 When her mother went senile, Mae tried keeping her under control in public, however after a string of incidents, including biting the priest's finger and spitting on Harry Wells, Mae's final resort was to tie her mother to the chair each day.Their last confrontation was them both screaming at each other, as Mae was finally fed up with her mother refusing to tell her anything about her heritage or even to admit if she loved her daughter.Initially it is believed that Nona is the youngest of the three siblings, however at the end it is revealed to Nona's insistent disbelief that Cressy is her mother.