“Everything I do… I do it for YOU!”

“Please, Adrian… Please, just- just put the knife down!”

Every time she took a step back, he took one step forward.

“But I love you, Cammy… I love you, why won’t you believe me?” His tone was calm, but his eyes were crazy, and the sweat that had been gathering at his hairline was beginning to slowly trickle down his face.

It was getting dark outside, but the sliver of moonlight that peaked through the kitchen window reflected off the knife in his hand.

A quick glance at her full knife block told her everything. He had brought it with him…

… He had planned this.

“I-I believe you, Adrian, I do. I believe you-“

“THEN WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME?!” The sudden shift in his demeanour caused her to jump, and she instinctively held her arms up in surrender, tears tickling the corners of her eyes. She answered back meekly, barely above a whisper;

“I’m s-sorry… I’m sorry, Adrian…” she didn’t dare look at him. She kept her head down, willing the tears back into her head and praying to whatever deities she could think of that he would come to his senses. He hadn’t always been like this.

When they first met, he was as kind as a kitten and wouldn’t dream of laying a hand on her, but something changed…

One day, as if possessed by some unholy entity, he had snapped. He was a different person.

He was cold.

He was distant…

He wasn’t the person she had fallen in love with… Not anymore.

“I can’t live without you, my love… I won’t.”

Suddenly, her back was up against the wall. She grasped blindly at the table beside her, hoping to grab something, anything, to defend herself. Her eyes squeezed shut tightly, she could hear his slow footsteps closing in on her.

“You’re all I want… you’re all I need.”

Unable to reach anything, she braced herself, one hand on the table, the other against the wall, and waited. He was so close now, she could feel his sweat dripping onto her head, she could smell his breath. She could hear his heart racing, or maybe it was her own…

“I’ll love you for a thousand years, and a thousand more…”

“Please, don’t…” was all she could muster up the courage to utter before a sharp pain radiated through her entire body. Her legs buckled underneath her and she collapsed to the floor. Her vision was hazy, but through the searing agony and blurry vision, she could see him crouch down beside her, the knife, now dripping crimson, still in his hand. He spoke, his tone now hushed and deranged;

“I’m sorry, Cammy, but if I can’t have you… no one can,”

She tried to speak, but no words would come out. As her eyes drifted shut, she heard him speak one last time;

“Oh Camilla… why couldn’t you see…”

“… you belong with me.”

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There’s four song lyrics in this short story, can you guess them all?

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