Chapter 3

**This chapter is long, but everything just kept flowing out. This may be the last chapter for tonight. Thank you for reading!**

Olivia stood in her office stunned at the fact she just talked to her sister. Grateful that she was alive but heartbroken that she had yet to change. She gathered her things and was leaving for home

Harrison stood as she walked out of her office. "Liv, are you alright?"

She turned, gave him her best "smile" and told everyone "Goodnight everyone, see you tomorrow."

Usually the team could take Liv's 'brave smile' but something told the team that something was about to happen and none would be prepared.

Liv walked into her apartment and headed to her room. She undressed and went to take a shower. As she stood under the water, she began to cry. Her emotions were getting the best of her lately and her sister's mysterious pop up was just another of layer of craziness that had to endure. Fitz, Jake, Lissy...ugh and probably that ignorant ass Ralph. She did not need this right now.

She turned off the water, got out, wrapped her robe about her and went into the kitchen to grab a bottle of wine. Her sister popping back into her life was too random. She probably seen her on TV and realized her sister was "loaded".

Grabbing the cork screw for the wine she began to open the bottle of wine, pouring herself a glass. She begins to sip but the wine wasn't what she thought it would be and spit it into the sink. Great $100 bottle and it was fucking disgusting. Pissed she went into her living room and turned on her TV and who should pop up on TV but the President himself. She flipped to a different station but he was on that channel as well. She turned the TV off.

Fitz was the last person she wanted to see or hear from. She had seen him twice in the past two months. The first time was 10 months after Verna's funeral at Ella's christening and then at the fund raiser for Will Caldwell. Their 'interactions' in the closet still lingered with her. Angry, hurt, confused, passionate, rough, mind blowing sex. It had been the first time they had 'sex'. They always made love. It was something that should not have happened, but it did. It was clear they still had feelings for each other, but his hurt could not see past anything else. Since Fitz learned the truth, he had become different. The words "we are done" replayed in her head night after night. But she refused to let that hurt consume her thoughts and dictate her life.

Right now she needed to focus on why her sister was calling her and who she owed money to. It was obvious, but she really wanted her sister to seek out help. This life was only leading to destruction. No one knew of her sister, not even Fitz. After 8 years she assumed she was dead and dealt with that hurt in her own way. If her sister wanted to continue to be involved with drugs, then she did not want her in her life.

Her cell phone was ringing. Ugh she did not feel like talking to anybody. She ignored the call when she realized it was Jake.

Jake looked at the TV and watch Olivia ignore his call. He called her house phone; he would try and cheer her up if she let him.

Her house phone rang. "UGH! DAMMIT!" She picks her house phone up, "What can I do for you Jake?"

"I was just calling to check on you, are you alright?"

"Yes, I am fine. I'm about to go to bed. I have a lot of work to do tomorrow" she lied.

"Ok, well I'll let you get to bed then. Good night Olivia."

"Good night Jake."

He seems nice, but she was not trying to become romantically involved with him. They went on a few dates, but she didn't want to pursue it. In the back of her mind she knew she had the smallest hope out for Fitz. But that hope was growing smaller day to day. A miracle had to happen to get the chance to talk, just talk with Fitz.

She went to bed with weight of the world of her shoulders and just hoped tomorrow would be better than today.

O'lissa was determined to make it to D.C. by morning come hell or high water. Carolyn was depending on her to get her. To save her, she was her mommy, the only person who she slept with at night and woke up to every morning. No matter how many times she placed her in her own bed at night, she always managed to make her way back into her mommy's bed. O'lissa didn't care though; she loved her daughter and wanted to protect her from all harm and danger. She felt like she failed, she prayed that she would see her baby girl again. But she needed a miracle.

She refused to stop driving; she needed to make it to D.C. bright and early. She would make Carrie listen to her. She didn't care what she did in her past and what Carrie thought of her, she wanted her damn baby back and there was nothing she wouldn't do in order to get her back.

8AM Washington, D.C. - Olivia Pope & Associates

The past 10 hours had been rough. The drive was endless but O'lissa love for her baby was her motivation. God it had been more than 24 hours since she seen her sweet baby girl's face. O'lissa was tired, hungry, scared and numb. She had never gone this long without her Carolyn, her baby. She pulled herself together. She fixed her composure because she knew she had to stay strong for her baby. She could not show Carrie's employee this side of her. She was more than sure they knew nothing of here. She would show up as a client who needed their help. She knew she couldn't afford Carrie's services but she worry about that later, Carolyn was her only concern. Her baby was her only light of hope she had and she would do whatever she had to do to get her daughter back.

She looked in her mirror, she looked like hell but she did her best what she had in her purse. She threw a mint in her mouth, got out of her car and walked into the building heading straight for the elevator. She read the list of floors and seen who was located on what floor. Olivia Pope and Associates was located on the 5th floor, the last floor. She was nervous to face her sister after all this time but her daughter needed her to save her.

She pressed the button for the elevator and stepped on pressing number 5. Here goes nothing.

