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What was Angela's history?


Why was she so alone, why did she see a therapist? There was a whole back story to her that never was explored. Seemed like she'd had some serious hurt in the past, but they never really explained it.

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Unfortunately if they added a backstory then the implausibility of Angela's identity being deleted with no one to verify her story becomes even more implausible than it already is.

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actually, the backstory is given.

Angela was traumatized by 4 events:

1) her father walking out on her and her mother;

2) her mother developing Alzheimers disease and being institutionalized.

3) one romantic relationship that didn't end well;

4) developing a romantic relationship with her therapist, which also ended badly.

Her family fell apart, a relationship with her first love ended badly, and then her therapist became a surrogate father/lover, and this too turned sour.

Angela found herself without a family, distrustful of others, and in a job that allowed her to work from home. As such, she became a recluse. Its very plausible that as such, people didn't know her.

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