Ok, I missed some of thread 12 and the start of 13 because it's the craziest time of the year at the office. But, first I have to say that I cannot fathom how FLA and family are feeling. Seeing PB's post about Lucas being seen by the landlord made me want to throw up. I cannot remember the last time I felt so bad. That poor child!!
And next...this seems crazy, but follow along....most lies have a half truth. What if EG doesn't know where Lucas went? How many parents, even good ones, use a little fear to teach a lesson when your kid doesn't do what you've taught them? There's a fair chance Lucas didn't know their landlord. He hadn't lived their long. What if he opened the door when the landlord came by, but said EG was napping, so the LL asked him tell her a message.
EG gets home, and Lucas says, "The LL was here, and said to tell you x, y, and z." And EG says something like, "You know not to open the door to a stranger, something bad could happen to you." Then to *teach him a lesson* she makes him open the door for something, and someone grabs him. This someone being the "helper" we've all thought existed. This person is supposed to take him for a little bit and bring him back, just to scare him. But something goes wrong, and he dies in the helper's custody. It would resolve the reason why EG doesn't rat out the other party...she asked them to do this, and they won't rat her out because a child died on their watch, and that wasn't the plan at all.
Yes, far fetched maybe, but I feel like it fits what we know, and the timeline.
Just thinking out loud...
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