerous times to his place. Usually she and her mother went over to one of her mother's colleague's house for dinner then the rest of the holiday was spent with her mother drunk as a skunk back at their apartment. Olivia was never one to get all excited over holidays because they always ended up the same way they started with glass after glass in her mother's hand. Nick knew of her mother's addiction but was unsure why the pause in her reply.

"Sure." They drove on to the next house on their list. He walked up the stairs and rapped on the door. He turned around and looked at his partner after the 1st ringing of the bell and the2nd knock. He peered in the window but couldn't see anything because there were no lights on. He rapped once more.

"NYPD, open up Mr. Jackson."

"I'm putting him down as non-responsive to orders and not home. Let him explain it away to his po." Olivia told him writing on her clip board. Nick started down the man's stoop when he turned around because he was alerted to a noise from inside. Olivia had started up the block already.

"Wait Liv." A light came on and a disheveled looking middle aged man in a bath robe appearing sleepy opened the door.

"I know the drill do you mind I have to be at work in a few hours!" The man barked at Nick.

"Sorry but we do this annually whether you like it or not. Thank you, have a nice night." Nick said sternly to the man. As he was closing the door he heard a child's voice and heavy whispering coming from the occupier of the residence. He knocked on the door with force shouting, "Mr. Jackson need you to open the door now or I'm busting it down!" Nick heard a command for the child to run. He flew by Olivia missing 3 steps at a time racing towards the back.

"I'll call for back up!" she said. "SVU portable to central, request back up at 66th and Baron Place. Suspect may have evacuated premises with child, possibly armed."

"We have a runner heading east on 66th. Victim is ok unharmed. I repeat a runner heading east on 66th!"

"We're on it!" Amanda said coming over her radio. Nick was unaware that Olivia took the cruiser attempting to chase down their perp. She saw Mr. Jackson duck in between the cars then sprint across the street dodging trick or treaters. She peeled rubber making a sharp u-turn in the middle of the street racing up to the end and making a left turn heading down the opposite street anticipating his move. She saw him so she braked hard and exited energetically, pulling her service weapon on him. He looked 10 shades of white wondering where she came from.

"Police freeze! Show your hands slowly!" He complied with her orders with the headlights shining in his eyes. Amanda and Fin rolled up coming to her back up. Sirens could be heard blaring close by. Amanda radioed Nick informing him the suspect was caught. He was not copasetic with his partner when he met with the 3 of them.

"Liv what are you doing? Have you lost your mind? You call for back up you don't go chasing humps in our condition!"

"Nick…step back, you don't supervise me." Amanda spoke low in her praise for Olivia but silently agreed with Nick's furor.

"Nice collar Liv that's why I've always admired your instincts." Olivia gave Nick a long cool look as she got back in the cruiser. Amanda and Fin witnessing the exchange between Olivia and Nick, glanced at one another as they took care of Mr. Jackson.

"You riding back with me?" Olivia asked leaning across the bench seat talking through the open passenger window.

"No I need some air." He said walking off. She shook her head watching him walk away.

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