This is the question Rebecca asks Tignor. They are now married, so she thinks, and they did not get married because she was pregnant. Thinking that would be a natural reaction though when two people who are not in love get married. It's for the child's sake and whatnot, but she wasn't pregnant, she was just in love. Which might be stupider than getting pregnant at a young age. Tignor hauled her out of her safe haven in the hotel and took her around with him until they stopped and got married. He essentially aborted the first child she conceived, after they were 'married', by slapping her around until she miscarried an hour later. When she got pregnant again he conceded, "You can keep this one." Eventually they settle down in a town, she stays with her baby and he continues to travel, coming home once and awhile. When her child, Niles Tignor Junior, is about three Tignor comes home from a long absence. He is older than she remembers but still her heart appears to beat only for him. But being the jealous, creepy, and quick-to-anger man that he is he assumes that she's cheating on him. So he does what any rational man would do and proceeds to kick the shit out of her, beating up her child as well. Now before this he had slapped her around a couple of times, including the abortion of her first child, but she always justified it by convincing herself that she deserved it. This time was different though, he threw Niles Jr. against the wall. Although my feelings on women who stay in abusive relationships are that they should be stronger, one thing you can say is that they have a very primal instinct to protect their young. This was the last straw for Rebecca and she finally left him. Before she did, she asked him the question above and when his reply is a smirk, she knows: They were never married.
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