I LOVE THIS CHAPTER VERY MUCH. I REALLY DO.

Fitz was pacing in Olivia's room talking about her treatment plan, while Olivia just stood there lifeless, looking at him. "We need to stop spending too much time together like Cyrus and James said." He said to Olivia without looking at her. He continued, "You have to make other friends here. You have to develop healthy relationships with others. Also, try to be really involve with whatever tasks that will be assigned to you."

Olivia refused to cry. She just told Fitz she loves him, but he thought she was saying it because she wasn't normal in the head. She has never uttered those words to anyone in her life. Shouldn't that count to how serious she was, and how come the first person she uttered it to give her distanced and coldness in returned.

Fitz was still pacing, he was actually nervous. He was looking for a way to bring her mother into his speech, but seemed not to find the right second to do it. "You have to start a one on one therapy session with both James and Cyrus." He said, scared to look at her. "I won't do the one on one session with you because of obvious reasons. But you have to be more open and sharing in my class." He was definitely stalling bringing up the subject about visiting her mother.

Olivia was quietly listening to him without saying a word in returned. She was waiting for him to finish with his instructions so he could leave her room. She promised herself she was never ever going to utter a word to him again.

Fitz finally gathered the courage, "You have to look for a day to visit your mom in prison. I will go with you if you want."

Olivia quickly broke her promise on never talking to Fitz again because she was more than pissed. "I will never. She can rot there for all I care." She said angrily to him.

Fitz stopped pacing and looked at her now. He tried to make her see reason, "Honey…"

"Don't you dare honey me. Since you're done with your instructions you can leave my room now."

"Olivia, this is all part of your treatment."

"I accept the plan you've laid down. I am going to stay away from you. I am going to make other friends here. I am going to start a one on one therapy session with James and Cyrus. I am going to be really involved in whatever task that's assigned to me. I'm going to share more in your class. But I won't be visiting my mom and that's my decision. You can't make me do otherwise," She yelled at him.

Fitz tried to speak calmly in return, "Olivia, if you want to be completely cured you have to sort things out with your mother. You have to make peace with your past, you cannot change what has been done, but you have to make peace with it. If you really love me, you will do it for me, please."

"Well, I don't love you anymore."

"Then you just proved my point you never did. Love is not something you can turn on and off within minutes."

"Fine, your point well proven, I never loved you. Now leave my room."

"Olivia…"

"Leave now." She screamed


Cyrus was waiting for Olivia in his office, to start his one on one session with her. James asked him to apologize for what the sex-worker tried to do to her.

Olivia entered his office, trying her best to be cordial, even though she didn't want to, "Good morning,"

"Good morning Olivia, how are you feeling today?" Cyrus asked and offered her a seat.

She sat down and gave Cyrus a cheeky respond, "I don't know, aren't you the therapist? You tell me."

"I can see you're still mad about the incident of yesterday."

"Should I be over it by now, is there a time frame for that?"

"You have every right to feel the way you do."

Olivia rolled her eyes and gave him a sarcastic reply, "Thank God I made some progress."

Cyrus decided to pause for a while and just stared at her, he then said, "This runs deeper than Andrew tying to force himself on you, because you were happy about what you did to him yesterday. Does Fitz have something to do with your current anger?"

Olivia didn't want to hear Fitz's name. "Can you start with my therapy session already?"

"The session is actually going on." Cyrus answered her.

She sighed lightly and rolled her eyes again.

"Olivia, on behalf of this center, I am deeply sorry for what Andrew, the sex-worker put you through. And he has been dealt with. Please accept our sincere apology."

Olivia never thought Cyrus was the apology kind of guy. She gave Cyrus' apology a full deliberation for a while and got calmer in the process. "Thank you. Apology accepted. How is he doing?" She was genuinely concerned about the sex-worker.

"He is OK, the cut wasn't deep. The fact that you cared how he's doing after what he tried to do to you says a lot about you."

"What?"

"You're a good person, a kind one."

She breathed out heavily. "My brain is being evaluated at this very moment, where has my goodness or kindness gotten me?"

"Therapy is not meant for bad people, you know. By the way congratulation for passing your first test. Your progress is estimable."

"I still feel like shit so I don't know what progress you're talking about."

"Interesting." Cyrus said to her.

Olivia was amused and mad at the same time. "What's interesting about me feeling like shit?"

Cyrus handed her a pamphlet, "Read this out loud for me."

Olivia made a face at Cyrus.

