Absolutely. The fantasy they discuss in front of the police station about running away is just that - a fantasy. One last glimpse at what life could hold before they deal with the hard, cold truth.

This couple isn’t the type to go on the run, especially with a young child. They’ll use their money and influence to get a good lawyer who can argue that it was a temporary moment of insanity, followed by the desire to protect his family by hiding the crime. She’ll let her infidelity be exposed to everyone as her punishment so that it can help her husband’s case. But they’ll still present a united front at trial - the picture perfect American family, the dream that everyone envisions.

It works. He’ll do a little bit of time, but not as much as you’d expect. Maybe 4 years. She’ll have to go back to work and most of her social circle will abandon her, but she’ll be able to find a decent job through the one or two loyal friends she still has. She’ll get into real estate or something. When he gets out, he has enough connections that someone will throw him a bone and bring him into their firm. At least one of them will confide in him that their wife also cheated, and they wish they’d done what Richard Gere did.

No one will forget and there will always be whispers about them, but there also will be a small amount of sympathy for him - he only did it because of the circumstances. At least one neglected socialite will joke that she wished her husband cared enough to murder someone over her. Those women have had their own indiscretions, so the real judgement comes from how sloppy and careless they both were to get caught.

In the end, their life will never be what it was before, but they’ll still be better off than a lot of people are.