roundisfunny
Senior Member
Bill didn't see it that way, though. He saw it as her stealing his (their) child (at least, that's what he claimed).
Now...he told Beatrix that he just started out looking for the people he thought killed her, and when he found that she had deserted him and was marrying another, he went apesh*t. However, just before he pulled the trigger, he found out that it was his baby. And what does he do? Does he call an ambulance and try to save the child? No. He leaves BB in the womb, and the comatose mother lies on the floor of the chapel for an undetermined length of time until the sheriff realizes she's alive.
Somehow, the baby is saved, and somehow further, Bill is able to take her to South America, where she grows up apparently happy, healthy and well-adjusted.
So...even if Beatrix had all this in mind, she couldn't deny that BB had had a pretty good upbringing up to that point. She is admitting under the truth serum that she wouldn't have been happy as "Mrs. Plimpton, record store employee", so why should she make herself miserable by taking on that role for life (while simultaneously robbing BB of her only parent up to that point? That would HAVE to be pretty traumatic for a kid that age)?
Beatrix, before the fighting began, should have just said, "Bill, I'm sorry...I can see that you're raising her just fine, and I'd like to let bygones be bygones. I've killed enough, and I can come to terms with your trying to kill me for taking your unborn child and running away. Can we have joint custody?" She should also be grateful that Bill saved the child at all (eventually), much less raised her.
Finally, we never saw BB whining about wanting to go home to her mansion and her Daddy while she sat in that crummy motel room. Bill obviously didn't expect to lose the fight, or he would've said something to BB like "You and Mommy might be hurriedly leaving the mansion and hitting the road in the middle of the night, in which case you'll never see me again. Sweet dreams."
Also, what was in the suitcase?