tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15391273.post-1123949945081937962005-08-13T11:30:00.000-07:002005-08-13T09:20:01.963-07:00David and Becky continued to do well, and even got to see her son now and then even after the adoption. The new baby was born, a son who they named David Clayton, "Clay" for short. He was healthy and thriving and no sign of any problems. Becky was even able to breastfeed him and the nursing kept her on an even keel, the house was always clean and supper was always on the table when David came home. The other two kids were in school. Shanna was still at Easter Seals and Mandy was in kindergarten, and soon after they moved Shanna out and she graduated to regular headstart.<br /><br />Since they had the son the wanted, and didn' t want more kids, Becky had her tubes tied and the day of the surgery she and David were resting after a long night and with the kids and an early morning at the hospital. They were suddenly awakened by a loud knocking on the door like someone was trying to break it down, and when David jumped up and opened the door he was greeted by a social worker and a police officer who informed him there was a warrent for his arrest.<br /><br />"What in the hell is this about?!!"<br /><br />They said that the head start teacher had called and said that Shanna had bruises on her butt and that she had obviously been been beaten.<br /><br />David stood there for a minute, still stunned at this, and then it dawned on him. The kids had a blanket that they loved, a black granny square afgan, and they had slept with it the night before and he had been in a frantic rush that morning to get them off to school and get his wife to the hospital for her surgery, so he had neglected to wash them off as thoroughly as usual.<br /><br />So he directed them into the kid's room and showed them the afgan and asked if these "bruises" that washed off with the soap and water that he produced were what the teacher had claimed were the result of a beating.<br /><br />They blubbered an apology and left.<br /><br />The next morning, David went to the school and asked the teacher to come into another room and right there in front of her and several other teachers, he pulled down Shanna's pants and showed them the "bruises" that had magically disappeared overnight.<br /><br />Again, they blubbered an apology and he took his little girl back home and soon after that they started looking into homeschooling.Rebecca Beasleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01418931001286237141noreply@blogger.com