"It's part of your therapy session. Today we will be talking about self-esteem. You said you still feel like shit. Read it out loud for me, please!." Cyrus insisted politely.

"Fine" Olivia took the pamphlet from Cyrus, "Here we go; Self-esteem is the degree to which we feel confident, consider ourselves valuable, and respect ourselves. Self-esteem exists on a continuum, from high to low. Low self-esteem is associated with self-criticism, self-doubt, social isolation, suppressed anger, shame and worthlessness. Low self-esteem is also a symptom of several mental health conditions, including anxiety and depression…."

"Stop there." Cyrus said to her. "Do you relate to any of the descriptions?

Olivia was quiet like for eternity. Her eyes were filled with tears now, "Every single one of them." She said to Cyrus.

"Olivia, you should know the negative messages in her head are rarely true. You are not worthless. Would you ever call anyone worthless?"

"No."

"Then you should never consider yourself worthless too. Your feelings are coming from a stormy relationship with your parents because there were never there when you were a child."

Olivia chuckled, but without humor at the cliché, "Is this supposed to make me feel better by excusing the way I feel because it isn't my fault?"

"All I'm trying to tell you is your emotions or what you are feeling are not a product of your own intrinsic badness, but a natural response to a chaotic childhood. I want you to rationally evaluate your strengths and weaknesses and clarify your own valves and needs so you can construct a positive, adult sense of self."

Olivia was thinking Cyrus could be up to something formative. "How do I do that?" She asked, very interested.

Cyrus was very pleased with Olivia's interest. He smiled and rested his chin on his knuckles. "This question means you're going to be just fine soon. You should be proud of yourself, Olivia."

Olivia wasn't moved by his constructive remark, "You did not answer my question."

"Sorry, I was just too happy with your progress. First, you need to know you have every right to be happy and it shouldn't be because of somebody. Self love should come from within you. Just for talking sake, your happiness shouldn't come because Fitz cares about you, or smiles nicely, or looks good.

Olivia rolled her eyes and wished she never met Fitz.

"Tell me six things you love about yourself. I'll start with one. You're a kind person, it is left with four.

Olivia breathed deeply and thought of some of her qualities she likes. "I'm thoughtful of others."

"Yes, that's true. You are caring, even though Andrew tried to force himself on you you still cared how he was doing." Cyrus said to her.

"I'm a giver." She said, then thought for a while. "I think this is complicated because I sometimes give things I shouldn't."

They both chuckled due her being a sex addict.

She continued, "I have a weird sense of humor."

"True, the 'I'm a giver and sometimes I give things I shouldn't,' was weirdly funny."

"I'm a good listener," She was thinking of one more.

"It's left with just one." Cyrus said to her.

"Emm… I am friendly."

Cyrus was pleased with her participation. "I'm sure there are many you can add to the list." He smiled at her. "Now, anytime your brain is trying to criticize you telling you how worthless you are, think of the things you are proud of about yourself."

Cyrus continued, "Is there anything you love to do, but scared to do it? Think deeply, I am sure there's something."

"I once loved painting and drawing, but ever since I saw my mom in a threesome with one of the guys who later raped me, I've been unable to paint or draw. I've tried, but I keep seeing images of them in the act."

"Let's talk about your mom and that incident."

"Can we not?" She pleaded.

"OK, when you're ready. But promise me to try and paint or draw something, anything this week. Can you promise me that?

"I will try, but I can't promise."

"Thank you, I'd take you trying. That would be all for the day."


Days passed by and Olivia stood her grounds. She continued to do everything in Fitz's plan apart from agreeing to see her mother. She stayed away from Fitz which drove him crazy. Fitz now understood what Olivia went through when he gave her the cold shoulders because she wouldn't open up to him.

Fitz was more than heartbroken with his present relationship with Olivia, but he knew it was for a greater good. He was glad Olivia was taking her treatment seriously.

He was more pissed at Chao and Cyrus, whom he was with presently, due to the fact that he begged them not to send a sex-worker to Olivia but they didn't listen, thereby putting Olivia in a dangerous situation.

Cyrus was talking about Olivia's progress, "Olivia is doing well. I had my session with her some days ago and she shows a lot of improvement," He told Fitz and James.

"My one on one session with her is after this meeting," James said. "Fitz, has she agreed visiting her mother?" He asked Fitz.

