Fortunately, James was still serving a twenty year sentence for nearly killing a woman police officer while raping her. “Aw, you’re no better than that guy’s wife.” My son dismissed my warning. xxx 18 “You just want another kid, a girl,” he said with distaste, “and you’re willing to break a whole commandment to have one.” Race had moved right in front of my position on the couch to stare, mockingly at me. I asked him if he really preferred watching television to supporting his family. When he did, his family would already be protected by this compassionate, economic shield. With the decline in our family income, and Race’s birthing and other medical bills, suddenly, the idea of having a daughter right away wasn’t as endearing as it had been in high school.
