Board Thread:Creation Box/@comment-25611136-20150815081813

Gender: Female

Birthday: 9th January, 1976

Faceclaim: Genevieve O'Reilly

Address: 19 Rose Avenue, Lebeaux

About:

Sue was born and grew up in Lebeaux. She went to elementary and high school and her school life was average yet enjoyable. Her parents, Rita and Harry Buttershaw were both very encouraging to her when it came to pursuing interests and doing things she enjoyed.

Sue was in one long term relationship during the last part of her high school education and at university. This was with a man called John Abrahms. She married him when she was 20 years old and moved in with him. Her parents didn't quite like him very much, but they were supportive anyhow. She had her first child, Ellie, when she was 21, and her second child, Hope, when she was 25.

The truth was that since not long after they had got married, John had been treating Sue very badly. He used to assault her when there was no one else around and he was starting to get really violent. Her first daughter was about 12 when she decided to finally tell people. She told her parents first and she is still glad that they were the first people she told; they were supportive and helped her get help.

After the whole story came out, Sue went to court and she got full custody over her children. Both of them are somewhat scarred by the experience. Sue lost most of her friends after that, but she has started to rebuild friendships with new people, mostly her colleaugues. She works as a registrar at the Lebaux Natural History Museum.

Even after her experiences, Sue remains reasonably positive when she is with her children, but she doesn't believe that there's any point pretending everything is fine when it isn't, as she was directly involved in the consequences of doing exactly that. She could be described as a good parent, although she is sometimes prone to breakdowns, especially when something reminds her of her violent husband. She is generally intelligent and realistic about stuff and she's very organised.

Characters Involved: Ellie Abrahms & Harry Buttershaw  