A/N: I apologize for the delay. I started writing a new story and tried finishing it before I went back to this one and Townhouse Incident – The Crossover but the last chapter isn't coming to me as easily as the others were. I hope to have another update for this one soon. Thank you for your patience. As always, I don't own any of the characters but my own.

Following her surgery, Amanda, Jesse and Frannie stayed at Hank and Olivia's. It had been about a week since the surgery. On Friday night, since he was already there for Poker, Sonny was planning to stay with her. With Amanda there, Olivia and Olive stayed home with the kids instead of going out, since they went out with Amanda. They stayed in the family room away from the guys.

"Liv, I'm really glad you let me stay here."

"It was the least we could do. You did come see me as often as you could after I had surgery. Hank and Lucy don't mind the company during the day."

"He is such a great guy. I didn't particularly like him at first when he barged into the Interrogation Room here but once I worked with him in Chicago, he didn't seem so bad. After he helped get the guy that was holding me hostage in the hospital when you were shot, I like him even more."

"That's good. That's how I felt too. I just wish I had told him how I felt about him sooner than I did like maybe after Yates' trial. I think I had him when I told him I would arrest him. How are things going with you and Carisi?"

"Pretty good actually."

"I appreciate you keeping your relationship out of work."

"We're really trying."

"Fin seems to be fine with it. I haven't gotten any complaints from him."

"I'm sure he will."

"Oh, definitely. I heard about it from him when I was with Ed."

"Well, that was just weird. He charged both of us with murder."

"At least I had a good looking lawyer."

"True. Now that I have gotten to know Tucker a little better, he's not so bad."

"Fin said that too, which really surprises me."

"They are Poker buddies now."

"True. He and Rafael are getting along a lot better too. Last week, the group from Chicago showed up. Rafael was beating everyone in Poker except for one person."

"Who finally beat him?"

"I did. He had a Full House and I had a Royal Flush. Rafael acts like a big baby when he loses."

"He sometimes does that when he loses in court."

"That's for sure."

The doorbell rang, so Olivia went to answer it. It was Nick.

"Nick!"

"Hey, Liv."

"What brings you here?"

I wanted to come see everyone. Fin told me you moved. Since when do you live in a house?"

"Since I got married."

"What's with that? Anyone I know?"

"Yeah. I married Hank Voight."

"That great, Liv! Congratulations!"

"Thanks."

"I've been in touch with Fin pretty regularly for almost the last year and he told me you were dating Tucker."

"Guilty."

"Why?"

"It just sort of happened. Come on in."

Thanks."

Nick came in and Frannie came running to the door.

"Hey, Frannie."

"Is Rollins ok?"

"Yeah. She had an appendectomy last weekend. She, Jesse and Frannie are staying with us while she's recuperating."

"Fin told me she had a kid now."

"She's a great mom."

"That's great. Tell me about you and Tucker."

Olivia and Nick sat down in the living room and she told him what happened between her and Tucker. She also told him about the last case in Chicago and what happened with her and Hank. She told him about Dodds' death, Justin's death and when she and Hank finally got together. Hank and Ed came upstairs.

"Did I hear the doorbell?"

"Yes, you did."

"Hey, Amaro."

"Hey, Voight. Sorry to hear about your son."

"Thanks."

"Amaro."

"Tucker."

Both of them came in and down. Hank put his arm around Olivia and kissed her.

"Is Barba beating everyone again?"

"Pretty much. He and Trevor going at it. Trevor has him beat but Barba refuses to lose again. Fin and Carisi are refereeing."

"Do you play for money?"

"Just for fun. Trevor and Barba are playing for money this time. They wanted to make things interesting."

"Ok."

"Did the kids go to bed ok?"

"Yeah. Noah wanted to sleep in his big boy bed tonight."

"It would have happened sooner or later."

"True."

Kids? You have more than one?"

"We are fostering a little girl, who's a year younger than Noah. Her name is Rachel. She's been living with us for a couple months now. She and Noah have become best friends. Hank's daughter-in-law lives with us, so we have her 3 kids too."

"So, you're a grandma now?"

"I am. Daniel is about 22 months and Justin and Nikki are about 3 months."

"So, Sarge, did you transfer here then?"

"No. I retired just before Christmas, which was the week after we got married. I offered to transfer here as SVU's new Sergeant but we weren't sure we could work together every day. I was offered a position with Hostage Negotiation, which I turned down."

"That was from me. I transferred to Hostage Negotiation and he helped with a hostage situation at the hospital. Olivia had been shot and was in surgery and the suspect decided to hold Rollins hostage. His Unit had been trying to get the same guy for a while but he disappeared from their radar."

"You actually transferred out of IAB?"

"I did. Olivia was held hostage again a little over a year ago and I was called in to be the hostage negotiator."

"She was telling me about that."

"Anyway, during Dodds' funeral, I was thinking about things. I take it she told you we were together for a while?"

"Yeah. I also talked to Fin and he said Liv was briefly transferred out of SVU?"

"Yeah."

Olivia told Nick about the case when Ed was investigated.

