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Post by Adrian Veidt on Jul 16, 2012 2:07:02 GMT -5
"No," he said bitterly. "No, I can't think of a damned thing-"
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Jul 16, 2012 2:08:52 GMT -5
"Me neither," said Adrien, breathing heavily, tears dripping down her face.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Jul 16, 2012 2:11:48 GMT -5
Adrian turned away and stalked toward the window.
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Jul 16, 2012 2:15:10 GMT -5
Adrien sank miserably into a chair.
"What's the matter with you? I was going to come back-"
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Jul 16, 2012 2:17:02 GMT -5
"Were you, now," he said hollowly.
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Jul 16, 2012 2:18:37 GMT -5
"Isn't that what you wanted? Buh... buy a new house, and..."
She hated this man.
More than anything, she hated still loving him, in spite of everything.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Jul 16, 2012 2:21:27 GMT -5
"Yes," Adrian snapped. "You know, I've been looking on Staten Island for your sake. Staten Island. Do you even know what kind of a wasteland of American culture Staten Island is?"
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Jul 16, 2012 2:25:02 GMT -5
"You're mad at me for that? What are you trying to say, that in the hopes of keeping me you were looking some kind of cultural wasteland? Is it my fault you're selling the house?" She buried her face in her hands. "Is it because you think I'm a classless, cheap whore after everything-"
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Jul 16, 2012 2:28:56 GMT -5
"They've forests. Trees. Deer. I thought you might like those," Adrian said softly.
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Jul 16, 2012 2:30:04 GMT -5
"Why should I come back to a compulsive liar like you, after what you did to me," she said bitterly. "Don't you care? For all you know I've been sleeping on the streets, and I almost did-"
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Jul 16, 2012 2:31:58 GMT -5
"You've been with Captain Rogers, I presume," Adrian said, glancing back at Adrien.
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Jul 16, 2012 2:33:06 GMT -5
"Tony Stark's girlfriend. But yeah, I spent the first night - after unsuccessfully trying to hook again -" she added with a glint in her eye - "on Steve's couch. He didn't know I was there though."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Jul 16, 2012 2:35:00 GMT -5
Adrian turned all the way around.
"...you need not have -"
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Jul 16, 2012 2:35:41 GMT -5
"How could I ever go back to you, thinking you didn't even love me," said Adrien, lip trembling, with a hard look in her eyes.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Jul 16, 2012 2:36:53 GMT -5
"I'm astonished you believed me-"
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