Chapter Sixteen: Nora
"So doc, what's the verdict?" Olivia pulled her shirt back down, and sat up on the table in the doctors office. Today she had a check up to see if she was doing better after her trip to the hospital. She was on the fifth week of bedrest, and she was ready for Dr. Milroy to tell her she could go back to work. Fitz was sitting in a chair against the wall, holding her purse.
"Well look at these, you are doing much better. And I don't think you need to be on bedrest any longer."
"Great." Olivia got excited.
"But-"
"No, no buts."
"But, I still don't think you need to be at work right now."
"Why?" Olivia whined in a childlike way. "You just said I was perfect."
"I said you were doing better. Not perfect." Dr. Milroy corrected. "Working right now could still cause some unneeded stress for you."
"But I don't even really do anything. I just sit in a comfy chair and listen to people talk all day. I'm not moving or lifting anything but a tissue box."
"Olivia." The doctor shook her head. "I'm sorry. But this is for your own good. No working until after you give birth. I want those babies to stay in there as long as possible."
"Fine." Olivia conceded. "Ugh! These babies are slowing me down already."
"Hey! Don't talk about my babies like that." Fitz laughed, coming over to where Olivia was. He stood by her table and put his hand on her stomach. She was five months along and her belly was getting bigger. Whenever he was around her, he couldn't help but to touch and rub on her stomach. And Olivia didn't seem to mind. She found it quite relaxing. He'd put her to sleep a few times just by rubbing her belly.
"Oh shut up Fitz, this is your fault."
"Whatever." Fitz rolled his eyes, and turned to the doctor. "I hope these are boys in here. Because I cannot handle two more of that." He pointed to Olivia, and she smacked his finger out of her face.
"Well I could always tell you if you've changed your mind."
"No, he hasn't. We're still waiting. I want to be surprised."
"Olivia you being pregnant is surprise enough."
X
"Aww Fitz look, isn't this cute?" Olivia held up another blanket for Fitz to see. After her appointment, Olivia had hungry, so Fitz took her to a nearby sandwich shop for lunch. After they'd eaten, Fitz spotted a baby store and they decided to pop in. They couldn't get too crazy, since they didn't know the sex of the babies, but they could buy some things they needed.
"What about bottles? You need bottles right."
"I've still got some at home. Plus, Soph has some unused bottles in the closet. I am going to need some diapers though. I don't think I'll be able to use Soph's newborn diapers. I'll probably need preemies right?"
"Yeah, probably." Fitz put the bottles back down. "What about the nursery? Have you though about which room you're going to put them in? I could get Stephen and come clear out the room for you."
"Um. I was actually planning on putting them in the nursery."
Fitz looked at her shocked. "In the old nursery?" She wasspeaking of the nursery they decorated during her first pregaancy. The same nursery Olivia vowed to never step foot in again.
"Yeah. I mean I can't keep it as a shrine to our… It's just sitting there collecting dust. This way it'll get some use."
"I think that's a good idea. We would have to get another crib though."
"No. I want two new cribs. I give the other one to the salvation army or something."
"Perfect."
They spent another half hour in the store, picking out blankets, onesies, socks, pacifiers, bibs, rattles and a two baby rockers that Olivia was having delivered to her house. After paying for all the things, Olivia and Fitz walked out with their bags, heading back to his car.
"Olivia."
Liv heard her name being called from behind her. She recognized that voice, and knew God was playing some twisted game on her. Fitz turned around first, and Olivia followed.
Jazmine stood behind them, slowly making her way towards the pair. She looked almost scared to walk up to them. Olivia knew better than to think this was a coincidence running into Jazmine after her parents came to her house.
"Dr. Grant?" Jazmine was confused, why they were together. "Olivia I didn't know you knew Dr. Grant."
"Liv is, my ex-wife." Fitz answered for Olivia, since she wasn't talking.
"Oh! Woah, small world huh?" Jazmine smiled, but it was forced. She was uncomfortable. "Olivia it's nice to see you." Olivia still didn't answer. "And you're pregnant. Wow. That's… congratulations."
"What do you want Jazmine?" Olivia finally spoke up.
"I didn't come to upset you. My… my parents told me what happened when they came to see you."
