Round Ten - Chalmers

Ash was completely entranced with being a father, and hated letting little Josh out of his sight. It was such a shame he had to go to work; he would have loved to be a stay at home dad. Unfortunately, they needed the money.


Jacinta was less impressed. Sure, she loved the little wriggling thing that had lived inside her for nine months, but she hadn't bonded as completely as her husband had.

Josh grew into a toddler, and a difficult one at that. Things would have been okay if Ash had been able to take off more time at work, but life isn't always easy. Jacinta was feeling permanently tired and hungry and couldn't keep up with her toddler son, often falling asleep where she sat.


She was also feeling nauseous on top of everything else, often having to stop in the middle of teaching Josh some skills because she felt too sick.


She ended up spending a lot of time in bed. Then one day she woke up in extreme pain and was rushed to hospital, fearing a burst appendix.


It was there she found out she'd miscarried. She hadn't even known she was pregnant! Suddenly it made sense. She hadn't wanted another child so soon but she was still extremely upset.


She was still very tired and weak, which, when combined with how depressed she was, meant she spent a lot of time in bed and started avoiding Ash and leaving the childcare entirely in his hands.

She also renewed an acquaintance with a girl from their old apartment complex. She was very pretty... it seemed her attraction to girls as well as boys hadn't faded entirely. Jacinta briefly considered having an affair.


Eventually, though, the darkness lifted. She couldn't believe she'd been so reckless! She would never leave Ash. They were good together.

Note: Ash had to go to work because he would get fired otherwise and Jacinta had a day off anyway. Josh picked that day to be especially difficult and Jacinta's needs kept plummeting. Whenever I sent her off to bed, she'd wake up straight away because she needed food. Whenever I sent her to get food, she'd either eat a tiny bit then run off to be sick or, as you saw above, fall asleep in the food :(