Mama "T" (we will call her) was instantly drawn to Ottis when she was shopping in Walmart near Enumclaw, Washington; and the expressive character with him (Paige Summers) was not your "normal" dude. After chatting outside that day in 2018 with him for a time, Mama "T" learned that they were staying at a nearby campground while "searching for ranch property" he wanted to purchase in the area. For the next couple of weeks, she (and sometimes her husband, too) would visit Ottis. Once, after meeting a very poor family with kids staying at that campground, Mama "T" brought them food and supplies for a bar-b-que, and had a grand time with them.
Mama "T"s personality is such that a person who claims to be a "Christian" must walk-the-walk before she believes the talk. The character he was had an intriguing aspect and she really wanted to figure it out. More signs were popping up that Paige Summers was not who he led on to be in many ways, and his mood and personality changed often.
The fact that Ottis was living at a campground, kept Mama "T" coming for visits; and, she heard more stories from Paige Summers that just did not fully add up in her mind. Her husband did not trust him at all; and even less when Mama "T" ran a background check on Paige Summers. To say the least, it was not very good; but she did not have access to the level that put together that Paige Summers was also Marty Ray Scott and that he had served time in multiple prisons. When she told Paige Summers that she had run the background check, he was furious!
He finally got over it and began to ask her to continue to visit. (His reasons were later disclosed.) So, she kept visiting Ottis, and listening to more stories. A big eye-opener for Mama "T" was when he told her that he was a retired U.S Marshal, pulled out a semi-auto gun, and did not even know how to remove the magazine? Plus, no gun "instructor" (which he claimed to be) would have a gun that dirty. She and her husband took it home to clean it.
At one point, Paige Summers had her drive him around the Enumclaw area to help him look for ranch property for sale because he did not want to go with Realtors who did not want Ottis in the car, and driving the big red truck (he said was his) was too cumbersome. Once, Mama "T" had an occasion to ride in the red truck. The fact that he could not drive the manual transmission properly, was hot-rodding and driving over curbs, and had a credit card number, expiration date, and the "code" written down on a legal pad in the front seat, gave her concern. At one point, she snapped a photo of the credit card information to show her husband.
Ultimately, Paige Summers finally revealed that he did not have the means to purchase ranch property and that he had a "business partner" named Ms. Susan. He explained that he had to find the property because Ms. Susan was very busy working in Washington, DC, Tennessee and near Seattle. She later learned that the credit card information was stolen from Ms. Susan.
