$$$ was the reason. MM must have been so angry when she found out there was almost none left. She secretly sees a divorce attorney (and starts the process of forensic accounting, IMO) but she does her own "investigating" as well. That's of course the last thing that Alex wants.
Anger is transferable. They had likely been angry at each other the whole 15 years. Many of us either know or have been in relationships where the love was replaced by tolerance, and sometimes, by anger. It's best to leave at the angry stage, before it turns to hatred, which I've also seen.
Those of us who have been in abusive relationships (and mine was with a prominent man), know exactly how quickly they can go from lovey dovey (in public) to what they do in private. And there's tons of literature on this. There are all kinds of abusive relationships, the most common of which is probably the one where the abuser feels contritition and begs for forgiveness. But once you've been physically, verbally or otherwise assaulted by your spouse, I don't think things are ever the same.
When the kids are grown and the woman starts thinking about leaving (especially if she thinks the finances would support separation - but with a reduced lifestyle for everyone), that's the most dangerous time.
No, I don't think drug dealers kill people's families in order to make someone pay their drug bills. In fact, like private criminal defense lawyers, drug dealers typically demand payment up front.
Can you think of any cases where drug dealers killed the wife and son of a client because he didn't pay them?
IMO, these are nearly non-existent, few and far between, and they don't use the guns belonging to the family.
IMO.
