Chapter 5-The Intermission
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Olivia woke up sweating in her apartment that evening. She was thinking of Elliot again. How many times had it been tonight? Five? Six? She was about to call Elliot, to check up on him, who cares about his sleeping family? Before she reached the phone, it began to ring.
"Hello?"
"Hey Liv, sorry for waking you."
"That's okay, I was actually about to ring you myself."
"Oh." Liv thought he was talking rather loud. It was two a.m. his family would be asleep. She voiced her concern.
"Nah it's okay. Today all things final, me and Kath are fully divorced." He sounded light hearted.
"God, Elliot you never even told me!" she sounded exasperated "Who got the kids?"
"I did. There was no argument, Kath wanted me to look after them. Maureen's old enough to take care of the rest."
"Why divorce?"
"Everything was fine. Kath needed to get out. She never meant to be a house wife. Maybe one kid, or two, but four is getting her overloaded. She'll visit everyday or two. We were never meant to get married, so we're still gonna stay friends." He clarified.
"Wow. I didn't know it was that simple."
"Well, it is. Just thought you should know."
"Okay. This is officially the weirdest phone call I've ever received."
"Ha ha ha ha." He laughed. Liv never knew she liked hearing him laugh. She hoped he'd do it more often.
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Elliot sat in the lounge room with his kids. Dickie was asleep in his lap, Lizzie was arguing with Kathleen, Maureen was smiling up at her father.
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NEIL'S PERSONAL NOTES: Solitary Confinement Watched Elliot today and as always he was completely silent. I don't know how he does it, every night, then all day the same position, on his bed, staring at the ceiling. It's as though he never sleeps. I hate the fact they've kept him locked in this room ever since the incident with David. That spoiled brat didn't even get a lecture, and they lock Elliot in the solitary room because he's a 'danger to others' and 'unable to receive social contact'. They never asked me, the psychiatrist, about his behaviour; instead, because David is the Warden's son, the judgement was instantly passed over to him. That would have to be the most unfair treatment Elliot's ever received since being here apart from the whack over the head with the baseball bat to 'restrain him and prevent him from becoming more violent'.
Yesterday I brought Elliot his lunch, as well as having a small conversation with him. It is clear that by locking him in this room they are making him more socially estranged. I am extremely worried about what this could do to him in future.
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Early the next morning Elliot was busy filing some old case reports when Huang approached him.
"Morning Elliot. I just came to tell you you've passed on the psyche evaluation."
"What?"
"You've passed."
"Why? Aren't I some psycho freak bent on the destruction of all man kind?"
Huang laughed. "No, you're actually quite healthy. There's no way the events of the past will affect your work here. But, there is an interesting fact I learnt about people with your type of anger syndrome."
"Eh? What's that?"
"Every single person recorded in the states to have this particular problem, except for you, have ended up in a mental hospital, in the highest security sector."
"Ah."
"There's just one more thing, I'll still need a full recount of events from you."
"Damn"
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End of Chapter- Hey, hope the divorce thing wasn't too abrupt, I just decided I didn't like the whole marriage thing and that getting rid of it in one go would be better. Just imagine they'd been planning it a long time k? More to come! Once again, R&R!
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Olivia woke up sweating in her apartment that evening. She was thinking of Elliot again. How many times had it been tonight? Five? Six? She was about to call Elliot, to check up on him, who cares about his sleeping family? Before she reached the phone, it began to ring.
"Hello?"
"Hey Liv, sorry for waking you."
"That's okay, I was actually about to ring you myself."
"Oh." Liv thought he was talking rather loud. It was two a.m. his family would be asleep. She voiced her concern.
"Nah it's okay. Today all things final, me and Kath are fully divorced." He sounded light hearted.
"God, Elliot you never even told me!" she sounded exasperated "Who got the kids?"
"I did. There was no argument, Kath wanted me to look after them. Maureen's old enough to take care of the rest."
"Why divorce?"
"Everything was fine. Kath needed to get out. She never meant to be a house wife. Maybe one kid, or two, but four is getting her overloaded. She'll visit everyday or two. We were never meant to get married, so we're still gonna stay friends." He clarified.
"Wow. I didn't know it was that simple."
"Well, it is. Just thought you should know."
"Okay. This is officially the weirdest phone call I've ever received."
"Ha ha ha ha." He laughed. Liv never knew she liked hearing him laugh. She hoped he'd do it more often.
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Elliot sat in the lounge room with his kids. Dickie was asleep in his lap, Lizzie was arguing with Kathleen, Maureen was smiling up at her father.
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NEIL'S PERSONAL NOTES: Solitary Confinement Watched Elliot today and as always he was completely silent. I don't know how he does it, every night, then all day the same position, on his bed, staring at the ceiling. It's as though he never sleeps. I hate the fact they've kept him locked in this room ever since the incident with David. That spoiled brat didn't even get a lecture, and they lock Elliot in the solitary room because he's a 'danger to others' and 'unable to receive social contact'. They never asked me, the psychiatrist, about his behaviour; instead, because David is the Warden's son, the judgement was instantly passed over to him. That would have to be the most unfair treatment Elliot's ever received since being here apart from the whack over the head with the baseball bat to 'restrain him and prevent him from becoming more violent'.
Yesterday I brought Elliot his lunch, as well as having a small conversation with him. It is clear that by locking him in this room they are making him more socially estranged. I am extremely worried about what this could do to him in future.
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Early the next morning Elliot was busy filing some old case reports when Huang approached him.
"Morning Elliot. I just came to tell you you've passed on the psyche evaluation."
"What?"
"You've passed."
"Why? Aren't I some psycho freak bent on the destruction of all man kind?"
Huang laughed. "No, you're actually quite healthy. There's no way the events of the past will affect your work here. But, there is an interesting fact I learnt about people with your type of anger syndrome."
"Eh? What's that?"
"Every single person recorded in the states to have this particular problem, except for you, have ended up in a mental hospital, in the highest security sector."
"Ah."
"There's just one more thing, I'll still need a full recount of events from you."
"Damn"
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End of Chapter- Hey, hope the divorce thing wasn't too abrupt, I just decided I didn't like the whole marriage thing and that getting rid of it in one go would be better. Just imagine they'd been planning it a long time k? More to come! Once again, R&R!