"Why did you give them my address?"
"I'm sorry. They just keep asking me about the baby and I just told them where you lived so they'd stop asking me. I didn't know they were going to go to your house."
"What did you think they were going to do? You don't just give out people's addresses."
"I'm sorry, they just wanted to see her."
"That's not up to them! And it's not up to you either." Fitz put his hand on Olivia's back, signaling her to calm down.
"I've been thinking about her a lot lately. My dad told me her name is Sophia. It's a beautiful name." Jazmine smiled.
"I have to go." Olivia knew where this conversation was going, and she wasn't about to let it happen. She turned to leave, but Jazmine quickly stepped in front of them blocking the way.
"Wait! I just… I kind of want to see her."
"No." Olivia answered quickly.
"Wha- what? No? I just want to see her, just for a little while. I mean I am her mother."
This was the second time someone question her motherhood. Olivia took a deep breath, she wasn't going to get overworked again.
"Jazmine. I'm not getting into this with you, not now and not ever. The last time a Smith questioned my motherhood, I ended up in the hospital and I won't do that again. This isn't you right now, this is your parents speaking through you. You don't want to see her, your parents do."
"I do too-"
"Kind of? 'I kind of want to see her'? Really? You need to go back to school and forget we ever had this conversation."
Olivia and Fitz stepped beside Jazmine and continued walking to his car. Jazmine followed behind them.
"Olivia come on, what is the big deal? You're about to have another one just give me this back."
"This one? She's not a puppy. I'm not just going to give one away because the litter was too big."
Olivia had stopped walking, and Fitz thought it was time to put an end to this.
"Jazmine, you need to stop. You know that you nor your parents have any parental or legal rights to Olivia's daughter. So she decides who can and cannot see her daughter. She's made her choice and you need to live with it. Especially if you're only doing this for your mother or your father. We are going to walk away now, and you're not going to follow us, unless you want me to call the police.
X
"I cannot believe she did that."
"I know right." Olivia spoke on her cell phone as she walked into her office building. She knew she's not supposed to be working, and she won't. She was just popping in for a quick update on the office to see how everyone was doing and to see how her patients were doing seeing the other doctors instead of her. Quinn had called her before she got to her office.
"And you know what really pisses me off, is the fact that she's not even doing this because she wants to see Sophia. She's only doing this because her parents want to see her. And by the way, if they hadn't have been so fucking rude when they came to my house, unannounced, I might have considered letting them see Soph. But now, over my dea body will they lay eyes on my child."
"I feel you. If it was me, I wouldn't let them see her at all."
"I mean it's not like I was going to keep the adoption a secret from Soph. When she's old enough to understand, I'll tell her. And when she turns eighteen or so and she wants to go meet them then, then that's on her."
"I'm just glad Fitz was there to keep you calm. We don't need you back in the hospital."
"I know. I am too. He's been such a big help for me these past weeks."
"Oh has he now." Olivia rolled her eyes, she could practically hear Quinn smirking over the phone.
"Shut up. Not in that way."
"Oh right, like it's so impossible for the two of you to be hooking up again."
"Quinn we're not doing anything."
"Right, you two arejust playing house."
"We're not playing house either."
"Well you're about to. Have you even thought about what the living situation is going to be when the twins get here? Have either of you thought about it."
"What's there to think about? After they're born, the twins will come home with me. Fitz can come by and see them as much as he wants, I'm not going to stop him from seeing his kids. And when they are old enough they can spend some nights at their dads."
"And have you ran this whole plan by Fitz yet?" Quinn asked. "What if he doesn't like it?"
"He doesn't have a choice but to like it. Now listen Quinn, I have to go. This elevator has shut and opened six times since I got here and I have yet to get on it."
"Alright fine, I'll let you go. I'll call you later, I want to get together with the girls and have lunch since you're off bedrest now."
"Yeah sure, tell me when. Love ya."
"Love you."
Olivia hung up the phone and stepped on the elevator the next time it opened. She rode the elevator to the top floor and stepped off when the doors opened again. She smiled, when she stepped into the office. She missed this place. She missed the calming music that played in the lobbies. She missed the smell of coffee from the breakroom, although it was about to make her throw up right now.
