DEAD BEAT FATHER

by ALEXIS GARCIA
(CHICAGO IL)

HI MY NAME IS ALEXIS I HAVE A 3 YR.OLD DAUGHTER WHO WILL BE 4 SOON.ANYWAYS.....HER FATHER OR SHOULD I SAY DEAD BEAT FATHER OWES ME CHILD SUPPORT HE WAS PAYING FROM THE END OF JANUARY UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF APRIL OF 2008.I HAD A JOB BUT I ALSO COUNTED ON THAT CHECK TOO.

I NEVER SAW A PENNY SINCE.HE SHOWS UP TO SEE HER EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE WHEN ITS CONVENIENT FOR HIM OR WHEN HE CAN GET AWAY FROM THE OTHER GIRL HE GOT PREGNANT AFTER ME.OH AND BY THE WAY I FOUND OUT BY HIS SISTER THAT THIS OTHER GIRL WAS PREGNANT AT THE SAME TIME I WAS BUT HAD A MISCARRIAGE THAT REALLY TICKED ME OFF TOO.I ALWAYS FELT THAT HIS GIRLFRIEND WAS JEALOUS OF MY DAUGHTER I CONFRONTED HIM ABOUT IT AND ASKED HIM IF SHE WAS THE REASON THAT HE WAS SEEING HIS DAUGHTER AND HE NODDED HIS HEAD YES BUT OF COURSE DENIED IT LATER.MY DAUGHTER IS ABOUT TO BE 4 AND THAT LAME EXCUSE FOR A MAN HAS ONLY SEEN HER MAYBE 12 TIMES IN HER LIFETIME BUT THATS PROBABLY GIVING HIM TOO MUCH CREDIT PROBABLY LESS THAN THAT.

HE SHOWED UP TO HER BIRTHDAY PARTY WITHOUT A GIFT GAVE HER A $10 TOY FOR HER BIRTHDAY,AND ON TOP OF THAT HAS THE NERVE TO TELL ME IM NOT DOING A GOOD JOB RAISING HER WHEN IM THE ONE WHO'S BEEN TAKING CARE OF HER SINCE THE DAY SHE'S BEEN BORN AND STRUGGLING ON MY OWN AT THE AGE OF 17.THEN HE HAD THE NERVE TO THREATEN ME THAT HE WAS GOING TO TAKE HER AWAY FROM ME AND TAKE HER OUT OF STATE TO WHERE HE WAS MOVING TO.