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The Mc Fee's Family Curse (Legacy)
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The Mc Fee’s Family Curse

Background Information



This is Margaret Mc Fee; she is 20 years old and has lived here on Owens Island all her life. The Mc Fee’s were one of the original families who settled this little town 384 years ago. They prospered here and became very wealthy; however, some people around the village got jealous of that prosperity and began rumors about the Mc Fees being evil and witches. These rumors spread like wild fire and since then her family has suffered persecution and victimization at the hands of the town’s people. Margaret didn’t have a great time growing up she was scorned and feared by the other Children.




Margaret couldn’t remember her father; he died when she was very young from a freak lightning strike on a clear blue day. The town went wild with gossip. They said it was Sarah Mc Fee, Margaret’s mother who conjured up the lightning bolt and she had killed him, Sarah later told Margaret that it was the family curse.

“When a Mc Fee falls in love they would only have but a few years of happiness with that person then everything will go horribly wrong”. Sobbed Sarah

“Don’t fall in love Margaret, protect yourself” Sarah told her daughter before she died.

Margaret was then alone with no family, however, Margaret is a survivor and she goes on.



This is the Mc Fee family home; it has been in the family for 384 years. Even though it holds some painful memories, Margaret has not got the hart to sell it for it holds a lot of good memories too.

Part One



Margaret awoke like she would any other day, however, this morning had a scenes of excitement, there was a quite in the air like that before a storm. She went about her normal daily routine, had breakfast, got dressed, cleaned up the kitchen and got the morning paper. She then sat out the back near the garden and read the paper while sipping a coffee.



The doorbell rand and it was Toni Rayne, Margaret’s best friend, well her only friend, she was very excited about something.

“What’s got you so wound up?” Margaret asked with a little smile.

“Someone new has moved to Owens Island he is a real honey, his name is Trey Maxwell, he just moved here from Sim City, His house is on Oak Avenue, you know the big grey brick house, he’s single and he looks about 30, isn’t that great news.”

“I guess”, Margaret said a bit confused.
“Well, do you want to go downtown and watch him move in” Toni asked with a big smile, “There’s nothing much else that interesting to do in this town”.

“Ok, I’ll drive”. Margaret said trying not to laugh at the absurdity of their behavior.



Margaret and Toni drove down Oak Avenue in search of Trey but they couldn’t see if he was there. Toni insisted on driving all over town to catch a glimpse of this mysterious man, Margaret was just there for a laugh.
Toni spotted him at the Owens Island café; they got out of the car and went in for a closer look. Everyone was fascinated by the new arrival to this quaint little town, yet, when they spotted Margaret they glared at her and started whispering amongst themselves but Margaret was used to this and just ignored it.
She asked Toni to point out the guy she seemed fanatical about and when she spied him there talking to non-other than Brooke Sharpe the girl that made Margaret’s school day’s so traumatizing. Nevertheless, in her eyes Trey was tremendously gorgeous and she was instantly attracted to him.



That night, all Margaret could think about was Trey Maxwell but also, more disturbing, her mother’s voice was in the back of her mind repeating the same words over and over again:

“When a Mc Fee fell in love they would only have but a few years of happiness with that person then everything will go horribly wrong”,

“Don’t fall in love Margaret, protect yourself”.



After a rough night of sleep Margaret decided to do a bit of shopping which almost always made her feel better. She went to Chic Boutique and bought a few new outfits she has been wanting to get but this time it didn’t improve her mood so she went home.



She visited the statue of the first Mc Fee born to Owens Island; a great beauty who was desired by all the men yet hated by all the women of the village. Her name was Elizabeth Mc Fee.
Standing near this statue and remembering her mother telling her the story of Elizabeth made her feel stronger, because although Beth as she liked to be called was scorned by all the women she held her head high, she was even known to be a bit of a flirt until she meet the man of her dreams, Marcus Finnegan, a dashing handsome man that loved Beth like no other man had loved a woman in times past.
That was until his boat sank on his way home to his beloved after only 4 years with Beth. She was devastated, heartbroken. Still, she never let the rumor’s flying around town that she made the boat sink get her down. She continued to hold her head up high and raise her two daughter’s right, to be strong women of character and kind of heart.
Margaret has a lot of respect for Beth Mc Fee and she draws strength from Beth’s courage and confidence.

From that moment Margaret had made a decision, she was going to ask Trey over for dinner and just get to know him, maybe become friends with him, who knows, but she is not going to let superstition get in the way of her happiness.



So Margaret got on the phone and called Trey to invite him for dinner and Margaret couldn’t believe it, he said yes.

“So I’ll see you about 8 o’clock tonight then” Margaret said with a little anxiety in her voice.

“Yeah I’m looking forward to it”. His voice was heavenly to Margaret’s ears before she forced herself back into reality.

“Ok then bye” she said rather hastily before she dropped the phone in a rush to hang it up, her hands were trembling with anticipation and trepidation.

She took a few beep breaths and called Toni to tell her the great news about Trey; Toni was so excited she couldn’t believe it.

“WOW, this is such good news, so are you just going to extend the hand of friendship” Toni said in a joking voice before bursting into laughter.

“Yes I am, if anything else’s develops so be it but I am not going to force anything to happen” Margaret said in a matter of fact tone, although here mind was racing with possibilities and most of them consisted of Margaret in Trey’s arms by the end of the evening in an intimate cuddle, kissing his sweet lips.

“Ok, good luck you better improve your cooking though or it could be a short friendship” Toni and Margaret both laughed heartily before hanging up. Margaret hurried to the study to choose a cook book.

Margaret kept thinking that this might be a night to remember.

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