I'd say they are more shocked of the room as a whole at first and then they focus more on the details which add to the shock. To MC the picture of his mother would overtake everything else while Maya would simply be shocked on general terms.
Yeah could be like that
But why would they know? Lynette's parents hate her son, why would they give a shit about her friends? They do not have a legal obligation to tell them anything.
Because it's a scandal and they are assholes in the same tier as Dawe, Tybalt, Vinny, Stephen, Caleb etc. etc. etc.
And Neil and Lynette never got married. Pretty sure it doesn't count as eloping unless you do. Nit picking I know, but sometimes these details are significant.
Yes of course her parents wouldn't contact them. I'm saying why wouldn't Lyns friend try to contact Lyn and Neil and instead rely on finding out through her parents? If they were close friends then they would've remained in contact with one another, it's natural to do so.
You said that Vir and Mir would be involved in the MC's life if they knew he was alive/existed.
What I'm saying is, if they would be that dedicated to the child of their friend they would also keep in contact with said friend in the first place.
It's a scandal to the family and whatever other high society people her parents are close with. Most people wouldn't care about that. Most people certainly wouldn't view Lyn and Neil as "assholes" for running of to be with one another. Maybe her parents would go to the length of saying "Lyn is dead (to us)" but not "Lyn is dead (she's actually in the ground). The game is based in the U.S. not Saudi Arabia.
We don't know how secret her relationship with Neil was (or if it was a secret in the first place) but I doubt they would've been able to cover it up.
I'm not gonna argue about the details of eloping because the point is they left her family to be with one another,
they didn't go in hiding. Which means Lyns friend should've been able to contact her and Neil. Lyn equally would likely have been in contact with them.
It's not unlikely DPC didn't really think that part of the story through.