[ IP ] It does n't have to be like this ...

`` WHY?!'' 
 
 `` You're asking questions you know the answer to, can we get on with this?'' 
 
 `` Get on with this? GET ON WITH THIS?'' 
 
 `` Did you really think I would n't go through with it? Now help me get her body in the truck.'' 
 
 `` Actually I thought you would have been true to your word. And do n't you dare fucking touch Lucy.'' 
 
 `` I'm as true to mine as you are to yours Adrian.'' 
 
 `` What kind of standard am I! I do n't have the luxury of being omnipotent so I get to fuck up every now and then, would n't you think?'' 
 
 `` I suppose it's a possibility. But what's done is done, are you going to help me or not?'' 
 
 `` No I'm not helping you you fucking monster! They're all wrong about you, those idiots!'' 
 
 `` Thanks, have n't heard that one before. If you're no good to me then you should just wake up.'' 
 
 `` Wait what do you m --'' 
 
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 As the nurse changed the sheets in the neighboring cot, Adrian felt waves of relief wash over every fibre of his being. 
 
 `` Thank God it was just a dream!'' 
 
 `` Dream? God? I thought we'd heard the last of that out of you. Here's some applesauce honey, it'll make you feel alright.'' 
 
 Without question, Adrian swallowed his paper cup of applesauce. It tasted funny, but who was he to question free applesauce from the cute nurse? 
 
 The news was loading up on his ipad, the main headline being a quote from someone with the same name as him. 
 
 `` It did n't need to be like this!'' 
 
 The article read: 
 
 After a psychotic episode, Adrian Wallace ( 34 ), murdered his wife Lucy ( 32 ), with nails and a hammer. Neighbors called the police after hearing her cry for help, and Wallace was discovering slitting his wrists on the roof of his apartment building. He was brought to urgent care and faces what is expected to be a short trial. 
 
 Shock. 
 Adrian lay dumbfounded, angling his iPad away from the nurse to make sure she did n't see what was on the screen. 
 
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 This is my first post to writing prompts. If anyone cares or finds this interesting, I'll continue! 

