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12. your own

Jocelyn carried her nephew, Pedro, in her arms, smiling and talking in a baby voice to continue to make him laugh.

"Whos the most handsome baby in the world? You are! Yes you are!" She smiled brightly. Evelyn and Alex smiled as they were graced to take a small break from the newborn that was just born weeks ago. "Who's got the coolest titi? You do!"

"Whos got the most annoying titi? You do!" Alex mimics her. Jocelyn immediately glances at him, eyes narrow, she throws one of the towels at him.

"Just watch what you say Alex, you know what she can do when you get her mad." Evelyn points out. "Remember..." She sings.

"Dont say it." He cuts her off. Jocelyn smiles at her older brother from the memory that popped up. "So this Sonny guy... He hasn't seen the tough, hard side of you? He isn't scared of you, which im shocked."

"Change of scenery, start fresh." Alex rolled his eyes. "I can see myself away from that."

"Knowing you?" He raised his eyebrow. "You scared Ethan the first week, nobody wanted you when you got to homicide."

"I guess Sonny got on my good side." She shrugs.

"Ahhh tito Sonny."  Alex sips on his coffee.

"Shut up." Jocelyn scuffs. Her phone rang, it was Amaro. "Hello?"

"Sorry to bother you, we need to head to a school, missing kid."

"Got it." Jocelyn hangs up and hands Pedro to Alex. "Sorry that i ruin your few moments of fun but i have to go."

"Stay safe." Alex kisses her head. "Please."

"Bye." Jocelyn heads out and rushes to the scene. Amaro had caught her up to speed, Owen Farhidi, eight, last seen twenty minutes ago. Liv and Fin made it to the scene, principal and director were walking with them to tell them about what had happened.

"Got the security footage." Fin says as they meet up with Liv and Carisi. "We also pulled all the traffic cams in the area."

"Unis are canvassin. So far no witnesses."

"Okay, check other surveillance. See if we can get the kidnapper walking away. Fin, get a sketch artist to Mrs. Dugan, and Nick, in the meantime, go to the restaurant, speak with Mr. Farhidi. There are passport issues, custody issues, the works. Peña, you're staying with me for the day." Liv plans out. Jocelyn slows looks up at her and then at Carisi, his face was as lost as she was. Out of the blue Benson wants to be with her. With all the time they had, why now? Was it something she did on a case? If working alongside with your Sargent isnt for kicks or fun. Its an observation.

Benson and Peña head to the precinct with Ms. Farhidi. Jocelyn was waiting on the cams. Once she got them, it wasnt good. She heads to Benson to show the pictures on the tablet.

"Its all blurry, with this, its not going to help us." Jocelyn says to her.

"But that is Owen."

"Wheres Sam? Did you talk to him? Does he have Owen?" The mom sprinted in as soon as she saw Liv looking at the pictures.

"We dont think so. We do have one of our detectives with him now, but Mrs. Farhidi, we have some images that we'd like you to look through." Liv swipes through the photos, slowly, zooming in.

"Do you know that man?" Jocelyn asks her. "Have you seen him before?"

"What? No, who is that?" She narrowed her eyes.

"You dont know him."

"Well, i cant see his face." Liv takes her away into the room, closing her in there.

"Okay, anything else?"

"Well the rest of footage was crap too, no help at all." She walks with Liv.

"The kidnapper knew to keep his head down and hide his face. Okay, anything on the traffic cams?"

"We are going through them now, so far nothing."

"I got the moms cell phone." Carisi pops up. Jocelyn turns to him, showing off the pink cased phone. "Eight missed calls, ignore the one from me and two messages from a blocked number which i cant access without a password."

"Shes in the interview room." Carisi heads there. Liv hands back the tablet to her. "Send these images to Amaro, and see if the father can make an ID." Jocelyn makes her way back to the team on the footage, sending the images to Amaro.

"What did you do that you're spending time with the Sarg?" Fin comes in, sitting next to her.

"Thats the thing, i dont know." Jocelyn spills. "Do you know something? Hear something? Im honestly scared." Fin smiles softly at her.

"Its probably nothing. Have you done anything bad?" She shakes her head. "Then you have nothing to worry about."

"Well have you been with the sarg?" Fin laughs again. "Ill take that as a no."

"Maybe its to get to know you better. You're pretty much a mystery person here, cant blame us."

"Thanks." She widen her eyes from the comment. She isn't that mysterious, right? Once they got a hit, Jocelyn got the images onto the tablet, "Liv!" Jocelyn runs in, grabbing the attention of the sargent and Carisi. Jocelyn gets them out of the room. "We got these back from the traffic cams. It was the same man that kidnapped Owen, putting him in the van. "I've already ran the plates and put out an Amber Alert."

After finding the babysitter, Javier was the kidnapper, everything was spinning for the mom that was yelling out at the babysitter who just wanted to know if she knew anything about Owen.

"The phone, incoming video call." Jocelyn shoes Liv the phone.

"Okay, not here, uh this way!" Ms. Farhidi and Olivia ran into the interview room, setting up the corner so they wouldn't know that she was with police.

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Sonny and Jocelyn had been running the building that they have Owen in. They were looking at plans in and out.

"Whats up with Benson with you?" He asks.

"No clue. Do you know? Have you been with her like this?" Jocelyn mumbles.

