Hers To Bear - An SVU fic

32.Closing in

Chapter 32. Sorry for the wait, here we go.

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Olivia's apartment.

Hours later I sat thinking of Olivia. I thought of the kiss and the way it made me feel and I couldn't from exhilaration. Even if Olivia couldn't return the way I felt, the way it felt being able to wrap my arms around her and put my lips to hers... God I haven't felt that way in months!

"Maybe I scared her." I couldn't help wondering if that had been the case. "She shot out of here so fast. I hope..."

Noelle began squirming in my arms and I quickly got up and walked the room to calm her.

"Oh baby, I hope I didn't scare your momma. It was surely not my intention." Noelle rested her head in my neck and began chewing her hand. "That hand must taste delicious." I smiled and she smiled back. It was so hard to be angry around her and I found myself smiling at the kiss, Olivia was so beautiful.

I wrapped my arms around Noelle. "Except; I don't..."

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Sixteenth precinct.

After the kiss Olivia found herself unable to focus on anything at work; it had been so completely unexpected - how long has Amanda been harboring these feelings for me? She wondered.

This was going to be a very awkward conversation later, especially since she had no idea what she would even say to the woman since she still wasn't sure how she even felt about it. It was a good thing she didn't have the luxury of being able to dwell on it, not with how fast things had been moving with this whole mess with Chad and his band of merry idiots. She couldn't stand the thought of even having them in her precinct and couldn't wait until central booking was able to take them and get them out of her sight. She couldn't believe when TARU called and said they'd initially found nothing on Chad's hard drive, the little prick had scrubbed it clean!

"...but the great thing..." the tech explained "These commercial cleaners, no matter how thorough they say they are, can't get rid of everything like they claim to. We found enough to nail him!"

"Anything left concerning Rollins or Kathleen Stabler?"

"Both; and a couple other attacks."

That was a huge bright spot in Olivia's day. If that hard drive had come up blank... even with the copies they had from Sara, the attorneys would have a field day filing motions to suppress and probably winning. The fact that they got what they needed directly from the perpetrator was a godsend!

"Liv, I think you should get out here." Nick said with all urgency.

"What's going on?" She asked as she got up and followed him out into the bullpen...

"Sergeant Benson I presume."

"Uh yes, can I help you?"

"I'm senator Charles Cartwright, I believe you're holding my son here."

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"You think this was the best way to go?" Fin asked Olivia.

"Only one way to tell." Olivia said as they stood watching from the hall, Charles waiting for his son in the interrogation room.

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Inside the interrogation room, Charles stood by the window waiting for Chad to come in when Fin and Olivia walked in.

"Can I get you anything?" Olivia asked.

"No. Thank you."

"Mr. Cartwright"