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Jeanne-Marie fell in love with the man, much to her family's horror, and eloped with him to Chicago. The Duplantiers promptly disowned her for having the bad taste to fall in love with a foreigner. Zephrine was born ten months later. Jeann-Marie's family thawed somewhat after Zephrine's birth and while Joseph Carter was never fully accepted into the fold, relations at long-distance were established for the sake of the new baby. Through regular family correspondence and her own life stories, Jeanne-Marie taught her daughter her French background even as she raised her in the American ways of her father. Joseph was a good provider, working tirelessly running a small-time press and newspaper. He died on the printing floor of his business when Zephrine was ten, in what the police determined to be an accident. (Rumor held it wasn't, but no proof could be produced to back up those claims.) Joseph had a provision in his will to provide for his wife and daughter, giving his wife the controlling share in his business as well as passing on to her all his assets.<br><br> | Jeanne-Marie fell in love with the man, much to her family's horror, and eloped with him to Chicago. The Duplantiers promptly disowned her for having the bad taste to fall in love with a foreigner. Zephrine was born ten months later. Jeann-Marie's family thawed somewhat after Zephrine's birth and while Joseph Carter was never fully accepted into the fold, relations at long-distance were established for the sake of the new baby. Through regular family correspondence and her own life stories, Jeanne-Marie taught her daughter her French background even as she raised her in the American ways of her father. Joseph was a good provider, working tirelessly running a small-time press and newspaper. He died on the printing floor of his business when Zephrine was ten, in what the police determined to be an accident. (Rumor held it wasn't, but no proof could be produced to back up those claims.) Joseph had a provision in his will to provide for his wife and daughter, giving his wife the controlling share in his business as well as passing on to her all his assets.<br><br> | ||
| β | It sounded good on paper but in reality it meant | + | It sounded good on paper but in reality it meant Jean-Marie was constantly fighting for control against her adversarial business partners, who were understandably put-off by having a woman at the head of the business. Jean-Marie, however, was made of stern stuff, facing her opponents down and giving back as good as she got. She possessed a good head for business and she knew to hire canny lawyers and financial advisers to safeguard her assets. Under her guidance the press and newspaper did not decline as the others feared but kept up a modest yet steady growth under her leadership, doubling in size and profits over the next decade. It did well enough to keep Zephrine in a good school and send her to college, where she pursued studies in Literature and wrote for the campus newspaper. When she graduated, Zephrine declined a reporting position in her family's paper, choosing instead to strike out on her own with another paper.<br><br> |
Two years later Zephrine was solidly installed as one of the junior investigative reporters in the bullpen. She earned the postion by tackling any assignment, chasing down any lead, and writing under the byline of Z. M. Carter. Her star was on the rise when Jeanne-Marie died suddenly and Zephrine was left everything her parents had built--the business, the money, everything. Before she could take up the business her mother had passed on to her, she was tasked to take Jeanne-Marie's remains home to New Orleans to be buried with her family. Zephrine arranged a leave of absence and traveled south by train to see it done, never suspecting what lay ahead. | Two years later Zephrine was solidly installed as one of the junior investigative reporters in the bullpen. She earned the postion by tackling any assignment, chasing down any lead, and writing under the byline of Z. M. Carter. Her star was on the rise when Jeanne-Marie died suddenly and Zephrine was left everything her parents had built--the business, the money, everything. Before she could take up the business her mother had passed on to her, she was tasked to take Jeanne-Marie's remains home to New Orleans to be buried with her family. Zephrine arranged a leave of absence and traveled south by train to see it done, never suspecting what lay ahead. | ||
