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One week after the custody hearing, Paul was set to have his first visit with Alison. She hadn’t seen him in close to four months, so she was shy when we arrived at Carole and Andrew's house. The visit was for two hours. Paul and Alison were not allowed to leave, so Paul took her into the “kid’s room” and let her play while he sat and watched. The entire visit, I stayed in my car at the top of the driveway out of sight, out of fear that something may happen.
The two hours were finally over, and I saw my beautiful little girl walking my way. I opened my door and gave a courtesy wave goodbye to Paul as I buckled Alison into her seat. At first, she was very quiet as we drove home from her visit. I did not want to pressure her into talking about it, so I was going to wait until she mentioned it. Finally, as we made our final turn into our development, Alison was ready to talk.
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Rather than make a scene, I told Alison that it looked like the park was closing for the day and we could go to another park instead. I buckled her back into her car seat and started to pull out of the parking lot. I was diligent about checking all my mirrors to see if anyone was following us and from what I could see, who I thought to be Carole was no longer there. I drove to a park that is more familiar to me, and where I know, I will run into people we know. I called Renee and asked if she and Rose would like to join us just in case something were to happen and she immediately agreed to tag along.
The four of us spent about three hours playing at the park until finally Rose and Alison came running over to inform us of their hunger. We packed up the toys and snacks we brought with us and drove to Weis to pick up food to make for dinner. I decided to pick up angel hair pasta and ingredients to make a homemade sauce for tomorrow night’s dinner, and Renee decided to pick up organic chicken tenders and smiley face potato rounds for tonight’s meal. Ever since my marriage started to go south, Renee and I started alternating who cooked dinner each night so that I did not have to spend as many nights at home with Paul and the tradition has since been carried on. Rose wanted to ride back to the house with us, but we had to say no because it would be more of a hassle to put her car seat in my car just for a few minute car ride, which resulted in a double toddler meltdown.
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