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"Liv, are you sure you want to do this?" Elliot asked her as she buttoned up her blouse.
"El, they found my mother in some guy's basement." Olivia sighed. "She's in prison and was drunk when they found her. She's going to be in prison a long time. I might as well get it done with and see if she's worth my time."
Elliot watched his wife grab her purse. "I'm going with you."
"Who's going to watch the kids?" Olivia asked.
"My mom is here." Elliot shrugged. "She'll understand this. C'mon, go say goodbye to the kids while I get ready. We'll head out when I get down."
Olivia nodded. "Okay." She breathed. She pecked his lips smiling lightly and left their room. She trotted downstairs and smiled when she saw Kendle laughing on the floor as Summer and Dickie played pee-a-boo with him. She saw Bernie sitting on the couch near them. "Hey Bernie, can you watch the kids for a while? Elliot and I are going to go see Serena."
Bernie nodded. "No problem, dear." She stood up. "Are you sure you want to do this?"
"I don't want to, but I deserve to know why my mother didn't tell me about this." Olivia sighed. "Okay lovebugs, Mommy is going to go. Can I get my hugs and kisses?" She smiled squatting down.
Dickie ran over to her first and hugged her. "Bye Mommy. I love you."
"Ohhh, I love you too." Olivia smiled and let go of him to hug Summer. "Love you, Murmur."
"Love you Mommy." Summer smiled kissing her mother's cheek.
Olivia smiled and kissed her nose. She chuckled when she saw Kendle sitting on the floor looking at them with a smile. "Hey baby boy! I love you." She smiled when Kendle squealed. She set him back onto the floor and looked over to find Elliot hugging and kissing Dickie and Summer. "El, I think that's enough kisses. They are blocking you from their faces."
Elliot smiled at her. "Daddy should be able to kiss them as many times as he wants." He kissed them each once more and then did the same to Kendle. He walked over to her. "You ready?"
"As ready as I'll ever be." Olivia breathed. Elliot kissed her forehead. "Bye Bernie."
"Bye guys." Bernie smiled. "Elliot, don't annoy your wife too much with your singing."
"What?! She loves my singing." Elliot grinned. "Bye Mom." He walked out to the car with Olivia and started the car. "You love my singing, right?"
Olivia laughed and kissed his cheek. "Yes, I love your singing." She squeezed his hand that was intertwined with hers. "What if she's worse than she was before?"
Elliot looked at his wife sympathetically. "Liv, she can't physically hurt you. How could she be worse? Like you said, how much more emotional damage could she do to you than she already has done."
"True." Olivia breathed. "She can't really disapprove of you. I love you more than life itself. You are set in stone." She smiled when Elliot chuckled. "Our kids mean the world to me. My mom can't disapprove of them either. I could never give them up just because she wants me to. I could never give any of you up period."
"Good, cause you're never getting rid of me." Elliot smirked. He kissed the back of her hand that was in his.
They soon arrived at the prison that Serena was being held at. "Who are you here visiting?" The guard at the desk asked.
Olivia held up her badge. "Serena Benson." She watched as the guard did some things on his computer.
"Okay, since your detectives, I'm guessing you know where to go from here." The guard assumed.
"Yeah, thanks." Elliot said rolling his eyes. He put a hand on the small of Olivia's back and guided her through the prison to where they needed to go. He opened a door and saw Serena sitting at a table in one of the cells. The guard unlocked the door and let them in.
"Olivia?" Serena asked.
Olivia paused. "Hi." She slowly sat down across from her mother with Elliot next to her. She let out a breath and looked at her hands for a moment before looking at her mother. "Why?"
"Olivia-" Serena started.
"No!" Olivia snapped. "You don't get to call me that. It's either Mrs. Stabler or Detective Benson."
"You married this boy?" Serena asked.
"I married Elliot." Olivia said. "Now, why?"
"...I couldn't stay in prison." Serena said as if it was simple. "I couldn't handle it. I had these huge migranes and I was sick all the time. My cell mate told me about this guy that helped people get out of prison."
"You deserve to be in prison." Elliot gritted out.
"I don't like your tone." Serena spat.
"And, I don't like you." Elliot said. "You hurt my wife. I watched her cringe from your touch. I saw the bruises and the pain in her eyes when she told me about you. I saw the fear she faced when she wondered if she could be a better mother than you. Let me tell you. Olivia could not be a better mother if she tried." He closed his eyes when Olivia leaned her forehead against his jaw. "You caused her pain. Anyone that hurts my wife is not okay in my book."
"Mother?" Serena asked looking at her daughter. "You're a mother?"
"That's not the point." Olivia said facing her mother again. "You escaped prison. The reason you were getting sick was because you were sober for so long. You are addicted to alcohol!" She took a deep breath. "I do have to thank you for some things, but...there's a lot of things that I can never forgive. I know that I'm not the daughter you always pictured in your head, but that doesn't give you the excuse to...abuse me." She took Elliot's hand when he kissed her head. "Even though you were the way you were, I'd still like you to be apart of my life and someday my kids' lives."
"Kids?" Serena asked smiling. "Plural?"
"Yes." Olivia breathed smiling as she looked at her kids on her phone. "Elliot and I have three. Two boys and a girl." She showed her mother the photo. "Dickie is going to be five in Augest. Summer will be three in October. Kendle will be one next week."
Serena smiled at the photo. "Summer looks just like you."
"I told you." Elliot bragged smiling. "She has my eyes, but she got her beauty from her mother." He rubbed Olivia's back as she brought her phone back to look at it. "You are the best mother." He whispered in her ear.
Olivia smiled and put her phone back in her pocket. She looked at her mother. "It may be a long, long time before I trust you enough to be around my kids. But, I'm willing to give you another chance. As long as you stay sober when you get out. I have had to deal with you drunk for my whole life; I'm done with it."
Serena paused. "Okay, I'll stay sober. I'm going to be in here for quite a while."
"Yeah, I know." Olivia sighed. "It's your fault that you have to stay here longer. You're the one that escaped prison."
"Yeah," Serena sighed rubbing her forehead. She smirked. "Did you ever think that your mother would escape prison?"
Olivia let out a short chuckle. "No, I never in my wildest dreams expected that."
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