- Jul 31, 2023
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Go back and re watch that scene and pay attention to the man reading his phone on the wall by the stairs where Bella turns to James and talks to him .While replaying Bella and Jill's paths, I noticed that at the beginning of episode 8, Bella has virtually no interaction with James. It feels like she's talking to him in a detached way, like she's imagining him.
He puts his hands on her shoulders, looks at her, but she doesn't hug him back, which is really weird. It's like James is a ghost to her, some elusive image.
I don't think she's hallucinating, it's probably some kind of post-traumatic state after his death, when relatives talk to the deceased to make it easier to deal with grief.
For the sake of interest I watched some of Bella's scenes with MC and what do we see? She actively touches him as if he were a living person, whereas at the beginning of episode 8 she avoids touching James, although it is logical on a couple in love.
Either DPC is so snowflake and afraid of NTR that he avoids such a natural thing as normal hugging and tactile contact between spouses.
It could be interpreted that he sees her talking to nobody as he stops what he is doing to look at her . DPC likes to show subtlety with background characters and this could be one of those moments to make you ponder.
After that she walks away and doesn't hold James' hand
It may by nothing of the sort other than DPC throwing in a Red Herring.