Fitz desperately needed someone to save him from the meeting he was having with them because he couldn't stand them, and just to his luck, Shaw, the therapist who advised Olivia to come to the Beerne center instead of where he worked came to visit them.

Fitz has never been this happy to see Shaw before. He got up from his seat to greet him. "Shaw, nice to see you, what are you doing here?" He deliberately ignored James' question.

"I was just in the area and I decided to stop by," Shaw answered, and got soaked into a conversation with James and Cyrus instead.

Fitz didn't want to be rude, so he sat quietly and listened to them talk.

Shaw saw how down and disconnected Fitz looked, "Fitz is everything OK?"

Cyrus answered before Fitz could open his mouth, "He's fine, he's just sad he is no longer friends with a patient." Cyrus said, then remembered Shaw was the one who advised Olivia to try his center because Olivia didn't want to see Chao and Fitz at the time. "Wait, you know Olivia right? She's the lady you advise to come here, after her suicide attempt, remember?"

"How can I forget that face? God, the way she looked at me was something I had to mentally talk myself to back off." Shaw reminisced when Olivia told him she wouldn't have said no if he wanted her.

"Tough you," Cyrus said to Shaw. "Some people can't talk themselves out of their desires," He added, indirectly mocking Fitz.

Fitz shook his head and rolled his eyes while Chao chuckled at Cyrus' statement knowing he was dissing Fitz.

Shaw looked at them confused, then he put two and two together. His eyes went to Fitz. "Fitz, you didn't."

Fitz shook his head, "I thought your presence would uplift my spirit, but…" He got up to leave, but just then Olivia was coming in for her session with James.

Shaw saw Olivia. "Is this Olivia?"

Olivia remembered him too. "Dr. Shaw." They hugged each other.

Fitz, James and Cyrus were all staring at Olivia and Shaw's interaction.

"So you are really close friends with these guys?" Olivia asked Shaw.

"Yes, my goodness, you look good and healthy. I told you this place would be good for you."

"Yes, you did and thank you for that."

Olivia and Fitz made eye contact. Fitz tried to smile at her, but Olivia gave her attention back to Shaw.

"We have to catch up like now." Shaw said to Olivia, looking at her lustfully.

Olivia's eyes went to Fitz first, thinking he might not approve of them catching up. The look she saw on his face confirmed it. "Sorry, I have a session with James," She rejected Shaw's request.

Fitz felt good to know Olivia considered his feelings before answering Shaw's lustful request.

Cyrus noticed the pleased look on Fitz face and decided he preferred a frown on his face better, "Olivia, don't worry. You can catch up with Shaw. James will take you after his house-call. Go catch up with Shaw."

James gave Cyrus a suspicious look, "But you and I have a reservation after my house-call

"I'm Cyrus Beerne, I will call and extend the reservation some hours further."

Fitz could see through Cyrus, his eyeballs were beginning to pain him due to him rolling them too much today.

"OK, then let's take a walk outside and catch up." Olivia proposed to Shaw.

As Olivia and Shaw were stepping out, Cyrus asked Shaw back in for some seconds, while Olivia waited for him outside. "Try and flirt with her and see how it goes. It's all part of her treatment." Cyrus said to Shaw.

Fitz couldn't contain his anger. He stepped outside while Cyrus was instructing Shaw what he wanted him to do.

Fitz was now face to face with Olivia, who was outside waiting for Shaw. They were both staring at each other without saying anything.

Fitz spoke first. "I've missed you, Olivia."

Olivia looked away from him and fought back tears due to the fact that she missed him too, but couldn't say that because her feelings boil down to just lust to him. "I'm doing what you ordered, staying away from you," She said to Fitz.

"Livve, it has been days. I didn't say you should stay away from me. I said we were spending too much time together. But we are allowed to talk, just to know how our day went."

"You say potato, I say potahto." Olivia said to him.

Shaw came out and they simultaneously took a step away from each other. "Hey, Fitz." Shaw said to Fitz.

Fitz smiled at him. "You two go catch up." He walked away from them, trying hard not to think how much Olivia and Shaw looked good together.

Shaw extended his arm to her. "So, Olivia, I'd like to know how you've been doing." Olivia smiled at Shaw and wrapped her arm around his.

She turned her head behind and looked at Fitz's direction and saw him looking back at them too. She could tell he was jealous.

Olivia quickly gave her attention to Shaw. "It hasn't been easy, but I like the place I am now. I hope everything works out." She answered Shaw's question

"You look stunning by the way." Shaw smiled as they walked.

