We have all seen women and guys in love. He got bit with the bug. She seems to be, not infected at all. Her emails are milking a bloated male udder and ego. Her brilliance is not recognizing (or caring) that she bagged a governor and, a once, uprising political potential national star. In her defense, his inane emails of boorish travel and ‘looks from afar’ makes me wonder if he just enjoyed stalking her more than loving her. I get the same creepy feeling reading his emails and Nabokov’s description of his obsession, tapping her foot (Yuck!).

His compliance to change, at her demand, ‘dearest’ to ‘beloved’ (and English is not her native language) demonstrates who runs the relationship. This business she gives him of her younger ‘date’ and other future loves are clear signals of attempted polite, gentile calls that the ball is in his court. I had hoped she would be a professional Argentinean secret agent. (I love the spy angle). Instead she seems just an ordinary (but emotional secure) girl fascinated with a guy who initially overwhelmed her with his career success. Instead of being coached by ‘those that know’ she was advised by girl-friends. I am confused that the press has not outed her. Maybe she was coached, by agents, just poorly.

Later, she found out being part of a fan club of one is not so much fun. He was an guy with a super-charged ego blowing off female emotional smoke signals.

He became insanely unfit for office and marriage when he felt his ‘beloved’ would leave him. This, un-accustomed rejection, propelled him in to this desperate spiral. We get to see, close-up his scrambled act at juggling. We get to see her State protecting her.