Chapter 1: Background Information
Marlena has just moved to Salem with her infant daughter Carrie. Marlena moved to Salem because of a new and better job that had been offered to her at the hospital. This new job gave her new office which allowed her to be able to have Carrie with her all day. Living in Colorado had become too hard after her husband John disappeared 3 months earlier, but somehow she knew that he was alive somewhere out there. When the job in Salem had come to her attention somehow she knew she had to take it.
