I myself have said to my kids ' Get your butt home, now.'
But NOT when the entire police force is out searching because they disappeared in the middle of the night. I think it is a very weird thing to say under the circumstances.
I'm not a SF accuser OR defender, but I like to play devil's advocate from time to time. And while I don't think this is something I would say in this situation, I'm a firm believer that while we'd like to think that we KNOW how we'd react in certain situations ... unless we've been in the EXACT situation, we can't possibly know how we'd react/what we'd say.
I mean, I'm thinking back on a few particular traumatic days and periods in my life, and I know for a fact that I was so focused on my pain, fear and trauma, my speaking filter was wonky/off, and the last thing I was worried about is how people percieved me. I didn't care if people thought I was rude or abrupt or polite or said the right things, I just needed answers, needed to get through the next hour, next day, etc.
I realize the guy is her step father and most likely is not as emotionally connected to Celina as her mother might be/is, but I just wanted to throw that point of view out there.
Also, as a man, he might be trying to be the 'strong one' and the 'get your butt home' was his way of showing his wife that he believed she was still alive, trying to bolster her strength. I could be attributing emotions/thoughts to SF that don't exist, but there could be all sorts of reasons for what he said, how he said it. Some shady, some innocent. We just don't know.
I'd also like to think I'd be the mom who'd walk right up to the microphone, stiffen my spine and plead passionately but clearly for my missing child to come home. I'm pretty sure I'd do it. I'm also pretty sure no one would be able to understand me because about two words in I'd be a sobbing, runny nosed mess. But I haven't been in those shoes so I don't know what I'd do/say... :twocents: