When Marjorie was on her way home, she stopped off at the shop to get herself some chocolate. She just wanted to cheer herself up. She got home and got settled on the sofa, choosing a film on Netflix. As she sat and ate her treat, she thought back over the day and wondered for the millionth time why her Mum was so critical. She always had been. It's not like she wasn't loving, because she was, but she had a mean streak that ran through her personality.
For a long time, it was actually something she and her Mum had shared. She would never tell anyone but every so often Marjorie would find herself in tears when she remembered how she used to be - she was a terrible manager and nobodies friend. She was never sure what really caused her to look in the mirror one day and see her Mum staring back at her - not physically, Marjorie had always looked more like her Dad. Maybe it was the facial expression she'd been wearing? Whatever the case, it scared her. She started imagining how her staff felt when she was dismissive - probably the way she felt as child when her Mum snapped at her or told her to go away.
Another thing that plagued Marjorie was the idea that if she'd met Reece just a couple of years earlier, he wouldn't have been able to stand her. It shouldn't have mattered because she didn't meet him then, but imagining the disgust he would have felt at her previous personality frightened her. She loved that man with her whole heart, and she'd waited so long to find him. It was just sheer luck that she'd managed to wake herself up before they met. It scared her so much in fact, she'd never really discussed any of this with him. What if the stories were enough to disgust him now, even though they were all in the past.
Marjories eyes felt fiery hot as tears began to fall. What if that version of her came back? She thought she was in control, but what if there was a trigger she didn't even know about? Sometimes she felt like she was standing on a ledge, so close to falling and losing everything.
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SHE LOVES ANYWAY - (TNN - MARJORIE)
Fanfiction**WORK IN PROGRESS** What was Majorie's childhood like? Why does she jump to conclusions? What does she struggle with? What is she scared of?
