That’s fair and respect what you’ve said but we’re only going by Alice. And for all we know, she was keeping Alice onside while secretly keeping Ioan updated. Maybe she refused the suitcase cause she was scared and later on texted him to tell him that, he understood and they formed an alliance. Idk. But the power imbalance between a privileged white woman who is abusive and delights in her own nastiness and an immigrant domestic worker exists. And whether Gloria is protecting her livelihood, her the kids, herself from Alice’s wrath, Gloria probably knows Alice best and knows exactly what Alice is capable of. I almost feel like that alone should give her a pass for some things because she doesn’t want to be in Alice’s crosshairs and she was unfortunately (for her) employed by them when the divorce kicked off. It’s is not fun being the nanny between splitting couples, especially one is a vindictive bleep.
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ETA don’t discount me forgetting a huge part of the story/evidence that shows that Gloria was complicit because I do remember side eyeing