Chapter Three: Let Me Let Go


"I thought it was over, baby

We said our goodbyes

But I can't go a day without your face

Going through my mind.

In fact, not a single minute

Passes without you in it

Your voice, your touch, memories of your love

Are with me all of the time"

- Let Me Let Go by Faith Hill


Location: Montpelier, VT

Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Olivia slowly walked through her front door, dropping her purse at the door. She was throwing her clothes off and stumbling over her own feet almost tripping on her heals. She walked into her master bedroom and quickly changed into her pajamas. She pulled her feather down comforter up as the throw pillows flew to the floor. Liv got into bed and laid her head down pulling the comforter now up to her face. Her mind was going in circles. How was this happening? Why was this happening? This was the worst time in her life to be hit with the news. Her whole world was crumbling around her, and to add this on top was just slowly breaking her. If her life was hit with another thing, she was going to just collapse.


It was eight o'clock at night; Maya was on her way to Olivia's house. Olivia had texted her right after her appointment asking her if she could pick up the kids from daycare and school. Vanessa had a softball game so instead of bringing them straight home she took them to her game. They were now on their way back to Liv's; Maya tried calling her all day, but her phone was going straight to voicemail.

Maya unbuckled a sleeping Isabelle from her car seat and walked to the front door unlocking it with her key that Olivia gave her. As they walked into the home, it was pitch black. There was no sound and no lights; if Maya didn't know any better, she would think no one was home. She flipped on the light switch and started to walk through the foyer. The kids had already eaten so she asked Vanessa if she could take Gerry upstairs, give him a bath, and put him to bed. Vanessa agreed and began walking up the stairs with Gerry. Maya walked into Isabelle's nursery and placed her sleeping body into her crib. Once she was sure that she was not going to wake up, she cracked her closet door open a little bit and put on her white noise sound.

Maya walked down the hallway until she entered her baby's room. She could see the shape of Olivia's body through the comforter and the lamp that sat on her nightstand that was the only source of light in her bedroom. She walked towards her baby and could see Olivia was gazing into nothing but air, her eyes were puffy and red and weren't blinking. She looked like she hadn't slept in weeks.

"Olivia." Maya softly called her name attempting to get her to acknowledge her presence. She continued to still stare at nothing.

"Olivia, What's wrong? You okay? Are you… Are you getting sick? Can I get you anything baby?" She tried again now really concerned about her daughter. Something must have happened for her to react to this state of mind.

"Go away, please." Olivia responded in such a low voice Maya didn't hear her.

"What?" Maya noticed the edge of her mouth move but wasn't able to comprehend what she said.

"Go away, please." Olivia responded again but louder than before. Maya tried to reach out to Olivia and touch her. Olivia immediately back away and flipped her body to face the other direction. She didn't want to be around anyone, she wanted to be in her room and cry all alone.

"Liv" Maya waiting for her to say something, but she didn't. She took the cue to leave and walked out. She grabbed a pillow and blanket from the hall closet laid down on the couch. Maya didn't want to leave the kids here with Olivia in that state of mind so she called her husband and let him know what was going on and went to sleep.


Date: Friday, March 13, 2015

Three days later Olivia was still in her bed; she did not leave the bed unless she had to use the restroom. Maya was taking care of everything and everyone. She was cooking and cleaning, taking all of the kids to school and daycare. She still hadn't spoken to Olivia; the only words Liv would say was 'thank you' when she brought her food. It was now six o'clock at night; Fitz would be here any moment to pick up the kids.

The doorbell rang and Maya walked to the front door and open it. Fitz was shocked to say the least. It wasn't that Olivia wasn't close to her family, but in the past few weeks she had more family over at the house than they ever had before in such a short amount of time. He was now beginning to worry about her.

"Hi, Maya it's great to see you. Where are Olivia and the kids?" He questioned.

"Olivia is upstairs she didn't want to be down here when you came because of the break's rules. Also, she thought it would be easier for Isabelle to go to you if she couldn't see her." She lied, but she couldn't tell him that Olivia hadn't left her room in three days.

Gerry and Isabelle came running to their daddy giving him hugs and kisses. They said goodbye to their grandma and Aunt Nessa. Fitz grabbed their luggage and placed it in the car. Once Gerry and Belle were buckled in he drove off. He was excited to spend some time with the kids. First stop was to the ice cream shop to start off their weekend.


