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Elliot and Olivia pulled up at the scene and got out of the car, getting out of the car was a relief. The car ride over was filled with awkward silence.

Elliot spotted M.E. Melinda Warner and walked over to her.

"What've we got?" Elliot asked

"A John Doe boy, about 5 or 6, I'd say. He was found in that dumpster over there," she pointed to a dumpster in a small dirty looking ally.

"Cause of death?"

"Probably blunt force trauma to the head, I'll know more when I perform the full autopsy."

Elliot looked around searching for Olivia; he saw her talking to an interesting looking man.

"So you found the body?" Olivia asked the man standing in front of her.

"Yes, I was… uh.. looking for something I had thrown away in the dumpster and I saw…" the man paused.

"The boy?" Olivia finished

"Yeah, so I.. uh, called the cops" the man said.

"Alright, so you said you were looking for something you'd thrown away?" Olivia questioned skeptically.

The man hesitated, "Yeah" he said.

Olivia knew he wasn't telling the truth; she looked up and saw Elliot approaching them.

"Who's this?" he asked Olivia

"Ryan Wilson, he found the body"

"Now what exactly were you doing rummaging around in a dumpster?" Elliot asked suspiciously.

"I was looking for something" Ryan said.

"He claims he was looking for something he threw away" Olivia said to Elliot.

"Oh really? So you live around here?" Elliot asked Ryan.

"Uhh, Yeah" Ryan replied, sounding unsure.

"You know we can find out if you're lying" Elliot said getting a bit annoyed, he could tell this guy wasn't being honest with them.

Ryan sighed, "Fine, I wasn't looking for anything I threw away, I was just… dumpster diving"

"Dumpster diving?" Elliot said with a questioning tone.

"You know, going through trash to find stuff…"

"Stuff? Like what stuff? Elliot questioned.

"Well I've found everything from cameras to jewelry…"

Elliot and Olivia just looked at him..

"Can I… go now?" Ryan asked nervously.

"Sure, you can go" Olivia said to the young man.

Later That Night

Elliot was sitting on the couch, polishing off his third glass of scotch.

He was alone in the total sense of the word; he had managed to alienate the one person who had always put up with his shit… And all because of what? But it was better this way; he had to keep Olivia at arms length, didn't he? He couldn't tell her what happened with Kathy… if he did… it would make it real..

He was still in disbelief; he did not want to admit it was really over, not just because it would be the end of his marriage, no it wasn't that. He had been fighting his true feelings for so long, and telling Olivia.. facing what happened… would mean he'd have to face his true feelings, and he just wasn't ready for that.

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