As a once bullied girl
being so obssessed with getting an apology the way Marnie did it? Besides it wasn't even a real apology in the end. She was only sorry she got caught.
That not only shows desperation on her part but it means she is also stuck on her teens years in High School while Joanna clearly didn't want to be reminded of it. I think she should have at least try to talk to the present Joanna, be cordial and see where it goes without reminding her of how nasty she was to her in HS. If by then Joanna would have been still mean suddenly, then that's when she have the rights to be upset and take action. Marnie wasn't even trying to get along from the start. She was all about the past and ''No I have to get an apology from her''.
I had similar things happened to me from grades 8th till 11th by 3 Joanna types. I was excorted out of pep-rallies several times but I was never freaky on going all my way demanding an apology. Two of them requested me on facebook and we're already 26 by now. They also invited to some of their social gathering and the fact that they're now older, mature and treat me and others good now is already an apology to me. That's enough. But to go on saying ''Hey I wanted a real apology and I deserved one'' sounds like the words of a hurt little child, not of a professional woman.
And once again this is coming from a bullied girl. I think as long as it wasn't as severely as setting your cat on fire, beating you to a pulp or anything of that nature... then you must learn to deal with it and come to terms already even if that means not getting an apology. Many have experienced bullied (some more, some less) but it seems like we're living in a society where you're made to apologize for every sinlge little unfair treatment you did to someone.