"your parents are-"

"dead? yes."

olivia locked her eyes on the carnations, her eyes once again filling up with tears.

"we were in a car accident when i was five. it killed both of my parents and my unborn baby brother."

"i'm really sorry," i whispered.

  she sniffed and wiped away the orbs of water away from her eyes. "don't be."

i sat myself down on the squeaky hospital bed, and took her hand in mine. "what happened next?"

olivia let out a shaky sigh as she angled herself upwards on the bed, the white carnations still in her arms like an infant.

"i got put into the foster care system. i was placed with mary-anne and william. they're great people but their just not-"

"them," i finished. "they're just not like them."

"yeah."

  silence branded itself between us, but it was a good silence.

"why do you care so much?" she mumbled.

"everyone needs someone that looks out for them."

olivia twisted her lips into a straight line. 

"thank you cole."

i half-smiled. "i'll see you soon?"

olivia pushed a piece of brown hair away from her face and looked into my eyes. 

she didn't say anything, but the look in her eyes was enough.

that's when I left her.

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