"Thank you." Olivia pushed him with her shoulder playfully. "You are not looking bad yourself."

They walked within the center's garden until they were somewhere isolated and quiet. Shaw saw a shady spot and asked Olivia for them to sit there.

"You remember when you told me if I wanted you you wouldn't have said no?"

Olivia remembered. "I do, I was in a bad place in my life back then."

"Are you in a good place now?"

"I really don't know yet, but I feel better now." She answered him.

Shaw adjusted Olivia's hair to the back of her ear. "You are breathtaking. I had to mentally tell myself to back off that day."

Olivia smiled shyly, "Thank you for being such a gentleman that day."

"But I don't want to be a gentle man at the moment." He shifted closer to Olivia.

"Shaw!" Olivia called out in a whisper, a little nervous.

"I'm dying to kiss you." He placed his hand right up Olivia's thigh and brought his mouth closer to hers.

Olivia turned her head away and stood up from her seat.

Shaw stood up too and took some step away from her. "Wow, you are going to be more than OK soon. And I'm sorry about that."

Olivia's brain now registered what she just did and she was shocked too. She couldn't believe Shaw was the second guy she was turning down subconsciously. And what was so amazing was she was somehow attracted to Shaw.

"Wow indeed," She voiced out.

"You just passed a test."

"What you tried to do was a test?" Olivia asked Shaw.

"Yes, but I think it was 50/50. Cyrus asked me to try it since as you refuse the sex-worker, he thought you might give in to someone familiar, but deep down I wanted to do that too."

"Are these tests ever going to end?" Olivia asked him.

"Until when they are certain you are OK."

"Was Fitz aware of the test too?" She asked Shaw.

"Cyrus called me back to ask me to do that. Fitz left and met you outside. I think he wasn't happy with the idea. So, you and Fitz?" Shaw asked Olivia.

Olivia coyly looked away. "What?" She asked him.

"They way you looked at me when we first met is the same way I saw you looking at him."

"Apparently I can't say no to him. And I'm shifting my addiction to him instead."

"Who said that?"

"They all did, including Fitz. I think they are right too. I don't think I would've consciously or unconsciously said no to him in your place."

"Ugh! That hurt," Shaw said playfully.

Olivia chuckled, "Sorry."

"You not being able to say no to him could also mean you're in love with him."

"Yeah, I told him that, but he said what I feel for him is just lust."

"You told him you're in love with him?"

"Yep, but he doesn't feel the same."

"That guy is one lucky dude. From the way he looks at you, he definitely has feelings for you too. But I understand where he's coming from. It is difficult for a sex addict to distinguish between love and lust. If you really love him you have to prove it to him."

"I don't care about that anymore. I just want him out of my system. So I know I'm free of lust or whatever feelings I have for him.

"Then you have to be dedicated to your treatment.

"I am dedicated to my treatment."

"Yet you don't want to talk things out with your mother."

"They told you about that too?"

"Cyrus said I should give it a try. Therapist sometimes shares to see how best they could help their patients."

Olivia was quiet for a while, "I can't face her."

"Why don't you go with someone you trust, like Fitz just for moral support?"

"I don't want any favors from him."

Shaw chuckled, "You really do love him else you wouldn't be this mad at him. I'm sure his feelings for you are deeper too."

"If so, then he has a poor way of showing it."

"Deep down, you know he loves you too. You also know there's nothing you can ask him that he wouldn't do. Give love a try, take your treatment to another level. Go see your mother. You are now interested in just one man, make him be certain of your love by presenting him a complete recovery package."

"I don't want to recover just because of him."

"Now that's the spirit. Just saying that out loud shows you're very close to your recovery, Olivia. Making peace with your past is very important in all this too, even when you're doing it for yourself and not for someone else."

XXX

While Shaw and Olivia were together, Fitz was checking out constantly to see if they were back. He asked someone to keep an eye out and report to him when they were back. He was restless with every minute that went by. He was thinking how Shaw could be irresistible for Olivia. The sex-worker might have been different because Olivia shared no history with him, but Shaw on the other hand was a different case. He knew Shaw was a man of principles, but he also knew he could still use the excuse of testing Olivia to go further. He prayed Olivia truly loves him and tells Shaw about it because Shaw being a man of principles would back off with such information.

Shaw went back and gave Cyrus and James the update of what happened between him and Olivia, and the talk they had. Cyrus told James not to let Fitz in on this information.


