No, you are not using “this logic.” You are simply refuting my statement by applying a blanket “everyone could be lying” explanation. As much as that explanation is still probable, it is very doubtful (and very unsatisfying) that is truly the case.
I’m not brushing off Jack’s word simply because he is a liar. If you paid attention, I cited three accounts, two of which are ECHOs and one of which is what Jack explicitly says. All of them are related to Angel and her imprisonment. One ECHO clearly indicates that Angel was placed on her “new throne” and into a box when she was but a young girl, a time when Jack still had no significant influence in Hyperion. The other ECHO describes an instance where Jack strangles an employee for mentioning his wife during a time when he did have significant influence in Hyperion, a time between TPS and BL2. There is a contradiction when certain events occur when we also consider Jack’s testimony, which hasn’t always been credible.
but having two ECHOs mentioning angel and her mother having some kind of deal when there’s basically zero ECHOs with any back-story info to begin with, should be reason enough to assume jack’s back-story involved some sort of negative interaction with angel and her mother
No, there is a jump in logic there. We already know there’s a pretty bad relationship between Angel and Jack. Yet, there is nothing that even hints at the relationship between Jack and his wife/Angel’s mom (assuming they are the same person). All that is revealed so far is that Jack does not want any mention of his wife made at all, to the point where he would commit homicide. What would cause him to act in that way is still unclear, whether he had a good relationship with the wife or a bad relationship with the wife.
Whether it was Jack killing her for questioning what he was doing with Angel (This is unlikely because it seems that the mother disappeared BEFORE Angel was forced to sit in the chair, we know this because she’s introduced to her special chair in the same ECHO where Angel asks Jack where mommy is
Again, a jump in logic. That particular ECHO only reveals that Jack isolated Angel to the point where he was unwilling to allow Angel to see her mommy. It doesn’t say anything at all if she actually disappeared for good or not.
The other aforementioned ECHO shows an employee referencing Jack’s wife well after Angel’s initial imprisonment, during the time between TPS and BL2. Jack’s wife/Angel’s mother would have logically “disappeared” some time AFTER Angel’s imprisonment, not before.
Again, we cannot cite facts not made evident. We can list what we know, and then list what we don’t know, and then infer from that body of knowledge any other possible speculations, which could easily be changed once more information comes down the line.