Date: Saturday, March 14, 2015

Olivia had woken up; the clock read 1:33 P.M. She got up to use the restroom brushed her teeth and then went back to lie in bed. She still hadn't spoken much of anything. Still in complete shock of what the doctor told her; she couldn't comprehend it. That's why it was Saturday and she still hadn't left her bedroom. She remembers the marriage counselor saying that she needed to get out and go relax, but she couldn't relax after what she found out. So she wanted to drink but knew if she drank she would drunk dial Fitz and that wouldn't be good. So she slept, she slept and dreamed about them. She dreamed about the happy times, before he lied, before he broke her heart.


It was 2:00 P.M. and Fitz was sitting in the box seats with his entire family. The Vermont Lake Monsters were about to play and Gerry was so excited. He loved football and baseball, but football season was over so he now focused on baseball. He had a large drink of soda, and a plate of nachos that he was sharing with Belle. Isabelle's entire face was covered in nacho cheese and was grinning so big you could see her dimples.

"Bubba, chip," Isabelle said as Gerry handed her another chip with only the nacho cheese on it, no chili.

Fitz smiled as he watched his two children interact they had the best relationship, it kind of remind him of his relationship with Kathleen. As he thought of her, he noticed that she wasn't in her seat. He saw her and Elizabeth together in a corner; the last time he saw them like that, they were talking about a family member who was in the hospital. He got up from his seat and walked towards them.

"What are you two talking about?" Fitz asked looking at them.

"I caught mom talking to someone again, she looked worried, she said that 'she was getting worse.' We deserve to know who this is!" Kathleen said getting louder trying to prove her point.

"Well, mom isn't going to tell us. We need a plan to figure it out on our own." Elizabeth said.

"How about you borrow mom's phone and check her calls?" Fitz said. Just as he said it, Kathleen ran to her mom asking to borrow her phone. Once she had it she walked back, she started looking through the names of recent calls.

"All her call are to grandma, Uncle John, Aunt Lillian, Maya, Olivia, and us. I'm assuming that none of us or them are sick because we would know so, she has to be deleting the calls right after she gets them." Kathleen said.

"So what do we do now then?" Fitz said still really wanted to know who was hurt. If anything, he just wanted to be able to say goodbye if he had the chance.

"We wait until we can catch her off guard," Elizabeth said.


Date: Sunday March 16, 2015

Olivia had finally gotten out of bed; however, not on her own. Abby and Quinn dragged her out of the house. They made an appointment for three full body massages. She didn't want to go at first, but now she had big, strong, muscular hands all over her body. They weren't the big, strong, muscular hands she wanted on her body, but they would do for now. The sound of ocean waves filled the room instantly calming her. All of the tension in her body was slowly leaving, she finally felt relaxed for the first time in five days. The masseuse finished the massage. Olivia quickly got dressed when he left the room; once her clothes were back on she walked out joining up with the girls.

"Thank you," Olivia said.

"You're welcome. Do you want to talk about what happened on Tuesday?" Abby suggested.

"No, but I just want to thank you. For this, all of this, I needed this more than you know. So thank you." Olivia said now smiling, for the first time in a long time a smile that reached her eyes. She felt so relaxed, which was surprising from what she found out on Tuesday.

"Anytime, Liv. Will we see you on Monday?" Quinn asked.

"I'm going take Monday off, spend some time catching up with my kids they don't have school. Something like a teacher work day, not sure, but I'm going to spend it with them since I was out of it most of this week. So I will see you on Tuesday. Okay, I have to go home the kids will be there soon. Bye." Olivia waved her hand as she walked to her car.


Fitz had a wonderful weekend with his two babies. There was no crying or whining with them, only happiness. Fitz wished he could say the same. He was so happy he had a wonderful weekend with his two children but was sad that they couldn't spend this time as a family. No matter how wonderful the family weekend was, it wasn't a family weekend without Olivia. He hadn't seen her in almost a week and it was slowly destroying him. He hoped Olivia would come down to meet the kids so he could hear her voice, and see her.

