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Post by Adrian Veidt on Oct 9, 2011 21:17:36 GMT -5
"...like to come."
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Oct 9, 2011 21:19:05 GMT -5
"....no. No -"
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Oct 9, 2011 21:24:35 GMT -5
"I thought it could help-"
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Oct 9, 2011 21:31:43 GMT -5
"Help-?"
He paled, realizing what Adrian meant.
"Nothing is going to help, Adrian-" he said, a lot more sharply than he intended to.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Oct 9, 2011 21:32:27 GMT -5
There was a long silence.
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Oct 9, 2011 21:40:08 GMT -5
This was terrible timing - especially if he didn't want to give Adrian the illusion of hope - but he couldn't keep putting off bringing this up.
"But... about the divorce..."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Oct 9, 2011 21:48:15 GMT -5
Adrian looked tiredly at him.
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Oct 9, 2011 21:49:19 GMT -5
"...let's.... let's not."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Oct 9, 2011 21:55:55 GMT -5
He leaned forward, just a little.
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Oct 9, 2011 22:04:38 GMT -5
He threw the newspaper down and stood up, very agitated and uncomfortable.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Oct 9, 2011 22:05:30 GMT -5
"Adrien-"
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Oct 9, 2011 22:08:18 GMT -5
"Look, I don't want to be stuck with you, but I don't want to be that boy who married Adrian Veidt for a month, either-"
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Oct 9, 2011 22:09:30 GMT -5
He winced but said nothing.
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Oct 9, 2011 22:13:09 GMT -5
Bitterly, he said, "You're the best man alive right now, and a film about your life is coming out, and everyone in the world knows who I am - it was silly of me to think I'd get out of this just by divorcing you."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Oct 9, 2011 22:28:20 GMT -5
"...all right," Adrian sighed. "All right. I can still provide you with a regular pension-"
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