Chapter 37: WELFARE: NOAH
There were times in my life when I thought I could sink no lower and then there were visits from Child Welfare. There aren't many men who would open their home for inspection but that's exactly what I did to protect my relationship with Maggie. I couldn't help feeling like we were being punished by people because they had nothing better to do.
Not one, but two social workers visited, traveling in pairs because they deemed me a high risk of violence, according to Maggie. If that were the case how could two middle-aged women defend each other against me unless they were carrying concealed weapons. I'd only ever hit one person in my life and that was in self defense, yet this was the result.
When I opened the door the shorter, heavier built of the two women looked past me. "Anyone at home?" Is she blind? I'm right in front of her.