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Authors: Scott Leopold

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Facebook Message from Brooklyn
Page Napier 6/5/2014 at 5:27 pm:

I just finished chapter 7. You are
on to something... It's good... I really like it...

I love the story

We need to meet in person and talk
about the book... Send me the rest... Btw who was the love of your
life? Kim? Sorry, I meant Joe’s love :-)

Facebook Message from Tyler Ward
6/5/2014 at 5:29 pm:

LOL you will have to keep reading
to find out :-)

Facebook Message from Brooklyn
Page Napier 6/7/2014 at 6:07 pm:

OMG Chapter 8 was the best... Very
well written. Wouldn't change a thing!!!! Do Joe and Kim get
married?

Facebook Message from Tyler Ward
6/7/2014 at 6:08 pm:

You need to keep reading! I don’t
want to spoil it for you.

Facebook Message from Brooklyn
Page Napier 6/8/2014 at 3:02 pm:

I’m about halfway done with the
book now. It’s really good, Tyler. It makes me "feel" and that is
what good writers do... I feel for Joe and want to know more about
what happens to him...it makes me think of all the "boundaries"
that were not upheld or respected in my upbringing. I think when
kids do not see adults respecting boundaries it affects them deeply
and the choices they make as teens and adults. Okay I'm
rambling...

Facebook Message from Brooklyn
Page Napier 6/9/2014 at 9:00 am:

I just wanted to say hi .., I'm
sure ur busy with your girls... Reading your book has brought back
some memories of my own!!! Keep writing.. Lmk if you need
anything!

Facebook Message from Tyler Ward
6/9/2014 at 9:02 am:

I really want to thank you again
for reading my book and sending me feedback. You have no idea how
much this is helping me. Have you read chapter 10 yet? It’s very
intense.

Facebook Message from Brooklyn
Page Napier 6/9/2014 at 9:05 am:

Yes... Remember the Noble Romans?
I spent a lot of time there. So did my parents (in the bar)... We
lived in the "poor" Williams Creek, where my parents drank almost
every night and on weekends the house turned into "swingerville" or
where fights broke out! If you need any good stories
lmk...ironically I spent most of my time at the creek or in the
woods..... Or at my Grandmas!!! I have a lot in common with
Joe!!!

Facebook Message from Tyler Ward
6/9/2014 at 9:08 am:

Awwww. It’s crazy how these things
affect us. You will like the rest of the book, but not sure about
the end.

I am sorry you had to experience
that as a kid.

Facebook Message from Brooklyn
Page Napier 6/9/2014 at 9:11 am:

What doesn't kill us makes us
stronger! Did you have a first love in high school like your
character Joe?

Facebook Message from Tyler Ward
6/9/2014 at 9:12 am:

Kim was the first girl I ever
dated. We met my senior year in college.

Facebook Message from Brooklyn
Page Napier 6/9/2014 at 9:13 am:

What! You weren’t a virgin were
you?

Facebook Message from Tyler Ward
6/9/2014 at 9:15 am:

LOL, no! I had my share of high
school and college hook-ups. They were just never serious enough to
turn into a steady thing.

Facebook Message from Brooklyn
Page Napier 6/9/2014 at 9:17 am:

The first time I ever met you I
thought u were cute and nice... How gay is that? I think we were at
a party... Maybe at one of the fraternity parties?

Facebook Message from Tyler Ward
6/9/2014 at 9:18 am:

:-)

Facebook Message from Brooklyn
Page Napier 6/9/2014 at 9:20 am:

Kind of wish I had known some of
this stuff about you in college. I always thought I was the only
one going through crap.

Life is funny. Glad we
reconnected...

Facebook Message from Tyler Ward
6/9/2014 at 9:22 am:

Yes me too.

I think a lot of us were going
through stuff, but didn't tell anyone.

Facebook Message from Brooklyn
Page Napier 6/9/2014 at 11:11 am:

True!!!

