Cragen shut the door to his office behind Elliot and Olivia. "TARU said the computer was password protected. It was set up to upload a virus that completely wipes the hard drive if you type in the wrong password. They thought all the files were gone but then they somehow got them back."

"So we have the child pornography," Olivia asked.

"Yes, that alone should be enough to put our perp away for life. Grace is off the hook, we don't have to put her through anything else," Cragen answered.

Elliot let out a sigh of relief, "That is good news."

"How is she?" Cragen asked, changing the subject.

"She's hanging in there," Elliot answered. "She has night terrors, wets the bed. Liv painted with her last night and," Elliot shook his head at a loss for words. "She's been to hell and back Captain."

Cragen hung his head, "It's going to take time. I have no doubt she's in good hands. Go ahead and take her home."

"Captain, Maureen and Kathleen can babysit while we work."

"Go home," Cragen cut him off. "She needs you more than I do. I'll call you guys if we get a case. That's an order," he said gently as he opened the door of his office to usher out his two detectives.

"Are you drawing pictures with John?" Olivia asked as she leaned down to kiss Grace on the top of her head before putting her jacket on her.

"Thanks John," Elliot said as they shook hands.

"My pleasure," John replied. "What are you guys up to today?"

"I don't know yet. Maybe a walk in Central Park, maybe just relax at home. My kids are coming over later so we'll have a full house," Elliot smiled, happy at the thought of seeing his kids and having the whole family together soon.

"Enjoy!" Munch said as Elliot picked Grace up and headed for the door with Olivia.

"We will," Elliot replied confidently.

Before they returned to their house, Elliot and Olivia decided to take Grace to Central Park to ride the carousel. Grace picked out the horse she wanted to ride on. Olivia stayed with her throughout the ride while Elliot snapped some pictures. After the carousel ride they bought Grace a balloon from the balloon vendor near the carousel then they headed home.

Around 4:00 that afternoon Maureen, Kathleen, Lizzie, Dickie, and Eli showed up. They ordered a couple pizzas for dinner. After dinner, Olivia sat down to paint with Grace, Eli, Maureen and Kathleen while Elliot played video games with Lizzie and Dickie. At 7:30 they all gathered in the living room to watch a movie and get settled down before bed. Eli and Dickie cuddled up with Olivia. Gracie sat on Elliot's lap. Lizzie also cuddled up with Elliot. Maureen and Kathleen sat in the two recliners.

By 8:30 Grace, Lizzie and Eli were sound asleep in the living room cuddled up with Elliot and Olivia on the couch. Olivia carried Eli back to his room and tucked him in, while Elliot took Grace back and tucked her into bed. The movie ended shortly after 9:00. Elliot carried Lizzie into her room and tucked her into bed, then sent Dickie to bed. They trusted Maureen and Kathleen to get themselves to bed.

Elliot and Olivia were lying in bed in their room talking when Grace started screaming. She hadn't been asleep very long. She had awakened Lizzie with her screams. Elliot calmed Grace and rocked her back to sleep while Olivia rubbed Lizzie's back. After they got the girls back to sleep they returned to their room. Olivia cuddled up with Elliot and drew random patterns on his bare chest with her finger while he rubbed her back until they fell asleep.

Grace woke up two more times that night before 7:00am came around and she made her way into Elliot and Olivia's bedroom. She crawled into their bed and laid down between them, resting her head on Elliot's stomach and her feet on Olivia's stomach. Both of them were tired from being up off and on all night so neither of them woke up. Elliot laid his hand on Grace's stomach as a reflex. Grace started playing with his fingers while talking to herself. The pulling and tugging on his fingers woke Elliot. He laid in bed for a minute watching Gracie, pleased that she was so happy and relaxed and seemed to be settling in. He started laughing to himself at Gracie who was entertaining herself. Once Grace knew she was being watched she stopped playing with his hand and stared at him. Elliot pulled her up and held her over his body as he whispered good morning to her. He eased out of bed, not wanting to wake Olivia and took Grace out to the living room.

Dickie was already up watching TV.

"Don't you ever sleep Son?" Elliot teased, playfully punching him in the arm.

"I just woke up!" Dickie laughed back at his father.

Elliot sat Gracie down on the couch next to Dickie then kissed each of them on the top of their heads.

"What do you want for breakfast?" Elliot asked Dickie.

After thinking for a minute Dickie decided on scrambled eggs.

"What about some pancakes and sausage to go with them?" Elliot asked.

"Ok."

Elliot left the two youngsters watching TV on the couch while he prepared breakfast. As the smells of breakfast drifted through the house the other children started to wake up. Maureen and Eli joined Dickie and Grace in the living room. Lizzie made her way into the kitchen to help her Dad finish up breakfast. Kathleen and Olivia were still in bed.

