This is becoming The Tale of Two Mothers.
Terri, when faced with a legal dilemma...looks at her toddler...to whom , right or wrong, she is the only security that Baby has ever known...and says, "Baby K will have to tough it out. Me first. Me always first."
If she is truly innocent, this is even more callous and shows just how much ice runs through this woman's veins. If she is innocent..she will STILL NOT take not the tiniest chance...not the tiniest risk...for her Baby.
Not one.
But, of course, if she is guilty, she has probably subjected that child to witnessing the horror that befell Kyron.
Chilling.
Any secondary consequences that befall her son J are regrettable...but her fault alone. Not the fault of any of her victims. Her selfish sexting, her appalling behaviors, the pitiful example she has set in her life...must be humiliating to a teenager. These were ALL choices Terri made.
Too bad. Tough it out, says Terri to another child of hers. Me first. Always me first.
This is the "Terri Horman" model for motherhood.
Desiree, however, is a pitbull for her child. She has decided that she will not abandon HER child...though he probably is dead. Her appearance on Terri's doorstep was a beautiful example of Mother love and the unlimited scope of actions that a Mother will risk for her child.
She could care less the lies and smears that come her way on the Internet. Her focus is her child.
She is living now for Kyron. Terri is incapable of that depth of feeling IMO...so she continues to just live for herself.
Two very different Mothers.