Random thoughts, some of which are sure to generate hot feelings.
KK has a lot to answer for - and I think she has paid and will continue to pay for what she did. I don't think she was evil to start and I still don't think she was evil. She was hopelessly in love and a perfect storm of events led her step by step down a dreadful path. I think that like JM, she thought (hoped) PF was all talk and no action, that he would 'get over' his nonsense about getting rid of KB.
In her defense...KB was smarter, prettier, didn't have the complicated background with PF that KK did - he was probably KK's first real love, she was always self-conscious about her weight, he pursued her off and on throughout the years, never actually offering her anything but tantalizing hints, she 'rebounded' with him when her marriage was failing, she got pregnant by him and he left her feeling abandoned. By the time she realized that there was no future for them, she was just hoping to get out of the mess without her ex-husband and family and kids finding out what had gone on - and how low she had sunk, driving hundreds of miles for a scrap of 'love' from a guy she couldn't get over.
KB had so much more going on for her than KK, but the two women had something in common - they both got suckered by the same vicious depraved man. It went against KB's beliefs and upbringing to get pregnant by a man she wasn't married or even engaged to - but she did get pregnant, not once but twice, so it was obviously not an accident. She told people at work she was married even though it doesn't even appear that they were ever formally engaged. I doubt she ever expected to be left far from friends and family, a woman unwed to the indifferent father of her child.
KK has lost everything. Prison might actually be easier for her, because then when she came out, she could claim that she had paid her debt to society for what she had done.
PF - there's a piece of work. I appreciate the post above suggesting he's a sociopath. I think that's what I was looking for when I posted earlier that it seemed odd that no one actually came out and said "This dude is not right in the head". That said, he seems to have been able to sucker the ladies.
I have to admit, I get a little satisfaction out of thinking what his last few weeks have been like. He's been sitting in jail for months, knowing he might lose his freedom for years or forever. He's suckered those around him into believing his lies about KB but that might or might not work with a jury. He's probably in a rage about KK - he knows he can't talk to her freely and say the things he likely wants to say. He needs to blame someone for his situation because I think it's clear he has never been held accountable for anything - it's always someone else's fault, those nasty evil women who might take him away from his Ma and the Franch.
So he's sitting there bored out of his mind and stewing and...tada! He strikes up a conversation with a low-level gangbanger-wannabe and in short order, he goes from asking this gangsta boy to arrange a hit on KK to having him take out an extended list of people, some of who have nothing to do with the trial, even adding on things like stealing from JM's 'cash cow' partner to talking about the jobs they'll do together in the future when he gets out. (Pure speculation here: PF was in financial difficulties because cattle prices had allegedly not been favorable. I don't know enough about cattle prices to know if they were really bad or if he was simply a lousy businessman. He ran cattle with his friend JM - perhaps his resentment of JM comes from JM's partner, the 'cash cow' whose money could have tided them over if the cattle market truly was tough.)
What a whiplash of emotions that must have been. From boredom and despondency to euphoria! His problems solved and his future financial independence assured! He shaves his head and he's not just a gangsta-wannabe, he's both customer and order-giver. Keep in mind, this all unfolded in September and October. His new pal gets bonded out in October.
Then time slows down as PF waits for news that his orders have been carried out. He's impatient, but he knows these guys have to set things up, logistics, etc.
More time passes. The trial approaches. PF gets a sinking feeling as there's no word from his ex-con pal and it's clear that his intended victims are alive and well. The trial starts and his worst nightmare - there's KK on the stand, spilling the beans.
And then...a few days before us, but not much - just when PF probably thinks things can't get any worse - PF finds out that his jailhouse buddy not only didn't carry out his orders, his jail house buddy turned on him and the letters are going to come out in court. He still had to sit there (and go back to his cell at night) for several days while the rest of us were out of the loop, knowing what was coming and being powerless to do anything to stop it.
I wonder at what point he finally realized that he probably wasn't walking free, that he will never see the franch again or ride a horse or kick a dog?
