Exactly 100% this. Makes even more sense within the context of this VN (compared to my personal situation) because Emily knows that her son knows the guy. I mean, in any sense of reality, why would you NOT discuss it with them?
Getting slightly OT again, but staying OT within the realms of possibilities....suppose John only appears to be a good guy...does Emily own her own house outright? The resteraunt? MC is Emily's only child. He should inherit everything. If emily's new relationship gets the point of marriage (regardless of who it is with)...that creates a whole future financial can of worms that I'm sorry...as a parent you should be thinking about...hence again, why the fuck would you not discuss this with your children? (Not terribly relevent in this VN as the MC still a kid...but fast forward 30 years.....).
She's single and has lived in that house since she was with Andres, it sounds like the house is legally hers, must've got it in the divorce.
The restaurant i'd say probably, there's always the possibility of investors and she's "just" the chef and administrator, but she freely jams her son into the job, does job interviews in her own house, that leans towards it's her business and she doesn't need to explain her decisions to anyone else.
Plus the talk about opening a Cafe... doesn't sound like she has lots of partners to helping with that.
And John doesn't need to be a fake good guy after a single lady with money, sometimes there are guys that mean well but are just terrible with money.
Bottom line, prenup and shield your kid in case of death.
There's something on my mind. You know when Erynn accused Alexis of having sex with Ethan, then MC talked to Alexis about it and at the end of the conversation, the choice of "I believe Alexis" or "She's lying" was revealed. What was the reason for that? I don't understand why Nyx made such a choice. Could Alexis really be lying? After all, she had sex with Mc on the plane even though she knew about Erynn. Maybe that's Alexis' quirk.
I don't have an answer for that, but i don't think she slept with Ethan.
If she did Ethan wasted a perfect opportunity to brag about it when he was beating the MC up, he only says he would "settle things"/let go fo the sex tape for a Alexis blowjob... saying "do you know i used to bang your gf?" would've been way more hurtful.
Bottom line, i don't think Nyx will make Alexis a compulsive liar that fucks everyone in Erynn's close loop... though that would be entertaining as hell lol.