Not really an asshole, but more someone who needs some serious mental help. Losing a child to events that were partially caused by yourself would be traumatizing as fuck and there’s no doubt him kidnapping that dude was a coping mechanism to play pretend that his son’s still alive.
I mean did you see the photo he has of himself hanging somewhere in the store? He looked more well kempt then after his son’s death.
But fuck the strawberry general store owner tbh