Gone (complete)

Chapter 16

Olivia had started to get used to the country, all the fresh air, trees, farm life and quiet and peaceful surroundings. "Im glad I got the opportunity to have a home and to feel normal, with the most wonderful family." She thanked everyone at the dinner table, Hunter felt proud of his work, helping her settle in, she seemed to have formed a better bond with him then the girls. After all she was more of a tomboy and loved to get dirty and adventure. "Olivia, can you help me do my hair, my arm is tired!" She heard the voice of Jamie as she lazily sat on a chair near the mirror of her room. "You can do it yourself, I'm busy." Olivia rolled her eyes at the young teen who crossed her arms and gave her a glare. "So childish," she thought with annoyance, she walked outside to grab her bike, she decided a bike ride would get her mind off things. She hadn't been able to cope without Case very well, she missed him, a lot.

She stroll along with her three dogs beside her, racing her in the paddocks. She looked over at the city in the distance, "If only you knew..." her eyes show coldness and her heart ached. "Do you miss me?" She asked herself, she looked down at the dogs who lay down and waited, panting from the long run. "We will rest here for a bit," she told them and rest her bike on the tree. She sat, leaned against the tree and relaxed, she stroked the nearest dog to her, Jesse nudged her away from Midnight to replace him. "Naughty girl," she laughed, the two tackled each other when they realized the situation. "Knock it off," she warned them, picking the younger pup up, Jesse struggled to free herself and gave up, licking her on the face. She released the pup as she got up to grab her bike. As she traveled back, a droplet of rain hit her head. "We better hurry up," she sped up a bit. An hour later she got to a shed across from her house, she sat on a hay rack with her lunch, a sandwich and tropical juice box. The horse looked over at her, her favorite one galloped over to her curiously. It was Snowflake her plain white beauty, she smiled at her and stroke her snout as she approached. "No rides today, i'm just chilling," she spoke with sadness in her tone. Even if the animal didn't understand it did know her body language and walked away, she was left helplessly sitting there. "lets head inside," she told the dogs and they ran inside, the pups stumbled in one by one, up to her room. She collapsed on her bed as she hit her room and relaxed, she was cold and exhausted. She looked over at the enclosure that's on top of her clothes drawer, "hey dragon," she looked for the tiny lizard in the cage. "Hunter, have you seen dragon?" she started to freak, he slowly looked up at her weirdly, "you mean the lizard the girls found outside and are releasing it?" he asked with shock. "WHAT!" she sped past him angrily and searched dramatically across the house for the two mischievous girls. "Good bye my friend," she heard Hollie in the distance, she was placing the lizard on her window seal, hoping for the creature to jump off, "NOOO!!!" she ran forward and snatched the lizard in her hands. She felt a feeling of relief when she had a grip of it. She looked down at it, but to her surprise this wasn't the same lizard. It was in fact a native species to Florida, she felt a offence to this. The fact the girls even tortured an endangered species, she placed it back on the window and encouraged it to escape and turned to her sisters. "Where is he? i know you have him somewhere!" she snapped. "Who?" Jamie asked trying to seem clueless, she wasn't really good at it. "My pet leopard gecko is missing from his tank, show me where he is, he couldn't have got out without you opening it or taking him out." She frowned, desperate to know if he was safe. "Oh i needed him for my lizard collection, it killed him very humanely," Jamie replied and grabbed the jar. Olivia went pale in the face, she had no words to give them, she just showed horror in her eyes. She turned and walked away, not speaking to them for the rest of the day, she had come back later to snatch his poor lifeless body, they had stabbed him to death with a bulletin pin. She berried him in the backyard with flowers and a photo of him that was on his tank. She felt a special connection with the reptile and it was one more thing that had been taken away from her, after all, it had been one of the last thing she had bought with Case that had a meaning. She remembered she still had her free purchase voucher from the shelter, she didn't think she would use it. "Mum, I have had a lost..." she exclaimed to her mother she walked in the door from finishing work. "Oh dear," she felt guilt. "I can buy you another lizard," she suggested, "that would be replacing him, after all he was special to me..." she sniffed. "I'm sorry, he is in a better place now, no more torture," she hoped. "I wish i had kept my door shut from stupid brats," Olivia frowned. "Don't talk about them like that, they mean well, they are just a bit irresponsible." She explained honestly, "anyway, we got some cute kitties up for adoption, I almost bought one home." Olivia grinned at this news, "we don't need any more animals right now," she thought wisely. "Yes, it would be a bit crowded since you have only been here for 2 weeks and the cats are still learning to get used to each other. Claire is a bit of a handful," her mother thought.