Fitz pulled into the driveway that was once his home. Isabelle immediately noticed the house and started saying "mommy." She was squirming in her seat trying to get out so she could go see her mommy. Once she was unbuckled, he grabbed their bags and walked to the door with Gerry in front of them. Olivia opened the door and smiled. Gerry and Isabelle knocked her to the floor hugging her; she kissed their forehead telling them she loved them. Fitz kissed the kids goodbye and told them he loved them; then he left in his car driving off. They didn't speak a word to each other but were both able to hear each other speak which warmed both of their hearts.


Date: Monday, March 17, 2015

Fitz woke up early having a meeting with his legal team. He quickly got out of bed and into the shower. As the water was dripping down his well-toned arms, abs, and well entire body he started to think about what the marriage counselor said. He had been thinking all week of a way he could show Olivia he was sorry and wanted to make this work. He had thought of before they were married, he always sent her a dozen flowers and some type of chocolate. He decided that's what he would do. He immediately got out of the shower and dried his body off. He got dressed and walked out of the door calling the flower shop.


Olivia woke up to Gerry having a death grip on her. It was still dark outside; it wasn't until she saw a flash of light and a rumble. It was thundering and she knew Gerry was frightened. As if on cue Isabelle started crying, she got up and walked to Isabelle's nursery; which was only a few feet from her room, she picked her up and walked back in her room. She laid back down on the bed with Isabelle in the middle. Isabelle still had a few tears on her face; Gerry wiped them and gave her a kiss.

"It's okay Belle, mommy's here and she won't let nothing happen to us. Right, mommy?" Gerry asked looking up at Liv.

"Right baby. Mommy isn't going to let anything happen to you two." Olivia said now holding them and going to sleep. A few hours passed and her doorbell ringing woke her up. The thundering and lightning had stopped, the sun was up and shining. She grabbed her robe and walked to her front door. She swung the door open; her nostrils immediately recognized the scent of roses. Her eyes met the huge bouquet of a dozen roses.

"Olivia Grant?" The delivery guy said.

"Yes, I'm her," Olivia said smiling looking at the roses.

"I'm going to need you to sign here." He said handing her an electric tablet to sign her name. Olivia signed her name taking the flowers from his hands. She went and placed them on the kitchen table. She walked back to the door to tell him thank you and close the door, but he had something in his hands.

"These are for you too." He said placing the box in her hands. "Have a great day." He said as he walked back to his car. She opened the box and saw a half a dozen chocolate covered strawberries. She smiled, still not knowing whom they were from. She walked to the bouquet of flowers and grabbed the card attached. She opened it and read.

"I always think of you before I fall asleep.

The words you said, the way you looked.

The things we laughed about,

The silent moments we shared.

And when I dream, I always dream of you.

Because it's about you.

It's always you.

I'm sorry.

I love you."


The clock in the kitchen read 12:18 P.M. as Olivia was packing snacks for the car ride. She decided that for the day off with the kids she would take them to the Vermont Institute of Natural Science. It is going to take an hour just to drive to there. She watched Gerry and Belle play with blocks that were thrown all over the living room floor. Gerry would build a big tower of blocks and Isabelle would run over and knock them over. Isabelle would start hysterically giggling every single time the blocks would hit the floor. It was the cutest thing because once she started giggling, then Gerry started laughing. She asked them nicely to pick up the blocks and put them back in the playroom. Olivia grabbed her purse, Belle's diaper bag, and the lunch box full of snacks for their hour-long car ride.

Belle and Gerry were both buckled in their car seats. They were sharing a bag of mini goldfish and fruit snacks, alternating between the two. Isabelle grabbed her sippy cup filled with apple juice. She took a few gulps and then set it back down. Isabelle looked outside right as they were passing a dog park. She screeched as she saw them, she loved dogs.

"Dog. Woof, Woof, Woof." Belle called for the dog and then spoke like one.

"Mommy, doggie," Isabelle screamed again.

"I see Belle," Olivia said as she smiled at how excited Belle got just from seeing the dog.

"Mommy can we get a dog?" Gerry asked looking straight at Olivia.

"Umm. Baby, I don't know. A dog is a lot of responsibilities, and you are too young to take care of it." Olivia said trying to let him down easy.

"I'm a big boy mommy. I can take care of the doggie. Please, mommy." Gerry said now holding his hand in front of him in a prayer like form and pouting his lip.

