Preventing Alex's blow up about Libby
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Re: Preventing Alex's blow up about Libby

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Like you, though, I thought Natalie's plan was brilliant!
You can spend your time however you want, but you can spend it only once.

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Helpme71 wrote: ↑24 May 2018, 09:22I agree with you entirely. Alex had issues that were going to make him explode, regardless of who it was against. Since Natalie is only his step-child and not his biological child, it only makes sense that he would target her, as the "odd one out". Alex is an abuser who would've snapped, regardless of what Natalie had done differently to resist his plans to sell Libby.cpru68 wrote: ↑15 Apr 2018, 17:42 I think Alex was always looking for an excuse to beat Natalie to a pulp to help relieve his anger issues. Alex with his hair trigger anger and alcoholism was always going to find some place of contention with her. I liked the idea of her hiding the heifer, and we see in that act a way of self preservation without involving her siblings to protect them. Natalie had to work the system she was in so she could keep all of her responsibilities balanced. She was tip toeing through life and hanging on to her most prized possession while dealing with an unstable household. That heifer was her lifeline to something normal.
I also think that harming a child's "pet" is emotional abuse...just another way to get her..... What she did was was very courageous and shows her bold personality.
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