Alright, after getting to the end of this episode, I smell something really fishy here.
After the "revelations" in this episode, I think it might actually not be Elaine who is behind everything, but Bella and Bella is also the third woman, the MC's dad was with. All things considered, banging the younger sister of his partner would be perfectly in line with his character as far as we know it.
Also, considering that the manwhore MC version is even adding a mom to that equation, the apple might not fall that far from the tree in that case.
I know, others have been suspicious of Bella as well, but to me, it always seemed like her love for the MC was real, probably all TOO real and bordering on an insane fixation.
I think there is a good chance, nothing of what she said about Elaine is true at all. That she is behind all the BS that has happened so far.
The scene in the beach house with her just really set off all the alarmclocks for me.
As far as the rest of the episode went, it was definitely time to do something with Monica again, so that was very welcome. I really liked the Jolene scene, AND the gym scene was almost insane.
Suddenly, it does look as if it might just be possible to get Katie to not only accept Debbie and Lily into a relationship, but if the mean MC and her nasty little sister keep manipulating and basically grooming her like that, it might just work.
I know that Cheeky and Ace like to play around with expectations in that regard, though, so maybe Katie will reach a boiling point and roast the MC's balls over a fire.
Despite being able to hint at something happening with M in this update, I don't think that could ever be in any way on the table, probably not even for that little deviant that Jenna is turning out to be.
I love it, it keeps me on my toes, I still love the interactions, the sex, I finally also managed to not be at all interested in some girls (blonde at party and dumb blonde from the Carny), so there's that at least. Not a complete whore.
Anyway, I can't state enough how great that system is of starting at a specific episode and setting the relationships.
I don't know of any other game that has something working so well and to such an extent. The only game I can even think of is DMD, but that's nowhere near as complicated.
WTHI just remains special and in many ways on a completely different level to the standard fare of games here.