"I mean no." Jocelyn sighs in disbelief. "Jocey, you are fine."

"It could be me just overthinking it all." Sonny smiles at her.

"You do have a cute worry face." Jocelyn stops, slowly looks at him. "Sorry i didn't mean-"

"You think im cute detective?" Sonny tries to play it cool. "But still, why does Liv-" Sonny stops what he was doing and stands in front of her.

"You are fine. Here." He hands her the tablet, "To show Benson you are a great detective, you tell her about the building."

"I owe you."

"Ill let you know when i want it to be redeemed." He makes her go first. The two head their way to the group. "Hey Sarge, Jocelyn ran the building." He shouts, elbows her to finish it off.

"Yes, i accessed maps for that entire block." She shows the screen of the map of the building on the TV. "Javier says he's going to meet in the basement of this building here."

"We wont be able to get a shot or even see him."

"Yeah but this building shares an alleyway with all these other buildings. Thats a lot of hide and seek spots for us to go in, in case he runs for it."

"Okay guys, you know the drill. Keep a very low profile. Nick, Fin, Jo, you three are on the street. Carisi you go with ESU." Liv sends them out.

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Fin and Jocelyn were on the steps that were right next door to the building. they were just chatting it up as Sam goes in to get Owen.

"I see you are being a bit of a little show off today." Fin said with his head down. "Getting Liv to be on your good side?"

"Is it obvious?" She shakes her head, looking back at the building. Sam has entered.

"Just don't over do it, she'll notice." The three were waiting on a call, they called them, but no visual or audio from their end. Once Liv called it, They moved in. Sam had Owen as they ran to the steps.

"Javier is on the move!"

"Ill go round back." Jocelyn pats Carisi's back and dashed out and goes to the alleyway. Javier was running back, towards Jocelyn when Sonny pulls out. She immediately tackles him to the ground, cuffs in hand.

"Ustedes no entienden! I no kidnap!" Javier manages to say as Jocelyn cuffs him, picking him up.

"No, then what were doing with that kid?" Sonny gets in his face.

"Miss Dana pay me to take him." He says. Everyone there was confused. "You ask her. She planned everything." Jocelyn takes him to the van to take to the station.

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Benson and Peña headed back to the hospital to talk to Owen. Sam watched them walk in, immediately gets up.

"Sargent Benson?" He says.

"Oh Mr. Farhidi, how are you?"

"I want to take my son home. Thats how I am." He stands tall.

"Well, i can certainly understand that."

"I saw some officers put Dana in a squad car. Whats going on?"

"We are still investigating."

"I told you everything i know but if you have any more questions, go ahead."

"We are here to speak with Owen." The dad wasn't happy about it,

"Hasn't he gone through enough? And dont I have a right to be there when youre asking him questions?"

"Dana already gave us the okay to talk to him without a guardian, but if thats a problem for you?" Jocelyn tells him.

"No, its not a problem.im just wondering whats left to be investigated." Liv pats Jocelyns back. Handles it, and she left to talk to Owen. "I mean you caught Javier red handed.  I dont know what she told you, but do i need to get a lawyer for Owen or Dana?"

"Yes you can, totally your right." Jocelyn claps her hands. "But of your ex wife had nothing to do with this, then there's nothing to be worried of." She looks down at her black boots, sighing. "Mr, Farhidi, we're asking for your patience. Listen, why don't you go out, have a little smoke, when we finish, we'll give you a call, okay?" Jocelyn walks away from him.

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They had wired Dana to go to talk to Sam. Supposedly he might be on this, and Jocelyn wishes that he wasn't. Once he admitted it, it was all a lesson for Owen to not be too trusting and for Dana to be more mindful of him, Jocelyn didn't want to believe it. But thats the job, you never know.

"Wanna go get a nightcap?" Sonny asks Jocelyn as they were ready to go home after the long investigation.

"Uh sure!" She slams her hands on her desk, getting her things. "Can we get something to eat, im starving!"

"I got you." They smiled.

"Peña!" Liv calls out, waving her into her office. Jocelyn looks back at Sonny.

"Want me to wait for you?"

"No its fine, rain check." Sonny nods as he left. Jocelyn takes a deep breath and enters Bensons office. Her heart was beating fast. She knew didn't do anything wrong, but is she like this? "What can i do for you Liv?" Liv stands up.

"I am going to be taking the lieutenant's exam, meaning if I do pass I need a Sargent to take over." Liv smiles. Okay, it relaxes Jocelyn. "You are on the top 3 when you were in LA, only served a day out of it. If you are up to it, i can pull some strings and tell 1PP that i want you to be the new SVU Sargent." Jocelyn's face had shocked all over. "You can also retake the exam thats coming up if you want to do the old way. You showed me, your time here, why you wanted to be a sargent."

"Wow." Was all she said. "I uh um..." She squinted. "I mean ive been here for 8 months and...are you sure you want me?"

"You're here aren't you?" Liv chuckles.

"Yes." Jocelyn smiles. "Can i think about it?"

"You can, but i want answer by the end of the week, spots are being filled fast."

"Thanks Liv, i will let you know. I promise, I will not let you down."

"Thank you Jo. You can go home now." Jocelyn nods and leaves. She sits in her car, smiling and biting her lip. This could be a new opportunity for her.