"Ms. Pope?" Ashley was confused, she thought Olivia was still on maternity leave. "What are you doing here? I thought you were on maternity leave."
Olivia walked to the front desk to greet the woman. "Hello Ashley. I'm still not back yet. My doctor took me off bedrest, but she still doesn't want my coming back to work yet. I just came to see how things were going and to get an update on my patients."
"Oh well, I guess it's kind of good you here then."
"Why what's wrong?"
"Ms. Phelps."
"Nora?" Olivia asked. Nora was the young woman who'd lost her husband and baby girl in a car accident, which lead to a psychotic break. "What happened?"
"She refuses to talk to anyone but you. She come in everyday looking for you and when we tell her you're unavailable she loses it, like it's the first time we've told her. And everyday she comes in, she looks worse and worse."
"Why didn't anyone call me?"
"You're on maternity leave. You're not supposed to be working."
"She's my patient. Where is she?"
"She's in with Dr. Baker. She'd only been back there a few minutes though."
Just as Olivia was about to walk down the hall, Daniel walked up to her. "Olivia what are you doing here? You are on strict bed rest, you are not supposed to be here."
"Actually, my bedrest ended a few hours ago."
"Well you still shouldn't be here. Mr. Grant called and told us you have been given very strict orders not to work."
Olivia rolled her eyes. She hated when Fitz involved himself with her business. She didn't try to run things with his business. "Well he shouldn't have done that. Fitz didn't run anything here, and you don't work for him, you work for me."
"Why are you so stubborn Olivia? Just go home and prop your feet up please."
"And I will, as soon as I get home." Olivia gave Daniel her purse and walked off to Dr. Baker's office. When she got to the door, she raised voices on the other side of the door. When she walked in, Nora was the first one to notice her. Dr. Baker's chair was facing the opposite to the door, so he couldn't see Olivia.
When Nora noticed Olivia, her train of thought was lost. She was stuck. All she could focus on was Olivia, and more specifically Olivia's belly. Olivia noticed the way staring at her stomach, and it made her uneasy. On instinct, she put her hand protectively on her stomach.
"Hello Nora." Olivia spoke.
Dr. Baker then noticed that Olivia was in the room. He stood and turned towards Olivia. "Dr. Pope. I didn't realize you'd joined us. Nora and I were just discussing her childhood, perhaps we could chat after our session is finished."
Olivia was listening to him, but she hadn't looked at once while he was talking. She was still staring at Nora, who hadn't taken her eyes off her stomach. "Actually Dr. Baker, I was hoping to have a few words with Nora."
Nora seemed to hear that, and she snapped her attention up to Olivia's face. "I hear you've been wanting to speak with me." Olivia said.
"Yes."
"Well I'm here now. Can we chat for a little while?"
"Yes." Nora continued to give one word responses.
"Dr. Pope I don't think this is a good idea." Dr. Baker said. He hated when Olivia came around and took over things. She thought she was hot shit and he hated it. Although he'd never tell her that to her face, after all she was his boss and he loved his job. More importantly he loved the pay. "I just think Nora and I have a good rapport going right now and I'd hate to break it."
"I understand Dr. Baker, but she is my patient." Olivia answered. "Please shut the door on your way out."
And now she's kicking me out of my own office. The nerve of this woman! Dr. Baker defeatedly nodded his head and walked out his office, shutting the door behind him.
After he'd gone, Olivia walked to the chair he'd vacated and slowly took a seat. Her belly wasn't too big to where she couldn't sit or stand without assistance, but her back had been bothering her a lot lately.
"So Nora. How have your sessions with Dr. Baker been going?"
"I don't like him."
"Why?" Olivia asked.
"I just don't like him, I want to talk to you." Nora answered, and her attention went back to Olivia's stomach. "Can I touch it?"
"I'm sorry?" Olivia asked.
"Can I touch it?" Nora asked again, but instead of waiting for an answer, she moved to kneel on the floor and put both her hands on Olivia's belly. Olivia immediately became uncomfortable. "You're big. How far along are you?"
Olivia, not wanting the woman to touch her anymore, gripped Nora's hands and moved them off of her. "Nora we're not here to talk about me remember. We're here to talk about you." Olivia tried to sound calm and not completely weirded out.
