I was surprised by the way she sounded -- kind of on par with CW, lowbrow (I am trying to find the least offensive word for it). But I also have to say that she sounded mostly believable. She sounded like a woman processing this crazy story that happened to her -- not fully taking in the horror of it all because she was still pretty shocked. You don't fall out of love with someone in one second, and yet her brain must have been repulsed by him; a lot of emotions at plat at once. She does seem to want to prove she has a better lifestyle than Shan'ann did, though occasionally realizes the version she swallowed was the murdering, lying husband's version -- but she emphasizes her values over status-seeking, superficial, appearance-obsessed version of SW she believed; seems genuinely into the idea that she was going to introduce the girls to nature and doing things with their hands; they certainly envisioned a future together and it sounds like she was trying to embrace a future stepmom role. Sadly, if she had been a woman Shan'ann met who simply had bad luck with men and made bad choices, Shan'ann would have been so ind to her. Shan'ann had much more empathy than what comes across here, and more ability to be self-deprecating. NK like CW needs to come across as just so good, so down-to-earth, so honest and real. I am rambling but in sum, I feel more bad for her now than before. She is not the villain. CW is the villain. It is horrifying and surprising that she is the villain's motive.
