iirc the offer of a room was made only to brian since he was the nominally injured party. iirc gabby was denied a room, and they lacked money to afford an extra room, so gabby stayed in the van. it is not clear to me that brian had much choice but to follow the police advice and take the room.
“iirc the offer of a room was made only to brian since he was the nominally injured party.”
The offer was to Brian but he was given the choice on who would take the room.
Selfish (stupid southerners and republicans) Brian took the room leaving Gabby alone on the road with a van she said she was not familiar driving.