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"Cassidy left?" Elliot asked John.
"Yeah, he said he's going to Narcotics." John sighed. He threw the small football to Elliot. "He cleaned out his locker last night and was gone."
Olivia sat down at her desk. "Well, not everyone can take this job." She looked over at Elliot. "I wonder who's going to take his place."
"Nobody for now." Cragen said walking over to them. "We haven't exactly put out a help wanted sign. Narcotics said they might send somebody over from their unit. They don't know yet. Anyway, Munch, we have a case that matches another one from over a year ago."
"Who's?" Elliot asked as John took the file from Cragen.
Cragen shoved his hands in his pockets. "Your daughter's."
Elliot and Olivia got out of their car and walked towards the grocery store behind John. They weren't aloud to talk to the parents or look for anything to help with the case. They watched as John went to talk to the parents. They could go see what the other police officers already found. "What'd you find?" Olivia asked as they walked up to two uniformed officers.
"We found the baby's clothing in the trash can in the bathroom. The parents said that the baby's name was Nora Varnosa. She is six months old. This is her photo." One of them said handing them the photo of the baby girl.
Elliot looked at it. "How was the little girl taken?"
"Uh, the father was grabbing a kleenex box. He turned around and the girl was gone. He looked around and saw nothing suspicious. He ran around the grocery store looking for his little girl and then told a clerk that someone took her five minutes after she was taken. The guy could've easily gotten out in that amount of time." The other officer said.
"Well, this is not the father's fault." Elliot said slightly annoyed with the officer. "Did you have these other officers scope the neighborhood?"
"Yeah, they found the baby's binky down in the alley by the gas station down the street." The officer said. He looked at them a moment. "So, how long have you two been detectives?"
"About five months." Olivia said looking at the evidence bags. "Why?"
"It's just, you guys aren't talking to the parents. Usually we leave that kind of stuff to the sex police." The officer said.
Wow! Olivia thought rolling her eyes. Elliot was seriously getting ticked at this guy. "We're not allowed to work this case. This happened about two years ago a few miles from here. Our daughter was the one taken. So, you can see how this would be a conflict of interest."
"Did you find her?" The officer asked.
"We found her the next day abandoned in an alley." Elliot growled angry at the fact he didn't find the guy that took his daughter yet. He looked at the officer. "It was warmer weather than this, so she was alright. If this guy does the same thing with this little girl, she could die from hypothermia."
Olivia spoke up then. "Get a bolo out on this girl ASAP." She watched as the two officers walked away. She looked at Elliot. "I hate those guys."
"You and me both, baby." Elliot said as he looked back at the grocery store. "Do you really think it's the same guy?"
"Well, unless someone we know took Summer, I don't see how." Olivia sighed. "Have you thought of anyone that could do this other than the people we already questioned? Who knew I was at the grocery store?"
"Uh, John, Alex, Mike, Will, and Tyler down at base." Elliot named. "I don't think any of them did it. Tyler was with me when you called. John and Alex see Summer all the time and John was working that day. Mike and Will are our best friends. They love Summer like their own daughter. They wouldn't do something like that. They wouldn't rape our daughter." He gritted out using daughter and rape in the same sentence.
Olivia nodded. "Yeah, so a random guy. I wonder if he's been anywhere else. He couldn't have gone cold turkey for this long. Unless, he's around little girls all the time."
"Once a perp, always a perp." Elliot sighed. "They always have it on their mind. They may stop what they used to do, but they never stop thinking about it." He looked around. "This sucks. I can't even work our own case."
Olivia heaved out a breath and sat down on the hood of their car. Elliot joined her. "We'll get him someday. At least we know, he's only into girls below one so far. Hopefully, he doesn't come back for his victims."
"I forgot about that possibillity. Didn't that happen down in North Carolina or something?" Elliot asked.
"It was Virginia." Olivia said. "You clonked out on the couch before the thing finished. Dickie wore you out."
"Oh yeah, that was the day we got him that monster truck. He chased me with that thing the whole day." Elliot smiled. He looked at Olivia. "I love you."
"I love you too, El." Olivia grinned blowing him a kiss so people wouldn't see.
Elliot's phone started ringing. He picked it up. "Hey Fin, what's-" He paused. "Are you serious?...Yeah, that should be fine. Your parents know the address right?...Okay, good luck." He smiled hanging up.
Olivia furrowed her eyebrows. "What did Fin want?"
"Casey went into labor. He wants to drop the kids off at my mother's and his parents are going to pick them up in a couple of hours. Casey is in pain, but she can't wait to see what she's finally having." Elliot chuckled putting his phone in his pocket. "I've always wondered this. You've experienced it. How painful is giving birth?"
Olivia chuckled. "Well, have you ever broken your arm?"
"Yes, God that hurts." Elliot shuttered.
"Well, think of that pain times ten for about twelve or more hours." Olivia smirked.
Elliot cringed. "Baby, I'm proud of you. That's gotta hurt. And, down in...that region. I couldn't handle it."
Olivia smirked. "No man could, that's why God chose women to do it. We're tougher that way." She opened her phone and answered her phone. "Benson." Elliot smiled at her last comment. "Yeah, we'll be right down." She hung up her phone. "That was Cragen. We got a vic down at Bellevue."
That night, Elliot and Olivia walked into Bernie's house. They found Kendle sleeping in his carseat while Summer was huddled into Dickie on the couch. They were watching some TV show Bernie had put on for them. Bernie was in the kitchen washing dishes. She saw Elliot and Olivia and smiled. "Hey, how was your day?"
"It was okay." Elliot sighed. "We think the guy that took Summer took another girl today."
"Oh no." Bernie gasped. "How old was she?"
"Six months old." Olivia breathed. She looked into the living room and smiled when she saw Dickie lay his head on Summer's. "Ah, Elliot look at them." Elliot looked to where his wife was pointing and smiled.
"They've been doing that all day. They are cuddling and hugging and saying weird things to let each other know where they are." Bernie chuckled.
Elliot grinned. "They say each other's favorite colors. Dickie says pink and Summer says blue. It's fricken adorable." He kissed Olivia's head. "The way Kendle is going, he may be green."
Olivia laughed. "I'm going to go see our kids now." She kissed his jaw and walked into the other room, recieving hugs from her two smiling kids.
Elliot smiled as he watched his wife and turned to his mother. "Thanks for watching William and Kenny today. It couldn't have been easy with five kids here."
"Actually, it was quite easy. They were all asleep the whole time. Did you hear what Fin and Casey had?" Bernie asked.
Elliot grinned. "Fin called me twenty minutes ago to tell me that Casey is only three centimeters dialated. It's been eight hours and she's going crazy. Fin said that he's trying not to fall asleep on her."
Bernie chuckled. "Poor guy is going to be slapped over the head a lot over the next day or two."
"I know." Elliot smiled. "I'm going to go get the kids ready. We have tomorrow off since we can't work Summer's case and we closed today's case." He walked into the living room and was greeted with Dickie clinging to his right leg. "Hey buddy."
"Hey Daddy!" Dickie smiled. "Kendle crawled."
"I know. He's been doing that a lot lately, hasn't he?" Elliot smiled picking up Dickie and kissing his cheek. He looked at Olivia holding Summer. "Hey soldier. How was your day?"
"I tired." Summer moaned rubbing her eyes.
Olivia furrowed her eyebrows and kissed Summer's forehead. "El, she's burning up."
Elliot went into father mode. "Okay, once we get home, we'll give her some of that children's crap you said works and we'll take her in tomorrow." Olivia nodded at him. "Take her out to the car. I'll get Kendle and Dickie ready."
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