Olivia made up her mind she was going to give the painting and drawing workshop a try after Fitz's class today, certain by then the workshop would be completely empty. She was thinking it'd be terrific if she could paint or draw something today because it'd solidified her mind that she was close to be free of her past. And Cyrus would know she was taking her treatment seriously.

She knew to be completely free she has to get some closure from her mother too. She was now contemplating seeing her mom. She cut all communication with her mother a long time ago. She left home and never looked back, she hasn't spoken or seen her mom since she left for college and that was when she was seventeen.

Many thoughts were running through her head. She was trying to reason why her mother murdered the guy who raped her, because after she told her mom what the guy did to her, she hit her and accused of stealing her boy toy instead.

Olivia was determined to be completely free, and if visiting her mother was going to give her closure and help with her treatment, then she has to do. The truth of the matter was she was more scared of her mother than she hated her. She was certain she couldn't face her alone.

XXX

Fitz was anticipating seeing Olivia in his class today. Cyrus and James were acting coy about Olivia's interaction with Shaw. He thought of calling Shaw and asked him how it went with Olivia, but knew Shaw would be suspicious of his behavior after he walked out of them in Cyrus' office, and also because Cyrus and James were supposed to tell him what happened and not Shaw.

They were in class and he decided for the addicts to share their progress or set back from the past days just so he could get to know what happened between Olivia and Shaw. He asked one after another, and everyone shared lightly without going into details. He let Olivia be the last to share.

Fitz, pretending as if what happened between Shaw and Olivia was part of his lesson today, asked Olivia, "Olivia, Cyrus and James tested you the other day with Shaw, how did it go?"

Olivia rolled her eyes because she knew he intentionally let her be the last person to share for whatever reason she had no idea as of now. "Aren't they your coworker, what don't you ask them yourself?" She answered rudely.

Everyone in the class looked at her and was astonished because she was always very kind and polite. She has never been disrespectful to anyone before.

Olivia saw everyone's attention on her and apologized, "I'm sorry," She said, but didn't want to give Fitz the satisfaction of saying what really happened. "Nothing happened," She said to Fitz.

Fitz wasn't satisfied with her answer, "Do you care to elaborate? You promise to be more open in this class, remember?"

No one elaborated their triumphs or set backs, but Fitz wanted her to. And now everyone in the class was staring at her, waiting for an answer.

Olivia looked Fitz directly in the eyes, very pissed. "He tried to kiss me, but I didn't let him. Apparently I seem to be addicted to just a single person now." She rolled her eyes and looked away from him.

Fitz didn't care about her last statement or her rolling her eyes, all he got was she refused to kiss Shaw. He waited for her to look at him. He then smiled at her and said, "Good girl. I am proud of you."

Olivia wanted to be mad, but his smile and congratulatory remark melted her heart instead.


After Fitz's class, Olivia left for the painting and drawing workshop, happy no one was there to see her try. She took a pencil and stood in front of a drawing board.

All of a sudden, she started breathing heavily as if she was on a marathon race. She told herself to draw something, anything, but nothing popped into her head. She decided to close her eyes to draw something, but the images of her mom and her guys started popping into her brain. She quickly opened her eyes and step away from the board.

Jerry was outside the window, peeking in at Olivia without her knowledge, trying to see what she was going to draw.

Fitz was passing by when he saw Jerry peeking into the workshop that was supposed to be close at that time. "Jerry, what are you doing?" Fitz called out.

Jerry placed his index finger vertically on his mouth and shushed his dad. "Shush, she might hear you," He whispered to his dad.

"Boy, don't you dare shush me. Who is in there?" Fitz asked, walking toward him.

Jerry met him halfway and pulled him away from the window so Olivia shouldn't hear them, "Olivia is in there."

"Why are you peeking at her….. is she in there with a guy?" Fitz's brain was running wild.

Jerry made a face at his dad, "You're disgusting," He said to his father before adding, "She's trying to draw, but somehow having a panic attack or something."

"Why are you peeking through the window then?"

"You remember that day you came to talk to me in the workshop and Olivia was there too?"

"Yes." Fitz answered, that was the day Olivia forced herself on him in the forest, but he didn't tell Jerry that.

"I ask her to draw something that day and she was literally shaking, scared of what I don't even know. She once told me she loved painting and drawing, just like me, but not anymore, when I asked her why she refused to tell me."

Fitz went to the spot Jerry was at the window and peeked in at Olivia. Jerry joined him too, and they were both trying to figure out what might be going on with her.

