“Frank, we need to get that furnace fixed.”
Remarried some years later, Stephanie moved into the Maple Sap subdivision with an arrogant, dominating and sometimes abusive husband. One might say that he was just the man that Stephanie deserved, offering the type of relationship she needed. A man of jerky bullying, Stephanie initially admired his qualities as those belonging to an aggressive manly-man. Stephanie quit her job, had two more children and stayed at home as a wife and mother who devoted her days and nights to ensuring Frank"s comfort and happiness. A sudden raised backhand with a threat to strike or even a shove to the wall often inspired Stephanie"s devotion of love to Frank. Perhaps Joe should have done these things while married to Stephanie!
Stephanie now spent her nights in
