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History: At the age of sixteen, Rita marries John Ackerman. Little is known aside from the fact that they divorced and Rita lies to Dexter when he subtly tries to question her about it later on in the series. At some point she meets, falls for, and later marries Paul Bennett. It’s around time her mother breaks off contact with her. She has two children by him; Astor and Cody. Their marriage is never solid as Paul is addicted to drugs and was said to have regularly beat and rape her. Finally one day her daughter Astor calls the police on her father, fearing for her mother’s life. Deborah Morgan responds to the call and is said to have saved Rita’s life that night. Deborah later sets them up on a date. It doesn’t go very well. Rita was late and Dexter quickly left in order to perform a kill. Despite this rocky start they continued to see each other and build a relationship. Six months into their relationship Dexter canon begins. Paul gets out of jail early due to overcrowding. He then begins to push his way back into Rita and the children’s lives. Rita eventually stands up to him and gets him to sign the divorce papers in exchange for supervised visits with the children. Things seem to be going well until Dexter’s biological father dies. Rita cancels a visit in order to go with Dexter to the man’s home and support. Paul is less than happy about this. Paul later shows up at the house drunk. Rita reluctantly lets him in. This turns out to be a bad idea since he attacks her. Rita defends herself and runs to the neighbor’s home. Paul uses this as an excuse to sue for custody. Just when it looks as though Rita may lose the case, Paul is found with drugs and is sent back to jail. Rita gets in a fight with Dexter over being honest with her kids about what their father really was. Rita visits Paul in jail sometime after her fight with Dexter. It seems Rita has taken Dexter’s words to heart as she encourages him to be honest with their children so that they could build a real relationship. Paul agrees and Rita allows him time with Astor and Cody. Paul later tries to argue his innocence. He calls Rita and his sponsor in hopes of trying to convince Rita that Dexter framed him. She blows him off and again urges him to take responsibility for his actions. At the end of season one, Rita finds a piece of evidence that brings some validity to Paul’s story.
Rita Bennett [Dexter] 1/?
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Email: diointeriore@gmail.com
AIM: breakingpetals
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Are you at least 15?: Y
Current Characters: Lilith Sahl, Jacob Black, Christine Daae, Pope Alessandro 399th, Elektra Natchios
Character: Rita Bennett
Fandom: Dexter (TV series)
Character Notes:
History:
At the age of sixteen, Rita marries John Ackerman. Little is known aside from the fact that they divorced and Rita lies to Dexter when he subtly tries to question her about it later on in the series.
At some point she meets, falls for, and later marries Paul Bennett. It’s around time her mother breaks off contact with her. She has two children by him; Astor and Cody. Their marriage is never solid as Paul is addicted to drugs and was said to have regularly beat and rape her.
Finally one day her daughter Astor calls the police on her father, fearing for her mother’s life. Deborah Morgan responds to the call and is said to have saved Rita’s life that night.
Deborah later sets them up on a date. It doesn’t go very well. Rita was late and Dexter quickly left in order to perform a kill. Despite this rocky start they continued to see each other and build a relationship.
Six months into their relationship Dexter canon begins.
Paul gets out of jail early due to overcrowding. He then begins to push his way back into Rita and the children’s lives.
Rita eventually stands up to him and gets him to sign the divorce papers in exchange for supervised visits with the children.
Things seem to be going well until Dexter’s biological father dies. Rita cancels a visit in order to go with Dexter to the man’s home and support. Paul is less than happy about this.
Paul later shows up at the house drunk. Rita reluctantly lets him in. This turns out to be a bad idea since he attacks her. Rita defends herself and runs to the neighbor’s home.
Paul uses this as an excuse to sue for custody.
Just when it looks as though Rita may lose the case, Paul is found with drugs and is sent back to jail.
Rita gets in a fight with Dexter over being honest with her kids about what their father really was.
Rita visits Paul in jail sometime after her fight with Dexter. It seems Rita has taken Dexter’s words to heart as she encourages him to be honest with their children so that they could build a real relationship. Paul agrees and Rita allows him time with Astor and Cody.
Paul later tries to argue his innocence. He calls Rita and his sponsor in hopes of trying to convince Rita that Dexter framed him. She blows him off and again urges him to take responsibility for his actions.
At the end of season one, Rita finds a piece of evidence that brings some validity to Paul’s story.