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@Mgc85
She may be in huge emotional distress which boiled over in front of the parent she knew would cause less harm to her and which resulted in a chaotic incident. I
I work with newborn babies and their parents. Mums will often tell me that I'm "very good" with babies, because if their newborn is crying they'll often settle instantly as soon as I pick them up (with mum's permission!) Very few parents realise that babies stop crying in my presence simply because they're somewhere new, and being held by someone unrecognisable. Keeping silent is mostly a survival ploy, if you're being examined by a possible predator, you keep as quiet as possible and you don't draw attention to yourself. Babies cry loudly when with their parents because they feel safe enough to do so.
Now....imagine Ella's life, stuck in that gilded cage, every single day, with a mentally unstable, vindictive, abusive, and possibly drunk mother. Don't you think that she has to tiptoe around, walking on eggshells, for fear of waking the beast? No wonder she cries and lashes out in Ioan's presence, it's probably the first time that she's felt able to release her emotions in ages. She's confused, overwhelmed and angry, and now her
hole of a mother wants to drag her through the court system, just to score points in her endless war against her ex.
I feel so bad for that kid, Alice has set her against her father for so long, it's really damaged her. Remember the video where Ioan yelling at the TV football game made her cry? Poor Ella, she never stood a chance with a "mother" like Alice.