Not Easily Broken Pages 61- 119

Summary:
Immediately after Clarice’s surgery, David began looking for a physical therapist to start building strength in Clarice’s leg. He then came across women named Julie Sawyer. She was willing to run house calls which was perfect for Clarice’s condition. Once Julie met with Clarice, she immediately realizes that Clarice was depressed and a friendship was formed. Feeling useless and extremely bored, Clarice called her job and told them she would be returning to work. Once she returned to work her assistant Michelle also realize something was wrong with Clarice. She began having a conversation with Clarice. During this conversation Clarice revealed that her leg was taking a big toile on her emotional state.

During that time Clarice’s mother had called to let her know she was on her way to the house to spend the week. Claries mother is very control live and she has a very strong personality that does not rub well with Dave. When Dave went to go ask caprice what was the reason her mother was staying he realized that she was extremely fidgety and turned the computer off as soon as he entered the room. He did not think too much of the situation and figured it was something from work.

At the end of the first physical therapy lesson, Julie’s car would not start and she was going to be late to pick up her son. In order to prevent that from happening Dave gave her a ride and offered to pay to fix her car. That situation was the beginning of the relationship between Dave and Julie. During this ride Dave met Julie’s son Bryson and invited him to join him once baseball practice to see how he would like it.

Bryson took Dave up on his offer and actually did really good at the practice when it came to getting along with the kids. He had gained much respect from these kids and Dave was very surprised and also kind of proud of him. The relation between Dave and Clarice was also becoming worse. They no longer talked everyday. It actually got to a point in which they would go days without talking. During this time Clarice had become very excluded and quiet. That caused Dave to feel useless and unwanted. His reaction was to act like he no longer cared about her. He began taking phone calls outside and coming home later than usual. This cause Clarice to question him causing even more seperation between the two.

Quotation:

"Who was that on the phone?" "Nobody" (Jakes 117).

Reaction:
This quote represents the type of question Clarice was asking Dave when she suspected him of cheating. I do not blame her for questioning her husband but I also do not blame Dave for his reaction. As a married couple Clarice should want her husband to care for her and she should want to be the center of all his thoughts but she wants the opposite. She wants Dave to be as far away from her as possible. I do not think that the way in which Dave is handling the situation is correct but I do understand the idea that he wants to catch Clarice’s attention some way. I hope that things do not escalate pass this point because you can tell that Dave has a lot of love for his wife.