"Why do we need to talk about me? Why does everyone want to talk to me?"
"Because we want to help you."
"Help me do what?" She was still focusing on Olivia's stomach.
"I want to help you heal. I know things have been terrible for you since you lost your family in that car crash. It's been hard for you to cope."
"Cope? How do you cope with losing a child?"
"It's not something that happens in a day or even months, but you can learn to get passed this. Therapy. There are support groups with women who are dealing with similar situations. There are a lot of different people you can talk with besides me-"
Nora looked up when she spoke to Olivia. "I don't want to talk. I'm tired of talking. All everybody wants to do is talk! I want this to be over! I want my pain to stop!"
"And I want to help you Nora-"
"Only having my baby back can help me." Nora's eyes once again diverted back to Olivia's stomach.
"I can help you Nora."
Nora looked up. "You will?"
"Yes, of course."
"Then you'll give me my back?"
"Excuse me?" Alarm bells were going off all over the place. Something just wasn't right with Nora. "Nora I don't know what you mean."
"You said you'd help. Give her back."
"Nora, your baby died in that car crash. You know that."
"You're a liar. You said you'd help me!"
"Nora you need to calm down."
"Do not tell me to calm down!" Nora yelled. She was now standing and pacing in front of Olivia. Olivia rose to her feet, unsettled by Nora's behavior. Daniel must have heard Nora yelling, because he soon opened up the office door.
"Is everything alright in here?" He asked. Nora and Olivia didn't acknowledge him.
"I'm tired of waiting." Nora said.
"Waiting for what?" Olivia asked. Nora didn't answer, she just gathered her things and walked out the door.
"What was that about?" Daniel asked.
"I don't know. But something's not right about her."
Daniel scoffed. "Olivia you're a psychiatrist. Something's not right with all of your patients."
"No, but this one is different. I can feel it. I think I might have to commit her. I don't trust her to be out in society."
"You think she's going to hurt someone?"
"Possibly."
Olivia was more worried about her own safety. During that entire session, she noticed that the majority of the time, Nora was focused on her belly. Then her comment about giving her baby back really freaked Olivia out. She'd been doing this a long time, and never had she feared one of her patients.
X
Nora walked out of the office, with determination on her face. She knew what she had to do, she'd been planning it for weeks now. Ever since she learned Dr. Pope was pregnant. She thought she could get away with it. Taking my baby. I won't let her get away with it.
Nora got in her car, and drove away. She drove passed her turn that would take her to her home, and instead drove about forty minutes outside of Los Angeles to Santa Clarita. Her parents lived in Santa Clarita, and when they passed away Nora got the house. She didn't have much use for it before now. On the way, Nora listened to her favorite station on the radio, singing along when a song she liked came on. She was happy for the first time in months and she couldn't contain her excitement.
When she finally pulled into the driveway to the small one-story home. It was tucked into a cute neighborhood where kids played in the streets. Neighbors all knew each other and waved when they passed by in their cars. It was a lovely neighborhood, it was a family neighborhood. Nora had grown up here, that's why she knew this would be the perfect place to raise her child.
When she got out of her car, she noticed the large package waiting for her on the doorstep. She quickly ran to her door and unlocked it, pushing the box in with her. She sat all her things down on the foyer table and pushed the box to the kitchen. It took a little struggle, but she managed to get the box on top of the table. After she grabbed a knife from the kitchen, she cut the tape off the box and opened it up. She felt like a kid on Christmas morning so was so excited.
She'd been reading online about cesarean sections and she was confident she knew how to perform one. The internet was an amazing thing. You could search for anything and buy anything. She was more than shocked, when she found a website that provided every single surgical tool she would need to perform a cesarean section. And it only cost her a little over three hundred dollars. She bought it and had it shipped to her home on rush delivery.
Nora took out every piece from the box, laying them down in a neat fashion on the table. She checked off that she had every item she'd need. She was ready. She had her surgical kit, she had the shed behind her house prepped where she would perform the surgery. And the nursery was all ready for baby.
