i still stand by my belief he was Done and any wavering he did was because she was forcing the issue with R talks, or grabbing his crotch, and so he was just desperately saying anything to try to appease her but without any ulterior motives of taking the business from her, etc.

Any business decisions he took was to simply take care of business. In the beginning he had repeatedly asked her to take out her share so he could take care of his debt to his mother and pay taxes and after 2 years he couldn't wait for her any longer.

"In a ham and eggs breakfast, the hen is involved, but the pig is committed".