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she know exactly how
her mother felt towards her? Because as far as he knew babies never
repel their mothers, it was so... unnatural.
    “ Lizzy what’s
wrong?” Dave stroked his thumb over her pink cheek.
    “ Lizzy ?” Amy said distastefully,
“Give Elizabeth to
me.” she said stressing her full name. “Come here honey.” She
looked at her with a wide smile on her face, probably facilitated
by the alcohol she was consuming.
    Dave looked at her, and
then at his daughter, what about her mother did she not like? His
list was as long as his arm.
    Elizabeth gave Amy a
blank stare, then turned back to Dave and put her tiny arms around
his neck. Dave chuckled softly. Whoever said babies could sense
evil was right.
    “ I guess that’s
a no.” He walked past Amy and went upstairs. He gave his daughter a
quick bath before he put her down. She was out like a light once
her head touched her pillow. Dave stood there for a while watching
her, something he was accustomed to doing. It gave him peace that
he often craved in the hell hole of a marriage he had or after a
tiresome long day at work.
    “ So you brain
washed my daughter into hating me?” Amy spoke loudly from the
baby’s bedroom door. Dave’s jaw tightened, pissed that his peace
had been disrupted. “I asked you a question!” Amy
yelled.
    Dave turned and marched
to the door. He shoved Amy out and closed the door gently behind
him. He turned and found her on the floor staring up at him
angrily, her glass next to her, all the content soaked up in the
carpet. She was about to yell at him again, but he picked her up
and dragged her into her room at the end of the hall way and closed
the door behind him.
    “ Who the hell
gave you the right to push me around?” Amy stood close to him,
looking up at him. She was close to two inches shorter.
    “ When will you
learn to grow up Amy? Couldn’t you see she is asleep?” Dave kept
his voice low. He didn’t have the strength to fight and he also
didn’t want to wake his daughter up just because Amy had decided
she wanted to go a few rounds.
    “ Who cares
about that brat, the only thing she’s done is drive a wedge between
us!” Amy yelled emotionally.
    “ No Amy, you
did that all on your own with no one’s help.” Dave turned to leave,
but she stopped him. She reached up and pulled him down in a kiss.
Dave pulled her away and looked at her shocked. First the baby now
this, what the hell was wrong with her?
    “ I love you
Dave. Why can’t we just go back to what we had?” her voice was
lower and she sounded desperate. He stared at her stunned. He
wasn’t sure if this was a game meant to anger him further or it was
a sincere confession. But she did look sincere.
    “ Amy I don’t
know.” He said unsure, all the anger gone from his
voice.
    She held herself tight
against him in a hug, “We can, I know we can.” Dave stared at her,
shocked more by her actions than her words, “All we have to do is
give that brat away and I don’t have to compete for your attention
anymore.”
    Dave’s anger rushed back.
He pulled her hands off him and pushed her away, “The only person
I’ll be giving away is you!” he said acidly. He couldn’t believe
he’d thought she was sincere. There was a catch, there was always a
catch to her nice attitude.
    She dropped in her lounge
chair laughing, “You actually believed me? Well, we would have
worked with that brat out of the way, but since you don’t want to
make an effort.” She swung her legs up on to the chair. She rubbed
her legs against each other seductively, and her night gown
dropped, showing her thigh.
    “ Who were you
wearing that for?” Dave asked angrily. It wasn’t out of jealousy,
but disgust. He wiped his lips roughly with the back of his hand,
imaging where her lips had been that day.
    “ Do you think
I’m also having an affair?” She laughed wickedly, “All you need to
know is I’ve had a lot of pleasure in this little thing.” She
petted herself