She'd fixed it up nice and neat for her little girl to come home. Thinking of the nursery made Nora smile, and she left the kitchen to the nursery down the hall. On the door, was a little white rabbit hanging on a hook. She opened the door, and the smell of an ocean breeze air freshener welcomed her. The walls were painted a soft yellow color. Pictures of animals and letter hung on the wall. Stuffed animals sat scattered around the room. And one lone white crib rest in the middle of the room with a canopy sheet hanging above it.
Nora walked to the crib, straightening out the blanket hanging on the railing. She'd made that blanket for her little girl, and she couldn't wait to wrap her baby in the soft blanket. Everything was perfect. Now all she had to do was bring her baby home and she would be happy once again.
X
Olivia sat up in her bed, rereading her files and notes on Nora. She' gone over all her files and notes on multiple times, and she still wasn't sure what exactly she was looking for. She knew didn't know what she was searching for, but she knew she was missing something. It had been days since her impromptu session with Nora in Dr. Baker's office, and Olivia was still uneasy about it.
The way Nora stared at her, or more specifically her belly. How she only wanted to talk about Olivia. How she suddenly reached out and caressed her stomach out of nowhere. And what really made Olivia worry was Nora comment about 'giving her baby back'. It gave her a great cause for concern, but Olivia didn't think she had enough to commit her for a psych hold. She just couldn't throw the woman in the psych ward, because she gave her a weird vibe.
"What are you doing still up?" Fitz asked, as he came into her bedroom. Even though Olivia was off bedrest, he still came by practically every day to check on her and help with things around the house. He'd been walking passed the door, when he saw her bedroom light still on. He figured she must've fallen asleep with it on, so he went in to turn it off. "I thought you went to bed a while ago."
Olivia was sitting up in her bed, dressed in her pajamas, but she couldn't fall asleep. "I can't sleep." She answered.
"Something wrong?" Fitz came further in the room, and lay sideways on the bed. It didn't even bother Olivia that he was obviously so comfortable being in her room and just casually laying on her bed as if he did it every day. Which he basically did, since he came over every day.
Olivia sighed. "Just a patient."
"Wanna talk about it?"
"You know I can't. Patient confidentiality."
"Who am I going to tell? Besides, I'm a medical professional. I can give you my orefessional opinion. You don't even have to give me specifics."
Olivia sighed again. "Okay. I have this patient that I've been treating for a few months now. She lost her husband and infant in a car crash. She had a severe nervous breakdown, and I fear she might be on the verge of having another."
"Why do you think that?"
"I went by the office a few days ago-"
"You what?" Fitz sat up, he no longer cared about her case problems. "Olivia you're not supposed to be working."
"I know. And I didn't go there to work, I honestly just wanted to check up on things. And then, Nora was there and I learned she was having problems adjusting to the new psychiatrist I assigned her to. So I stopped by for a little session."
"Olivia."
"I know, but I sat down as soon as I got in there, and it didn't even last that long."
"You're not suppose to be working period." Olivia looked at him with a sad puppy dog face. "Don't look at me like that Olivia. You know what the doctor said. No working. You shouldn't even be looking at these files, this technically counts as you working."
"Fitz I'm just reading. It's like reading a book." Fitz gave her a look this time, but his was angry. "Can I finish talking?" Fitz didn't say anything, so Olivia kept talking. "Anyway, during our session, Nora seemed a bit off to me." Olivia didn't realize that she'd let her patients name slip out.
"Off how?"
"She didn't really seem to care about anything, except me."
"You?"
"Yeah. She barely even looked at my face, she just kept staring at my stomach. And then out of nowhere she just reached out and touched my belly." Now Fitz was on edge. "And the second she touched me, I got this real queasy feeling. I felt sick and nervous. In all my years of doing this job, I've met some… characters, but She's the only one who has ever put me on edge. I was almost… scared."
"Olivia I don't think you need to see her anymore."
"Fitz I can't just drop a patient."
"Assigned her to someone else. Liv she's fixated on you. She lost her child in a tragic way, and now she sees you and her swollen belly of course she's going to fixate on you. That's not healthy, nor is it safe and I'm mainly talking about you. What if she becomes obsessed with you?"
"I don't think she would hurt me." Olivia didn't even sound convincing to herself.
