The Wife

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"You do know why you are here in my Psychiatric Hospital today, Miss.Dean?" said the warden.

"Why are you recording this?"

"State why you are here today?" said the irritated doctor.

"Do I need to be here?"

"Yes, you are a danger to society."

"Really?" she said tiredly.

"Yes, you kill people"

"No, I give them the peace they wanted."

The doctor pressed a button on the top of his desk that called in the nurses who were waiting to enter the room.

"Escort this young lady to her new room." the doctor said to the two nurses standing at the threshold of the door.

"As you wish, sir."

Dean tried starting conversation with the nurses, but they didn't seem to even know she was there with them.

"Hey, ladies am I able to get some pictures to decorate this drab thing." said Dean.

"What thing?" said a nurse, while the other nurse started to walk away.

"This thing you call a room."

"Excuse me?"

"I mean the room seems like a basement where you would store decomposing bodies."

"I designed that room." said the nurse angrily. The nurse left after locking Dean in the basement. Dean sat on her bed and looked at the wall for countless hours until the door opens again.





"Time for your first appointment," said the same nurse from yesterday.

"Where are the cuffs?"

"Just start walking down the hall."

The two of them started their journey down the hallway towards the warden's office. The door was open meaning the warden was waiting for her to enter.

"Come in and take a seat," said the warden.

"What do you want?"

"I want to help you."

"Help me as in that you want to make sure that when I leave I won't kill someone."

"No, I want to make sure that you know what is right and wrong."

"How is that different from what I said?"

"Right and wrong is more broad and helps with daily life."

"I don't understand."

"What?"

"I'm not allowed to leave, so why should I learn?"

"So that the court might change their minds on your sentencing."

"Why should I stop giving people peace of mind?"

"Do the people you 'put to sleep' actually tell you that is what they want?"

"Their eyes tell me that they do. The eyes always seem desperate and tired."

"Those people were desperate, because they didn't want you to kill them."

"How would you know? I mean your wife probably would rather be at peace than with you.

"How...how did...you know that I have a wife?" said the warden nervously.

"Do you wonder why you haven't seen your wife lately, mister? I mean you looked happy when you were with her, but she looked tired and bored of you."

"When?"

"Do you remember that trip she took?"

"Yes," he said shakily.

"I followed her and I 'bumped into her'. We had a nice long conversation together. She invited me back to her hotel room."

"Why?"

"Everyone is waiting to be at peace."

"You're crazy. You do realize..." he started saying but stopped when a nurse came in with.

"Time to go to the table."

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⏰ Last updated: Jan 30, 2018 ⏰

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