I don't know whether to laugh or
cry. My dad just called drunk and screaming and crying. He shot all
his turkeys and goats to put them out of their misery!!!! When does
the drama end????? Did it finally end for you... Joe?

Facebook Message from Tyler Ward
6/9/2014 at 11:15 am:

When our dysfunctional parents
start to die off it gets less crazy, but you actually miss
them.

I think you have to embrace them
for who they are :-)

There was something in their past
that made them that way just like things in our past made us the
way we are.

Facebook Message from Brooklyn
Page Napier 6/9/2014 at 11:17 am:

Yes I know... Didn't mean to dump
... Just funny how as much as things change... they stay the
same!!!

Btw did u end up in a foster home
like Joe?? You don't have to share that info with me if you don't
want to tho…

Facebook Message from Tyler Ward
6/9/2014 at 11:20 am:

It’s complicated.

Facebook Message from Brooklyn
Page Napier 6/9/2014 at 11:23 am:

I’m sorry, I don't know about the
rest of your life, but you have a great story just about you...
What you went through... I think you need to consider a memoir for
your next book!

Facebook Message from Tyler Ward
6/9/2014 at 11:24 am:

Thanks for saying that
:-)

Facebook Message from Brooklyn
Page Napier 6/10/2014 at 10:05 pm:

It's been a rough day. I've had a
few glasses of wine, actually make that a few bottles of wine
LOL

By the way, thanks for buying
lunch yesterday :-)

Facebook Message from Tyler Ward
6/10/2014 at 10:06 pm:

What's wrong?

Facebook Message from Brooklyn
Page Napier 6/10/2014 at 10:08 pm:

Like I said yesterday, Jack and I
are having problems. Today things have gotten really
bad.

Facebook Message from Tyler Ward
6/10/2014 at 10:09 pm:

What happened?

Facebook Message from Brooklyn
Page Napier 6/10/2014 at 10:14 pm:

Jack and I are sleeping in
separate rooms. We hardly ever see each other anymore. It’s like we
are roommates. When we are together he makes me feel like I’m not
good enough for him. He wants me to dress and act a certain way.
It’s like he wants me to be someone else. I want him to love me for
who I am.

Facebook Message from Tyler Ward
6/10/2014 at 10:19 pm:

I’m sorry to hear that. Marriage
is hard. Kim and I have been married almost 15 years and the last
few have been really challenging. We hardly ever have sex anymore
and when we do it feels like it's out of obligation. All I want is
to feel like she wants me.

Facebook Message from Brooklyn
Page Napier 6/10/2014 at 10:21 pm:

OMG, I can totally relate. Jack
and I haven't had sex in over a year.

Facebook Message from Tyler Ward
6/10/2014 at 10:22 pm:

What!!!!

Facebook Message from Brooklyn
Page Napier 6/10/2014 at 10:23 pm:

I know :-(

Facebook Message from Tyler Ward
6/10/2014 at 10:25 pm:

My situation isn’t that bad, but I
know what it's like to not feel wanted.

Facebook Message from Brooklyn
Page Napier 6/10/2014 at 10:28 pm:

I don't know if I'm "in love" with
Jack anymore. I mean I love him, but I just don't feel it anymore.
He is so distant and when we're together he makes me feel like I'm
not good enough for him.

Facebook Message from Tyler Ward
6/10/2014 at 10:30 pm:

Was there something that triggered
this or has it always been like that?

Facebook Message from Brooklyn
Page Napier 6/10/2014 at 10:40 pm:

It all started when we were trying
to have kids. Jack wanted children and I wasn't sure I was ready
yet. When I told him this he got upset, then he became
cold.

As time went on he was more and
more distant. It wasn’t until I agreed to try and have children
that things got better. Instantly, he became more attentive. I
craved the affection. In a few months I got pregnant and Jack was
over the moon with excitement. He brought me fresh daffodils, my
favorite flower, almost every day. I was again the center of his
attention.

