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We all want things to end well, but 'reality' is much more cruel.
Leslie can't be Minerva because Isabella was born in the farm in 2014 and Minerva's book was written in 2015. So Leslie would have been too young. I think he died but maybe he survived like Norman after all as they need smart women to make smart babies, some smart men must be choosen too. ╮(￣▽￣)╭
But what if Mr.Minerva was Mama's love, Leslie, we don't know much about him but they did let him live until he was 12, so most likely he was smart as they say birds of a feather flock together. Maybe he got away, the authors drew mama's past, and it got some of us to sympathize w/ her so maybe there will be a point of redemption.