carpanthers
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I went to college two hours away from home, and my parents visited a couple of times. But they never got a hotel room nearby, they'd just drive home. And the semester had just started two weeks earlier. She would have just seen him over winter break, don't you think? Kind of soon for a visit from dad. But that's just me applying my personal take on things. Amherst didn't seem that far from Hanson, but since they all drank at dinner maybe he wasn't able to drive home. Or maybe he was planning to head to CT for work the following morning.
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These are more excellent points. I also went to school two hours from home, and my parents never got a hotel room either. And you are right about winter break. It does seem particularly strange that he would visit her so quickly after break unless there was a reason.
Maybe, like Kathleen told us about the phone call, Maura was just stressed and having trouble with her boyfriend? I think Kathleen also once told Renner that she knew exactly why Fred went up to Amherst, before someone advised her not to tell him.
And we know that according to Fred, he had the motel room before he started drinking. He said that he and Maura returned to the hotel after shopping for cars, and that Maura worked out at the gym. So at least according to Fred, he always planned to stay in the motel.