A Difficult Life
In situations like these, where a person’s life crumbles all around them, there are many tragic and irreversible possibilities that come into their minds. Richard’s blackened emotions would urge him to even strongly consider suicide following the devastating revelations. The lethal cocktail of facing your own mortality and the fact that your family was a complete lie caused his life to unwind. Richard had nothing left to lose, to put it plainly, and he had the money and time to take his needs for revenge the full way.
Finding Comfort
Well, Richard did not exactly have everything to lose, as there was one incredibly special and dedicated person in his life that had stood by him through it all. Richard is lucky to have Emma, his current wife. She has really eased the trauma he is experiencing. Emma is unable to fall pregnant due to the effects of cancer. It was her affection for him that curbed his misery and helped him work through the distress.