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Toronto, 1994. Before Diana, before RBU. Before any and all of it. Aurelle was a teenager trying to become someone. Or, at least, to separate from someone else. Aurelle loved her mother, of course she did. Marianne Taylor was kind and affectionate, and seemed to be universally adored and admired. She was the famous fashion designer of couture lines of apparel, was the feature of fashion shows, the choice of celebrities and stylists. But she was also, somehow, miraculously, a loving mother, a devoted wife – an object of envy and desire. Sun-kissed, talented, blessed with a large family, she had it all and shared it. Aurelle loved that, she did, but there were times she envied everyone with regular parents.
The Taylors lived in Rosedale, an affluent area of Toronto. People who used words
