She's also motherless and fatherless, desperate for attention, willing to be exploited. Look at members of cults, followers of David Koresh. People will endure much degradation for attention, for love. She's a strong-willed woman of her own, and very narcissistic. She's not a villian, but she's not there for Josie.
LOVE is about that too.
Jared, Jr., is fighting the demons of his own internal disbelief. He's inherited a burden from his grandfather. Jared, Jr. is disturbed, weak and pathetic. But there's no excuse for child abuse. Ransomville is a real place, not far from where my parents live.