Something about the structure of the paragraph after the quote makes it hard to follow. I think it's this bit: I thought the only reference to his wife was

Something about the structure of the paragraph after the quote makes it hard to follow. I think it's this bit: I thought the only reference to his wife was (x). But, that was because (y). The paragraph is structured as if y explains x, but in fact y explains the entirety of the first sentence instead. It's easy to get tripped up, wonder what the link is, and then associate it with the characteristic schizophrenia of AI generated text.