The Good Daughter

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Paige Clarke is a good daughter: a choice made early in her life out of her love for her adoptive parents. She spent her life being what she believed they wanted her to be; a nurse and a devoted daughter who abandoned her personal choices to gain their love. Yet, being a good daughter carries with it the seeds of silent discontent. Her adoptive mother taught her to not take a risk, always look before you leap, all the adages of a quiet, uncomplicated life. These admonitions led her to feel inferior, to not trust her judgment, especially when it came to the dangers of having children around. An idea that was proven correct one day when the child Paige was babysitting became ill. This incident and her mother's anxiety led her to believe she shouldn't have children. And when her boyfriend Tony Phillips asked her to marry him, talking incessantly about the children they'd have, she felt forced to reject his proposal on the grounds that she couldn't overcome