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questioned
Love or thinking it's love will have people making decisions that they may have not made if they were not in love and then add on domestic violence (DV)
Stephanie.
That's why she became so attached.
control.
The irony. But you are human Jordan.
came
Murphy's law is motion.
“I want people to know who my daughter was. But let me be clear,” she said, stabbing the table with her forefinger. “I. Want. Her. Killer.”
Pamela and I had talked about the last time she’d seen Masey at the coffee shop, but we’d never had the conversation on-camera. I should have prepped her. I should have explained to her that some of the questions I would be asking were about situations the two of us had talked about previously but were unknown to viewers. Expecting Pam, in her current state, to account for that was a rookie mistake. If I hadn’t been so lost in memories of my own trauma,
Yeah prep is key especially for a grieving mother.
“Why do our kids always have to be runaways? Huh? Unparented and misguided? Neglected and unloved? The police instantly go there. She was fifteen years old! She was a straight-A student invited to attend a prestigious STEM school! How did she accomplish that without a loving family to support her?”
Amen. The bias of law enforcement and our elected officials is disgusting.
“Yeah, Imani. She loved that baby. She was supposed to watch Imani while Yvonne ran around and got stuff together for a birthday party
That is so endearing about Masey and a intimate insider to what type of person she is (was).
for her husband that night.”
Idk why I feel a certain way after finding out about Manny. Why am I like this? Like just learning about him makes my Spidey sense go off.
“Evergreen
The "Everblack" as we call it lol. I didn't catch the time stamp of this story. is it the 90s or 2000s? Because now the Plaza is an outdoor mall rebuilt and redevelopment. it used to be an indoor mall previously. The anchor store was Carson Pierie Scott before they closed. Great memories going there as a teen in the 90s.
The new information about the mall threw me. If Pam could pick up Malcolm from Cynthia’s after work, couldn’t she have grabbed Masey from Yvonne’s place after she got back from the mall? “Did Masey ride home on her bicycle that night? Or did Yvonne give her a ride home because it was getting dark, as you’d requested?”
Great questions. Now I wish I would have followed my plans to be a broadcast journalist.
I had hoped to speak to Pam off-camera so that I could ask her how she hooked up with Louise Robinson, but I didn’t want to burden her with such details in her fragile condition.
Good call. I'm curious though
“She’s over on 71st and Peoria,” she said.
I know this area well.
Scott shot me a look but didn’t say a word. The day had been marked by an unusual level of tension between us. But when you spend as much time together as Scott and I do, you’re bound to have some off days.
I can imagine it is like a relationship with ups, downs, good and bad. But the earlier teens remark standing on the bus stop was his doing.
wasn’t questioning her attentiveness as a parent. No way! Did it sound that way to her?
Yeah it may have come off that way with the heavy emotion. Incant help to think there is something else lingering.
I had a little over an hour to kill before Tanya’s, and I knew exactly how to spend it. Pamela had said that Yvonne’s house was pretty much a straight shot from hers at 82nd Street and
Reminds me of the story back in the 90s/early 2000s of the little girl that was killed in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood and her father was charged for the murder. He was the main person crying and on the news asking for the "abducters" (before her body was found) to bring his daughter back safe. She was much younger than Masey I think she was about 8.
Yvonne.
Makes sense
A ride? A ride from whom? Pamela never mentioned Masey
Right
“That’s all she said? Her cousin? She didn’t mention a name?” I asked.
I bet Yvonne or Manny?
raucousness
ˈrɔː.kəs.nəs/ the quality of being loud and energetic: His songs mix sophisticated songwriting with barroom raucousness.
blasted
This has to be the 90s since she is using a CD player.
“You should never pour your own sake; someone should poor it for you.”
Why?
TiVo
Yes has to be late 90s early 2000. I do not think many people use a Tivo now
Scott: The piece turned out really nice. Congrats!