"DOGGIE! DOGGIE! DOGGIE!" Isabelle started chanting, she wanted a dog too.

"I'll think about it, but I make no promises," Olivia said.

"YAYYYYYY!" Both kids started screaming, they were both so excited.


Fitz had left work earlier than usual; He went in early and didn't need to stay late. He had been thinking all day; wondering if Olivia got the flowers he sent her, or if she like them. He knew they were still on the break and weren't talking, but he thought she would still send at least a text message. He walked outside and got into his car that was brought to the front of the building for him.

He decided he would go to the gym to relieve some of stress he was under. Typically when he was under so much stress, he would make love to his wife, but that wasn't an option so he settled for working out. He walked into the gym with his cell phone and Bluetooth earphones. He put on Pandora and begins his full body workout. He normally would just do a particular part of his body like arms, chest, back, or leg. However, since he hadn't been to the gym in almost two week and he needed something to take his mind off of Olivia. He went to work as sweat dripped down his body.


Olivia, Gerry, and Isabelle arrived at the Vermont Institute of Natural Science right on time. They were scheduled to watch the snapping turtles being fed at 1:30 P.M. and arrived with five minutes to spare. They watched the turtle eat his food; Gerry was amazed it was like the coolest thing he has seen in his life. Isabelle, on the other hand, wasn't even paying attention. She was too focused on her stuff animal that she made Olivia buy right when they walked in.

Once the feeding was over they went to the next exhibit; which was to see the Hawk flying live. Isabelle and Gerry both had a thing for birds so Liv knew they would love this, right as they all walked in they both immediately stared at the bird in just awe. Isabelle didn't care about the stuffed animal anymore and Gerry wasn't complaining about his feet hurting anymore. It was a beautiful sight so see, to just watch a bird fly free; something Olivia would give up everything to be, just free.

They had gone to a few more exhibits before Isabelle and Gerry got tired and cranky. Olivia went to her car and buckled them up, as they quickly feel asleep. So Olivia was now alone in thought. Everything from what the doctor had told her, to the divorce, to everything going on in her life right now. It was overwhelming, but she was pushing through it because like Harrison always said she is a gladiator in a suit.


The ladies in the gym who were walking around with little five-pound dumbbells were staring at his sexy sculpted body, just licking their lips. Somehow it was always the same ladies that were in the gym at the same time he was there. They were all married and they knew he was married, but that didn't stop them from gawking at him. Fitz didn't care though; he would never cheat on Olivia. He loved her more than anything in this world, and if he was honest with himself, they weren't even half as beautiful as his wife. Nobody in this world was even comparable to Olivia. So the ladies can look all they want, but Fitz wasn't going to pay them any attention.

Fitz was about to leave when he ran into William. William was the quarterback of the football team and a senior in high school. He was also Rebecca's boyfriend and hated by all of the family. William was nothing but bad business for Rebecca, but she couldn't see anything she was in 'love'.

"Hey Fitz, what's up?" William tried to create small talk with Fitz even though he knew Fitz hated him so much.

"William," Fitz said in a loud, strong masculine voice that had a lot of authority behind it.

"Man, I told you everyone calls me Will." He said as tried to mask the annoyance in Fitz calling him by his first name instead of his nickname.

"Well, I call you William so I guess not everyone calls you Will." Fitz responded not losing eye contact with William when he said it. "Goodbye William," He said as he left the gym to go home.


Date: Tuesday March 18, 2015

DAY 14

Olivia had been in the marriage counselor's office for over twenty minutes not speaking, just sitting on the couch. She stared at an unknown painting hanging on the wall. Dr. Dawson had been asking her questions, but Olivia wasn't responding. She scribbled down something in her notebook about Olivia. Looking up at the time she noticed Olivia's time was about to be up, she called her name one more time as Olivia turned her face to look into her eyes.

"Olivia, I'm not sure what is going on with you, but we need to talk about it. Maybe you are just trying to figure it out on your own, maybe you're just trying to process it all. However, I need you to speak to me. I want you to do some homework this week. Your homework is to write out every single thing that you love about Fitz on a piece of paper and on another sheet write everything you don't like about Fitz. Can you do that for me?"