Then I had a miscarriage. When I
told Jack, I could see how disappointed he was. He made a weak
attempt to try and mask his feelings, but it was so obvious that he
was disheartened. Shortly after that he took a position that
required him to travel. We would go weeks without seeing each
other.

When Jack would come home he was
distant. I desperately wanted our marriage to work, so I tried hard
to get pregnant. I knew that’s what he wanted. I read fertility
books, took all the right vitamins, and made sure we had sex when I
was ovulating. I was determined to make this happen for our
marriage.

After months of trying I got sick
as a dog one morning. I was nauseous and I couldn't keep my
breakfast down. As I suspected and the pregnancy test proved, I was
pregnant again.

Excited to tell Jack the news, I
called him. He was in Tampa for work. He answered his phone but
didn't say hello, which I thought was odd.

I kept calling his name but he
wouldn’t say anything.

He didn’t answer. I heard voices
in the background, and then I heard Jack talking to
someone.

"Things are not good between
Brooklyn and me," he said.

"We are so different. I want kids
and she could care less. And sex, we hardly ever have it, when we
do its out of obligation. It's gotten so bad I have trouble even
getting aroused."

Jacks words hit me like a car
accident, totally unexpected then painful as hell. My heart broke
into a million little pieces. I then heard a fuzzy voice say what
sounded like "That's so sad". It was so distorted by the background
noise that I couldn’t tell if the voice was that of a man or a
woman.

Then the line went dead. I was
devastated. I wondered if Jack was having an affair. I couldn't
believe what I was hearing.

Facebook Message from Tyler Ward
6/10/2014 at 10:42 pm:

So, was he having an
affair?

Facebook Message from Brooklyn
Page Napier 6/10/2014 at 10:47 pm:

Honestly, to this day I don't know
if he had an affair or not. But I decided to not tell him about the
baby until I knew what was going on.

When he came home from his trip I
didn’t confront him about it. I made an effort to be warm and
affectionate to him. I even made him a nice dinner and offered to
rub his back. But he told me that he had to go to a work dinner,
which meant he was going out with his friends. I begged him to
stay. When he looked at me I could see the disgust he had for me in
his eyes. When I went to kiss him, what once felt electric was now
like kissing a dead fish. Hugging me he just patted me on the back
like he was placating a child.

When he got home late that night
he slept in the guest room using "I didn't want to wake you up" as
an excuse. The next day he was off to Tampa for work. While he was
gone I struggled with the thought of having his child. I now
secretly hoped for a miscarriage.

Facebook Message from Tyler Ward
6/10/2014 at 10:49 pm:

OMG, Brooke that's not
good.

Facebook Message from Brooklyn
Page Napier 6/10/2014 at 10:50 pm:

:-( I know!

Facebook Message from Tyler Ward
6/10/2014 at 10:51 pm:

I need to go to bed because I have
a meeting in the morning, but I want to hear more. How about we
meet for a drink tomorrow night?

Facebook Message from Brooklyn
Page Napier 6/10/2014 at 10:53 pm:

That’s would be nice. Let me see
if I can get my friend to watch my boys. I’ll get back with you in
the morning. Goodnight!

Facebook Message from Tyler Ward
6/10/2014 at 10:54 pm:

Night :-)

Facebook Message from Brooklyn
Page Napier 6/11/2014 at 8:23 am:

Good morning! I’m so sorry but my
friend can’t watch my boys tonight :-( Raincheck?

Facebook Message from Tyler Ward
6/11/2014 at 8:25 am:

No problem! Maybe we can meet for
a drink this weekend. So, finish your story. You said you were
hoping for a miscarriage when you suspected that Jack was having an
affair.

Facebook Message from Brooklyn
Page Napier 6/11/2014 at 8:27 am:

Yes, over two months went by and
no miscarriage. This time it stuck. I should have been so happy,
instead I was depressed. I wasn't sure I was "in love" with him
anymore. I wasn't sure I wanted to have his child in me.

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