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was a result of the baby. When he’d
noticed the quadrupling food bills and
the daily black plastic sacks, he knew
otherwise. He let it all go. When he got
in from work, he didn’t want the
aggravation. It was calmer not to
question.
‘I don’t want to have to get rid of this,
Michael.’
Here we go, he thought.
‘Yes, I know Tracy.’
‘And you were the one who wanted a
family, remember?’
Unconsciously, he waited for her to say
this; it was always carefully placed in
the conversation whenever he hadn’t
done something, or had done something
and screwed it up. It was used to force
him to the wedding and then to punish
him when he failed to deliver the goods.
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