Rachel Shannon
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but when he was 13 years old, this friend did ultimately pass away from cancer, which is obviously such a difficult and tragic thing to have to go through, especially when you're that young.
After this, it seemed that Michael started to keep to himself and he didn't really talk much to anybody.
Then when he entered high school, he started doing it pretty poorly and then he did ultimately drop out as well.
After this, Michael pretty much just jumped from job to job and he was never really able to keep a job for too long.
He also enjoyed spending his time outside and he really liked hanging out with his friends and partying.
He was also one of those men who enjoyed playing the field.
He saw himself as a player and he would often brag about how many women he could bag.
By the time he started dating Erin, he was still living at home with his mother and his younger brother.
I do also want to note that he seemed to have a pretty dominant personality.
He liked to take control, so he kind of had control of his household and his mother was pretty passive and pretty much just let him do whatever he wanted.
I will get more into this in just a bit, but now let's go back to Erin and Michael.
The two had dated for a couple of months before Michael had met Erin's parents, and when he did, they described him as being nice and polite.
Friends of Michael also said that he did not act in his usual way with Erin like he did with most other women.
Now, like I said, he was a player who didn't really seem to care much about the women he dated.
He didn't really respect them other than just bragging about how many women he can get with.
But it was different with Erin.
Friends said that he was infatuated with her and he seemed to have genuine feelings for her.
But as the relationship went on, Erin's parents would find out more and more about a lot of things that were happening in the relationship behind the scenes.
Erin confided in her dad that Michael had been jealous, possessive, and very controlling.
She told him at one point that he wasn't overtly violent,