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But I had thought that marriage was…is…what we have been working towards.”
    “Hunh. Well, I don’t know what the hell you expect me to say or even do for that matter.” David raised up from his chair suddenly. “I’ve lost my appetite. I’m going to go out and hang with Hank for a while. I’ll be back when I’m back.” And with that, David put his shoes on, grabbed his keys from the table and left.
    Felicia’s entire pregnancy had been stressful and for a while there, in jeopardy. She was constantly having to be monitored for her high blood pressure. She’d been having a lot pain and discomfort one night and had to catch a cab to the hospital. David had left work, Felicia giving him the perfect excuse to. After David arrived they both listened to the fifteen minute lecture the doctor gave them. It was imperative for both the pregnancy and her health, that Felicia be stress free for the rest of it. David argued with her the entire fifty minute ride home. Felicia always wondered if his intention had been for her to have a miscarriage that day.

Chapter Three
     
     
    When Dana was born, everything changed for Felicia. There was a major shift and David was no longer the main priority in her world. Instead, it was the precious bundle of joy that she would spend hours upon hours staring at, while cradling her in her arms. Nothing changed at home where David was concerned. In fact in became worse.
    When Dana, who was no more than fourteen months at the time, dirtied her pull up one afternoon, she pulled it off and had tracked it throughout her bedroom floor. Any parent that has gone through the early toddler years, knows this is not an uncommon occurrence. But to David Foster, it was the end of the world and the vilest thing he had ever come across ever in life. Of course it was a direct reflection of a behavioral issue they weren’t aware of. The answer was to beat the behavior out of Dana. As soon as Felicia heard her baby’s cries ring out, she stopped scrubbing the carpet and shot up from her hands and knees. Felicia ripped Dana from his grasp before the third slap could meet her bottom. Holding her baby to her chest and crying hysterically herself, Felicia told David that if he ever laid a hand on her child again, it would also be the last day he took a breath.
    David moved out soon after that and would just come over on the weekends to give Felicia a break. When David moved out he purchased a house, stating that he needed time to sort out his life and feelings for her, and to decide if he still wanted the same things, including her. Of course that didn’t stop him from wanting to be intimate with her. Their relationship remained like that for four years after Dana was born. At first her family told her to be patient, he would surely come around. He still participated, (showed up in David’s case) every now and then at family functions and would spend “quality” time with Felicia and the baby. This usually entailed him sitting on her couch watching sports.
    As much as Felicia wanted to marry David when they were first dating…all that faded once she got to know the real David Foster. Gone was the man that held open doors for her, told her how pretty she looked or how attractive he found her. Gone was the man that paid attention to what she said and appeared to be interested in every word that fell from her lips. Gone was the man that would take her out on dates and to hang around his friends. What she now had was a grown ass man-child who acted like he couldn’t shit without her wiping his ass for him!
    Felicia’s girlfriends soon all became a distant memory. They could not stomach to sit around and witness the shitty way he treated her. And her ability to overlook it. Felicia didn’t have the heart to stop them and fight for her lifelong friendships. David had her so brainwashed she was convinced that if she didn’t have him around, she would not be able to survive raising a child on her