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Was Joan Francis's sister or did she work for the family?


I don't know if I missed an explanation, or if there wasn't one. The little girl did call her "Aunt Joan" but that can be an honorary title.

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That's a good question!

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Eddie and Chuck find a photo of Pembertonat his house enscribed to Joan calling her his "good right arm". Initially, Eddie and Chuck don't know who Joan is either. Eddie thinks Joan might be Pemberton's wife, but they notice she's not wearing a wedding ring. Grandpa then tells Eddie that while he's been away in Mexico for two years that Joan has been crying her eyes out over him the whole time, and that he should go to her right away and "do something about it". Joan then asks Eddie about a Stephanie and Mary and says he treated them worse than herself. We presume she's talking about old girlfriends until we find out later they are Pemberton's ex-wife and daughter. After seeing Pemberton's daughter, Eddie exclaims Joan is "some sort of relative".

It's never very clear who Joan is to Pemberton. From what I can assume, she was either his sister, girlfriend, or lovelorn secretary.

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