"Olivia you just said you were scared of her, so clearly you do. Refer her to someone else. Preferably an entirely different practice. I don't want you anywhere near her."
Maybe Fitz had a point Olivia thought. He seemed pretty concerned and Olivia would be lying if she said she didn't share in his concern. She hated to drop a client, but that would be the best solution for her and Nora.
"Okay." She agreed. "I'll call Malcom and see if he has room for her."
"Good. Now you need to sleep." Fitz began gathering all the papers spread out on the bed and in Olivia's lap. He dropped them on the floor beside the bed. When all the papers were cleared, he moved the covers back and pulled Olivia by her ankles, to make her lay flat on her back. Olivia laughed and smiled up at him, lifting her arms Fitz pulled the covers back up her body.
"You don't have to tuck me in you know."
Fitz shrugged, and continued tucking the covers under her body. "Practicing for when the twins get here." When he was all finished, he turned out the light. The moon shining in from the blinds illuminated the room. Fitz leaned down and kissed Olivia's forehead. "Goodnight Livvie."
X
That Saturday, Olivia woke up early then usual for a Saturday morning. Her mom had called the day before and told her she and Curtis were keeping all the grandkids for the day. They wanted to take them all out for a fun day and maybe go to the beach a little later on. Olivia was thrilled, she could get some errands done today a lot quicker if she didn't have to lug Sophia around with her. Her pregnancy already made her so tired all the time, and Soph just added to it. And she knew Soph would love a day at the beach with her grandparents and cousins.
"Good morning Peanut." Olivia smiled when she walked in Soph's crib. She didn't notice her mother at first, because she was occupied with all her little animals in her bed. But when she heard her mother's voice, she stood up and held her arms out to be taken out of the crib. Olivia recently had to get Fitz to lower Sophia's mattress on her crib. She'd been climbing lately and almost got out of her crib on a few occasions.
"Did you sleep good?" Olivia lifted the toddler out of the crib and put her on the changing table. "Peanut I cannot wait until you are potty trained. Momma can't take too much more of your dirty diapers." Soph just looked up at her wide eyed, sucking on her pacifier. "And that pacifier is going to come up missing one of these days. I refuse to let you have jacked up teeth, because I let you suck on a pacifier too long."
After Olivia got her cleaned and changed out of her poopy diaper, she carried her to the bathroom and gave her a bath. She could no longer bend down and wash Soph in the bathtub, it hurt her back too much, so she gave her baths in the sink. It was big enough for Soph to get in and play like she was in the tub.
After she got her cleaned, she was already tired, but now she had to get her dressed and then make breakfast before the day even started.
"Alright Soph. Please do not pee until I get a diaper on you." Olivia made it back to the room just in time to put a diaper on Soph's naked behind before she peed again. Sophia thought it was funny the way her mother screeched, just as she began peeing and just as her mother snapped the diaper in place.
"You did that on purpose didn't you." Soph laughed again. Olivia rubbed her little body with lotion and put her on the floor while she looked for her an outfit today. "Alright Soph, what are we wearing today huh?" Soph had crawled to where her mother was in the closet, and pulled herself up on one of the shelves. She grabbed a pink sandal and immediately put the strap in her mouth.
"I take it you want to wear those today?" Olivia asked. "Good choice, because it is rather hot today and Nana is taking you to the beach today and you get to play in the sand."
"San!" Sophia understood that. Playing in the sand was her absolute favorite thing to do.
"Yeah baby sand. Oh and no putting sand into your swimsuit missy. Momma is not spending thirty minutes getting sand out of you little butt cheeks." Olivia playfully pinched Sophia's behind and her giggled. The last time they'd gone to the beach, Olivia caught Soph just casually stuffing handfuls of sand in her swimming diaper. She thought it was hilarious at first, but she didn't think it was so funny later on after all that sand was stuck in some unpleasant areas.
"Alright peanut how about this one?" Olivia pulled out a cute little mint green romper floral print romper with little pompoms around the legs. "You like this one?" Soph looked up and smiled, with the sandal strap still in her mouth. "Perfect, let's go get dressed."
