RSBM
I have a feeling that the Pros is going to call everyone they can find to testify about how Chase repeatedly "ripped Joey off". But how will the jury interpret that testimony? Chase had been "ripping Joey off" (I put this in quotes because Joey is not here to clarify for us what their business and financial arrangements were) for years but Joey continued to not only work with him but sing praises of him. So when Chase "ripped Joey off" by creating that check for himself a few days before the 4th, why would I expect Joey to freak out and fire him/report him to LE? And in fact, there is absolutely no evidence whatsoever that I have seen thus far that shows that Joey thought Chase ripped him off, or that he planned to fire him, or planned to report him to LE, or that he was even mad at him at all. Instead, Joey didn't change his Quickbooks password, he didn't ask his bank to hold his account, he didn't call Summer or his Dad or Mom to complain about how angry he was with Chase. Nope, he drove all the way up to RC to have a 2-hour Chick-fil-A lunch with that dastardly Merritt who once again "ripped him off".
I don't mean to make light of a very serious case but "ripping Joey off", if true, was just kinda their thing. For whatever reason. I wish Joey were here to explain it. All I know is that a jury might be asking themselves, why would this man Joey continue to work with this guy who was constantly ripping him off? Some jurors might even wonder if there was more to the business than just fountains. Or they might be so confused right now they don't know WHAT to think!!
To be clear, I still think CM could have killed the family, but I just don't agree with the Pros motive. I think something else happened that day.