It had never occurred to me before Rickshaw posted about it, but thinking it over, I find it impossible to believe that Sky did NOT interfere with TA's relationship with Deanna.
I don't think she was responsible for TA not committing to Deanna, but I can easily imagine her pressuring him about his relationship, repeatedly.
It was Sky, remember, who told Travis in February 2008 to, quote unquote "dump" Lisa so he could pursue Mimi, someone he had never gone out with, and someone Sky didn't hestitate to tell Travis was out of his league. Some friend.
Another BTW. During trial, Sky & Chris loved to tell the story of how they caught snooping outside their bedroom door and were so terrified by the evil they saw on 's face that they feared for their children's safety that night.
Really? Because every text they sent Travis about the in 2008, a full year & longer later, suggests otherwise. It seems fairly clear they felt scorn for her, but fear? No. Fear for Travis? No.
It's altogether pointless to ask this, but....would this story have had a different ending if Chris & Sky had handled that January 2007 weekend differently?
If they had immediately told the - Travis is our friend who we love unconditionally,and though we're sorry to hear you have problems with him, those problems are for the two of you to work out, and none of our business.
Or, if that was too much to be expected of them, if after indulging the 's manipulations & bashing of Travis, they had gone to their room and said- wow. That was really weird, and totally inappropriate. Should we give TA a head's up that something is off here?
Or, if removing themselves & having some time to reflect on what had just happened didn't change what they were thinking or feeling, perhaps it should have struck both of them that it was certainly wrong and odd and disturbing that after promising she wouldn't talk to Travis about what had been said until Sky had a chance to speak with him first, as soon as the Hughes had gone to bed, the had snuck out into their garage to call Travis? Which Sky had observed her doing?
One would think. But, Sky instead told Travis she was GLAD that the had called him, that it was her intention all along the tell him everything that had been said, and yep, that Travis was responsible for the 's pain, AND for her unwillingness to tell him directly about all those many things he was doing to cause her that pain.
PS to Rickshaw, about Sky initially believing Nurmi that Travis was a pedophile AND that he had expressed interest in molesting the Hughes' son.
Whatever benefit of the doubt I was inclined to give Sky vanished when I heard this. Sky believed Nurmi. Period. Her alleged reasons for doing so do not explain why she was instantly willing to believe something so terrible about her unconditional friend Travis. Period.
Chris didn't believe Nurmi. Why did Sky?
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