Carrie is introduced as the nurse who looked after Mary King when she was dying, late wife of Tom King, and mother of Tom's teenage daughter, Scarlett. It was revealed that Tom had written to Scarlett on an annual basis, but Carrie returned the letters, disappointed that Tom wasn't not prepared to be a full time father. She did, however, allow Tom to pay for Scarlett to attend a private school. After Tom's death, Carrie appeared at the funeral and the will reading where the Kings learned about their secret sister. He left Scarlett a quarter share of Home Farm and 10 percent share of King and Sons. The King brothers all reacted differently to Carrie, although they were united in their disgust at their father cheating on their mother whilst she was dying.