Wondering1, with brain issues, I admire honesty and bluntness. I hate trying to figure complex things out. Maybe I could do that when I was young, but now, not so much.
Don't ever apologize for speaking your truth, especially not to me. Personally, I wish we had a little more being willing to put ourselves out there in this world. Maybe then... well... we all know what then. I'd rather be an honest fool than look secretly brilliant. I'd rather someone call a spade a spade, at least I know where I stand with them rather than my hamster wheel brain spinning trying to parse what they say. That drives me crazy.
I may have been unclear, but I told LE that I was 90% sure I saw Kyron, and (I forget specifics now) later when asked about Kaine, I was 80% sure it was him. If it wasn't him, it was someone who looked a lot like him.
I did have an immediate gut reaction about this little kid in my kids space. My son... is very trusting, and if the little boy asked him, he'd give him the game system, and with some kids, it would never be seen again. The kid I looked up at was sweet, shy, reserved, and just very excited, but very smart, had an impressive vocabulary, and was very respectful. I relaxed immediately and told my son to say hi. I was about to offer to the adults that he could sit in my chair and play with my son and the game system, since he was so excited about it, but they were already out of earshot and I could not leave my son. I thought maybe the boys might want to play together, and the adults could do what they came for, but I wasn't going to offer without talking to them first. By then, the little boy went after them, so it was a moot point.
I can't say what I think happened. I have some working theories that might be correct, or might just be me trying to make sense of what I think I saw. I'm not sharing them yet because I don't yet know how things work here very well, and I'm not sure my theories have any relevance. I... don't want to rush to judgement. They're just theories, and relevant only to what I think I saw.
Look, I couldn't imagine that Susan Smith was guilty (I was young and dumb). Then again, I had Drew Peterson pegged nearly from the beginning. I'm a human. I don't give too much weight to what I say, and I'm not sure you should either. I'm here because I am a person who strives to lie my head on the pillow every night with a clear conscience, and right now, my conscience isn't clear. I as much as anyone don't want to believe I saw Kyron, because if I did, that's 2 months sooner DY would have had her son back. They would have had to pry Kyron from my cold, grasping hands if I *knew* it was him, because no way was he leaving where we were had I known. They could have taken ME to jail, but if I had a missing kid in my grasp, I would not let go.
That is hard to live with. That is why I can't sleep at night.
Trust me, I really want to be wrong. I'm just afraid I'm right. And I'm afraid that isn't a good thing.