Answering my own question & asking some others:
1.) Reading up at Lostpedia, I realized that Diane and Sam Austen didn't split up until Kate was in high school or maybe middle school. This explains why Diane kept Sam around, even though she was in love with Wayne, and why Kate believed Austen was her father. Diane didn't get back together with Wayne (Kate's actual biological father) until Kate was in high school.
2.) This must mean that when middle school-aged Kate tells Tom Brennan in the audio tape (the one they dig up with the time capsule) that he's the only one knows why she wants to run away--it must be something other than Wayne abusing her because supposedly Wayne wasn't around then. (Was he in the area, but just not seeing Kate's mom? Was he totally out of the picture then?) Could someone else have been abusing her? Thoughts? What do you all think?
3.) What still isn't explained is why Sam knew he wasn't Kate's biological father but Wayne never knew that he WAS actually Kate's father. Sam would know it because the dates wouldn't add up. Why would Diane keep that information Wayne or from Kate? But especially from Wayne, when he was the love of her life???
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Originally Posted by chickenpotpiesarehot
Why did all 3 of Kate's parents (Diane, Sam, and Wayne) lie to Kate and about who her real father is? I mean, why bother telling Kate about Sam Austen at all? It would have been so much simpler for everyone if Kate had grown up a Janssen. Sam Austen was already never around because of his military duties and her mother finally had the man she loved when she married Wayne.
Does it mean that Diane believed in her heart that Wayne was a really bad guy and wanted to give Kate a shot at a decent man for a father?--Even if Kate would hardly ever see Sam? Maybe Diane suspected that Wayne would try to molest Kate and she didn't want Kate to have to think of it as incest? But, then again, if Diane REALLY wanted Kate to have a decent father and she was already lying that Sam was Kate's father, why not give Kate to Sam and keep her the hell away from Wayne forever?
Lostpedia says that Wayne probably doesn't know that Kate is his real daughter, yet it's clear from "What Kate Did" that Sam knew. Why would Diane keep the truth from Wayne but not from Sam?
Hey, how funny is it that Sam and Diane couldn't make it work on Lost. They never could make it work on Cheers either. :-p
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