This was always the part I never understood. What could HE have possibly found attractive about that man? I feel like that has shaken my world view nearly as much as her disappearance!
I totally understand where your coming from, derpderpy. We have to remember Heather was only 19/20 years old, so.....
When I was 24 I met a guy my age and I just thought he was the greatest thing ever, looks body, you name it, he was perfect. We had an on off relationship a few years and then he moved me in with him and I thought I died and went to heaven.
After almost a year living together I knew it wasn't going to work, but before I had any time to move on he did it for me while I was at work. I came home to an empty apartment. This happened in December 92 or 93, cannot remember. My world just crashed and I already had severe abandonment issues. I never saw him again, worked very hard to get over him and I did, even though I still have nightmares.
Move on 12 or 13 years to 2004. I had retired from my old job b/c of the physical pain and was getting back to working after a 6 year hiatus and I was selling high end jewelry and refereed to myself as a 'diamond thief' at a nice wholesale/warehouse chain.
I wasn't working there two months and who do I see staring at me? Yep, the boyfriend from hell!
I ignored him and it wasn't long before I was seeing him in there more often and then his sister comes in who lives in Hilton Head 2-1/2 hours away and she is asking me all kinds of questions about my personal life, am I married, boyfriend, blah, blah, blah. I told her I was in a long term relationship with marriage in the next couple years and then I told her to tell her brother to leave me alone and I wanted nothing to do with him.
He would come up to the jewelery counter, stare at me and creep me out. I had enough creepers following me around anyway and he just repulsed me.
I tell this story I rarely ever tell because at 23/24 I thought he was awesome and could do no wrong and now I don't even find him attractive and cannot for the life of me see what I saw in him years ago.
Too bad Heather cannot have the same luxury as I do now.