Moving into the office my eyes adjusted as it was dark. I was put down on my own two feet. My eyes focused on the whitish glow as a woman's face was illuminated behind a desk. As the clicks from her typing echoed throughout the room. Her eyes then looked up from the screen and focused on me and James. Her hand moved and another click could be heard as the lights in the room came on. Feeling my pupils forcibly retract at the incoming light. Putting my hands over my eyes for a minute until my eyes adjusted. After a moment everything became clear. It was a pretty decent sized office. A black bookshelf with varying books and pictures took up the whole back wall. On the right wall there were windows and on the left papers and pictures framed on the wall. There was a mahogany desk with a few stacks of papers on the right hand side. Two picture frames on the left and a laptop in the middle. There were two brown chairs in front of the desk and the floor was hard wood and the wall were an off white. Everything the room was organized and clean to a point it was intimidating.

My attention was shocked back to the woman as she cleared her throat. She had brown hair that went past her shoulders. It was straight as if scared to have any curls or waves. Her skin was smooth and had a yellowish tint or undertone to it. Her nose was rounded. Her lips were slim and a light pink. Her eyes were brown. They were also narrowed. She was actually pretty but also pretty scary looking glaring at us like this. Reading her name tag on her desk. It said Gale Qiaolian. Judging by that I guessed she was asian. I didn't know how I came up with this assumption or where or what Asia even was. Knowledge was just streaming into my head. Like suddenly I knew that cocoa trees live for about a hundred years and are only good economically for about 60. Since they are used to make chocolate.

"So are you going to speak officer James or should I ask the kid?" She said her voice once again sounding stern causing me too back up into James.

"Me and my partner found him by central park. We chased him a couple of blocks. He doesn't seem like a run away. He doesn't match any of the reported descriptions or photos. He doesn't seem to be able to speak but he seems to be able to understand fine. Abby is running him through the database however she said it will take a while. I'm asking for permission to keep him with me until his DNA is matched." James said speaking clearly and standing up straight. I almost jumped when the woman got up and started walking towards us. She was average height and only slight less muscular than James. By the looks of her she was strong and tone. She crouched down to look me in the eyes.

"Do you speak english?" She asked. Shaking my head in response. "Well you obviously understand me to answer. Do you want to stay with officer James until we figure you out?" Nodding in response. She smiled which caught me off guard. "I trust officer James with my life. He's a good man you can trust him. If he bothers you by making you eat vegetables I will straighten him out for you." She said rubbing a hand through my hair. She then stood back up and walked back to her desk. She then returns to her serious self.

"I'm going to need a report on my desk by tomorrow morning. Keep him happy and James....buy the kid some shoes while your at it." She said smiling then putting her head back down returning to her laptop and started typing again .

Feeling a hand on my shoulder as he gestured for me to turn around and move out of the room. Watching her look up again. "再见." She said as we were leaving.

"再见, 好女人." Speaking in a small voice. Her face changed completely as James took me out the room. I guess he hadn't heard me. I don't know how I knew some Chinese. It just seem to come to me. Much like everything else swearing in my head. The facts were kinda overwhelming. It gave me a small headache.

Moving as I put one foot in front of the other. Trying to keep up with James who was moving quite easy through the room. He stopped at one of there desk were the officer from before was sitting. Stopping around two feet away from her. Her brown eyes locked on me. She was dressed the same way as James. She had a roundish face a rounded nose. Her eyes were lighter than James and her brown hair was currently tied up in a pony tail. It was straight at this moment. She had a smile on her face where I could see the perfect set of teeth. She looked back at James.

"So I'm guessing from the smile on your face, you managed somehow to make Gale say yes. How did you manage to pull that off? You were only in there for less than five minutes." She asked with a smile moving to lean an arm on one of the arm rest.

"I guess it's true that she really does have a soft spot for children. Considering she smiled and got up to talk to........I just realized. He doesn't have a name or he does and we don't know it yet. So what do we call him?" James said causing him and his partner to look at me.

"I don't know what to tell you. Has he spoken yet?" She asked. The mental image of Gale's face popped in my head again. I felt my lips turn upward but the seemed to go unnoticed.

"Not from what I have heard."

"Hmmmm. We could offer him names and see if he takes a liking to any of them." She suggested.

"I guess that will work. Are we still on for tonight?" James asked looking at her hopefully.

"I would say yes but who would watch him James?"

"We could change the setting to my apartment instead. He would be there but I'm pretty sure that he won't be making much noise. Come on Janet. I have been waiting forever for you to finally say yes." James said to the woman. I now know as Janet. She sighed with a smile and tried to regain her composure.

"Fine. I will come to your place. Make sure to send me the address. I don't want to have to track you down myself. I expect a cooked dinner and for your house not to be burned down by the time I get there. Cause we all remember the employee barbecue. Also get the kid something to eat. He has to be hungry by now." She said giving him a look at the barbecue part. She then started getting up. She rubbed a hand though my hair and walked off.

What was everyones fascination with messing up my hair? Blowing the hair that had fallen into my eyes up pushing it back to the right place. Feeling something warm touch my hand. It was warm and somewhat rough. James' hand had envelop my own as he started to walk to the exit. Wondering what they were talking about. Also what is my name? That girl probably told me but I don't remember everything she said that night. It's kinda all a blur in my head. So it probably wasn't gonna do me any good right now. I continued walking with James as he took me outside. We walked to a black car that had a blue and white circle and had BMW on it. I was guessing this was his car. James opened the side door.

"Get in. You can ride shot gun. We should go to the store first so I can prep for tonight. Then we will head to my house. I'm not gonna buy you anything super special from this store given I can buy you fancy clothes later. Just need you to have some shoes." He said smiling.

Getting inside the car and felt the smooth seat. It was warm in this car. The seat was soft and I felt my back realign as I leaned onto the back rest. The rumble of the engine was detected by my ears. The machine vibrated to life and suddenly I hear noises and blur of sounds that once unscrambled and slowed down by my ears. I couldn't help but want to fall asleep again. I was warm now and now somewhat comfortable. Using my thumb to touch my injured finger. I finally relaxed and closed my eyes.

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Chirping and the sound of rustling leaves. My eyes ripped open as they were met with blinding lights. My lungs desperately pulling air into my body. As my body. I faced a great question. Where am I?  Erratically turning my head until everything came into focus. There was grass under my body as it poked up into me. I could feel it between my fingers. It was sunny out and around where ever I am. WHERE'S JAMES?!?

Mentally triggered and panicking I start to breathe faster. When suddenly a hand grabbed mine and this crazy warmth spread throughout my body. It was calming and it felt all the adrenaline in me burned away. A woman stood before me.

"Hello. I'm Victoria!"