Originally posted by AppleOnYa:
When he first told the lie, of course she 'bought it'. Did you see the look of relief on her face?
Over the years however, as she became increasingly disillusioned with her husband and his efforts to make the Family 'legitimate'...it's possible Kay may have realized that Michael was indeed responsible for Carlo's death.
Doesn't the novel have something about this at the end???
In the novel, Kay leaves Michael and takes the children with here to New Hampshire because she realized that Michael lied to her about Carlo.
Interestingly, she was more pissed at Michael "because of that lie, not because of the deed."
Hagen goes up there to bring her back, and confirms her suspicions with a bunch of hypotheticals:
"What if Carlo fingered Sonny?.....What if Carlo beating up Connie was a deliberate plot?.....What if Carlo had been paid to help get Sonny killed?.....Then what?"
So in the novel, at least, Kay didn't buy it.
