I feel for this poor woman. Really, my heart breaks for her!
I don't understand why AB would get together with EB and turn into a demon himself, but that looks like that's what happened.
It sounds like poor Zahra was a pawn here. AB knew Emily was looking for her and he didn't want her near Zahra. All for his own selfish reasons. He never thought about the welfare of his child, in being close to her mom and having a real mother/daughter relationship. He wanted to make Emily suffer, and he did. But Zahra was impacted as well!
Such a selfish act! And then he brought EB into the picture and it became lethal for Zahra! I think Zahra never had a chance once she entered the picture, and AB didn't give a %&@!
Why do so many people use their children to get back at their exs!??? It happens all the time! Heck, it happened to me, though not to this horrid degree. But people need to think of what they are setting their child's life up to be. Decisions made in hatred affect a child forever. It affects who they are forever. And we see how it all turned out for this sweet innocent little girl. This is so very heartbreaking!
(And I'm sorry for the rant)