Originally posted by Sicilian Babe:
I think that he truly did love two different women in two different ways. The book even points out Michael's amazement that his love for Appollonia had nothing to do with his love for Kay. His relationship with Kay was built on his love for her intelligence and wit (a true partnership) as well as the fact that she was "different". In the book, his love for Appollonia was based on his obsessive need to possess her in every way.
Processing is different than loving someone. And if he truly loved Kay, why did it take him three years to seek her out? If he was solely interested in her.
The New Hampshire scene was not a loving reconcilation between kay and Michael. It sounded like more of an acquision. In other words, it was if Michael was saying, "look, I am working for my father so I need a family, children (heirs). This scene reminds me of Napoleon marrying an 18 year old Austrian so he can have heirs. It has nothing to do with loving someone.
