He did not want to be with Priscilla. Somehow they got talked into marrying each other because of the kid.I agree with that he is emotionally cruel. Remember them describing how she finally reached him on the boat? He ended the call after finding out she was pregnant and called back three days later. I get they were young and he was scared. But three days?
And the whole leaving the marriage thing, I think he just wanted to cheat and then ran back to Priscilla after.
It’s easy to say Priscilla has fault in this for not reaching out to the child but it is not her responsibility to keep up with a child that is technically not hers and was born due to his cheating. For all we know she could have been completely clueless about him not paying his child support BUT I think at this point if she knows about all the money coming in....I would hope she would approach Asa and say “Hey, pay for your kid” but again that’s not her responsibility and should be something Asa takes care of on his own since it was his mistake.
I have a feeling that Priscilla is not that involved with Abbie because Asa has always took control of everything as a way to make Priscilla happy. I can imagine he vowed to let Priscilla relax while he did mostly everything for the kids. Priscilla was not always that big, I’m sure she put on all that weight after she found out about all of this.
It’s still hard for me to feel sorry for Priscilla because she’s so disconnected but there are reasons she might be this way. Asas personality may have rubbed off on her.