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It’s something that makes me feel like I can’t breathe on the rare occasions I see her smile. It’s that last part that worries me.
"but I think he cares. And it's been a long time since I've seen my boy care about anything."
She believes she deserves nothing from anyone, yet something about her makes me want to give her everything.
“I wish I could fix things for her,” I tell my mother. I wish I could fix every single wrong that’s been done to her. Get her out of that God-awful neighborhood, make the nightmares end, protect her from all the bad things that might lie in wait for her.
Olivia, in my office, wasn’t replaceable. The need for her was sharp, urgent, painful, unlike anything I’d ever felt. At that moment, there was nothing in the entire damn world I wanted more than her. And it felt like there was nothing else I would ever want.
Like I suddenly have something to lose.
For the first time in my life, I feel safe.
