she thought CS was the one; she invested $ with him in property; maybe she really wanted to "settle down;" mid-thirties.... child bearing? hormones? CS still trying to be a cowboy racer/ladies man... fed up. Do not think she was "thinking"... planning, yes, "thinking" no. IMO. men do things like this frequently- women less often. IMO.
Honestly, if CS biked Mo to the pool and Mo was wearing KA's helmet... in her shoes, that would irate me to no end. Not philandering, not lying, but giving my stuff to another woman. And if, as I suspect, KA was "territorial", she probably felt that her territory and her possessions, including CS, were invaded. Hence, she was "protecting" all that was hers. That small thing, a helmet, could have been "the last drop".
I don't know if it was love. I always wonder how many excellent ways were there for KA to mess up both CS's and Mo's careers, given that she was so technologically savvy. She had enough SMs to set them both up! She'd harm CS more, given that she'd have female supporters, but Mo, too, because Mo was young and just entering the scene. (Remember all our fallen athletic idols, Olympic champions, even).
This I'd understand. But, taking someone's one and only life, never. So - I think that KA got disproportionately livid, and it happens when a female is protecting "her" territory. I have seen such behavior in women during bar fights, in a big zoo between two female chimps, and even when i graciously agreed to housesit a colleague's cat for two days and brought the animal to my cat (HER human did it!). This behavior is very primitive, pre-tribal, and I wonder what had to be done to bring it out in a reportedly nonviolent
person. It would be interesting to find out.
But - "territorial" is extremely important in prisons. I don't think KA will fare well there. Initially, maybe, but she'd act out again.
About the other two - CS will probably be better off with an animal. He needs to grow a lot.
About Mo, maybe it could be a learning lesson to young women, too. I can understand the allure, CS was older, too, and people in biking circles call him pretty.
(To me, the comic version of him is Apollo from "Gods behaving badly", if anyone understands what I mean. Feel free to remove, but this is what I see).
But, when Mo moved out of Austin, she should have seen that he was a dead-end street, no pun intended. So maybe, the lesson for young women is, "if you see him for what he is, don't tempt the fates." I feel exceptionally sorry for Mo, to die so young and for what? Her family, too. But there should be a takehome message for all of our children, that one's only life is not worthy of it. Also - what you see now, you'll see X 10 after marriage, and that relates to both girls, the victim and the perpetrator. The perp, KA, should have known since she lived with him.
