What exactly happened to Don Elkins?

[Jade]

Just L/L lore I've acquired through the years. I'm not sure if that info is in Book 5 or not, likely not if it's not somewhat common knowledge. Carla spoke candidly about it, and obviously never had the slightest problem with it. But yeah, she was "his", which makes it even crazier that he allowed Jim's presence in the way he did (though I think their relationship was mutually co-dependent, so when he was clear-headed, he likely knew that Carla definitely was "his").

But yeah, she gave up things she really loved for him: An outside job (as a librarian) - he basically made her quit and come work for him. When he was flying, she had more freedom, but when he was home, she had to be by his side and dote on him. I mean, Don's from a completely other generation - he was born in 1930, he'd be 86, old enough to be my grandpa, who definitely wasn't the most progressive thinker I knew about women. I mean obviously Don was very progressive, and I don't think he was sexist (I think he was a misanthrope actually; read when Carla talks about their "energy exchange" and how she finally understood how Don saw the world - fearfully) he was just very obsessed with being in Carla's presence. But yes, definitely something unbalanced for a negative entity to exploit...