Edith

She is Scarlet and Ivy Grey's stepmother.

Edith is often referred to as the witch, by Scarlet and Ivy. She hates Scarlet and Ivy and always makes them do all the chores. When they’re with her husband she pretends to like them and care for them. In book 6, she tries to poison Scarlet and Ivy’s father, and almost succeeds, before Scarlet and Ivy are able to unmask her once and for all. Afterwards, Edith is kicked out of the house with her sons, and moves in with her grandparent. She and Mortimer most likely divorced.

The reason for her hatred towards Scarlet and Ivy is most likely because they’re from Mortimer’s first marriage. All three of her sons are shown to be bratty and rude, but doted on by Edith and Mortimer. Edith was never really loving or caring to Mortimer, she more likely pretended to help out but used her free time, spending his money and bullying Scarlet and Ivy.

Scarlet and Ivy believe that Edith accepted a bribe from Ms. Fox to keep quite about Scarlet being locked up in the insane asylum. However, this is not proven until the last book.

Not much is known about what happened after Mortimer kicked her out. She left for her grandparents and most likely tried to charm other rich men.