The scandal I am referring to is Ann becoming pregnant by a black man. Even in laid back Hawaii that would be a scandal and a reflection on her parents both who were starting new jobs. Easier to send her away before she begins to show and then perpetuate the story that she married but the marriage didn’t work out so poor Ann was left to raise a child on her own. Of course there would be no scandal if she had not become pregnant.
Sorry I asked - I misunderstood and thought you were mentioning a scandal as the reason she purposely got pregnat, which got me scratching my head. I should have used my common sense.
The scandal I am referring to is Ann becoming pregnant by a black man. Even in laid back Hawaii that would be a scandal and a reflection on her parents both who were starting new jobs. Easier to send her away before she begins to show and then perpetuate the story that she married but the marriage didn’t work out so poor Ann was left to raise a child on her own. Of course there would be no scandal if she had not become pregnant.
Aha, so maybe it wasn’t going well between Ann and Sr. Maybe he agree to let her give the baby up. So she goes to Canada to hide the disgrace, has the baby. She changes her mind, knows she can’t go home and shows up in Seattle with the baby. Her furious grandparents and maybe also a furious Jr. influenced her decision to stay in Seattle and go to school. But what about the birth announcement in the paper then?