As Elliot was putting breakfast on the table his phone rang. He considered ignoring it, but decided he better answer it.

"Stabler."

"Elliot, I know it's early on a Saturday morning, but I need you. Can you come in?"

"Hmm," Elliot hesitated. "We have a house full of kids Captain and Olivia is still asleep. Is it urgent?"

"I'll come to you."

"Ok, we're getting ready to sit down to breakfast if you're hungry."

"I'm good, thanks. See you soon."

Elliot called the kids to the table. He had Maureen help Eli and Gracie while he went to wake up the rest of the household. He went to Kathleen's room first. He pushed her hair out of her face and kissed her on the forehead. "It's time to wake up Sweetie," he whispered to her. She started moving around and opened her eyes.

"Good morning Sunshine," Elliot smiled at her.

"Good morning Daddy," Kathleen smiled back at him as she sat up in her bed.

Elliot headed down to his bedroom. He sat down next to Olivia on their bed. He leaned over and placed a kiss on her lips. He rested his hand on her stomach. "Liv," he said softly. Olivia started to stir and mumbled something he couldn't understand. Then she pulled the covers up over her head.

Elliot pulled the blankets back. "Liv, Honey, it's time to get up. I know you're sleepy but Cragen is on his way over."

"What does he want?" she mumbled, still sounding tired.

"I don't know Babe, you better get dressed though," Elliot said as he got up to leave the bedroom.

"El," Olivia called after him.

He turned and looked at her.

"I love you," she said.

"I love you too," Elliot said as he returned and kissed her once more.

"What's up Captain?" Olivia asked as she answered the door. "Is everything ok?"

"Yes," Cragen replied, hanging his coat on the coat rack.

"Come in, have a seat," Elliot said motioning to their living room. "Sorry about the mess."

"6 kids will do that," Cragen responded.

"Do you want some breakfast?" Olivia offered.

"No, thank you. I just came to tell you we found Grace's Mom."

Elliot's heart sank. Olivia's knees gave out beneath her forcing her to grab onto Elliot for support.

"No," Elliot said, shaking his head. He knew he should be happy at the possibility of a mother and child being reunited but he and Olivia had grown so attached to Grace he did not want to let her go.

"Relax," Cragen said holding his hand up. "She's in the morgue. Remember the Jane Doe we dug out of our perp's back yard? Her mitochondrial DNA is a match to Grace."

"What?" Olivia asked, confused. "What about the four children we dug up?"

"She is the mother to all of them," Cragen replied. "These two must have been having children so they could molest them. Snatching them off the street was too risky I guess. That's how they flew under the radar for so long. If they hadn't started selling child pornography on the internet he'd probably still be out there."

"Why kill Mom?" Elliot asked.

"He didn't," Cragen answered. "Werner said she died during childbirth approximately 30 months ago. Grace must have been her last child. No hospital records, I'm thinking they were all home births."

"She died giving birth to Grace?" Olivia asked, the heartbreak clear in her voice. "Grace never had a mother."

Elliot wrapped his arm around Olivia's shoulders and pulled her tight to him. "She does now," he whispered in her ear before planting a kiss on her cheek.

"30 months, so she's about two and a half years old," Elliot concluded after doing the math in his head.

"Mhmm," Cragen nodded his head. "I sent the report over to child services. She has no known living relatives. It shouldn't take long for them to clear her for adoption if you two are interested in making this a permanent situation."

"Wow," Olivia was speechless.

Elliot shook Cragen's hand and thanked him as he got up to leave.

"Do I even have to ask you what you want to do?" Elliot asked after Cragen left.

Olivia shook her head no, "Let's talk to child services."

"First thing Monday morning," Elliot smiled. "Right now we have a kitchen full of children who need us and a breakfast that's getting cold."

"If there's any breakfast left," Olivia chimed in.

Monday morning brought quiet to Elliot and Olivia's house. Cragen had given them the morning off to talk to child services. Kathleen had stayed to babysit Grace for the day. Maureen had taken the twins and Eli back to their mother's house the night before.

After eating breakfast Elliot and Olivia headed off to their appointment with children's services, both of them had butterflies in their stomachs. After reviewing Grace's file Elliot and Olivia were granted permanent custody of Grace.

Elliot and Olivia went straight from their meeting with child services to court to sit in on the trial of Grace's abuser. With the amount of evidence TARU had uncovered and the bodies of the four children that were found in the backyard the trial didn't last very long. Grace's abuser was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Life settled back into a normal pattern after that. Elliot's children loved Grace and Grace loved them. For the first time in her life she started to form healthy relationships. Elliot and Olivia introduced her to the many joys of life. They took her in as if she was their own and gave her all the love and affection she deserved, and more.

The End