Her father was a “Fire and Brimstone” preacher. Her mother was a “career” church volunteer. When she was born, her father was horrified to see that she had particularly startling red hair... whereas he was brunette and his family had no history of red-heads. Her parents kept her hair dyed at all times to avert this possible scandal. Her father never blamed her mother for this little problem. Oh no. It was obviously Mary's fault. No matter how good she tried to be, she was always screamed- sorry, preached at for being a wicked spawn of Satan. The verbal abuse hurt, but not as much as the other students staying away from her for being a teacher's pet and too much of a “good girl.” Incongruent? Yes. In high school, she grew sick of being a good girl. She started acting out, trying to fit in,