Folks - another post for you to think about (although I think I got a little carried away as I was writing it!)
Question of trustAs I mentioned in an earlier post, Blake & Krystle developed their trust over the years, so much so that Krystle could see a video of her husband in a brothel and still believe that there was an innocent explanation.
Although in the earlier days they both suspected the other of infidelity eg with Alexis and with Toscanni and Matthew, they still had a fundamental trust & true & deep understanding of each other. When Krystle had left Blake and he had been charged with Ted Dinardâs death, Krystle instinctively came back to be with him to support him, even though they would not be sleeping together as husband & wife â she did this because she did not believe that Blake could have meant to kill him â that he wasnât a murderer. It could have been easier for her to use this as an excuse for leaving him for good but instead she trusted his character and she knew him well enough to now that it was an accident â even though she knew what he was capable of when drunk â he had raped her once.

Her support for him was greatly appreciated by Blake who wouldnât even go with the police until he had seen her â he truly wanted and needed her then & he too was able to move beyond their particular marital issues and see the bigger picture. He appreciated her standing by him and testifying for him in court and he also had enormous trust in her

to ask her to be his representative at an important board meeting during the trial â he had great confidence in her even though on an earlier night he asked her to stay with him that night but she said she wasnât ready for that yet.
On a similar note, when Krystle was questioned by the police over the shooting accident with Claudia Blaisdel, there was no hesitation in his mind that his wife was innocent. He was travelling back from a very bad meeting with Logan Rhinewood & was furious but as soon as he got a call about an emergency back home involving Krystle,

all his earlier problems were forgotten as he just concentrated on Krystle. At the mansion, A very distressed krystle is being questioned by a detective and she is on the verge of tears and is trembling as she tells him that he has got it all wrong & that she was just trying to stop Claudia from hurting herself or someone else. The detective coolly asks whether that âsomeoneâ may have been her, implying that she may have deliberately shot her, and she cries out in distress and frustration ânoâ â she is very upset and is getting frightened. Just then Blake comes into the room and instinctively opens his arms and takes her protectively into his arms and kisses her then demands to know what the detective wants. Blake says that there would be no more questioning there that night and orders him to leave â he wonât have anyone upsetting his Krystle

. As he goes, Blake warmly embraces her again, letting her feel safe again and apologises for not being there when it all happened. Krystle is very shaken and crying and says worriedly that the detective doesnât believe her & when Blake tries to placate her, she says that she is worried and then looks ito his eyes and explains that she was just trying to help her. She looks so vulnerable â like a frightened child, and Blake says that he knows she was &that the police would too. He believes Krystle because he knows her so well and knows that she would never do anything like that to hurt anyone â she is too gentle & loving and everyone else would realise that too. Alexis had not expected this reaction from him as she gloated to Cecil that Blake would be very angry at this news story, implying that he would be angry with Krystle â but his reaction is the exact opposite because he knows her nature so well and it would be impossible to believe her to be guilty.
In a later scene with Andrew Laird, Blake is indeed angry at the situation

but with the police and not with his wife â he says determinedly that its one thing for the DA to come back at him but he would not let them attack Krystle â he is so protective of her anyway, but now she is very vulnerable and he canât stand to see her so upset and afraid.
In their bedroom, he asks her why she wasnât dressed yet and she tries to brush it off by saying that she doesnât know but he knows that she is upset and so goes up to her and gently puts his arms around hers, asking her gently what is it. She looks sad and upset and looks down as she admits that she is frightened â she feels that she is letting him down & cannot look him in the eye. Blake at first tries to lighten her mood by gently taking her arms and turning her back to face him, saying â my wife, my beautiful strong wife frightened?â

then he says that he can understand that after all sheâ been through lately with losing their child and now this, but he promises her that everything will be alright. He tries to reassure her but she still looks so sad and worried, still looking down and she says that she hopes it will be alright, and then Blake gently lifts her chin so that she is looking at him and says tenderly âknow that I love you so much, so very muchâ

. Krystle looks into his eyes and knows he is sincere & she has confidence in his love as she says that she knows that.
I think it shows just how much Blake loves her in these scenes â he has unconditional trust in Krystle that even though she is being accused of something so serious, it never crosses his mind to wonder if she is guilty. He knows her nature so well and wants to protect her from all of this. I think he particularly wants to protect her after the miscarriage because he saw how emotionally fragile she had been and doesnât want her hurt again â he reassures her that he loves her so much & I think that is important because he knows how upset she has been. if anything, perhaps this incident has strengthened his love for her because all of his protective instincts have been roused by her good, caring qualities that he loves so much, being misinterpreted by others.

I also think that he can see how highly he prizes her good actions as they contrast with his business dealings â sometimes his motives in business are questionable but Krystle doesnât deserve any of this.