After getting Sophia dressed and styling her hair, Olivia was so glad her hair was beginning to come back. When Sophia was born, she had a head full of dark brown tight coils. But after a few weeks, her hair started to 'disappear'. Now it was finally growing back and Olivia was desperate to put Soph's hair in cute little styles. Today, however, she settled for just two little puffs on the top of her head and a headband to match her romper.
When Soph was finally camera ready, she sat in a playpen in her mother's room with some toys and Mulan on the TV. One night, while watching ABC family, Olivia came across Mulan and learned that Sophia loved Mulan. It was the cutest thing to watch her rock and try to dance to the songs in the movie.
Olivia kept her bathroom door opened, so she could hear Soph, and quickly took and shower and got dressed. It was almost eleven on the dot when they finally left the house. It wasn't a long ride to her mother's house, and when she got there everyone was already there. Althea answered the door.
She exaggeratedly gasped when she saw Sophia. "Look at you!" Althea took Soph from Olivia. "Don't you look so cute in the outfit auntie Thea got you." Althea bounced her up and down earing a lough cackle from Soph.
"Oh I wouldn't do that. She just ate and it is guaranteed to come back up if you continue to bounce her."
"Well let me stop then. Hey sis." Thea gave Olivia a quick hug as they walked in the house. "how you feeling?"
"Large." Olivia laughed. "And tired. My back has been screaming for days."
"Well you've got the day to yourself. What you gonna do with all that time?"
"Run errands. I've got a million and one things to do today. But I think I'm going to try and get a massage sometime today."
"Ooh a massage, that sounds amazing."
"Why don't you come with me." Olivia suggested. Since Althea had moved back to California, Olivia was ashamed to say that she hadn't spent much time with her sister. Olivia and Althea didn't have the best sister relationship, but they were still sisters and they loved one another. And Olivia would love to spend some more time with Thea.
"Really?" Olivia nodded. "You don't mind me tagging along on your day to yourself."
"No I really don't. I hate being alone, it's so boring." Olivia admitted. Before Soph, she'd spent too many nights sitting at home alone. She hated it. "So it's settled you and I are getting massages. Ooh and when we get there, ask for Ricky." Olivia said. "What that man does with his hands is an act of God."
Althea laughed. "Is it that good."
"Yes girl. It's not like those spa's where the guy gives you a happy ending at the end if you know what I mean, but he comes pretty damn close."
Althea laughed again. "I think you've had one too many sessions with Ricky Olivia."
"Who's Ricky?" Jason asked. Thea and Olivia had walked into the living room where everyone else was.
"He works at the spa Olivia and I are going to later today."
"You are?" This was the first Jason was hearing of this. He had plans for them on their one kids free day.
"Yep." Thea said and walked off. She wasn't asking for his permission, she was simply informing him of her plans for the day.
"Okay Momma, here's Soph's bag." Olivia plopped Soph's diaper back on the couch. "I didn't pack any clothes, because I know she has a dresser full of clothes here in her room. But I did pack her another swimsuit, the one you have is too small now. And this one is a one-piece, so I don't think she'll be able to get sand in her bottom. Oh and I packed some swim diapers in there too."
"Say thank you mommy." Adelle cooed to Sophia. She was excited to have all her grandkids to herself for the day. "Olivia honey how are you feeling?"
"Other than my back killing me and being tired all the time, I'm good."
"You haven't been over doing it have you?"
"No mommy."
"Fitz told me you went into work one day last week." Adelle gave her daughter a look.
Oh my God! That man is such a snitch. Does he ever mind his own business? "I just wanted to check up on things. I didn't even stay long."
"You shouldn't have stayed at all. No work means no work Olivia."
"I know mommy."
"Alright now all of you get out. I want to have my grandkids all to myself."
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After finishing all her errands, Olivia was more than ready to get those massages with Althea. A hot stone massage sounded so good to her aching muscles. Throughout her day, Olivia hadn't once noticed the blue Honda Civic that always appeared wherever she was. When she went to the post office, the Honda was parked across the street. When she went to home depot, the Honda was parked two cars beside her. And when she went to get her oil changed, the Honda was the next car in line.
