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Elizabeth is sitting in the living room on the couch in her pajamas. The lights are dim and low and papers are scattered around her. The home is silent except for her fingers tapping away at the keyboard and the occasional shuffling of paper work. A notification sound comes from the computer. Elizabeth leans in and stares at the screen with her eyebrows crumpled as she reads. She leans back and her face becomes blank as she stares off into the distance. She closes the laptop, stands up and goes into the bedroom. As she approaches the bedroom door she reaches up to the top of the doorframe, grabs and object and puts it into the pocket of her pajama pants. Elizabeth enters the bedroom, climbs onto the bed, brings her knees to her chest, wraps …show more content…

Derek: It was great. As you can probably already tell, we went to the bar afterwards. Elizabeth: Is that where you met up with Cindy? Or did she meet you at the game? She sent you and email while you were out but I am guessing you already knew that since you wrote her back expressing how much you wished she was there. Derek stands up straight trying to now portray himself as being …show more content…

He walks back over to the door of their bedroom and begins to ram his shoulder into it. Elizabeth, in the bedroom, becomes frightened. She unplugs the lamp from the night stand and places it on top of the armoire. Meanwhile, Derek in the hallway has begun to kick the door. Elizabeth: Please just go away. Its three o’clock in the morning. You have work tomorrow and you are going to wake the children. Elizabeth moves the nightstand into the clothes closet and then scurries to the other side of the bed. She looks up and sees the door beginning to crack. She bends over and struggles to push the queen sized bed in front of the bedroom. She tries to turn the armoire to create a barrier in front of the door but she does not do it in time. Derek breaks through the door and pushes until the bed is moved out of the way enough to allow him access to the bedroom. Elizabeth stands in the corner frightened as she hold her hands to her chest. Derek walks over to her and put his face really close to her. Derek: Give me the key to my bedroom and to my house and get out. I do not want you here anymore. Just leave and never come

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