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A letter. That's how Enid told her she was getting married. A man who her parents had picked out for her. She burnt the letter. Hoped the fire would burn through the words and fix her broken heart. It didn't.
She tries everything to make the pain stop. Drugs, alcohol, sex and psychical pain, but nothing works. Wednesday is lost. Love has brought her to her knees, and she's not sure she'll ever get back up.
When she discovers she's pregnant, abortion is her first plan. Adoption after she finds out she's too far gone to have one. She doesn't tell anyone about the pregnancy. Her family find out when she nearly dies giving birth on the bathroom floor.
Funny how it's the same day as Enid's wedding. No one else seems to think so. No one sees her brush with death as amusing. Wednesday thinks it's ironic, considering her family's fascination with it.
Once her family know about the baby, it's impossible to give him up. From the moment they laid eyes on him, they were besotted with Macabre Fester Addams. She wasn't. For the first six months of his life, she can't bond with him.
Then he gets sick, and the maternal instinct kicks in. Wednesday didn't want it too. Love hurts.
Enid taught her that.
But once it does, she loves him completely.
Wednesday didn't know how much her mum loved her until she was a mum. It's the kind of love that only goes one way: forward.
She channels everything into her son. It's the only way to block out the pain.
Wednesday teaches him all the things her dad taught her.
The only way she can cope is to not hear about Enid's life. It becomes an unwritten rule that their old friends don't mention her name. That her family don't either. It's been like that for years then she sends Macabre to Nevermore. He becomes best friends with Enid's son.
Wednesday avoids meeting Enid for as long as possible. But she couldn't do it forever. But she tried.
When they talk, it's like old times. They click like they always did. They shouldn't. But then they never should have worked. But they did.
Enid broke that, broke her, and she doesn't want to forgive her. But Wednesday does after a while.
Enid's marriage falls apart. Wednesday knows it is her fault but feels no remorse over it.
They are together again like they always should have been. Enid's son resents her at first. But over time gets over it. After Wednesday taught him how to get rid of a body, It was a beautiful bonding moment.
Macabre doesn't react to their relationship outwardly. But Wednesday notices her son is happy because she's happy.
The rest of her family takes longer to forgive her. Her mother slapped Enid the first time she brought her to Addams mansion again. It was a weird thing to witness. If she'd stabbed her, that would have been understandable. But a slap was bizarre.