Agree that narcs idealize their new love. He completely shut it off with Shanann when she went to NC. Shanann's phone calls to him when she was in NC were aggravating and distracting, JMO.
His physical transformation began, I believe, in the early fall of 2017, and it was dramatic. He didn't even look like the same guy. Shanann didn't think he had game, but he most definitely had game.
His game can be seen in the email exchange between CW and NK that occurred in early June, before the San Diego trip. NK sent him an email back, and said she wanted to keep their friendship at work and that she was looking to build a beautiful life with someone, such as what he had built . That didn't stop CW. Whatever he told her after that convinced NK to jump in, even though she knew he was married and had small children. A psychopath takes in personal information their targets unwittingly provide and the psychopath becomes exactly what their target has stated they want.
I listened to NK's FBI interview again yesterday. She said that after seeing the picture of Shanann and the kids at CW's house, she asked him if he was sure that he didn't want to work on his marriage and give Shanann the benefit of the doubt.
The benefit of the doubt? Lots of possibilities here, IMO. Nico? That Shanann was cheating? That kind of thing would make CW look like he was a good guy and a victim and give NK a reason he was getting out of his marriage. JMO.
Agree, he is on his way back to looking like a dork, but he looked like a dork when he pursued Shanann, and she took the bait and fell in love with him, or rather, fell in love with who he pretended to be.
All JMO