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"El, it's one dinner with Joe, Jordan, Marcy, and Jordan's fiance." Olivia smiled as she leaned against the doorway of their bathroom. She picked off a fuzz on the towel she was wrapped in. "It's not going to be that bad."
"I'm not saying it's going to be bad. It's just...we've been gone all week. I just want some time with the kids. That case really got to me." Elliot said sitting on on their bed. They just had a case where a little boy was found dead after being abused by his babysitter.
Olivia walked over to him and put her hands on his shoulders. "I want to spend some time with the kids too. That case got to both of us. Look, we've got tomorrow off. Dickie doesn't have school. We'll spend the whole day with the kids tomorrow, okay? But, your brother just got married and your other brother is engaged. We should probably have dinner with them tonight." She smirked.
"We don't have to go out to dinner tonight." Elliot smirked running his hands under the towel. Olivia gasped when he ran his fingers over her. "There's something else I'd much rather do."
"I would too." Olivia moaned. "You have to stop otherwise we're going to be really late." She walked back into the bathroom. "Did you call Mike to see if he would take the kids tonight?"
"Yeah, he said he would take them. I'll go tell the kids." Elliot informed his wife before leaving the room. He trotted downstairs to find his kids playing with blocks and trains. "Hey guys, uncle Mike is going to take care of you guys tonight while Mommy and I go out."
"Yay! Uncle Mike!" Dickie smiled and hurried upstairs to grab his traveling train case. Kendle smiled and then continued to play with the blocks.
Elliot looked at Summer. She was awfully quite. "Summer, do you want to go to uncle Mikes's?"
Summer looked up at him and shook her head. "I don't like it there."
Elliot furrowed his eyebrows and picked her up. "Why not?"
"I just don't like it there." Summer said before wrapping her arms around Elliot's neck. "Please don't make me go."
"Okay Summer, you don't have to go." Elliot breathed . Then he remembered that Mike was still a bachelor. There wasn't a whole lot for girls to do there. "How about I call DJ? You can have a sleep over with Carmela."
"Yeah." Summer smiled. She kissed Elliot's cheek before he put her down. "Thank you Daddy." Elliot smiled and brushed her hair back before going into the kitchen. Olivia came in after he hung up with DJ.
"Hey, Summer said that you told her she could go to DJ's. What's up?" Olivia asked confused.
Elliot looked at his wife. "Well, Summer said she didn't want to go. I figured it's probably because Mike is still a bachelor. He doesn't exactly have a 'kid friendly' apartment."
"Well, that's never bothered her before." Olivia said. She looked at Elliot a moment and her eyes got wide. "El,...do you think-"
"No, he loves Summer like his own daughter." Elliot refused shaking his head. here was no way it was possible. "He wouldn't."
"El, he's one of the only people that knew where I was that day." Olivia breathed. She took a deep breath. "Summer? Baby, can you come in here?"
Summer came in a moment later and smiled up at her mother. "What Mommy?"
Olivia picked her daughter up and set her on the counter. "Baby, why don't you want to go to uncle Mike's?" The smile on her daughter's face disappeared.
Summer looked at Elliot and then back at her mother. "I can't tell you."
Elliot put a hand on his daughter's back. "Murmur, you can tell us anything. If uncle Mike hurt you, we will make sure he doesn't do it again." Summer teared up as her lip started trembling.
"Honey, did uncle Mike hurt you?" Olivia asked squatting slightly to look her daughter in the eyes.
Summer nodded and wrapped her arms around Olivia. "Don't make me go." She sobbed quietly. Olivia wrapped her arms around her shaking daughter and lifted her into her arms.
She looked at Elliot to find him tearing up with his hands fisted up. "El, you are not going over there."
"Why not?" Elliot asked aggitated. "He hurt her. We're just going to have a friendly chat." He said heading for the front door.
"Elliot, you are not going to go over there and get yourself arrested for beating him up." Olivia argued following him. He didn't stop. "Do you really want our kids to see you like that?" He froze. "If you were found guilty, you'd go to prison and you'd lose your job. I'd basically be raising three kids on my own until you got out." He turned to her. "Please, just don't do this." She rubbed Summer's back again.
Summer looked up and reached out for Elliot. Elliot came over and gently took her kissing her head. "I won't go." He whispered and then wrapped his arm around Olivia. "It's Fin and John's case. I'll go call them." He handed Summer back to Olivia and left for the kitchen.
Olivia sighed. "It'll be okay Summer. We'll get him." She kissed her daughter's head and walked over to the couch. She sat down and looked into her daughter's eyes. They were puffy and red. "You know Daddy and I will keep you safe, right?"
Summer nodded. "I love you Mommy."
"I love you too, baby." Olivia smiled sadly and tucked some of her daughter's hair back. "How about we just spend tonight and tomorrow here? We'll all watch some movies and make cookies."
"Can we?" Summer asked getting slightly excited.
"Yes we can." Olivia said. She smiled when a grin came over Summer's face. "Why don't you pick out a movie?" She watched as Summer climbed off of her lap and went over to the movie shelf. She walked into the kitchen to find Elliot gripping the phone on the counter. "El?"
Elliot looked up at her with tears running down his face. He let go of the phone and ran a hand down his face. He took a deep breath leaning against the counter. "Yeah?"
"Why don't you go help your daughter pick out a movie for tonight? I'll call Joe and tell him what happened." Olivia suggested.
"No, I can do it." Elliot said going for the phone again.
Olivia grabbed it before he did. "No, I will. I know you can, but...this is going to be hard enough for both of us. You told Fin and John to get him. I'll tell Joe we can't make it." She kissed his chin and paused. "...Our daughter is waiting for you."
Elliot smiled lightly and kissed her nose. "I love you."
"I love you too." Olivia breathed. She rubbed her face in his chest before Summer came in.
"I found a movie." She announced holding up Toy Story.
"Did you now?" Elliot asked smiling. He picked her up. "Why don't we go change into our lazy clothes? We'll get your brothers ready." He looked at Olivia. "Good luck." He said knowing that it was going to be hard for Olivia to talk about her daughter's abductor and abuser being someone they had trusted for so long. He walked out of the kitchen and picked up Kendle before going upstairs.
Later that night, Dickie was sleeping in the bean bag chair below. Kendle was upstairs sleeping in his room. Olivia was asleep tucked into Elliot's side with her legs on his. Summer was asleep on Olivia and Elliot's lap. Elliot lay awake watching his daughter sleep.
He had known Mike since elementry school. How could he do this to his daughter? She was so innocent. How could he take his daughter in the middle of a grocery store and sexually assualt her before abondoning her. Summer wasn't even one. Elliot knew that if Summer said Mike hurt her it would've been sometime in the past couple of months. She wouldn't remember what happened to her before. Mike might not even be the man that took Summer. He just hoped that this was behind them once and for all. But, what he always learned from victims, it's never behind them.
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