Unresolved Guilt

Shea, Beth, and Marian are all dealing with unresolved guilt. Shea and Beth feel they are responsible for the deaths of one or more people. Mariana feels guilty because she became pregnant before wedlock and had to give that child up.

Beth has felt guilty ever since her less fortunate half-sister came to spend each Christmas with the family. As a girl, Beth feels guilty after Lily ages out of foster care and is on her own. She sends Lily all of the money she can. Beth stops feeling guilty about that aspect of Lily’s life when she learns that Julian had been sending Lily money as well. Beth says of this time: “I thought I was helping my poor half-sister who had been treated so badly. I was stupid in those days. All I can say for myself is that it was the...