good god I feel really bad for Mal. My opinions on the story, (spoilers ahead) seems like Mal was actually in a toxic relationship and Arron got too involved with Paul and while that company is absolutely fucked up, that other freestander was probably the one trying to take out Arron, not Mal. I get the idea of that simply from the mysterious car being at Arron's house. Also I know the ending is ambiguous, but it seems to imply that Mal came home and Arron killed him, or at least attempted. I'm imagining Mal was acting weird the whole time because he had something really special planned and was trying to keep it secret until valentine's day.