If this were planned by both, or just RH, wouldn't it have been easier for him to stay at work and let LH go to the daycare, only to be told that he wasn't there, so she could have called RH in front of everyone there, and he could have been at work when she callled and made a huge scene screaming and running out to his car? Something messed him up and he blew it. But I know for certain (my gut) that he didn't ever think he would even be interrogated. Cocky



. The thing that gives me the chills is "but there was no malicious intent" as if he'd researched the law just in case...eeewww..
I think he was not expecting his friends to drive off so quickly and that he wanted to discover Cooper then - in front of them. When they were on cell phones, texting and drove off so quickly he aborted that plan, tossed the lighbulbs carelessly inside because another witness was coming. Not the witness he wanted so he chucked the bulbs into the passenger seat and closed the door quickly.
Then he went about rearranging his "plans" with his friends for the movie after work.
I would be very interested in knowing about what time of day the movie idea came up and who initially suggested it. Was it before or after lunch for instance? If after lunch did he suggest the after work plans? Because I suspect he did.
He told friends he would be a bit late but left the office early to purposely arrive early (per what he told LE)
I think he wanted friends to arrive at theatre expecting to arrive before him but in reality I think he wanted to arrive before them, lay in wait in some nearby lot watching for them, so that when they pulled in, he could select a spot near to them and then proceed to "discover" Cooper as they all exited their vehicles to go inside the theatre.
He did not count on the odor of the car. He pulled over at Maddio's Pizza when he could no longer take the stench.
He expected his friends to witness his grief, his friends to be onscene and be a buffer between him and any questions, he expected to be believed. When his big reveal did not go as planned RH had no clue how to get things back on track.
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