All I Ask [A Bensler Fan Fic]

Chapter Twenty-Six

Once Lizzie got back to the table, Maureen was coming at them at full speed. Lizzie was afraid of what her older sister may do, so she passed Evie back to Olivia and stood side by side with her father.

"You don't get to walk away from me, Elizabeth." Maureen spat.

"Maureen, you aren't my mother. You don't get to parent me!" Lizzie huffed. Elliot went to speak, but Maureen just kept going.

"You can't be involved with anything having to do with that home wrecker! She fucked Dad and got pregnant on purpose to steal him from us! That... that bastard is not a Stabler and isn't our fucking sibling. Stop acting like you actually missed Dad, when we all know you hate him just like the rest of us." Maureen hissed. She didn't even care that she was airing her family's dirty laundry for the entire restaurant to see.

"I missed my father so much, Mo! You and mom pushed him away, and tainted Kathleen, Dickie, and Eli to have them turn against him! I don't care what you think, because I am determined to be a part of my baby sister's life, while you kill yourself slowly with that anger and toxicity that you are oozing right now." Lizzie growled.

"Eliza-"

"Okay, we are going to stop right now, Maureen Stabler. I won't be allowing you to continue to say such horrible things about your sister and her mother. I get you are angry, but this is unacceptable. Go home and leave us alone. I will contact your mother about this outburst, because no matter how much she hates me, she hates people knowing how dysfunctional our family is more. So get." Elliot spoke, his voice shaking slightly.

While Elliot and his daughters fought, Olivia kept her head down as tears slipped down her cheeks. Evie was whimpering and Olivia didn't even know how to comfort her child during a moment like this. When people are yelling and calling her innocent baby horrible names.

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Everyone was kicked out of the restaurant, and the moment Olivia could get outside, she walked down the sidewalk with Evie's carrier in hand. She would not let Maureen come after her, so she sneaked away as best as she could.

Olivia walked for a while before realizing that she was nowhere near her apartment. Olivia got panicked, and she pulled out her phone. She dialed Fin's number quickly, as tears poured down her cheeks.

"Detective Tutuola." Fin sighed as he answered his desk phone.

"Fin, it's Liv." Olivia sniffled as she looked around to see where she was. Elliot hadn't even bothered to call her, but then again, Olivia wasn't even sure if he had realized that she walked away from the situation. That she put distance between the fight and herself so that she or Evie wouldn't get hurt.

"Liv? What's wrong? You sound like you are-"

"Crying. Yes... I went to lunch with Elliot and Lizzie, and Maureen showed up and made a scene. We got kicked out of the restaurant and I walked away and got lost... I know I grew up here but-"

"Give me the name of the first store, you see. I'll look it up and come get you. Is Evie with you?" Fin asked, and Olivia looked down at her sleeping baby. 

"Yeah, she is. I'm standing outside of an Indian Supermarket in Brooklyn." Olivia frowned.

"That should be easy enough to find. Just stay put."

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"SHUT UP!" Elliot yelled, as his daughters kept going back and forth. Their tones got more sharp and the words that left their mouths were horrible. 

Elliot couldn't believe that he raised these two girls, and they were speaking like this. At least Lizzie wasn't attacking Olivia and Evie as Maureen was.

"Dad-" Lizzie started, but Elliot stopped her.

"We are all going out to your mother's house to have this out in private. Get in." Elliot huffed as he unlocked his car. The girls grumbled to themselves as they listened to their father. Elliot turned to look at Olivia, but didn't find her there.

He quickly pulled out his phone and dialed Olivia's number, but she didn't pick up. Elliot was worried, but he knew she was smart and if she needed additional help, she'd call him or someone else. Elliot shot her a quick text before climbing into the driver's seat of his car as the girls pouted in the backseat like they did when they were much younger.

"Mom!" Maureen yelled once they got to Kathy's house.

"Mo? What are you doing here?" Kathy asked, her voice laced with confusion. Kathy walked out of the kitchen and spotted Lizzie and Elliot, too. Her eyes went wide, and she took a slow breath.

"Hey, Kath."

"What are you doing here? Why is Mo-"

"I got my head on straight and am back in town. Lizzie and I met up for lunch and Maureen showed up and made a scene."

"Excuse me? Mauree-"

"That whore was there too, Mom. Along with the bastard devil spawn." Maureen huffed, as she flopped down onto the couch.

There was a lot to this story, and just hearing the little bits that she was getting out of her ex and daughters confused Kathy completely. She eventually dragged Elliot into the kitchen as the girls continued to pout and take little digs at each other.

"What happened exactly?" Kathy frowned. She wasn't happy to see Elliot after he's been gone for months. He had been gone longer than he was in Arizona with Olivia. When Eli stopped going to see his father, that's when Elliot was truly lost. He may have still been in the city, but no one saw him or was in contact with him. Lizzie couldn't even get him to hang out.

"Like I said, Lizzie and I were having lunch with Liv and the baby. It was a pleasant lunch. Then right when we were going to tell Lizzie something pretty serious, Maureen showed up. She threw a fit and was yelling. She came to the table and kept calling Olivia and the baby names. Maureen was trying to control Lizzie. Then we went outside, and it got even worse." Elliot frowned. He ran his hand over his face as Kathy watched him.

"She's angry, El." 

"You don't think I'm angry? That Olivia is angry? Olivia didn't steal me, nor did she get pregnant on purpose. The whole affair and pregnancy were all freak accidents. Olivia is not malicious, as Maureen believes she is." Elliot frowned.

"Did you really have to bring her back? Lizzie said something about Olivia being with a woman." Kathy sighed.

"Liv almost died, Kathy. After she had our daughter, she bled out and ended up having to have surgery. We didn't know if she'd make it, so once I knew she was going to wake up and meet our child, I decided I would never leave her behind again. I love her, Kath. I love her and our daughter. That's why I brought them here."