Copa, i dont think hub has much empathy for the sex crime his son FORCED on his stepdaughter. Sex crimes are not different in one family to another.(unless the parents dismiss a sex crime as okay)..the offender should never again be around the victim.
I think if hub wants to have empathy for this son above the girl then this marriage will fail. It is a matter of time. The girl hasnt even started therapy yet but she will and probably her pain will erupt. There is a great chance she will never again wish to see SS. And Sumsky is a loving mother. She will choose het daughter over her husband.
I dont think the man's family or him understand the devestation of sexual abuse. I cant see this family ever being whole as long as father wants SS to be a part of it. I cant see SS snd Daughter AND HER KIDS sitting together around the Christmas table.
This is too big. Too intense. Too heinous of a crime. But Sumsky knows and is thinking right.