I just sat here and went through my alternate theory, yet again. I wrote it down in response to an earlier post and realized, it won't wash no matter how I spin it. Must be how TS is feeling right now
I believe Gannon is dead. He did NOT run away, NOR was he kidnapped, but in my whacked out theory he was "pseudo kidnapped" to allow time for his serious wounds to heal and then caregiver (who he does not know nor recognize) would drop him off to be "found." In the excitement of being found and telling his experience the memory of the beating would disappear or at least diminish and voila, TS is vindicated. Is this what SHE thought? Is this why she's saying he is alive? In the meantime,
the attention the case is getting has made Gannon a very hot potato for someone and participating in this lunacy could very well cost him/her their freedom. Time to unload their problem? As well, her lies begin to unravel and the focus is keenly on her. Her story that he went to a friend's and could possibly have been "snatched", has been proven false for everyone to see. Big complication there. Now, she's left with throwing shade on LH and someone that helped LH steal Gannon. Somehow SHE's the evil manipulator, not her! Evidence indicates he was indeed injured, badly. LH was not aware of that when she first arrived looking for her missing son. More focus on TS. She fights back and spills to the Daily Rag, oh I mean Mail, in a futile attempt to clear her name and bolster her image . If nothing else, she likely needs the money at this point.
Anyway, after writing it all down it does seem like really bad fiction

Just can't make it work in my head. I don't think I'll be having crow for dinner. Sorry all. How I wish though