Olivia went back to the board and talked herself to try again. "Try again, you can do this. Don't think of mom and her stupid boys, just draw." She placed her pencil again on the board, but her hands wouldn't let her draw. Tears began running down her face. She broke the pencil and threw the board on the floor. "You are worthless," She said to herself, then remembered what Cyrus told her to do when negative thoughts were coming into her head. She started saying to herself, "I am not worthless. I'm kind. I'm thoughtful of others….." She was trying to say the things she loved about herself, but it wasn't helping her. She just broke down, crying some more.

Fitz and Jerry now rushed inside to meet her. She saw them and got up from the floor. She was wiping her face and adjusting the board on it stand, not wanting them to see her cry.

"Are you OK?" Fitz asked her.

"I am fine," She answered, not looking at them.

"You are not fine. We were staring at you from the window," Jerry said to Olivia.

"Jerry!" Fitz called out.

"That's considered stalking, and it is a crime," She said to Jerry and Fitz without looking at them.

"I wasn't stalking. I came to the workshop to paint, knowing no one was here, but I saw you struggling so I decided to sit back and ….."

Fitz interrupted Jerry, "Olivia, why don't you try and draw something again while we are here with you?"

"I don't want to." She tried to bypass them in order to leave, but Fitz held her gently on her waist, preventing her from leaving

Olivia's strength was gone from Fitz's touch. Fitz wiped the tears pouring down her face. "Can I hug you?" He asked her. But Olivia didn't answer him. He went ahead and hugged her, and she held him tight.

"I know you can do this." He said to Olivia. "Why don't you try draw Jerry and me?" Fitz waited until Olivia released herself from their hug.

"Okay, let me try." She went and stood behind the board. When she looked at Fitz and Jerry, they've both made a funny pose. She burst into laughter. She couldn't stop laughing.

"Draw while laughing," Jerry instructed her.

Olivia placed her pencil on the board and was able to draw Jerry and Fitz while laughing. She finished with her drawing and was now staring at it, smiling. This was the first time she has drawn something since she was raped. She stopped smiling and started crying again.

Fitz and Jerry got confused. Jerry went behind her board to see what she drew and was marveled. Jerry was good at drawing, but Olivia was exceptional. "Dad, come see," He called his dad.

Fitz went to check and couldn't believe his eyes. "Oh. My. God." He exclaimed.

Olivia hugged him tighter. "Thank you." She said to him.

They were still in the hug when Jerry said, "This is so not fair. Why can't I get a hug too?"

Olivia chuckled and hugged him too. "Thank you, Jerry." She kissed him on the cheek.

"This other cheek deserves a kiss too." Jerry said.

Olivia gave his other cheek a kiss and they all laughed.

Fitz got a called and told Olivia he was needed, but would talk to her later.

Olivia and Jerry were left together with Jerry asking Olivia so many questions how she was able to draw some certain angels.

XXX

Fitz was in his office when Olivia knocked on his door. He was so happy to see her because of the breakthrough she made some hours ago. He stood up from his seat. "Olivia?"

"I wanted to ask whether it was necessary to let me elaborate what happened with Shaw and me in your class today."

Fitz thought that incident in his class was forgotten after the hug and thank you she gave him in the workshop.

He was a little ashamed of his stunt he pulled because he let his personal feelings took over in his class today. He looked downward and answer her, "No, it's wasn't necessary. I'm sorry about that."

"Why did you do it then?" Olivia asked him.

"Cy & James wouldn't let me in on what happened between you and Shaw, and I knew you won't tell if I asked you privately. But I was dying to know what happened."

Olivia was happy to see Fitz in the hot seat for once. "Thanks for your honesty." She said, but didn't leave.

Fitz could see she had something else on her mind. "Is that why you came here?"

She hid a smile because she noticed he could see through her. "No, I came to tell you I'm ready to meet my mom."

Fitz was too happy to hear her say that, he took some long strike toward her. He wanted to hug and kissed her, but resisted the urge. "I am very happy to hear this Olivia. When are you going to see her?"

"Well, I have to buy a plane ticket first. I don't know her visiting days too. I will have to check on that so she knows I'm coming. But I want to know if your offer to go with me still stands?"

"Livvie, you know I am more than happy to go with you."

MY LONGEST CHAPTER SO FAR. SOMEONE TOLD ME TO MAKE THEM LONGER, BUT I DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO BE CONSISTENT.