"I thought about putting my papers in. I didn't want Olivia involved and I certainly didn't want her to lose her job because of me. She stood by me, which no one has ever done before. I have a new found respect for SVU because they cleared me and I was able to keep my job. After all the crap I've put them through, I wouldn't have blamed them for wanting to send me up the River. When Dodds was shot and Olivia called me, I could have investigated it but she didn't need it, especially from me. I wanted to offer her and her Unit the same support she had given me during the investigation. After that, I had suggested that the 3 of us go to Paris but she told me that we needed to talk. She said she wasn't being honest with herself about how she felt about Hank, so then she wasn't being honest with me. I told her to figure it out and if things didn't work out between them, I'd be there for her. Obviously, it did and I'm fine with it. We became friends, which I didn't expect."

"Liv, I always thought it was a little obvious that you had feelings for Voight, especially during the Yates thing. He actually escaped?"

"Yep. Did Fin tell you about Rudnick?"

"Yeah."

"He was recaptured. Yates was trying to get to Erin this time and kept leaving notes for her."

"He sent her a package to the District that we had first thought was a bomb. We called the Bomb Squad and evacuated the building but it turned out to be a severed hand of a victim he killed when he got back to Chicago. He killed his father in front of Erin and threatened her with an ice pick. She shot him in the head. It was closure for her."

"I bet."

Amanda and Olive came into the living room.

"Hey, Nick!"

"Hey! Fin told me you had a kid."

"Yep, I do. You'll get to meet her."

"Great."

"Nick Amaro, this is Olive, Hank's daughter-in-law. Olive, this is Nick Amaro, one of my former detectives."

"Nice to meet you."

"You too. Sorry for your loss."

"Thank you."

Everyone else who was downstairs came up."

"Amaro!"

"Hey, guys."

"Who won?"

"Langan."

"Good."

Everyone sat down and then Carisi kissed Amanda's cheek.

"Wait, are you two together?"

"We are."

"Is he the father of your daughter?"

"No. I had a one night stand with Declan Murphy and that resulted in Jesse. He knows about her and I've sent him pictures but we're not together and he's never met her. She calls Carisi 'Dada', so as far as she's concerned, he's the only daddy in her life. Declan has made no indication that he's planning to be in the States anytime soon. If he comes back here and wants to meet her, fine. If he decides he wants to be a part of her life, he has every right to be."

"Does he pay child support?"

"He sends money every other month."

"Sufficient amounts?"

"Oh, yeah."

"I ask this when someone's job is high risk, as yours is, is your will up to date?"

"I have one but no, it's not. If I give you what I have, can you take care of it?"

"Absolutely."

"I know I need to specify a Guardian for Jesse if something should happen to me until Declan is able to be here. I'd like to name Sonny as her Guardian but he does have the same job as me. Maybe I better hold off on that until I know if we're going to stay together."

"Amanda, that's probably better. You know I love her though."

"I know you do. I guess for now, I'll specify Liv and Hank as her Guardians."

"Are you two ok with this?"

"Absolutely."

Olivia's phone rang, so she answered it. She ended up going into the other room.

"I hope we don't have a call."

"Me too."

Olivia came out of the kitchen.

"Do we have a call?"

"No. That was 1PP. They got word that Lieutenant Murphy was killed during this undercover thing he was doing. Some of his belongings were already sent and there was an envelope with Amanda's name on it. They wanted someone to pick it up tonight."

"Who called?"

"Captain Edwards from IAB."

"I'll go."

"They'll only release it to Detective Rollins or her Commanding Officer. She can't drive, so who does that leave?"

"When has IAB ever made things easy for us? I'm thinking never."

"How about in the last year?"

"Maybe."

"I was pretty easy on you after Amaro retired."

"I guess."

"Does Nick know you were in a relationship with Tucker?"

"Yeah. Fin was kind enough to tell him."

"Wasn't that jerk Cassidy with IAB for a while?"

"Yes. If it wasn't for him, you wouldn't have found out about your son."

"Yeah, true."

"How are the kids?"

"Pretty good."

"Give them my love."

"I will. Zara said to say hi."

"Maybe we'll have to plan a trip out there to visit you and go to Disneyland."

"That'll be fun."

"Maybe we can try for this summer."

"Sounds like a plan."

"Of course, we will have to schedule a trip to Chicago. Someone is a little homesick."

"I love you. You know that, right?"

"Of course. I love you too."

Hank kissed Olivia.

"Do you miss working, Sarge?"

"Sometimes. I just didn't feel the same about my job after Justin died. I love spending time with Noah and Rachel and my grandchildren. Did you say the new IAB Captain was Edwards?"

"Yes. I think her name is Diana."

"I know her."

"How?"

"She's from Chicago. She was never in IAB there but she's good police. It kind of surprises me that she'd join IAB. She's too nice."

"She seemed a little bitchy when she called."

"IAB usually is bitchy."

"Well, yeah, we knew that. Look at who we had to deal with for years."

Ed gave Olivia a dirty look, so she stuck her tongue out at him and then everyone else started laughing.

"Do you think Cassidy would have survived working in IAB for long?"

