For the comments about speculation, we speculate based on some evidence in this thread which is why it's 4373 pages. Most of us were speculating that Amber let Rarity out on purpose (before the texts were released). That's also speculation.
If you don't believe in speculation at all, then you have to believe Rarity got out truly accidentally like Amber said. Then it was a complete coincidence it happened mid-meltdown when Amber was desperate to stay in that house. Amber said it was a total accident. Emily hasn't said otherwise, and we don't have video proof of Amber purposely letting the cat out the backdoor.
Emily is saying that when Rarity had gotten out before, she never went far and was found rubbing her face against the stairs and lingered around the wooden framing of the house.
I know every cat is different. There are probably a few posters that lost an indoor cat forever when it got outside. I know a careless person who had two cats killed by a neighbor's loose pitbulls.
But the fact that Rarity stayed right against the back steps the last time she got out shows that she was a cat whose instincts made her stay close to safety and not go exploring. The odds are strong that she wouldn't run for the hills just because a door was open. Emily would have found Rarity as soon as she got home.
Look at those psychotic texts at the exact same time Rarity allegedly got out and disappeared. That's a hell of a coincidence! Amber was absolutely desperate to stay in that house. She knew Emily would be concerned about the cat.
As for the comments about speculation, we speculate based on some evidence in this thread which is why it's 4373 pages. Most of us were speculating that Amber let Rarity out on purpose (before the texts were released). That's also speculation.
If you don't believe in speculation at all, then you have to believe Rarity got out accidentally like Amber said. Then it was a complete coincidence it happened mid-meltdown when Amber was desperate to stay in that house. Amber said it was a complete accident and we don't have video proof of her shoving the cat out a backdoor.
I didn't believe Amber could hurt a cat until I read the texts, and suddenly mid-psycho meltdown it was:
Oh no! Rarity just got out. I need you to come home right now and help me find her!!
Amber was desperate to buy time - the only way she could guarantee that was if Rarity was definitely nowhere to be found.
I'm not saying she spent hours thinking about it beforehand. It was probably impulsive. But she remembered the last time Rarity got out and then was found immediately at the back steps. That would keep her in Emily's house another 5 minutes. That's not good enough.
I'd think that between Gracie and Rarity, one of them would have wandered back up after a day or so, or at least resurfaced in the general area.
It's weird. 2 for 2 on never finding an indoor cat again, despite being in decent neighborhoods without heavy traffic or heavy coyote population. I'm guessing Gracie was an accident, then Amber remembered the result of the partner bonding over the search for Gracie.
She posted a video where her and Krystal came across a cat that had been ran over in the road, and she did seem genuinely distressed to see that.
She was on video and she knew it. She's acted for the camera many times. But maybe she really was distressed because it's disturbing to see a road-killed pet. That doesn't mean she loves cats like she says she loves them.
I cried when I saw a baby mouse dead in a mouse trap, even though I was the one who set the trap. It's sad.