80. Don't let me go

"If you wanna go then I'll be so lonely. If you're leaving, baby, let me down slowly"~ Alec Benjamin

OLIVER

I grew up without the warmth of a family nor the love of anyone around me. The nuns were too busy keeping us in check to actually love us and treat us like a big family. Over twenty children in a run-down orphanage. We were lucky to still be able to eat a three-square meal even though the portions were nothing more than three spoons full.

That's why the night I ran away and got hit by Mr. Edward Wright's car, I was prepared to die. At least then, some other kid would have my portion of food and it would be a little less burdening for the nuns.

I didn't know the meaning of love until I was adopted and the Wright couple did their best to make me open up. It still felt surreal to me. I had nice clothes, good food-- anything I wished to eat would immediately be provided.

But what the adults felt for me was empathy and sympathy, yet they were kind and interested in me as a human