Not Easily Broken Pages 125-185

Summary:
Feeling unwanted by Clarice, Dave began to look for that feeling in Julie. Feeling bored on evening, Dave called Julie asking her if she like to go to lunch with him. At lunch, they were laughing, talking and were having had a good time. Julie then revealed to Dave that she was beginning to have feelings for him. She said that it had been a long time since she had feeling like that for a man. At that point Brock had spotted then and interrupted their good time. Dave began to become irtiable. He had a little jealously for the way Brock was hitting on Julie. When Brock tried to confront Dave later at practice, Dave became very defensive and standoffish.

Felling like she losing her husband Clarice began telling Michelle how she feeling and how Dave’s been quiet and was being very nonchalant towards her. Michelle told Clarice a couple words of encouragement and told her she should consider going to a marriage counselor.

When Dave came home Clarice confronted him. Dave then became very defensive and once again became irritable He was upset about the fact that Clarice thought he was sleeping with Julie. Dave then began to tell Clarice that Julie appreciated him and that is what he needed. When she asked him if she had feeling for her, he told her he didn’t know. At the end of the argument they both agreed that they wanted to work things out and she needed to end all connection with Julie and Clarice was going to find a new physical therapist. Clarice also told him about her depression. At counseling Clarice and Dave were able to express themselves yet things remained unsolved because they both were unsolved because they both were unwilling to change.

Julie was hurt when Dave told her he could no longer she her. She was also upset that Bryson lost a male figure who was very interested in him. Brock the called her asking about her well-being and Bryson. Julie was amazed at the support she was getting and was grateful. Upset at the way Clarice and her mother had been acting, Dave called Julie to see how he was holding up and how Bryson’s meet went. When Julie got off the phone with Dave she walked into the same salon that Clarice and her mother were in. No confrontation erupted but tension was in the air. Meanwhile, Dave was a Brock’s house to apologize for his behavior and got a little upset when he seen that Brock was working out and was talking with Julie.

While watching the news Clarice and Dave seen that a kid had died at the YMCA while doing a back flip off of the diving board. Both were shocked to realize that the kid who had died was Bryson. Dave immediately grabbed his keys to rush to the hospital and comfort Julie. Before he could leave out the door, Clarice gave Dave an ultimatum. Either he went with someone to the hospital or she would be gone by the time he got back. Dave chooses to go to the hospital.

Quotation:

“No… I been listening to you for the last fifteen year (Jakes 185).”

Reflection:
Here Dave expressed the way he felt throughout their fifteen years of marriage. He could not believe that Clarice was giving him and ultimanium at this point in time. I can understand Dave’s anger towards this whole situation because she was a little out of line in my opinion. Although he should have went with his wife to the hospital she should not have messed with his emotions at that time.