When Liz tells Gaby that she wants to become a better, more selfless person, Gaby invokes psychological egoism, the theory that all human behavior is motivated by self-interest. If you want to be good to other people, you need to want to - if you don't derive some joy from selflessness, it's impossible to sustain.
Liz knows that she does derive joy from making other people happy, so she doesn't think too hard about how Sean might realistically react to the news that she sold her share in their food truck business to his dad. In her mind, Sean and his dad always talked about starting something like this together, so she's robbing them of that opportunity by sticking around.
Last week, Sean shot down a proposed profile about his time in the military because this partnership with Liz was supposed to represent a step forward for him, a fresh start without the baggage of the past. It seemed like she understood that. But now she's forcing him into a partnership with somebody he has purposely avoided for months - somebody with whom his relationship is, at best, extremely complicated.
Again, that's not to say Alice's actions are unbelievable, especially for a messy teenager who just confronted the man whose direct actions have influenced her life choices. It's painful to watch as she hooks up with her best friend's new guy.
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