I keep seeing posts from supporters about how Jeremy's words, about his relationship with Sheila, have been misinterpreted. I suppose there are those here who wish they'd tried harder to see/speak with a friend/relative who subsequently died before that happened. Jeremy was given that chance by police who didn't know Sheila was already dead. Jeremy turned down the opportunity to try to speak to her -understandably. It seems strange to me that, at 25, he hadn't got over what could have been no more than childhood dislike of a sibling. Given how serious was the situation, it suggests there may have been a much deeper dislike that he wasn't prepared to set aside
Attempts are being made to second guess what was the meaning of his words. In a world where I believe nothing is said for nothing, I believe he meant every word of what he said about her. Especially those he said whilst he was under pressure.
I also get this feeling Jane, reading between the lines of the books and the statements. Julie said he had told her "
she had done some horrible things to him in the past, but wouldn't elaborate on what these things were". I think as long as Jeremy was as Gresham's and not achieving much, which would have dented his self-confidence, and of course the distance that put between them, an uneasy
modus vivendi was reached, though once he realized how his future had been mapped out as opposed to Sheila's comparative autonomy the resentment increased. Strange how from relatively trivial matters such as being made to buy carpets and refurbish Bourtree Cottage an insidious rancour can develop.
