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Vanessa began to let her imagination run wild and thought that maybe Don was getting violent with Cammy when she wasn’t looking. Perhaps each night before they went to sleep, he would beat Cammy into submission so that he would be quiet. If this was true, it was a scary thought.
Not only did it mean that he had no problem hitting an animal, but how would he be later on as a father? How could you trust someone to have kids when he has no issue resorting to violence? Vanessa needed answers right away and to put her mind at ease.