Is anyone else bothered by this as much as I am?
The mention of GW searching SK's room is definitely new, and a surprise (unless he means he was just there when the Koecher parents were there? Even so, first we've heard of it).
And to address the idea of someone about to commit suicide buying Christmas presents, I remember reading of a woman (an actress?) who thoroughly cleaned her house, down to washing, drying, and putting away the clothes she was last wearing (I guess she was in her nightgown?) and then getting into bed and taking an overdose. Kind of tying off loose ends. Mind you, Steven has managed to leave a LOT of loose ends! So frustrating.