Cassie was ready to sleep after her movie. They got her in bed and read her a story, The Cat and the Hat.
After that, they went upstairs to celebrate their engagement.
"I want you to have me," Alex told her fiancée.
A feral look appeared in Olivia's eyes before she bared a carnal grin. She pushed Alex onto the bed and worked quickly to get her out of her dress. She wasn't wearing a bra and her thong came off in a quick swoop. Olivia's wide tongue laved at a perfect pink nipple. A strong hand cupped her other breast, kneading it firmly as Alex moaned.
Her chest was small, but that only made her breasts more sensitive as the nerve endings were short. Olivia got as much pleasure out of them as she could before Alex pushed her head down, signaling her lover to go lower. Olivia's tongue went down Alex's smooth stomach, teased her belly button ring, and went down to her hips, strong, creamy thighs, and firm calves before going up to blonde curls covering her sex.
She liked that Alex didn't wax or shave them away. It would make her look too prepubescent. Alex had a luxurious taste, one that Olivia couldn't get enough of. The detective delved her tongue deep into her lover and started to explore her familiar folds.
"FUCK!"
"Patience," Olivia teased as she replaced her tongue with her fingertips.
"I want the big one," Alex told her. "I want to feel you between my legs tomorrow."
That was the final straw. Olivia gave Alex a bruising kiss before she started pulling off her clothes at record speed. She went rummaging through Alex's sex back before she found the 9 inch black strap on. She lined it up so that the base rubbed against her swollen clit and started to coat the head in Alex's wetness.
Olivia added a little lube just to be sure. Alex was plenty wet, but she wanted this to go in easily. "How do you want it?"
"On all fours."
Olivia salivated at the sight. She gave a good slap to each perfect cheek before guiding the head inside. She slowly pushed, stretching Alex to her limit.
Once she was half way through, she stopped and slowly started to pull out. Alex whimpered at the loss before Olivia thrusted forward. They did this a few more times and then Olivia was all the way in, her hips resting on Alex's round bubble butt.
"FUCK ME!" Alex cried her voice ragged with lust.
Olivia put her hand on Alex's back. The blonde quickly went down on her forearms, giving her lover the perfect angle to thrust. Olivia started to buck her hips, slowly at first, but Alex started to thrust right back.
Firm hands tried to hold Alex's hips in place, but the blonde was insistent on getting it good. She rode her hips back and forth, effectively fucking herself with the dildo. Olivia was about to come just watching her; the friction against her clit from the dildo was just an added bonus.
"I'm so close," Olivia cried as she thrusted forward, grinding herself against Alex's ass. She started hammering away at her fiancée and they both started to reach their peaks.
Olivia bit Alex's shoulder to cover her own scream before she came hard. Alex was right behind her, and they slumped forward, the brunette still inside the blonde.
Once they caught their breath, they rolled over and Alex started to ride.
"How are you so insatiable?" Olivia questioned as Alex rode her expertly.
"You make me this way," Alex gasped in between thrusts.
Olivia's hands found Alex's breasts and began to massage them once again. Her warm mouth found Alex's neck, and the pleasure was overwhelming. She was so close.
Alex's long fingers found her clit and started to rub. She set herself over the edge and Olivia kept pounding her from below, trying to get as many orgasms out of her as possible. She got three before Olivia joined her in a rapturous bliss.
Olivia made her way out and Alex turned around, sucking the phallus into her mouth.
"FUCK!"
As Alex bobbed her head back and forth, the phallus rubbed against Olivia's clit, getting another orgasm out of her.
Alex let the dildo go with a pop and licked her lips, a satisfied grin on her face.
Olivia eventually took the strap on off and pulled Alex in to be little spoon. "I love you."
"I love you more," Alex insisted.
"I love you most."
"I love you most times infinity."
Olivia kissed her cheek, "dork."
"That's Mrs. Dork to you."
Olivia drove them back to New York. Just like Alex had requested, she could feel Olivia between her legs the next day.
"I wasn't too rough, was I?" Alex had a bit of a wobble to her walk today.
"You were perfect, Love."
After a six-hour car ride, they were back in Manhattan. Right away, Alex started on the laundry from their trip. She wanted to wash their clothes and vacuum out their suitcases, so they didn't end up with sand everywhere.
