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Chapter three

It has been three weeks since I have seen Kathy. I hope by now she knows that I have no intention of invading her or her family's life. It has been close to three years since I have been on talking terms with any of them. The last time I have seen Elliot was here in this very room when Jenna shot at everyone in this room. I have seen him take the shot and kill her to save everyone. I was holding Sister Peggy while she died in my arms I knew Jenna needed to be stop but I did not know I would have also lost my best friend that day. Since then I have kept my all of relationships at work as work relationships. I can't have another one of my partnerships become that close again.

I knew Elliot and I were too close as for a partnership goes but no one ever did anything about it. Unless, Elliot or I took one another out of the equation of our partnership due to how our friendship was going to end. I have done it twice, once was right after the Gitano case and other time was when I went to Oregon; Elliot did it the minute he has left the unit.

After all these years I am still thinking about this because I feel like I have done something wrong where he could not take being my partner anymore. I totally understand because he did break the one rule we have which was never to pick each other over the job again.

"Olivia? Olivia are you there or should I just go ahead and take Amanda with me for this?" Nick asked me while looking at me asking him himself if I should be here working or not.

"No, I will go. Just give me five minutes to get my coat and keys to the vehicle so we can head to Mercy." At least that will give him some idea that I have been listening to him in some way.

~Twenty Minutes later~

"Well that went well." Nick said.

"Yeah, but what case goes so well at the beginning anyways." I explained to him. Then all of the sudden I saw Kathy. Of course I would have to see her but why is it after we confronted one another three weeks ago I would have to start seeing more of her around. A part of me wants to forget who she even was and why I knew her in the first place.

The moment Kathy looked up she knew it was me and started coming toward me. I knew there was no way out of this now.

"Hey Olivia, I am wondering if you are available to have dinner with us tonight, I would understand if you can't make it as I see you are here for work." Kathy looks as if this might have been the only way to ask me to her house to have dinner. After all there was my partner standing next to me and we are in a public place after all.

"Hey, I will see what if I can get free for at least a couple hours. If not I know you will understand if I can't make it. Since your former husband had the same hours as me at one point." I pointed out to her.

"Also you can bring this man with you if you want." She turns to look at Nick "I am Kathy. Who are you?" Never in my time would I have imagined Kathy inviting some stranger into her home. I might as well take her up on her offer after all I would like to Kathleen again and see the rest of the Stabler kids and see how they are doing with school and if they have graduated.

"Hi Kathy, I am Nick Amaro. It is a pleasure of meeting you but Benson and I really have to get going. If she goes you can bet I will be there as her guest that is if she would like to take me." Nick explains to her and I can see how tonight will go if I do decide to go to the Stabler's house for dinner. I can't believe Nick even have the nerve to go ahead and say anything to her. All he had to say was his name and we could have left it at that.

"Yeah, Nick's right. We do need to get going so if you don't mind I will catch up to you later." That was not a yes but I might as well have put it as a yes. I just hope I don't regret going there tonight or regret bringing Nick with me as my guest.

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