if lucas' health was quickly deteriorating and she wasnt seeking proper medical help, it seems possible he hit a low point Wednesday (why she puts the lie into action) but he was able to hang on for a few more days. then friday his health gets worse, possibly along with some medication/an additional beating from EG, which causes him to pass Friday. maybe she didnt want him to die which explains why she didnt kill him, the plan to frame JO was a last resort if he didnt survive one of her beatings.
that being said, i see your point. also, the scenario above is painting EG as an abuser who is aware of how severe her abuse is. while i think that may be possible, i think its also possible shes like "i didnt think it was that bad". so maybe the valentine's day lie wasnt about if Lucas were to pass but a way to cover her tracks for his current bruises & injuries. maybe death never even entered EGs mind regarding the valentine's day lie.
for example, if someone was coming by between wednesday - later in the week such as the boys and their dad for visiting (not sure what her long term plan was for explaining her and JH hadnt split), she had a hunch CPS would be by, the LL/new neighbors may see Lucas and go "omg is he OK", he needed to go back to school eventually, etc. as much as i think she was fine to drug Lucas and leave him home alone, she maybe knew she couldnt do this 24/7 for another week or so while he healed. so, if Lucas had particularly bad bruises/beatting, she felt she needed to lay the groundwork & say to people "oh those bruises happened earlier this week/wednesday with his mom, not under my care".
BBM, hang in here:
Lucas is integral to what occured in our eyes only; insofar as EG is concerned he's only ever been an afterthought.
Case in point: Young woman gets pregnant, revels in how baby brings special attention/privileges/power socially, perversely along with excessive drain on energy/money/social stimulation.
Woman takes aggression of frustration from situation out on baby/toddler, creates undue DV stress & to save relationship and position that grants her desired 'powers' which are now dwindling as responsibilities mount, has another baby to repeat the 'honeymoon' period that bestowed special position...
Wash, rinse, repeat.
Let us say now that the powers that be intervene to remove not-so-young woman &
any special control she exerts over the hostage family, but it's too late- she's deep in the cycle & not about to let something piddling and superficial as
interlopers get the best of her.
She goes shopping for a replacement family to
prove her saintly status as mother; working father looking for caregiver/homemaker bargains this is a good fit for his needs- they settle in & pick up where the last mess left off. Soon she's secured another bun in the oven to recapture the untouchable status of mommy to be & continues the damnable battle to wreck everyone who saw through her bs the first hundred times.
Enter LH's family reports and this couplings ugliness of the last couple years, coming to a head at the end of 2017; everyone is
against her once again and EG is not about to go down without a battle- only option left in her mind is to
isolate the problem.
She'd played people long enough to know how to swing things now.
This brings us to early 2018; in which everything EG set up for her 'perfect mommy' vindication, must begrudgingly be 'cashed in' with trusted allies who've been positioned pretty well, yet dug a little too deep into the fray to be able to extricate themself without serious side effects. They take full weight of decision from EG & alleviate her crisis just enough to allow her to steamroll on to victory unhindered.
Fast forward 5 weeks; now
we've read printed fragments of what couldn't be blamed away, coming together as everyone who interrupted EG's goals and plans began to creep ever closer to interacting & upsetting all 'her hard work invested' (enabling and side taking).
Just as we knew all along half truths were hidden between her lies, what was mentioned in my prior post about holding
both ideas is essential to understanding what exists within all EG's facades. Diverse fronts others accepted in liu of looking straight at her abnormal acts; our unhappy facts were still mere shadows in their minds.
Evils revealed guide us through the forest which those who might've saved LH couldn't see
for the trees.
Lucas would slowly vanish, as a natural counterbalance to EG's obsessive plans of perfecting position and power over all who scorned her.
This last cycle took center stage over every aspect of as many lives as she could exert it- running ragged away from where every eye upon her turned, drawing ever more attention and still we wonder where that road leads!?
There was never a chance that EG might win at this race against herself, and she failed utterly to consider the only possible outcome of her determination would be the inverse of her desires.
