Well, here's how I see it. TC is taking an awful chance having them both in the same store together. Everyone is looking for two people, and there they are. He's much less likely to get noticed going in alone. Instead he brings her along. He does this because he can't control her when she's out of his sight, or he doesn't trust her. So he brings her along with him. Captors, especially those who have been trained to be sub, will smile and know how to be good so their captors treat them well. It can be hard for people who haven't either been through it, or worked with it, to understand. ET's upbringing taught her to be a submissive, and I'm using that term meaning exactly what it means. TC is a dominant control figure, it's why he got into teaching, it's why he was a bully to anyone his equal it's why he changed jobs often, and it's why he "likes 'em young" so to speak. I'm going to bet his wife was very kind, quiet, did what she was told and that they got married very young doesn't surprise me. So he's got guns and she's his property and I'm sure he's told her how to act What I see is her looking up at him like a dog does at a dog show to see if he's pleased. He's not looking at her, he's maintaining control. This is not on any level an equal relationship. Walk into a store with one of your friends, or your spouse and you'll turn your head and talk with them. It's what people who are truly with each other do, unless they're upset with each other. She's keeping open body language, but it's still protective in the way she's tight. Her hair is stringy and greasy, teens don't go out in public looking like that. They won't even go out with a pimple on their faces and the wrong makeup. Anyone with a teen daughter has had to suffer through a bad hair day when they child won't go out and has a complete meltdown over being seen without being perfect. So no, I don't get the "I'm on holiday with the man of my dreams" vibe. There's no touching, only very stiff movements and while it was great to see her alive and breathing, the detached look on her face frightens me.
Agree w this. Want to add as someone who was sexually abused and psychologically abused I was really a mess as far as dating. I was quite submissive and put up w all kinds of stuff now that has me scratching my head. I was so willing to give up so much of myself and my wants and needs to have that love and affection of males, I dated some real losers. I was lucky. That is all it comes down to. I could have been Elizabeth. People that have not experienced abuse have no idea how your mind operates. It changes your psyche so severely. Being a teen is hard enough, but being an abuse victim as a teen is a terrible hand to be given. It leaves you so vulnerable, especially if she was never given proper therapy and support prior to Tad getting his hands on her vulnerable mind. I still do not think she realizes what trouble she has gotten herself into with him. He saw her coming and knew all the right things to do, and like I said she is willing to lose so much of herself if only to feel wanted and "understood". I am so worried for this girl. I wish she knew there were so many women(and men) who have been where she was and have came out on the other side stronger and wiser. She does not need this man to be a complete human being who can live a complete and fulfilling life.