"He couldn't handle SVU, so I'll say no."

"He would have driven me nuts if I had to work with him any longer than I did. What did you ever see in that guy anyway?"

"I'm not sure. He never wanted to do anything I wanted to do. Funny thing, people have asked me the same thing about you."

"Admit, it was my charm, wasn't it?"

"I doubt that."

"It's no secret that I never liked Tucker or Cassidy but during this conversation, Tucker seems like he's a different person than he was about 2 years ago."

"Thanks, Amaro."

"No problem."

"Honestly, I think I noticed the change in him after that case that involved your dad. We were getting along better and he wasn't acting like an ass like he usually does but I also had to deal with what I was feeling for Hank, which actually started during that first trip to Chicago. I was also getting along better with Langan and I kind of felt like there might have been something there too. I'm just so bad at relationships. I got into a relationship with Ed and almost ruined my friendship with Rafael and Hank in the process. Rafael and I patched things up eventually but I couldn't forgive myself for what happened with Hank. I've seen his interrogation methods first hand but I have never seen him as pissed as he was at me. That's why I told Ed what I told him when he offered to take Noah and me to Paris. I didn't want to hurt him either."

"I'm just glad you still allowed me to be a part of your life."

"I told you that I wanted to be friends."

"You did."

"Liv, are you going to show me around?"

"Sure."

Olivia took Nick and showed him around.

"This is gorgeous."

"Thanks. We like it. We have a pool and Hank is going to have a swing set and sand put in for the kids."

"That sounds like fun."

"They're looking forward to it."

The doorbell rang, so Olivia went to answer it.

"Lieutenant Voight?"

"Yes."

"I'm Captain Diana Edwards with IAB."

"It's nice to meet you. Please come in."

"Thank you. I apologize for my attitude on the phone earlier. I'm trying to get used to the new job. I was promoted to Captain shortly before I moved here from Chicago and I've never actually done this type of job before."

"Don't worry about it. You can meet my squad. They're all here."

"Great."

Olivia and Diana went into the living room.

"Hey, Hank."

"Diana."

"I was sorry to hear about Justin."

"Thanks. This is my daughter-in-law, Olive."

"Hi. Nice to meet you."

"You too."

"When did you get married again?"

"December."

"Are you with the NYPD now?

"No. I retired."

"Must be nice."

"It is."

"How do you two know each other?"

"She was in Vice at the same time I was in the Gang Unit. I've known her as long as I've known Trudy. The only person I've known longer is Al."

"Captain, this is Detective Odafin Tutuola, who should be a Sergeant very soon. He likes to be called Fin. This is Detective Amanda Rollins and Detective Dominick Carisi. This is Captain Diana Edwards with IAB."

"Nice to meet you, Ma'am."

"You too."

"This is the ADA for SVU, Rafael Barba."

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Barba."

"You too, Ma'am."

"This is Trevor Langan, a former Defense Attorney."

"Mr. Langan, nice to meet you."

"You too."

"This is Nick Amaro, one of my former detectives."

"Nice to meet you."

"You too."

"This is Captain Ed Tucker."

"I've heard all about him."

"Nothing good, I'm sure."

"I've heard you're the one to talk to about learning this job."

"I'll help in any way I can."

"Good. Thank you."

"We're in trouble if he's going to be teaching her the job."

"Fin!"

"What?"

"Unlike my predecessor here, I want to maintain a good rapport with all the Units in the Department. I've dealt with some pretty shady people with IAB in Chicago. Edwin Stillwell comes to mind. I'm not going to be like that or even how Captain Tucker might have been, which I'm assuming by Detective Tutuola's comment, he was more demanding than anything else and was out for people's jobs."

"She's good."

"Can I ask you a question?"

"Sure."

"How do you feel about colleagues within the same Unit being in a relationship?"

"Honestly, as long as it doesn't cause issues for job performance, I don't see a problem with it. It's ultimately up to the Commanding Officer though. This is for you, by the way."

"Ok. Thanks for bringing this here and for your answer."

"No problem. Anyway, we all know there have been issues in all police agencies in recent months and years. If something happens that requires an investigation, we'll investigate it. I'm open to suggestions and I would like to meet with the Commanding Officers from each Unit every couple weeks and the entire Unit once a month. In fact, Olivia, you're the one I've been looking forward to meeting you the most. SVU has a good reputation from what I understand. When I heard you were in town for the search for Yates, I thought about coming to introduce myself but obviously, I never got there. I followed the William Lewis thing closely. I probably would have done the same thing you did. What made you decide to join SVU?"

"My mother was raped and she had me. I never knew my father."

"That sounds like my life. Nothing I ever did was good enough for my mother."

"Same with me. Mine was physically and verbally abusive."

"Mine too. Did yours drink?"

"Oh, yeah."

"So did mine. Is yours still around?"

"No. She was coming out of a bar and fell down the Subway stairs. That was 15 or so years ago."

"Mine committed suicide. She shot herself in the head. This was maybe 20 years ago."

"All I know about my father is his last name and that he's deceased."

"My father's last name was Hollister. I know that."

"Wait, what?"

To be continued…