Olivia nodded her head up and down still not speaking a single word to Dr. Dawson. She grabbed her purse as she quickly walked out of the office and to her car. Fitz observed from afar as she left the office and walked to her car, now becoming more concerned than ever. He stepped through the doors as Dr. Dawson was waiting for him. He sat down and removed his jacket.

"Fitz, how are you doing today?" Dr. Dawson asked.

"Good, I guess." Fitz responded with no emotion.

"You guess?" Dr. Dawson asked.

"I mean how else am I suppose to feel. My wife can't speak to me; I barely spend any time with my kids. I completely stressed out about my job, my relationship, and my family. I don't know how I feel, so yeah I'm good I guess." Fitz was beyond exhausted; this whole divorce was taking an enormous toll on him.

"How was your homework? Did you do it?" Dr. Dawson asked now attempting to shift the subject.

"Yes, I decided to send her some flowers and chocolate cover strawberries. I used to do it all the time before we got married, but life got in the way and I stopped. I wrote her a note too. I hope she got it, I know we aren't suppose to be talking, but I really wish she would've messaged me a 'Thank you' or something." Fitz said as his face dropped thinking about her not messaging him.

"I know that you wanted her to say she got it, you wanted her to say she loved it or appreciated it. You wanted to know if she smiled as she saw the card was from you, or that she cared you took time out of you day to send her that. However, you couldn't, you didn't. That hurts, I know, but there is a reason why you aren't speaking. It's because you two need space. You may not see it now, but you do need it and in a month you will be able to ask her how she felt when she received the gift. However, right now she may need time to process all of this just like you do. So let her process it, give her some space."

"I'm trying, I guess I just want to know if she's still trying to work this out if she still loves me. If she is still considering this divorce or does, she wants this marriage to work." Fitz said now voicing his concern.

"If she didn't want this marriage to work she wouldn't be trying so hard to do the break. She would break the rules because she wouldn't care about the break. She wants it, even if she doesn't voice it. Okay?" Dr. Dawson said to reassure him.

"Okay."

"Okay now, this weeks homework is to write out every single thing that you love about Olivia on a piece of paper and on another sheet write everything you don't like about Olivia. Can you do that?"

Fitz nodded his head as he waved goodbye to Dr. Dawson. He unlocked his vehicle with the remote on his key change as he entered his truck. He buckled up and drove off to work.


Date: Friday, March 21, 2015

It was now Friday; Fitz and Olivia had both been working on their homework that Dr. Dawson had given them. Olivia had begun on the paper of everything she disliked about him first. At the beginning of this divorce she would have been able to name enough things for ten pages, however now she couldn't think of much. She had a total of twenty-three things she disliked about him. Fitz, on the other hand, started with the paper about everything he loved about Olivia. He was now on page three of things he loves about Olivia.


Olivia had just dropped Isabelle off at daycare; she now was on her way to East Rosemary Academy to drop off Gerry. She was trying to listen to the radio to get her mind off of what the doctor told her. It had been over ten days but was still bothering her. However, Gerry spoke up.

"Mommy?"

"Yes, baby?" Olivia said glancing in the mirror to see Gerry's face.

"What is 'blind'?" Gerry asked really deep in thought.

"Why are you asking baby?" Olivia asked now wanting to know where he heard that word.

"There is a new kid in my class named Zachary and he always wears these sunglasses and has this cane, my teacher says it's because he is blind. What does that mean mommy?"

"That means he cannot see baby, so you know how pretty the sky is or how beautiful butterflies are?"

"Yes"

"Well, he cannot see that," Olivia said.

"Well, what can he see mommy?" Gerry asked now confused.

"Gerry close your eyes." Gerry closed his eyes. "You see how dark it is, and how you can't see anything?"

"Yes, mommy." He said with his eyes still closed.

"Well, baby that what he see's."

"That's sad mommy," Gerry said looking sad.

"I know, but it is okay. That's the life God gave him baby," she smiled to reassure him. Are you his friend? Maybe you could talk to him."

"No, but I'm going to talk to him today mommy."

She pulled up to his school and into his circle drive. One of the teachers opened the car door and unbuckled Gerry. He leaned forward and kiss Olivia on the lips.

"I love you, mommy."

"I love you too baby. Have a good day at school and talk to Zachary."


