I was watching the episode Desperate and let me say Olivia with Tommy is so great, so it inspired me to continue writing this story. I'm sorry for the lack of updates.

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN LAW & ORDER:SVU; DICK WOLF DOES

Hazmatt:

Great chapter! I really enjoyed it! I hope everything works out! Does Nathaniel look like Burton? Is he his son? I liked the interaction between Liv and Elliot and Alex and Cragen's response to it! I look forward to reading more!

~Thanks! I love making stories where Elliot and Olivia have really great interactions, and I think it's only fair Alex is there to witness it so she can harass Olivia about it ;) As for your questions, all will be answered :)

AnnitaAvila:

Oh man! I really wanted throw a punch to the face of that man! Great chapter! can not wait to read what's next!

~Haha, I know right?! I was half tempted on letting Stabler handle him. ;) Thanks for sticking with this story and thanks for the review :)

Olivia walked up to her partner, leaning against his desk alongside him. "Did you see that?" he asked, looking over at his partner.

Olivia got off Elliot's desk and wrapped her arms around herself, nodding. "Yeah," she whispered. She let out a sigh, knowing this case was going to be longer than expected.

Elliot let out a sigh. "There's no way Burton is not the father of that little boy. He looks just like him."

Olivia nodded. "Think it's a case of he said, she said?"

Elliot shrugged. "I want to know what our victim's not telling us," he said, before walking out of the room, Olivia close behind.

Elliot walked into their victim's hospital room, Olivia close behind. He was angry, not only because Burton had barely flinched during his interrogation, but because something was behind hidden, and he hated not being kept in the loop and lied to.

Melissa looked up to see the detectives walk into her room. "Detectives," she began, wanting to know how her case was going.

Olivia stepped in front of Elliot, not wanting to risk him getting their victim even more upset than she already was. "We're still checking out leads," she explained, before taking another small breath. "Melissa, we need to ask you something about your son."

Melissa quickly faced the detectives when her son was mentioned. "Is Nathaniel okay?" she asked, concerned for her son's safety.

"He's fine," Olivia responded.

"Then what do you need to ask me about him?" Melissa asked, before rummaging through her purse.

Elliot looked over at Olivia, making eye contact, before he stepped up. "How long have you and your boss been having an affair?"

Melissa turned around to look at Elliot, shocked that he would accuse her of such a thing. "What do you mean?"

Elliot took a step closer to the woman. "I mean, there's no way someone could look at your boss and realize he's the father of your son. So how long has this affair been going on?"

Melissa's eyes became wide. "Did Haiden tell you we were having an affair? No this isn't it, it's-" She looked at the detectives and sighed. "Seven years ago, Haiden Burton raped me for the first time."

Olivia looked over at Elliot, who seemed unconvinced. "Why didn't you report it the first time?"

"He threatened to kill me and my husband."

Olivia looked down at Melissa as she began to cry, suddenly feeling sympathetic for both her and her son. "How long have you known Mr. Burton?"

"I don't know, about 12 years," she replied, as she wiped away a few tears that had fallen. "Richard and Haiden were roommates in college."

"How did you end up working for him?" Elliot asked, still not sure if she was being sincere or trying to get herself out of trouble.

"Haiden's father owns this big company, and when he found out I needed a job to pay for the wedding, he got me into the company. When his father died he became the head C.P.O. and kept me full time. Everything was good, until he started hitting on me. I told my husband and he confronted Haiden, and that was the end of it, until he raped me. Richard and I were trying for kids, so when he heard I was pregnant I couldn't tell him who Nathaniel's father was really, it would've killed him."

"What?"

The three looked towards the door, trying to find the owner of the voice. Once Melissa saw him, her eyes grew wide with terror, as she tried to find the words to explain the situation. "Richard, please, I'm so sorry."

Her husband walked up to her quickly, angry to have just found out his son was not in fact his biological child. "Where you ever going to tell me?!" he asked, lunging towards her, only to be held back by Elliot, as Olivia stepped in front of Melissa to protect her.

Olivia nodded at Elliot and he whispered something into Richard's ear, causing him to nod and follow him out of the room, trying his best not to cry in front of the two women. When they were out of the room, Olivia turned to Melissa and let out a small sigh when she saw the crumbled woman in front of her.

While Olivia was continued to talk to Melissa, Elliot was out in the hallway speaking to the distraught man who had just found out the boy he had raised since birth was not in fact his own. "Mr. McBrien, did you have any idea Nathaniel wasn't your son?"

Richard looked up at Elliot and sighed. "I had an idea he wasn't mine. I mean, when Melissa got pregnant, she was acting odd, but I just thought it was my own insecurities." He continued to stare at Elliot, his eyes becoming even more watery at the thought that his little boy was really someone else's. "How can I look at him, knowing he's someone else's son?"
Elliot placed his hand on Richard's shoulder, before looking him in the eye. "You love that little boy like he's your own. You're his father, don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Now, you are the only father he knows, and he needs you more than ever."

Richard looked at Elliot once more, before finally allowing himself to cry.

It took another 40 minutes to get the two McBriens to actually be comfortable in the same room, but once they did, and once the detectives were sure no one would be hurt any more, Elliot and Olivia decided to leave.

"So, I think we have your classic case of he said, she said," Elliot explained, as he opened his car door and sat down in the driver's seat.

Olivia stared at her partner, before taking her seat in the passenger seat. "How do you know Melissa is not telling the truth?"

Elliot looked over at his partner and scoffed. "Why wouldn't she report the rape 7 years ago? Especially if her son was the result of that supposed rape?"

Olivia glared at Elliot. "Maybe because she was ashamed that her son, something that was supposed to be a blessing, came from the worst night of her life."

Elliot raised an eyebrow. "I know you're new, but you've still got a lot to learn" he said, before starting the car and driving off, leaving Olivia to turn away from him, pissed off. He didn't know the secret his partner hid, so how would he understand what she was feeling. Her only hope was that her partner would soon change his tune, or else she wasn't sure this partnership was going to last.

Soooo that's the end of this chapter. Please tell me what you think. And I promise this case is important to the whole story, it's not one of those where it's a case, it's solved, and it had nothing to do with the main point. Hopefully people stay with me long enough to realize this. Again, sorry for the extremely long wait.

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