Olivia opened the fridge to see what was for dinner. "How about spaghetti and meatballs?" It was pretty much the only thing they could make with their ingredients.
"Sounds good Babe."
It didn't matter to Alex what Olivia made. What mattered was that she was here, and she was going to stay.
September 2007
Alex couldn't help but cry. Her baby looked so cute in her little pink jumper. It was Cassie's first day of school and Alex brought a camera.
Olivia thought it was adorable. "You're such a soccer mom," she teased.
"You bet your cute butt I am." They took a picture of Cassie before they took her into the building.
"Now have a great first day," Alex told her before giving her a final hug.
"Bye Mama! Bye Papa!" Olivia hugged the little girl too and then she was off to Mrs. Anderson's pre-kindergarten class.
"She's growing up so fast."
Right away, the other girls came up to Cassie and started talking to her.
"I'm Sidney."
"I'm Chloe."
"I'm Tyra."
The young heiress was happy to be around girls her own age. She would be able to play all day.
After they left the school, Alex drove Olivia to work and then she went to One Hogan Place.
The Bureau Chief kept looking at her clock, waiting for 3PM. She got her work done (sort of). Paperwork got signed and approvals were given, but the Bureau Chief's mind was somewhere else.
Does every parent feel like this on the first day of school?
At 2:40, Alex grabbed her jacket and left the office. She drove to Cassie's school and parked in the lot.
They had all of the children lined up, ready to go home.
"Mama!" Cassie ditched her spot in line and ran to her mother.
"Hey Baby, how was school?"
"It was fun. I got to play freeze tag and we learned numbers and …"
It was great to see Cassie smile so brightly.
They got in the car and went back to the office. Alex had some work to do before they could go home.
"Did you get any homework?"
Cassie shook her head. They didn't have homework this year.
When Olivia got home, Alex was just getting dinner off the stove.
"Papa," Cassie ran to her. "Mama made spaghetti and meatballs for dinner." Olivia scooped up their little girl and kissed her on the forehead.
"I bet it will be delicious. How was school?"
"It was fun!"
Olivia and Cassie both washed their hands before sitting at the table.
"How was work?"
"I couldn't concentrate," Alex admitted.
"Me neither."
"What were you thinking about?"
"Getting home to you and Cassie."
They shared a kiss.
Cassie teased them, "Mama and papa sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g!"
"Where did you learn that song?"
"From Tina."
"She's growing up so fast," Alex started to get teary.
"The next thing you know, we'll have to un-teach her curse words."
They finished the meal and Olivia put the dishes away.
"Can we watch a movie?"
"What do you want to watch Cassie?"
"Snow White."
Disney it was. They got a blanket and everyone cuddled up under it. Cassie was sitting on Olivia's lap, and Alex had her head on her fiancée's shoulder.
"This is the life," Olivia told Alex with a grin."
"Yes it is."
Seven years from the day they first met, they finally had a family.
October 2007
Steele convened a grand jury to indict Margaret Greenfield. Unlike a petit jury, the defense had no role in this proceeding. They could not call witnesses. Kessler wasn't even allowed to appear.
Hearsay was acceptable, and Steele made the strategic choice not to offer much of his case to the grand jury. He wanted to keep as many cards to himself as he could. He had Green and Lupo present to the jury what happened at the crime scene, how they learned of Greenfield, and how they had pieced together the puzzle.
"Did anyone plead guilty in regards to these murders?"
Lupo nodded. "Two people pleaded guilty."
"And who were they?"
"Walsh and Stuckey."
"How were they involved in these murders?"
"Greenfield hired Stuckey to murder Jessica Walter and her husband. She also hired him to kidnap their daughter Cassandra. Stuckey decided to be the middleman and he hired Marsh to commit the crimes for him, keeping a cut of the money for himself. Marsh murdered the Jessica and her husband, but he failed to grab Cassie before the police arrived. When he got arrested before he could finish the job, he sent his half-brother, Walsh to kidnap Cassie."
"So this all started with Margaret Greenfield?"
