Ok, bear with me here guys, because I am trying to figure this out as I am typing it. BY typing it.
It seems there are 3 core stories MB has been spreading about where Evelyn is/has been.
1) With her father, EP
2) in the custody of DCS
3) snatched by her (MBs) mother, AB - because 'something happened' and they 'vanished'
These stories came about in this order.
She had been telling people Evelyn was with EP... basically the whole time. She told HW, she told friends, she told her grandfather, DJ (who, it should be noted, I believe, overall. He may be protective of AB, but that may be for good reason, and frankly, his interview just rings true to me - I sensed zero BS when he spoke)
As far as I can tell, the ONLY person she told the DCS story to was her father, TBsr.
Then, only AFTER TBsr reported Evelyn missing, did story 3 come into play - AB took off with Evelyn.
Had TBsr been fed the 'she's with her dad' story, and tiring of it, reach out to EP on Facebook or something?
And learning EP didn't have her, confronts MB, who tearfully admits that she was just too ashamed to tell him that DCS had taken Evelyn away?
TBsr calls DCS (ugh, why won't he just believe her!), confirms that they do NOT have Evelyn, so he then confronts MB AGAIN, and is given the AB story? Or maybe calls AB first, and is told to back off, he'll regret it (for any myriad of reasons)? Is it a coincidence that AB took off in her newly 'gifted' car the same day this all went down?
The heart of this ramble - is the evolution of MBs lies tied to the fact that there is ONE person she needs to save face to, and that person won't just let it go?
Is TBsr the key to getting her to come clean? He forgives her, no matter what, he loves her, no matter what. Whatever it takes.
Can he convince her to talk some truth?