For many years, Jennifer’s parents thought she was a good student. In reality, Jennifer got mostly C’s in her classes. Her parents expected perfection from her, and she knew that she had no choice but to get A’s. In order to achieve this, Jennifer ended up forging her grades on her report cards and tricked her parents into believing that she was the straight-A student they expected her to be.

Like most overbearing and extremely controlling parents, they did not allow Jennifer to have any free time. They dropped her off at school in the mornings and picked her up when she was finished with her day so that they could monitor her time. Her parents did not let her do anything without them knowing and they certainly did not let her talk to boys. As she got older, they became more terrified that Jennifer would get distracted from her studies or goals by boys and forbid her from going on dates or even to her own school dance. It was no surprise that Jennifer felt trapped and could not make any decisions for herself.

And that’s exactly what happened. Jennifer died. Her death largely remains a mystery but it’s believed that a major swelling around her heart, caused by the medications, resulted in her passing.

June told Marjorie that her sister’s death allowed her to be free for the first time. She told her that Jennifer had to die, and once she did, it would be her responsibility to live for the other.

I read this peculiar story today and had to share it with you all!

I know this is in no way a generalized depiction of twins, but what I do know is that identical twins do often have this difficulty with forming their own, individual identities growing up.