DAMMIT! IT'S TOO EARLY IN THE MORNING TO READ SUCH HEAVY WRITING!
This is touching. It's a sad reality to think that we know someone but not but never know who they truly are. "...money changes you. that's not true. It only amplifies what was already there". It's the same with alcohol. No one becomes a different person just because they're drunk; they expose who they truly are inside.

It's always best to forgive and to move on.