stmarysmead
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"Look at every scenario that has him alive still today. Look at those scenarios and have your child witness another child have to go through that right in front of their face. It's horrific. I don't care how you describe it. So yeah, I think he's alive. I think it was an awful day. I sure hope that K**** didn't witness what happened that day, but I'm pretty confident she was there based on what we know. And that's a horrific thing for a child to have to witness."
If LE is prepping the parents by releasing those emails to them, to gear them up for the realization that Kyron is dead, what on earth could Kaine mean by this statement?
I admit to being about as confused as a person can get. But I've read this over and over in the past few hours and .... well.
BBM...there are a number of horrifying scenarios that would leave Kyron alive and yet have produced a terrifying scene for Baby K. It will take speculation to answer the question of confusion that anchors this thread. It is hard to even type these thoughts out...or let our minds consider them.
Knowing Kyron was terrified of losing his glasses...Terri may have forced him out of the car in the wilderness of Sauvie..., taken his glasses, and listened to him beg....while she waited for the pick-up. He might have stumbled about, crying screaming...banging into the car...while drunken Terri taunted him..and Baby K screamed in helplessness. A scenario like THAT...or any variation...is horrifying...when you think of the FEAR. Then a near blind child...scared out of his mind...scooped up and thrown in a second car with strangers. Maybe a little slapping around...a beating.
Yes, these are awful thoughts...but they answer the question of this thread and they center us on what is IMPORTANT in this case.
Imagine AGAIN the effect on Baby K. Terror is something even a Baby can feel by osmosis...and seeing her Mother...that SHE must also depend upon...purposely terrify her brother could put Baby K in a state of perpetual fear of her Mother's rage.
Or imagine if Terri, who brags about her ability to subdue a grown man...struggled with a screaming terrified Kyron...or even indulging her hatred in torturing the child before she "handed him over." THAT is indeed a "horrific thing" for a child to watch, isn't it? But it leaves Kyron , in Kaine's hopeful paternal mind...possibly still alive.
If we imagine, as adults, how that horror would effect us if we were strapped in seats, forced to watch, unable to help...we can understand what Baby K may have endured...and what may keep Kaine up at night...and Desiree sickened.
This is why Kaine will use anything to fight for his surviving child! The thoughts of what his little boy endured at Terri's hands!
No matter how uncomfortable the horror of what Kyron might have faced is to our sensibilities...it is so much more important than trivia over who is mad at whom....or the divorce case drivel distractions. We must try to "feel" what the parents are feeling...what LE is feeling...as they discover more and more about the dark heart of Terri Horman.
This is the essence of what this case is about. THIS is the true evil that engulfed a helpless child. I think if we are going to discuss this case..we have to try to feel what little Kyron felt...going home every day, walking on eggshells, feeling hated and unable to make Terri love him. No darling smile of his , no hug, nothing ...was in little Kyron's power to change his Stepmother's hate. I wonder if J was sent away because he LOVED Kyron...and maybe tried to defend him.
It is essential that the enormity of the horror inflicted by Terri on this child is not to be glossed over....or obscured by Facebook photos...or gripe-ing at a grieving father.We should discuss the possibilities every day to get the true essence of this woman and her hatred for a 7 year old who called her "Mom." We need to "sicken" ourselves with possibilities...as I hope the State will do in the criminal case. Make the jury FEEL that little boy's helplessness and terror...as the StepMother he loves becomes The Vampire.
Whether Desiree is mad at Kaine is the Soap Opera stuff...what Kyron endured in front of Baby K...at the hands of a woman whose hate was so intense she had to vent it to others...THAT is THIS CASE!
It's not easy to speak of the "possibilities" of what happened...but , then, I think how the parents must be tormented daily by such thoughts. Perhaps OUR compassion for them might be heightened by feeling the revulsion and horror just for one quick minute.