"Yes. Her father's will only provided money to the daughter who bore him a grandchild before his death. Margaret had no children, but Jessica had a daughter. Margaret sought to kidnap Cassie and pass her off as her own daughter, so she could steal the estate. She had to kill Jessica and her husband because they would recognize their own child, no matter how many years passed."
Two weeks later, the grand jury indicted Margaret Greenfield. Right away, she invoked her right to a speedy trial.
McCoy was prepared for that. The prosecution was ready to go. They had 180 days to get this trial started, but Jack didn't want to use all of it. He thought that having the trial sooner was in the prosecution's interest as well.
"Trial is set for December 5th 2007."
Margaret had yet to post bail. Trevor successfully had her assets frozen, and she was struggling to come up with additional funds.
She needed $500,000 to get a bail bondsman to post her bail. She had offered her Boston apartment, but the bondsman wouldn't accept it. Since the paperwork was in a false name, they couldn't be sure that she actually owned it. She would have to hire a real estate lawyer to clean up the mess and that would only cost her more money.
When Kessler came to visit her in Rikers, she expected something good. "Tell me you have something."
"We have a trial date, November 30th."
"How is their case looking?"
Kessler thought it was weak. "They only have one witness to implicate you and he's a co-conspirator. Marsh allegedly overheard Stuckey with you on the phone, but I have a feeling he won't testify."
"Even if he's offered a deal?"
"Even then." Kessler had a plan; one that he hoped would get his client acquitted and get his name on the map.
Halloween
After seeing Enchanted, Cassie wanted to be a princess for Halloween. She had on a poufy pink dress and a tiara.
Alex couldn't help but snap up as many pictures of her little girl was possible. They were about to take her trick or treating with some of the other children in her class.
Once Olivia got home, they were able to meet up with the other parents. The couple arrived with Cassie between them.
The other kids were witches, power rangers, and Pokémon.
The parents were in plain clothes, except for one who was … Cher.
Alex thought it was gaudy outfit and a bit slutty, but she said, "don't you look nice."
"If I could turn back time …."
Please, don't sing anymore, ever!
The kids were anxious go to, but they had to hear the rules first. "No running off, you have to hold an adult's hand when you cross the street, and no eating any of the candy until the parents have checked it all."
Cassie ran to grab Olivia's hand. "Papa, let's go!"
All of the other children went to grab an adult as well. Candy was serious business. One of the couple's however, was perplexed that Cassie called a woman papa.
"I thought that was a woman," the husband whispered.
"She is a woman."
They looked again and saw Olivia with one arm around Alex and the other around Cassie. She loved her girls.
The husband and wife looked at each other. They did not want to make a scene but this was kind of not okay.
The other parents paid no mind. Either they didn't notice or they didn't care. After an hour of door-to-door visiting, they decided to call it a night. The kids couldn't even carry their bags any more they were so heavy and the parents had a lot of candy to inspect (eat).
"Say goodbye to your friends," Alex reminded Cassie.
"Bye Chloe, bye Sidney, Bye Tara!"
"Bye Cassie!"
"Wasn't that fun?" Alex asked her wife as they got into the door. "Our little girl was so cute and everybody loved her."
"That's always the case," Olivia kissed Alex's nose. "She is just like her mama."
"What do you think about trying for a sibling next year?"
Olivia was shocked. "Really?"
"She's almost five. If we don't get going within the next couple of years, she'd be a decade older than her brother or sister." They could also adopt again.
Olivia wrapped her arms around Alex. "I'd love to have a baby with you."
"We should make an appointment with a specialist." Given Olivia's age, they would likely pursue IVF.
"Candy!" Cassie reminded them.
"We have checking to do."
They dumped it out on the table and set aside everything that looked homemade. You could never tell these days.
"How come we can't just eat all of the candy?" Cassie asked.
"It's rare," Olivia told her, "but sometimes mean people put bad things in candy. We have to make sure none of it can hurt you."
"Like what?"
"Like something sharp, like a blade."
"Ow!"
Most of the candy was packaged or sealed. They removed everything that wasn't, just in case.
"How about we have dinner first and then some candy while we watch a movie?"
They ordered a pizza and then watched The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Cassie fell asleep.
"I think she's a bit too young to appreciate this movie," Olivia told her.
"Maybe next year."