Not Easily Broken (100-150)

Summary
Clarice is now back to work and she has a walking leg brace on. Since her right leg was the one who got broken, she had to learn how to drive her car with her left foot. But through all those troubles, she was still happy to be back at work. On the other hand, Dave invited Bryson, Julie Sawyer's son to play baseball with his team. But because Bryson is a swimmer and not a baseball player he wasn't that good and the other kids on the team laughed at him because he couldn't hit the ball. Dave is starting to feel like he is safe and relaxed and happy around Julie and Bryson. He feels more at home when he is with them than with Clarice. He feels so much better when he is with them that he starts to dream about Julie in ways that he doesn't dream about Clarice. Dave lies to Clarice about who his talking too and he meets up with her to eat. He would even go through the trouble of driving 3 hours to see Bryson swim.



Quotation
"Chill, sister," he said, holding up a hand. "If I want to drive over on Saturday and watch my man Bryson, you don't need to make a thing out of it, you know what I'm sayin'?" (Jakes 122).


Reaction
This quote shows that Dave is treating Bryson like he is his own son. Because Clarice doesn't pay him any mind and doesn't give him any attention so he is trying to find happiness from somewhere else. He would travel 3 hours to see Bryson swim in a swim meet, that shows that he is dedicated to this family. I think that maybe if Clarice didn't push Dave away so much, maybe he wouldn't try to find love and happiness somewhere else.