At first, she thought her mother was the only one who cared about her as she shouted “My mother will never let you touch me again! ” and “My mother loved me! "I cried (60) to her father, pointing out how much Lily loved her mother. But after learning about her mother's past, she begins to hate her, saying, “It was easy for her to leave me, because she never wanted me in the first place. ” (362) thinking she was an unwanted daughter. She later didn't like it when her mother said “You should have let him put it there. I wish it had rotted here” (363) and “Like what? "I said 'They abandon their children' thinking she was a psychopath who left her with T.Ray and wouldn't come back for her. However, you later find out that it was Lily who killed her mother while she was packing her bags and was to take Lily with him. He later realizes that the Boatwright sisters and Mary's Daughter were also his mother since they cared so much about Lily