Originally posted by plawrence:
... given his longstanding trust for and relationship with Tom, he might've let it pass.
I agree, although by this time he had been betrayed by both his wife and his brother and in his heart could probably trust nobody, except possibly Connie. After all, his question to Tom was whether he was going to 'go along' with these things he wanted to do. If Tom's answer was no and he were to truly take the wife, mistress & family off to wherever...then his very existence could indeed be considered a threat.
So personally, I believe Michael asked the question and made the proposal knowing that Tom would never leave.
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