Linda Brenton

**Linda Brenton** is a minor character who appeared in the third season of My Deepest Secret. She is the ex-wife of the late George Brenton and the estranged mother of Emma Wilson.

## Appearance

Linda was a very beautiful woman with wavy shoulder-length blonde hair that has a side-parting on the left side, brown eyes with long lashes and a beauty mark under the corner of her left eye. According to Emma Wilson in Episode 70, her only memory of her mother was; that she looked *exactly* like her.

She dressed very femininely; wearing minimal makeup, dresses, and some jewellery. She is also often seen smoking a cigarette.

## Personality

Despite her beauty, Linda was a very selfish, greedy and heartless woman who also gets irritated very easily as shown when her husband and daughter walked in on her in bed with another man. According to Emma, she also never smiled or cared for her. Linda was also not ashamed to admit to George that she *never* loved him and was only with him for his money. Her husband described her as a "slick fox" who had the ability to manipulate others to feel guilty and believe that they were responsible for her wrongdoings.

However, it is shown that Linda had a thoughtful side when Emma recalled a happy memory from her childhood when both her parents took her to the beach. Linda went out of her way to prepare a delicious meal for their trip and agreed to watch the sunset together (Episode 93).

## History

Linda married her husband, George Brenton solely for his money. George, who was hopelessly in love with her, willingly cut ties with his family to be with her. She later had Emma Wilson, and at some point, she started living seperately from her husband. She left Emma in George's care, leaving him to do all the raising on his own. During this time, Linda took advantage of this separate living arrangement to cheat on her husband by inviting men to her apartment to sleep with them. However, she was eventually caught in bed with another man when George and a ten-year-old Emma came to her house to "surprise" her. She reminded them that she had told them *not* to visit her unannounced. Some time after that, she filed for a divorce and refused to reconsider when her husband tried to persuade her to stay with him for Emma's sake. It was then when she made it clear to George that she never loved him and how she found his obsession towards her creepy and disgusting. Linda then glanced at Emma, and after a brief silence, she told her husband that he can keep their daughter, claiming that she did not need Emma. As she walked away, George yelled at her, asking her how could she say that to her own daughter. However, Emma did not care since she never really liked her mother who always made her father sad.

It is later revealed that Linda had been cheating on her husband from the very start. This is shown when George sent strands of Emma's hair for a DNA test when he started suspecting that Emma was not his real daughter and his suspicions were confirmed when the results from the DNA test proved that Linda had actually conceived Emma with one of the men she had slept with (Episode 75).

In Episode 97, Yohan Lee finds Linda's whereabouts and discovers that she has been hospitalized. Visiting the hospital, Yohan learns from the doctor in charge of Linda that she had gotten into an accident years ago. The severity of the accident caused her to depend on life support since then. It is also revealed that Linda had remarried at some point after divorcing George and abandoning Emma, but her current husband deserted her because of her condition and the hospital was not able to get in touch with any of her relatives. Despite being on life support, Linda's condition continued to deteriorate.

## Quotes

* "*You can take Emma. I don't need her anyway.*" - Episode 70

## Etymology

* The name **Linda** has many meanings depending on the different languages:
	+ In Spanish and Portuguese, it means "pretty, beautiful", which reflects on her attractive appearance.
	+ In German, it means "snake", which reflects on her cruel personality.
		- It can also mean "flexible, soft, mild", which is ironic considering her estranged relationship with George Brenton and Emma Wilson.

## Trivia

* George once stated that Linda used to have long hair just like Emma Wilson, but Linda cut it short at some point just to spite him.