Life Was Never Meant to be Lived This Way

Life was Never Meant to be Lived this Way by d. s. Levy “Do you plan to spend the whole hour saying nothing?” Staring glumly at the wall, it appeared the boy meant to do exactly that. Theo sighed. For six years, he and the boy had spent an hour a week... More

Life was Never Meant to be Lived this Way by d. s. Levy “Do you plan to spend the whole hour saying nothing?” Staring glumly at the wall, it appeared the boy meant to do exactly that. Theo sighed. For six years, he and the boy had spent an hour a week staring at each other, never saying a word and making no more progress than what was recorded in the surprisingly thin file almost collecting dust on Theo’s desk. “What’s the use of spending this time together if you aren’t going to talk?” As usual, no answer. Dr. Theo Wallace opened the boy’s file and sifted through the papers. There was very little to find there that he hadn’t already read and reread a hundred times. Tyler Osborne had been placed in county care after he had been found in his home staring at his parents whom, it was decided, had been murdered by the then six-year-old boy. He was as skinny as a live wire, sat with nervous energy and looked about as healthy as a stagnant pool of swamp water. Yellow spots rose in Less