Fitz pulled right in front of an enormous office building with over twenty levels made all out of glass. This made it look like any place in the building had a beautiful view. The building had a sign on it that said "GRANT EMPIRE." He was the owner and CEO of the family business that had been running for over seventy years. He unbuckled himself as a man opened the door.

"Good morning, Mr. Grant."

"Good morning Hal, can you please make sure my car is washed, I forgot to pull it in the garage last night and it rained. Thank you!"

Fitz walked into the building and walked towards the elevator. He slid his ID card to get past security, as the elevator was being held open by one of the girls at the secretary desk by security.

"Good morning, Mr. Grant."

"Good morning, Katie."

Fitz walked into the elevator and pushed the level twenty-seven button. He rode the elevator all the way to the top floor. The elevator open and he saw Lauren standing there with a folder.

"Good morning, Mr. Grant. This is the folder with all the information you will need for the meeting with Mr. Beene. He is waiting for you in the first conference room."

"Good morning, Lauren. Can you call my sisters and ask if we can reschedule dinner for another evening at instead of tonight? Thank you."

Fitz walked into the conference room and just like Lauren said. Cyrus Beene, his Vice President of the company, was sitting down at the table waiting for him. Cyrus was responding to an email when he walked in.

"Good morning, Cyrus, ready to start the meeting?" Fitz said as he watched Cy immediately put away his Blackberry.

"Good morning, Fitz. So I called this meeting last minute because our lawyers that we have been using for the past twenty years did not do the legal paperwork correctly, and I need someone to do the work quickly and accurately. We need to find someone fast. It needs to completed by Monday; that is in three days." Fitz massaged his temple already frustrated thinking about it.

"Sir, I think we should call…" Cy instantly thought of Olivia, she was an excellent lawyer and she knew the company like the back of her hand.

"Don't even say it, you already know we are in the middle of a divorce and on top of everything we can't talk because of this stupid break." Fitz already had an urge to object to this. Cyrus didn't care about their relationship; he was only caring that the legal paperwork wouldn't be messed up twice.

"Fitz it the only way, unless you want the entire legal department on your ass," Cyrus said. "I will handle all of it myself if that makes you feel better. You won't even have to run into her." Cyrus added because he really needed Olivia to be on this.

"Okay, Cy. I'm leaving it to you to handle. If anything happens it on you." Fitz stared straight into his eyes, so he knew.

Cyrus smiled and started walking to the door. "Okay, I will begin to pull my strings."


Olivia parked her car in the garage and walked to the elevator to take her up to OPA. As she arrived on the floor to her office, she noticed everyone sitting at the conference table waiting for her. She walked straight into her office after saying "Good morning" to everyone. She picked up her folder with all the clients in it and proceeded to stroll back to the conference table.

"We have a few new clients today, first Dr. Patrick Phillips he is being sued for malpractice for medical negligence. He would prefer if this were handled in a settlement outside of court, so Abby I need you to arrange an appointment with the girl Amber Sullivan's lawyer tomorrow so we can discuss the settlement. Harrison, I need you to examine the case, see if Dr. Phillips is at fault or not and acquire as much information on Amber's medical history as possible. Next client, Jane Simmons this case is extra sensitive since she is suing the professional football player Daniel Johnson of rape. Huck, I need you to review the security footage from the bar on 2nd street and see if he drugged her drink and follow the street cameras to see anything after the accident. It happened on Sunday. Quinn go to the bar, speak to the bartender or anyone around there that could of saw what transpired and get as much information as possible. Stephen, I need you to check into his background see if this has happened before, find out if there is anything that is remotely close to this."

"Everyone understand?" Olivia asked, and everyone said yes. Abby, Stephen, Harrison, and Huck all walked back to their office. Quinn grabbed her jacket as she was going down to the bar to see if she could speak to anyone. Olivia stepped into her office and opened her computer to respond to emails, at the same time that her phone vibrated informing her that she got a text message.

Cyrus Beene: Hey, How about I take you out for lunch?

Olivia Pope: Sure, as long as it is shrimp scampi and you are paying.

Cyrus Beene: Sounds like a deal I will meet you at our spot at noon.


Noon arrived swiftly, and Olivia arrived at her and Cyrus favorite meet up spot. As soon as she walked in the gentleman at the door took her blazer and set it in the coat closet. She walked up to the hostess who had long copper-colored hair, and she greeted her.