And now, as she walked out of a boutique, after picking up a few items she'd ordered, she didn't even glace at the blue Honda parked right next to her car. It was almost 2:30, and she was supposed to meet Althea at the spa at 3:00, so she was in a bit of a hurry. Traffic was moving a little slow while she was running her last errand, and she didn't want to get stuck behind traffic.
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Nora had been following Olivia all day. Her day began before the sun even rose. She was parked outside Olivia's house at three a.m. She didn't know what time Olivia would start her day, and she was too anxious to wait at her own house. So she spent the majority of the night Outside Olivia's home watching her house. She noted when the lights cut off that night when she went to bed, and she was alert, when the lights came back on that following morning. She waited for almost two hours, before the garage door began to open. Nora cranked up her car, and watched as Olivia pulled out of her driveway and she followed behind her.
She first followed her to her mother's house, making sure to stay a safe distance away to where Olivia wouldn't notice she was being followed, but not too far away to where she would lose the car. After the trip to her mother's home she followed her through the city while she ran her errands. Nora was waiting, waiting for the perfect time to confront Olivia. But it was never the right time. Every parking lot she stopped at had too many people around and was out in the open.
But when Olivia parked in a parking garage, Nora knew this was the perfect spot. She knew this was her chance and possibly her only chance. And she wasn't going to miss it. Nora waited for Olivia to park her car, and leave before she parked right next to hers. She was nervous but also excited. She was going to get her baby back whether Olivia liked it or not. She reached in her glove compartment and got out the little black pouch she'd put in there. She unzipped it and tripled checked that the syringe was still in there. It was.
Nora sat patiently in her car waiting and waiting for Olivia to return. After about forty minutes of sitting in her car, Nora spotted Olivia in her side view mirror. She watched her walk to her car, opening the trunk on her way. After she put her bags in her car, Olivia got pulled out her phone. Nora could tell she was texting someone, and knew this was her shot. While Olivia was distracted, she got out her car and came up behind her.
"Dr. Pope."
Olivia hadn't heard anyone walking towards her, so when she heard someone calling her name it scared the daylight out of her. She whirled around, almost throwing a punch out of fright. When she registered that it was Nora, she relaxed a little, only to tense right back up.
"Nora? What are you doing here?" Olivia asked, but Nora didn't give an answer. "Are you alright?"
"No, I'm not. But I will be."
"Nora how did you know where I was?" Olivia was discretely looking around the parking garage for another person. There were a lot of cars parked, but no one was in them or around.
"Dr. Pope. You've always been nice to me. And I appreciate that. But I'm tired of waiting."
"Waiting for what?"
Nora stepped closer to Olivia, she put her hand on her shoulder and rubbed it. "You have my baby Dr. Pope and I want it back." Just then, Nora jabbed the syringe Olivia's arm before Olivia could even move away. Olivia felt the sharp pain in her arm, and yelled out, but no one was around to hear her. She tried to get away from Nora, but whatever was in that syringe was powerful and fast acting. before she could even take a step, she felt drowsy. Her head was pounding and her body felt weak.
Nora saw the drug was working, and she quickly caught Olivia before she fell to the ground. Nora gently laid Olivia's body on the ground between their cars. She looked around once more to check that no one was around. Then she opened the passenger door to her car. Nora dragged Olivia's limp body to her car and propped her up in the passenger seat. She clipped the seatbelt around Olivia's body to keep her upright and propped her head against the head rest. To anyone else, it looked as if Olivia had simply fallen asleep in the car.
Nora didn't even bother picking up Olivia's things from the ground or even the syringe she'd dropped when she caught Olivia. She just hurried back to the driver's side of her car and sped out of the parking garage before anyone came back.
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I live for drama, although I just noticed that I've done something pretty shitty to Olivia in all of my stories and even the story I haven't posted yet -stay tuned that Olivia is on another level- But now I feel like I have to do something to Fitz to balance it out lol.
Anyway, sorry it took so long for me to post this chapter. I'm back in school now and my school work is higher up on my list of priorities. College is so not fun, and I want to punch everyone who ever told me it was in the throat. I hate being an adult.
Also, if anyone knows where I got my Nora character from, I fucks with you. I loved that show and hated so much when i went off. (Private Practice)
Until Next Time...