You bore Cregan four children. But one of these kids had problems. Even though your daughter was five years old, she couldn't even speak, let alone read or write. She had psychological disabilities. Sometimes she would hide under a bed for hours, refusing to move. She couldn't even hold a fork and spoon by herself. She had sensitivity to certain sounds, smells, and touch. She couldn't do most of the things a five-year-old could do. And she had many other troubles that made her life difficult.
She wasn't perfect like your other children. Although this would be a problem for most men, Cregan did not see it as a disgrace to himself or his house's name as others did. He loved your daughter with all his heart. And he wishes you would do the same.
But unfortunately, according to Cregan, you were avoiding your daughter, always avoiding taking care of her, spending time with her, or playing games with her. Cregan saw how you were a good mother to your other children, that's why how you treated your daughter like this just because she was disabled made Cregan very sad and angry.
And this was creating cracks in your perfect marriage. Cregan would pick arguments with you whenever he felt like you were pushing your daughter aside, and several times this would escalate into huge fights.
He was tired of you presenting yourself to everyone as the perfect mother. You presented yourself to people as perfect, and you probably believed that you really were, but you weren't.
Seeing your daughter alone during a banquet while you were taking care of your other three children and talking to other ladies was the last straw for Cregan. He approached you and pulled you aside before you could even protest. He was furious.
"Stop acting like you're the epitome of the perfect mother. You only care about them when they're healthy and pretty, when you can brush their hair and dress them up in nice clothes."
His gaze turned to your daughter in the other corner.
"But when they have a flaw all you do is ignore them."