And what a <mod snip> to text his girlfriend he enjoyed having sex w the other chick. <mod snip>
Lol sorry.
What a meanie. Is meanie ok?
I could not help but smile at this. It is difficult to find descriptors for the sort of behavior EA displays. I think we keep reaching for common terms to describe him because there is accumulating something more scary here than most of us can comfortably deal with. Take the 'ie' off of meanie and we get a bit closer to that scariness. Mean. EA is mean. And then the mind sort of stops a minute, hovering outside of where that meanness could lead and its consequences for Christina (and other possible victims, if there are some). It is a meanness that has utter self-gratification at its core. He wants what he wants when he wants it, and at the same time, he probably does not want to confront what he is, because that means that a surface politeness can be penetrated by others and that he cannot wear the wool of a sheep when he is a predator.
Pretend that meanness marks a point of no return, where beyond it is just him and his victim and his power over her. Now step beyond that point and think of Christina.
What we see -- he lies when it suits him, he shows no respect for the women in his life, he bamboozles his parents and the parents of his girlfriend -- is just the meanness at the gate and beyond that gate is where Christina had to go, to where he did not have to pretend. He could drop his façade. Does you mind want to stop right there? Christina did not get that choice.
I have spent much of my life trying to parse body language and facial expression. On that video of that walk to the garage, he moved behind her ever so slightly. Her back would have been what he was focused on. He did not move so much to the back of her that he aroused suspicion, but I believe he moved just as a predator does, sizing up the vulnerabilities of prey.
You may say that I am over-imaginative, but I trust that instinct of mine. I can almost feel his gaze crawling up her back while she texts on, oblivious, focused upon someone else entirely. I think he was angry, I think was dangerous, and I think he formed his intention then.
Reading this thread today, I passed beyond some of my own defenses: I really want to see this guy convicted. I really hope the prosecution can persuade the jury, and that they can see what I already believe. Before, I said I was about 85%-90% convinced of his guilt. I am at a 100% now. I feel a sort of chill. I think this guy is evil.