Olivia was sitting in the conference room with Abby and Harrison. They eating breakfast from Starbucks and Liv had her Venti green tea while reviewing files. The elevator chimed and they all looked up. Huck, (whose office is located at the front near the entrance of OPA), went to the door first. He seen a tall woman 5'7 or 5'8, full figured but shaped nicely, walked in. Huck, who was the best at hiding his facial expressions, appreciated the scene, heard the footsteps of everyone else and quickly fixed his face. She looked terrified.

When she had gotten closer, he seen her eyes; they were the same as Liv's. He stood there in utter shock. Liv, Abby, Harrison finally came behind Huck and seen her too. Abby and Harrison stood there in shock at who they were looking at. It was as if they were staring at Liv's twin (sort of). She was taller and a little heavier, but they looked exactly alike. But when she spoke, they knew it was an extremely close relative. They sounded exactly the same, but the determined look in her eyes matched Liv's. Although there was a desperate look on O'lissa face.

Liv looked at her sister in utter shock. She looked 100% better than the last time she seen her and she finally had weight on her. She didn't look like she was on drugs so why did she sound so urgent last night? Something else was up. Oh God and she hung up on her. She knew it had to be major for her to travel from ...well she didn't know where she lived. She could have had Huck look her up, but even Huck didn't know about Lissy.

Everyone turned to look at Liv while Liv stared at her baby sister.

"Lissy." Spoken softly.

"Carrie." O'lissa broke down there, she couldn't hold it in anymore, she needed her big sister. Olivia ran to her sister not understanding what was wrong with her.

"Carrie...he ...he ...he took my baby!"

Harrison, Abby, Huck all looked at each other. Quinn who was in her office came out hearing the sobs of a woman.

"Lissy, what are you talking about? Who are they? He? What baby?"

O'lissa was shaking uncontrollably in her sister's. She just kept repeating "my baby girl, my baby girl...he took my baby girl oh God I want her back"

Harrison came over to help Liv walk this woman to the conference room. Abby went to grab tissue, Quinn stood a little lost as to what happened and Huck followed behind Liv and Harrison.

Liv realizing that her sister just became her new client immediately jumped in crisis management mode.

"Lissy, I need you to calm down and look at me. Who is he and what baby girl are you talking about?"

Harrison went to go get water for 'Lissy' while Liv tried to calm her down. He came back with the water, Liv grabbed the water, opened the bottle and holding her sisters' head up, ( her cries began to calm down into sniffs, but she realized her sister was about pass out grabbed the tissue from Abby and drenched it and begin to pat her sisters' face.

Her team never had seen her like this. She usually kept her business face on at all times when it came to clients, but this was different. They knew it. After damping the cool tissue drenched in water on her face, she rocked the woman whom she referred to as 'Lissy' in her arms.

After about 20 minutes, Liv notice that her sister crying had ceased although she didn't know if she was ready to talk.

"Lissy, I need you to tell me what you are talking about me. It's been 8 years since we seen each other.
Tell me what happened."

O'lissa sighed and began to talk...a little more calm "Carrie, its Ralph. He found me. I found out I was pregnant. I knew I didn't want to be that person anymore. I was doing really well. I promise, I had a baby girl and she changed me for the better. That night after I left your house, I knew I needed to get out the city and you know Ralph had contacts everywhere. I went to work for a few more hours, made enough to buy a one-way ticket to Atlanta and never looked back. I was going to call you, but ...I just didn't want you to think I couldn't care for my baby. I knew my life made me an unfit mother, but I had seven months to change and I did. Yesterday morning, everything was going as usual. Me and Carolyn, that's her name, were getting dressed. We went into the kitchen I made her favorite breakfast, she ate and I watched the news. You were on TV talking about some case. Carolyn finished her breakfast, I told her to go put her coat on while straightened up in the kitchen. "

O'lissa noticed a few people were writing down things as she talked.

Liv seen what she seen and encouraged her to continue, "They are taking notes of your events so we can help you."

O'lissa nodded and continued, "She took longer than usual getting her coat and I called out to her and she didn't answer. I went to her room and she was nowhere in sight. Then I got the call from Ralph whom I haven't seen since that night in the Bronx."

Abby chimed in, "the Bronx? What were you doing there?"

Liv look at her and replied, "It's our hometown."

Harrison, Abby, Huck and Quinn looked at Liv. The shocked look was an understatement.

Liv turned her attention back to her sister.

O'lissa continued with her story saying "To make it short, Ralph said I owed him 2 million for "leaving" him out of the blue. He says I was his most...not wanting to say much more about her previous life...he said I had 72 hours to get him the money."

She reached into her purse, pulling all the money she had to her name, handing out to Olivia and said, "Carrie, I know this nothing compared to what I'm asking you to help me do, but he will kill my baby." (Her voice beginning to choke again). I can't live without her Carrie. I need her to survive." She broke down again.

Liv looker at her team and knew she had a lot of explaining to do. "Lissy put your money back in your purse. We will get her back I promise you that. Look at me; I will do everything in my power to get her back. Huck, I need to you to hack into her phone and get me the recording of that conversation with Ralph Wilson."

Liv realized she said 72 hours, "Lissy, when did Ralph call you and tell you 72 hours?"

"6:30am yesterday"

Liv's eyes grew, fuck they needed to move.

"Okay, people we have less than 46 hours until we get Carolyn back people lets' move people!"

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