Elena

So when she was, this is awful, when she was six years old, Teresa's mother divorced Teresa's father and remarried a monster named Frank Tyler, who would go on to sexually abuse her for years. Oh, that's terrible. Frank Tyler. Piece of shit. Yeah. Given the terrible conditions of her home life, Teresa would, like, lose herself in carnivals. Yeah.

So when she was, this is awful, when she was six years old, Teresa's mother divorced Teresa's father and remarried a monster named Frank Tyler, who would go on to sexually abuse her for years. Oh, that's terrible. Frank Tyler. Piece of shit. Yeah. Given the terrible conditions of her home life, Teresa would, like, lose herself in carnivals. Yeah.

You know, it was just, like, one of those things, like... Escaping reality. Yeah, it really was. It reminded me of, like, a movie we just watched for Scream, Where the Devil Roams. Mm-hmm. One of the characters in that talks about how his father was abusive when he was younger and he would escape to the circus just to get out of that reality. Right. Which is just so sad. Yeah, it is sad.

You know, it was just, like, one of those things, like... Escaping reality. Yeah, it really was. It reminded me of, like, a movie we just watched for Scream, Where the Devil Roams. Mm-hmm. One of the characters in that talks about how his father was abusive when he was younger and he would escape to the circus just to get out of that reality. Right. Which is just so sad. Yeah, it is sad.

Teresa, so she found refuge in these carnivals and circuses that would travel and they would come to her small Vermont town in the spring and summer months. Okay. She later said, the carnival fascinated me. I guess it fascinated most young people. I thought the lights and the excitement were just great. Yeah.

Teresa, so she found refuge in these carnivals and circuses that would travel and they would come to her small Vermont town in the spring and summer months. Okay. She later said, the carnival fascinated me. I guess it fascinated most young people. I thought the lights and the excitement were just great. Yeah.

Now, in a bid to get closer to the carnival and really, like, just envelop herself in it, she began working as a ticket taker during the summer. Then when she turned 18, she joined up with the circus on a full-time basis and finally got away from her stepfather for good. Good. Fuck that guy. Yeah. Before long, she met and fell in love with one of the rustabouts, Jerry Plummer. Not Grady Stiles.

Now, in a bid to get closer to the carnival and really, like, just envelop herself in it, she began working as a ticket taker during the summer. Then when she turned 18, she joined up with the circus on a full-time basis and finally got away from her stepfather for good. Good. Fuck that guy. Yeah. Before long, she met and fell in love with one of the rustabouts, Jerry Plummer. Not Grady Stiles.

Not Grady. And soon they were married.

Not Grady. And soon they were married.

Now, while things started out fine in the relationship, Teresa soon found herself in a relationship with yet another abusive man. For more than a year, she suffered verbal, physical, and emotional abuse at her piece-of-shit husband's hands. She was beaten with his fists. She was pushed down the stairs while she was pregnant with their child.

Now, while things started out fine in the relationship, Teresa soon found herself in a relationship with yet another abusive man. For more than a year, she suffered verbal, physical, and emotional abuse at her piece-of-shit husband's hands. She was beaten with his fists. She was pushed down the stairs while she was pregnant with their child.

And at one point, he even threw a pot of scalding coffee at her. What a fucking monster. And finally, he just, because, you know, he was a piece of shit in every way, he just grew tired of the relationship and he didn't really want to be a father. So Jerry Plummer took off, leaving Teresa to raise their daughter, Debra, on her own. She's probably much better off.

And at one point, he even threw a pot of scalding coffee at her. What a fucking monster. And finally, he just, because, you know, he was a piece of shit in every way, he just grew tired of the relationship and he didn't really want to be a father. So Jerry Plummer took off, leaving Teresa to raise their daughter, Debra, on her own. She's probably much better off.

And she was earning very little money at the circus, so obviously it was hard. But to her credit, she was very resourceful, very determined. So she found a lawyer and scraped together enough money to file for divorce, and Jerry didn't contest it. Good. When Grady first saw Teresa in the ticket booth, he was immediately struck by her beauty, her charm. He just was into it.

And she was earning very little money at the circus, so obviously it was hard. But to her credit, she was very resourceful, very determined. So she found a lawyer and scraped together enough money to file for divorce, and Jerry didn't contest it. Good. When Grady first saw Teresa in the ticket booth, he was immediately struck by her beauty, her charm. He just was into it.

The problem was, at the time, Grady and his father were a top draw for the circus. And there's like a hierarchy. Okay. And he would have been looked down upon for dating one of the ticket takers. Oh, okay. Because that's like the job at the bottom of the hierarchy. Isn't that interesting? Yeah, that is interesting. So he wasn't going to move on, though.

The problem was, at the time, Grady and his father were a top draw for the circus. And there's like a hierarchy. Okay. And he would have been looked down upon for dating one of the ticket takers. Oh, okay. Because that's like the job at the bottom of the hierarchy. Isn't that interesting? Yeah, that is interesting. So he wasn't going to move on, though.

He was like, I'm not moving on and finding somebody else. Like, I like this girl. Yeah. So he began talking Teresa up to one of the owners, Stan Wright, encouraging him to consider her for a job as a Bali girl. Which is apparently a term for one of the singing or dancing girls in the show.

He was like, I'm not moving on and finding somebody else. Like, I like this girl. Yeah. So he began talking Teresa up to one of the owners, Stan Wright, encouraging him to consider her for a job as a Bali girl. Which is apparently a term for one of the singing or dancing girls in the show.