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...A child who’d never know a father that had deserved him more than she could tell, knowing that she must lie to her husband, the truth of it would not end very well. The moments when she should feel only joy, she just felt despair she could not avoid. The weight of it all pushed Whitney to drink, she hid it well, since Jerry worked a lot, the au pair did most care for the baby, since inside Whitney was nagged by dark thoughts, she’d see her youngest, and think of her loss, then call the au pair, and hand the babe off. This pattern went on for about a year, all of her family noticed the grim mood, Jerry did his best to cater to her, but despite this Whitney didn’t improve, when, despite her kids, everything seemed wrong, when in her own life she didn’t belong. It wasn’t suicide that claimed Whitney, at least it was not the conscious sort, it came when she’d exhausted her wine, and without a thought, went out to the store, far enough gone that she didn’t realize that she had no business trying to drive. Her car was found at the base of a bridge, she gone so fast she’d burst through the guard rail, the coroner said she’d died in impact, when Jerry heard of the news he just wailed, he may not have held the love of his wife, but to him she’d been the love of his life. JERRY Jerry found himself in a trying place, alone with three children, one of them young, working full time to keep everyone fed, without nannies he would get nothing done. But even then, his children were depressed, not understanding the whole of this mess. He’d never been an emotional man, but he tried his best to be there for them, especially their one-year old baby, who, of course, needed so much attention, Jerry’s hair turned gray trying to keep up, and he was still mourning for his lost love. He managed to find some sort of balance, some way to keep his kids going through this, they were the only good this he had left, the only reason he cared to persist, alone he had little time for himself, it did take a toll on his mental health. He’d no time for dating, didn’t want to, it still hurt too much to not see Whitney, all his time was spent with his three children, there was none left for fun or for hobbies, Jerry felt himself a shell of a man, everything was struggle, there was no more plan... CONTINUES IN PART V.
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