"Reservation name."

"Cyrus Beene." The hostess glanced down at her sheet, scanning for the name. She noticed it and picked up a menu.

"Your party has already arrived, follow me this way."

Olivia followed the hostess to the table. She noticed Cyrus sitting there on the phone; he seemed like he was replying to an email like he always was.

"Hi"

"Hi, Hello, How are you? Long time no see Liv."

"I've been busy," Olivia, said as she scanned the menu even though she knew exactly what she was going to order.

"I'm busy too. However, I still make time for my friends."

"Well, I am sorry I've been busy but you said you wanted to have lunch, so I am here." She tried smiling at him like it dismissed the fact she had been ignoring his phone calls.

"Grant Empire has had a same lawyer for the past twenty years, but he screwed up. He messed up all the legal paperwork, and we need the paperwork finished before Monday. Liv this would be an enormous favor" Olivia tried to say something, but he continued talking "I know you two aren't talking, but you are great. You are amazing, and you know this company, please do, if not for him, do it for me." Cyrus said with begging eyes.

"Okay, drop off the paperwork by my office before tonight. I will personally make sure it is done correctly, but you will owe me." Olivia smirked at Cyrus.


Gerry had just finished his lunch that Olivia had packed him. He threw away his trash and zipped up his lunch kit. As they walked passed the classroom, the entire class stops so everyone who had lunch kits could drop them off before they went to recess. Once he placed it on his table, he went back outside the classroom and got back in line putting his hands behind his back. They walked outside, he watched as Zachary sat down on a bench with the sun beaming down on him. Gerry remembered what Olivia had told him and walked over towards him.

"Hi, Zachary my name is Gerry." He sat down next to him, and Zachary's fingers traveled to Gerry's face to familiarize it. Gerry giggled as Zachary was doing it.

"Why did you touch my face?" Gerry asked not understanding why he was doing that.

"It helps me know that it is you. So next time you talk to me…" His voice got weak. "If you talk to me I will recognize you."

"Okay," Gerry said sort of understanding what he meant. "So my mommy says you can't see, is that true?" Gerry asked now wanting to hear from him.

"Yeah. I can't anything." His voice got weak again. "How does it look? Is it pretty?" Zachary asked now wanting to know what Gerry saw.

"It's really pretty." Gerry closed his eyes like his mommy showed him earlier. "There is a tree behind us, it's my favorite tree at recess. My mommy and me play by it when she visits me at school. There used to be leafs on them, but during winter they all flew off." Zachary was smiling from ear to ear he was so happy.

"Sometimes the leafs are green, but sometimes they change colors and become red, orange, and yellow, but not right now. Right now there are no leafs, my mommy says that the tree is naked." Gerry threw his head back giggling with Zachary.

"Naked," Zachary and Gerry said at the same time, still giggling.

They didn't know because they had their eyes closed, but their teacher and principle were watching from a distance with tears rolling down their eyes. They had never seen Zachary smile, let alone laugh. It was a beautiful sight of two boys, who didn't judge each other because one could see and one couldn't. They just accepted each other for who they were.


Date: Saturday March 22, 2015

Olivia woke up to the warm sunbeams casting through her window, warming up her face. She turned her head as she glanced at the clock on her nightstand; it registered 7:23 in the morning. That was kind of late for Olivia; she usually is always up before 6:00 A.M. Olivia walked to her bathroom to turn on her bubble bath. Although she slept in she was pretty exhausted because she stayed up all night completing Grant Empire's legal paperwork so she could spend the weekend with Isabelle and Gerry. She removed every article of clothing off as she climbed into the bathtub.

The hot water combined with vanilla scented bubbles was a perfect way to unwind. She glanced out the windowpane next to her bathtub. It was breathtaking; the baby blue sky with a touch of orange and pink was a perfect blend. It resembled something you would see in a photo frame in a home. It was peaceful, something Olivia needed in her life. Olivia rested her head on her bath headrest and shut her eyes, just attempting to take in this moment for as long as possible. The water became lukewarm, so Olivia quickly washed herself and stepped out of the bathtub. Tiny liquid drops fell off her body on her bath mat as she was wrapping a towel around her petite body.

