Marge and Tom

What made Marge give Tom a second chance at friendship? Marge had never been impressed with Tom nor very fond of him. Before Dickie’s death, Marge did not want to believe a word that came out of Tom’s mouth but preceding the death, Marge believed every word Dickie said. She completely trusted Tom even after all of her previous, uncomfortable encounters. I believe she has a new trust in Tom because she has no one else in her life. She was in love with Dickie and he was her world. When he was gone, she had no one to run too. With Tom being the closest one to Dickie before the murder, she may have felt that she was in a way spending time with Dickie. Also, since Tom had studied Dickie’s mannerisms and language so intricately, subconsciously Marge may have saw Dickie in Tom.