If I Can, You Can!

"IF I CAN, You Can," is a gripping story of what happens when a controlling, domineering man overpowers his wife during a long-term marriage. Reared in a home where his mother dominated his father, Roy repeats the only life cycle he knows by ridiculing Constance, checking up on her, and ruling the nest.

No one suspects what happens behind the closed doors of this family home. Constance thrust herself into her marriage, determined to be the best wife Roy could ever have. Plunging full force into the life of domestic bliss, Constance rears the children while pretending everything is fine.

When her father becomes ill, Roy suggests without remorse or regret that she suffocate him. He leaves for a while so she can follow his orders. When he returns and her father is still alive, Roy can't understand why. Years later, when Roy continues to 'torment and tease, ' Constance opens her eyes while making a clandestine plan to end the marriage. The final straw is when Roy bullies his grandchild, and later, in a fit of rage, shakes Constance violently, striking her in the head.

"If I Can, You Can," is a story with an important message. Written as a collection of narrative events, "If I Can, You Can," paints a vicious picture of the power of poisonous tongues and damaging, powerful hands, revealing the pain and betrayal of domestic violence.