It’s mentioned three times and part of a key event in the book.
I actually think the second guess is totally in line with the characters but the way it’s written doesn’t seem that way.
I’ll be honest I wasn’t too impressed with the book so I was more looking for someone else to say “yeah that was weird” than unpack it trying to figure out what the author’s intention was.
Agree! It was really corny to me and I didn’t really feel the suspense even though it was very high stakes the whole time.