Within An Impasse

Will You or Won't You?

"Your phone's ringing babe."

"I'm about to get in the shower, can you tell who ever it is I'll call them back?"

"Sure thing honey."

"WillowBrooke? Hmm...Hello?"

"Hi This is Barbara Miller from WillowBrooke Institute, I'm calling to speak with Ryan Gibson?"

"Uh he just went into the shower, can I take a message?"

"Yes, Please ask him if he would come see us some time today. It's pretty urgent."

"Um okay, I will."

"Thank you so much buh bye."

"Bye."

The curiosity got the best of her as she decided to look up Willowbrooke on her phone. 

"Mental health and asylum...what the fuck?...Ryan!"

"What's wrong baby, who was it?"

She went into the bathroom, and spoke to him from outside of the shower. 

"A lady name Barbara asking you to come to WillowBrooke, and she said it's urgent."

Ryan rolled his eyes, "She always says that. I don't wanna go up there."

"Why the fuck would you go up there in the first place? It's an Insane Asylum. What business do you have there?"

"Relax baby, It's nothing."

"You have a relative staying there or something? Maybe you should go up there I know your grandma is getting sicker, but I didn't know she went crazy."

He turned off the shower, pulled the glass door open, and grabbed a towel while he looked at her. 

"My grandma is not at WillowBrooke."

"Then who the fuck is? And why haven't I known about this?"

"Because it doesn't matter, I'm not going there anyway."

"Ryan I am your fucking wife!  What the fuck is going on?"

"Shelia, just drop it okay, It's not important. Now I have to get ready to go to work." He looks at her with an annoyed face then walks away. 

She decided to call the number back on her own phone to get her answer. She went outside to smoke a cigarette to get away from Ryan.

"Hello? I just spoke with someone named Barbara Miller?"

"One second." About a minute later...

"This is Barbara speaking, how may I help you?"

"Hi yes, I just spoke to you, can I ask who Ryan needs to see?"

"Well patient confidentiality is important so I am afraid I can't give you that information."

"Okay, I understand, but I am his wife. Is there a sick relative that he has there and needs to see, can you give me that much?"

"No, what I can say is that she has been here a long time, and he used to visit, but not so much any more. I imagine you told him my message and he brushed it off."

"Yes, and he won't even speak to me about it."

"I was afraid of that, thank you for telling him at least."

"No problem...I'm going to get him down there somehow."

"I'd appreciate that if you can."

She hung up the phone more furious than ever.  "That low down dirty fucking liar! He's cheating on me with some insane bitch at an asylum?" She heard the door to the house shut as Ryan left.