I sat there waiting in the silence before she said," Sarah…I love you."

I didn't know what to do. I reached out and hugged her. I whispered into her ear," I love you to Olivia."

We held each other for a minute and then she drove us to eat. We went to my mom's favorite restaurant as a way of saying our final goodbye. We both ordered the same thing, my mom's favorite dish. We ate as we talked about my mom and our memories of our lives before the accident. Every thing had changed, and yet things were the same. She was there for me and I still had her; I just had to learn to talk to her.

We finished eating and then headed to see Dr. Elizabeth Olivet.

She had worked with Olivia on several cases and Olivia said I would like her.

We walked into a cozy room and I sat close to Olivia not knowing exactly what to expect.

Dr. Olivet came in and pulled a chair up in front of us.

She said hi to Olivia then turned to me and said," Hi Sarah, my name is Dr. Olivet, but how about you call me Elizabeth."

She said," Olivia came because she wants the two of you to be able to communicate with each other better than you do now. Sarah, What do you miss the most about your mom?"

I thought for a minute, then I looked over at Olivia and said," The everyday stuff."

She asked," What kind of everyday stuff?"

I said," The cookies and the notes she used to hide in my lunchbox, and the way she was always home when I got home from school. I just miss her being here for me."

She said," You miss your mom a lot. Tell me about Olivia."

I said," She was my mom's best friend. She told me she loved me last night. She goes to work everyday. She's never home when I get back from school."

She saw something under my comment and asked," What do you think about Olivia's job?"

I said trying to hide the fear I knew would show on my face," I wish she could be home when I got home."

She looked me dead in the eyes and said," What is your biggest fear about Olivia's job?"

I looked down at my hands fighting off the thoughts that were flooding my mind.

Olivia gently lifted my head and asked," What's wrong? Sarah, sweetie, please answer her question."

I said," I don't know."

Olivia looked at me and said calmly," Yes you do. What scares you the most about my job?"

I said," My mom never had to worry about the people she saw everyday."

Olivia asked," Sweetie, what do you mean?"

I looked up at her and said," You carry a gun just to go to work everyday. I can't loose anyone else. I can't survive loosing anyone else."

Elizabeth leaned her elbows down on her knees so she was looking me dead in the eyes and said," You're afraid something is going to happen to Olivia while she's at work and you'll be alone again. Have you ever talked to her about her work before?"

I shook my head no.

She asked," Why not?"

I said," Because, she won't understand."

She asked," What won't she understand? Please tell us why you're afraid to talk to Olivia about her job."

I said," If anything happens to her I won't have anyone left. Yes, Heather is there, but she wants to have a family of her own. I would only get in the way. If anything happens I won't have anywhere else to go."

Olivia looked at me and said," Nothing is going to happen."

I said," You chase people everyday that hurt other people. You have to carry a gun when you go to work. Olivia, I don't want anything to happen to you. I don't want to be alone."

She turned and looked me dead in the eyes. She said," Sarah, I love you with all my heart. I'm sorry that my job scares you. I want to ask you a question and I need you to answer honestly. Okay?"

I shook my head yes.

She said," You remember how we helped you when I found out about your dad. What if there's another little girl whose dad is hurting her and I'm not there to help her?"

I asked," And what if something happens and that girl's dad hurts you and I lose you?"

She lifted my chin up to look at her and looked me dead in the eyes and said," I can't promise you I'll be here for you, so I won't. I will be here for as long as am supposed to be, but if something happened to me tomorrow, I will be happy that I had the time with you that I had, but I'm not going anywhere. We're going to be together for a long time. I'm not leaving you."

I hugged her and Elizabeth said," Okay, I think we accomplished a lot. This week I want you to try spending half an hour just talking with each other. I'll see you next week. It was really nice to meet you Sarah. I really enjoyed talking to you. Be sure to talk to Olivia about how you're feeling."

I said okay. And we left together.