Marion clams that her duty is to Helen.
After Helen’s death, Marion, and her husband Lincoln, took custody of their
niece Honoria. Marion believes that Charlie is not a fit father, and that he is
the reason why Helen had died. She believes that the cause of Helen’s death was
due to the night in which Charlie had locked her outside their home, in the
middle of a snowstorm, that, in addition to her already existing health issues.
Marion believes that she needs to take care for the niece, as Charlie’s drunken
habits were not fit to take care of a child on his own.