The very idea of ​​having to touch the attendants disgusts Mary because they are a physical representation of the reality she denies. When she is told that she may have to kill her daughter, she reacts badly, as one would expect from a mother, but she has gone to the extreme. She accuses her husband of never having loved their daughter and that the only thing that kept them married was the daughter and that without Jennifer, Peter would have left Mary (156-158). This intense outburst from a woman who is usually so calm when tragedy hits those outside of her narcissistic bubble only further shows the indifferent attitude of denial. When she is made to acknowledge impending death, she cannot imagine it and tries to find other reasons why Peter is trying to get her to accept the "murder" of her daughter. This is the extreme of her denial, but she continues planning for the future until the end, asking Peter to go to town to find a lawn mower days before they finally succumb to the illness and together, as a family, take over.