She walked in her closet as she attempted to find something to wear. On the weekends, she chose to wear simple clothing like jeans. Olivia spotted a dark wash pair of blue jeans and a dark navy blue blouse. She paired it with a comfy pair of white socks because she didn't really have plans to leave the house today. As she was putting on her make-up, Olivia as she started to apply some blush to the apples of her cheeks and mascara to her eyelashes.


The room was pitch black because all of the shades were closed, letting no sunlight into the room. It was now 1:37 P.M. and Fitz was still asleep, he was exhausted. It had been a stressful week at work and wanted to stay in bed as long as he could. He was beginning to wake up but keep his eyes shut attempting to fall back asleep. However he couldn't, he got up going into the bathroom. He turned on the shower and quickly washed his well-sculpted body. Once he was done, he got dressed and walked to the kitchen. Right as he was about to grab something to eat the doorbell rang.

"Hey, you ready?" It was Preston, Kathleen's husband; they were supposed to have a guy's days today. A whole bunch of their friends were just going to hang out, play pool, drink some beer, and enjoy being away from their wives for the day.

Fitz totally forgot, being so caught up with work and being worried about Olivia he didn't remember the guy's day they had planned. However, he didn't want to be home all day by himself in his feelings. So he decided he would go.

"Yeah, let me just grab a protein bar and a water bottle." Once Fitz grabbed his stuff, he walked back to the front door, locking it on his way out. He got into Preston's car as they drove to their friends house.


The lights are dimmed in the living room as Olivia was turning on the movie for the night, they all agreed on Toy Story. It was one of their favorite Disney movies. Olivia was in the kitchen popping the popcorn while Gerry was sitting with Isabelle waiting for the movie to start. Olivia had already applied her avocado and oatmeal clay face mask, and their hair was pulled up into a bun on their head. They all sat on the couch, Olivia in the middle with Isabelle and Gerry on the side of her. Both of the kids begin to watch the movie as they grabbed a hand full of popcorn.

As the movie began, Gerry saw all the toys on the screen and remember that Olivia told him she would buy him some new toys a few weeks ago but never did. He turned his head and looked at her.

"Mommy."

"Yeah?" Olivia said now looking at him, but still watching Isabelle out of the side of her eye making sure she didn't choke on the popcorn.

"Remember when you said you would buy me new toys? Are you still going to?" Gerry asked hoping she said yes, he really wanted to go to TOYS 'R' US.

"Yes!" she said smiling. Mommy forgot, but we can go on Monday, okay?"

"Okay, mommy," Gerry replied smiling now returning his attention back to the movie while grabbing another handful of popcorn.


Date: Monday March 23, 2015

It was 5:30 A.M as Olivia was walking through the office doors. She got a call from Huck that she was needed at the office. As she walked in she saw Huck typing on his computer vigorously, she continued walking going straight to the kitchen area. She grabbed some hot water to making some morning tea to wake her up. She was never here this early unless there was an emergency. She walked into her office setting down her purse, as she noticed Abby, Stephen, Harrison, and Quinn walking into the conference room. Them all being here this early only meant one thing, it was an emergency meeting for a client.

She walked out of her office as she heard the elevators chime notifying her someone was here. However, she didn't understand why the guard downstairs didn't call her and let her know someone was on the way up. If the person wasn't OPA or someone that they knew the guard would notify them. She turned her head as she saw two people walk off the elevator. She couldn't believe her eyes at who she was seeing in her office this early. It only meant one of two things, something was seriously wrong or they needed her help. She desperately hoped it was neither but knew that it was one or the other. Why were they here? Was something wrong? All these questions were circling around her head until Huck came out of his office looking at her.

"We need your help, Olivia," said a quiet, soft broken voice.


AN: First off thank you so, so, so much for your reviews. I am honesty so overwhelmed with love from you all. XOXO. So this chapter is really just FLUFF. I hope you enjoyed it. Gerry and Bella were so cute, I enjoyed writing them so much. We also got to see a little bit of their jobs; which was also so much fun writing. As for the cliffhanger. Who do you think is at OPA, and why do they need help. Also, I know a lot of you guys are going to be asking what Olivia found out at the doctor, we will find out in a couple of chapters, so please be patient. Again thank you so much for reading and any reviews are welcomed. :)