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"You're the guy that left Olivia heart broken?" Amaro asked still pointing his gun toward Elliot.

"I did what I had to do."

"No you didn't. You did what was best for you," Amaro shot back. "She moped around the precinct for three months."

"That's not my problem," Elliot yelled. He had tears in his eyes because he knew it was his problem. He knew that Olivia had loved him and he had let her down.

"Put the gun down," Amaro instructed looking at James who looked terrified.

"Why?" Elliot asked, "My life is over. She doesn't love me anymore."

"I'm not afraid to shoot you," Amaro said. "I don't even know you. All I know is that Olivia was really depressed after you left. That doesn't put you and I on good terms."

"David took her from me." Elliot had now lowered the gun to his side so it was pointing at the floor. "I thought that I could take his brother from him but him and his brother don't get along. I paid him to show up to her apartment and pretend to kidnap me."

"Do you know who his standing outside right now?" Amaro asked being careful that Elliot didn't raise his gun again, "David. Do you know who sent him here?"
"Liv?"

"Yeah. Olivia did because she doesn't want you hurt. She is back at her apartment worrying herself sick to make sure that you're okay. Why would you do that to the woman you love?"

"I..I.."

"You don't have anything to say," Amaro said, "Because you know you're wrong. Did you kill Isabelle?"

"I'm not a killer," Elliot cried, "I didn't kill anybody."

"Put the gun down and walk outside with me. We can clear this all up."

Elliot was hesitant at first but he knew that if he didn't go outside now, Olivia would never forgive him and he couldn't handle that.

"Okay." He gently lowered the gun and sat it on the floor. Then he untied the ropes and pulled the tape off of James's mouth.

Amaro placed James in the cuffs for killing Isabelle and Hailey and held Elliot on his shoulder as he led them outside.

"The hostage taker was Elliot,"Amaro told Cragen once Elliot was in a cop car and out of hearing distance.

"What?"

"He was mad at David for taking Olivia away from him," Amaro continued to explain.

"Oh, Liv is not going to believe this!" David yelled.

"Are you really going to go home and tell her what happened? Do you think it will make her feel better? She will be devastated," Cragen said focusing on David.

"Then what am I suppose to tell her?"

"That you love her and you are always going to be there for her," Cragen answered.

David nodded his head and began to understand why he couldn't tell Olivia. He saw the way she reacted when she thought Elliot was going to be hurt and he knew instantly that Elliot had once been her best friend. He knew that for a long time Elliot was the only person she trusted and he had to give Elliot his props for that. Now he just needed to figure out a way to explain what happened to Olivia without flat-out lying.

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"Who's that?" Olivia asked when Casey answered her phone.

Casey held up her finger as to tell Olivia to wait a minute and then she mouthed the words 'David'.

"What did he say?" Olivia interrogated once Casey got off the phone.

"He said to tell you that everything is okay and he is on his way home right now," Casey answered.

"So Elliot's okay?"

"Uh, yeah."

"Case?" Olivia asked knowing that she was keeping a secret.

"David's on his way so I should be going." Casey grabbed her jacket and and gave Olivia a quick kiss on the head and hurried out the door before Olivia could say anything.

Olivia was only by herself for a few minutes when David showed up back at home. Olivia still hadn't moved from her spot on the couch so David walked over to her and kneeled down beside her.

"Olivia you know that I love you," David said pushing a piece of hair out of her face.

"David, what's going on?"

"I just need you to know that I love you."

"I love you too," Olivia said in a sweet innocent voice.

"No you don't understand. I know I have told you a million times that I love you but it's so much more than that."

"Honey, I know you love me," Olivia said forcing herself to sit up.

David grabbed her hand and looked her in the eyes, "I love you more than I have ever loved anyone. I would do anything to make you happy. I would risk my life, for you Olivia Benson."

"David where is all this coming from?"

"I just need you to know. I know that you haven't been able to trust many people in your life but I'm not one of those people. I want you to be able to come home from work and tell me how your day want. I want you to be able to cry in front of me and not feel ashamed. I want you to be able to wear sweatpants and have your hair in a sloppy bun and still feel gorgeous. Because you are."

Olivia didn't say anything but from the sparkle in her eye David knew she was listening.

"I think we should take this to the bedroom," Olivia provocatively said.

"No," David laughed, "Have you forgotten that you are to take it easy? Sex can wait."

"Fine," Olivia pretended to pout by crossing her arms and sticking out her bottom lip making the puppy dog face.

"Oh come here," David said opening his arms for Olivia to lay in them.

They ended up falling asleep right there on the couch in each others arms without saying a word. Just laying there in silence like they were, was everything Olivia had ever wanted. She just wanted to be loved.