Our very good friend Maria, whom my wife and I have known for about eight years, called my wife on Friday. She started the conversation with something like "we have been friends for a long time and I know you have not approved of my relationship with Damon".
Some more background after the jump.
Maria continued with the conversation to my wife "I am seven weeks pregnant and Damon hung himself yesterday". Well Nancy was speechless.
Maria has been and always will be a good person and friend to many. About two years ago she had been in a relationship with Damon and she was about to move in with him and then she discovered several girl friends that he was still seeing on a regular basis. This devastated her and she immediately asked Nancy and I to help her get moved out. We did this and she was hurt for a very long time.
Several months ago we saw that she was with him again and we just told ourselves that we hope she does not get hurt again. Damon was just not a good person and lied to her all the time and had been on drugs before but was not when Maria was with him. He was always getting money from her. Well needless to say we did not like him and what he had done to Maria the last time they were together. She loved him and we were not judging her but hoping for the best.
Well Maria was talking to Nancy the last couple of days and opened up a little and said that Damon had threatened to kill himself many times in the last several months but last Thursday they were arguing via text and then he stopped texting. Later she could not get hold of him so called a friend that lived near by and he went over and knocked on the door and no answer. He went inside and found Damon hanging. He cut him down and tried for twenty minutes to revive him to no avail. He left no note.
We spent the afternoon today helping her move things out of his house. His family is being very supportive of Maria as they knew how troubled he was all of his life.
We can only be there for her now as she brings this baby into the world and help her any way we can.