Hello everybody! It's great to finally have more time to write! Sorry that my last story "melted" ended so quickly! I hope you enjoy this one.

-Myelle

The story begins…

Olivia got in her car dreading the new day at work. She had not slept the night before and she couldn't stop thinking about the mysterious young boy that had been brought to her a few days ago. That poor boy with no parents, language skills or human contacts his whole life.

Olivia had grown to love the boy in just a few short days and missed him greatly. She tried to imagine what it would be like to live alone for all those years and it scared her that what she thought of could be so close to what she was living right now.

She felt alone, unwanted, useless. Peter was so sweet and he knew that she felt this way and he tried to change that but it was no use. She was stuck this way for good. Maybe that's why she was so good at her job, because she didn't care about herself, only others.

When she pulled into her parking space, she got out of the car and walked into the building alone, as usual. And, also as usual, Peter was there to greet her when she arrived.

Peter noticed immediately that she was not herself, or maybe this depressed attitude really was "herself." In that case, it really was too bad because Peter knew she deserved better. He had noticed lately that Olivia was always angry or sad or dpressed or whatever it was.

He followed her to her office and closed the door.

"Hey, Olivia, are you alright?"

"Yeah, it's just…"

"Just what?"

"I wish I could've done more to help him, that boy. I wish I knew his name and where he was from and who his parents were so I could show them what a great kid they gave up."

"It's more than just that, isn't it?"

"Yeah…I wish he was mine. I could take care of him and help him, but I guess it wasn't meant to be."

Peter was silent a moments before moving to put a hand on her shoulder.

"I think he wishes that too but you need to understand that you did your best and it's all you can do."

"No. My best is never good enough. Innocent people get killed before I can even begin to figure out what's wrong."

"Olivia, your best is better than anyone else's. Can't you see that? Damn it, Olivia, you sit around feeling sorry for yourself while I'm stuck here trying to figure out what's wrong. You can't keep this up! That poor boy definitely picked the wrong person to share emotions with!"

Olivia stared at him. He had never yelled at her like this before. He never yelled at her at all. She was actually scared of him right now. She backed away from him like he was a monster.

"Olivia, I'm so sorry."

"You yelled at me." She said in shock. "Just leave, no, I'll leave. Get away from me."

"Olivia, I didn't mean to say that."

"But you're thinking it!"

Olivia turned and ran out of her office, still afraid of the man she had almost let herself love.

Next chapter coming soon! Can't wait for tonight's episonde!!!!!!UNLEASHED!!!!!!