A business relationship for so many years, yes. And maybe more than business?
And it would certainly be interesting to consider all the properties outside of Florida in case there are any they held onto, are still renting out but am sure that FBI have covered all of that. ( Although personally I still can't shake the possibility that he may have killed himself by now - just cause he'd know he can't take prison)
So many what ifs in this case, that I may as well add another one....
Without the Laundries doing real estate, would Gabby have ended up in Florida at all?
We know how hard it is for today's young generation to get on the property ladder & rent is costly. I just get the feeling that BL would have used his parents' property-holding safety-net to help get GP to move away from her parents. If I was the mother of a murdered daughter I think this would add to my resentment, just being human.
Seems a lifetime ago but I dated a guy who years after our breakup killed his best friend in a DWI car crash. As his court date neared, and after leaving his lawyer's office, he went home and hung himself. Same reason as you stated above, he couldn't do prison.
IMO Gabby had been in this same up and down relationship for years, it was familiar to her, and behavior's that were cropping up may have seemed normal, or at least acceptable to Gabby. She had no previous experience in relationships,, so she had nothing to compare this one to.
The Moab stop may have been her first interaction with LE and it was dealing with a serious accusation of DV. It may have been the 1st time she started realizing that hey, maybe this behavior wasn't normal, that she was the one being accused of being the aggressor, and it might have frightened her to think about if she should be in a unhealthy relationship.
Obviously I don't know what impact that police stop had on her, or even if she was even aware of this relationship not being normal since she took complete blame for all that happened that day.
I do believe if she had been able to continue growing as a person, she would have come to a realization that this was not a relationship she wanted to continue in. She may have started realizing she was outgrowing him, with or without DV involved. But I doubt she was able to make that decision during this trip because she was so set on making her dreams come true to the exclusion of everything else.
Too bad BL didn't give her that chance to start growing up and dumping him. I would be shocked if he's found dead but I won't be surprised, he may not be able to handle all the guilt associated with this crime and the thought of going to prison. JMO IMO