Haha right. T least he could have shot her a text or answered his phone to let her now he was not going to be able to shoot. He could not be salty about the bus stop exchange and/or not being able to come in when Jordan first wrnt to speak with Louise. If so he is petty and I didn't think he would be like that. I do understand he was pulled off work but a professional courtesy is not too much to offer.
I’VE
Did she type in all caps lol
talk
it better not be Thomas. The woman said no!
“Please,
Lol 😆
This
Right I second that. Make sure the lines are not blurred and there will be no misunderstanding.
prodigious
prodigious /prəˈdijəs/ I. adjective 1. remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree • the stove consumed a prodigious amount of fuel. 2. ‹archaic› unnatural or abnormal • rumors of prodigious happenings, such as monstrous births. II. derivatives 1. prodigiously /prəˈdijəslē prōˈdijəslē / adverb 2. prodigiousness /prəˈdijəsnəs
I also feel like Pamela may not have known her daughter as well as she thought. She might’ve fit in a lot better at that party than her mother realized. Does anyone really know their child? I can think of at least six things I did around that age my mother will never know about.”
Yeah for sure. I don't even want to know the things my son may do unbeknownst to me. I just do my best to let him know that he does not have to hide anything from me. I may not be happy with his decision bit I will not disown him as long as he is not doing something wrong or harming himself or others. I just pray my raising and guidance can be in the forefront when he is making decisions and do things to keep himself safe.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Keith Mulvaney, aka Tonya Harding,
Haha this is still funny
In others, he’s a human grenade. You don’t notice him until he explodes.
That is a dangerous combo
In others, he’s a human grenade. You don’t notice him until he explodes.
I am going to start using this saying.
bravado.
Ha!
wanted.
Why do I feel it is going to go downhill?
“You’re in the community,”
I was wondering about the meaning of that statement myself.
“You’re
I'm thinking it's the latter "you're black" lol
level.
Right
triple
Ha! Great pun and keeping in line with the theme of Tonya Harding
looking
Yes lower and upper Michigan and Wacker Drive where GPS does not even work lol
Hawk.”
Yes indeed the "Hawk" I love these Chicago details.
Sun-Times.”
Another Chicago detail
“This is from 2003. Hundreds of rape kits from poor communities in suburban Cook County were never processed!”
OK so we are not in the 90s lol But stull can be in the early 2000s. I don't remember hearing any mention of social media. I know FB was not a thing until like 2008/2009. MySpace was out before then. I didn't get into MySpace.
“This is from 2003. Hundreds of rape kits from poor communities in suburban Cook County were never processed!”
Oh My
If they find out I called in this tip, I’m screwed. I know I did the right thing. I know I did the right thing.
You did do the right thing. Let's hope they never find out it was your tip from the young lady. More so let's hope Tanya does not find out.
See,
One of the many things I learned is that feeling does not come around for nothing. There is a reason we get that feeling.
MySpace page
There we have it it has to be anywhere from 2003 to about 2008/2009 whe Ln FB was created. I don't think it was 2003 because when April and Jordan was talking in the Cafe before Pam arrived April mentioned some cases that were mishandled in 2003. So it seems they would at least be in 2004. So I'm thinking more 2006 to 2008/2009 because it seems like 2 to 3 years should have passed before they would be disgusted about mishandled cases in 2003. And Jordan still listens to TLC Scrubs released in 1999 because that her jam. I still have things in regular rotation. And MP3 players and downloaded music was not really a thing then. we were still burning musics to CDs then lol.
“She
Casey was ahead of her time. She was an early influencer.
Yvonne
Hmmm interesting especially since I have that off feeling about Manny & it is interesting Yvonne was the last to see Masey, and why didn't she dropped her off at home after the mall? Or maybe she did like Jordan mentioned earlier and Masey left. Was Yvonne jealous of Masey, did the get in an argument and it went awry? Something about Yvonne is sus.
moment, and not the same moment that Pam was experiencing. Tears streamed down Yvonne’s face. “I’m sorry . . . Pam,” Yvonne said. “I loved her so much. You know I did.”
