![]() ![]() However, at the end when it came to light that Simon Hess was Betty’s murdered and she, in turn, murdered her killer’s grandson, both Betty and the Sun Down were free to move forward to the “afterlife” so to speak. It was like the motel was stuck, just like how Betty was stuck - with her killer still not identified. Carly makes a reference to how the motel hadn’t aged from the pictures she had seen with her Aunt Viv from 35-years prior. The Sun Down collecting mold and flooding at the end was metaphorical. The fact that Viv went unnoticed for 4 days was part-luck (her roommate was out of town), and partly strategic (she had a cop who was covering for her and likely diverting suspicion or attention while Viv could disappear).Ģ. ![]() Throughout the book there were several references to Viv and Carly showing up for their shift to find the employee from the previous shift was already gone or leaving before their replacement showed up. ![]() ![]() This isn’t suggested in the book, but it’s also possible that the owners were getting kickbacks from the prostitutes and drug dealers who “set up shop” in the Sun Down. Nobody stayed there and the owners seemed resolved to let it exist until a catastrophe happened and they could collect the insurance payout (which they did). The Sun Down Motel was basically abandoned. ![]()
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