Has Tom Lost Focus?

I am starting to see Tom lose focus on why he is in Europe. Dickie clearly has no interest of coming home anytime soon. He is very satisfied with the way he lives and even joked about his father’s worry. If this is the case, why does Tom continue to get close with Dickie? They spent the entire day and night traveling through Italy together and never once spoke of Dickie’s potential return home. I think that Tom is now more interested in developing the friendship with Dickie than the task he was originally asked to complete.
Tom enjoys the life Dickie lives and we start to see how envious Tom is becoming. It is interesting that Tom is hoping to spend alone time with Dickie when Marge isn’t around. Why is this so important to Tom? Is Tom’s company equally as valuable to Dickie? Marge is starting to notice this interesting friendship as well and “she seemed to know that Dickie had formed a closer bond with him in twenty-four hours, just because he was another man, than she could ever have with Dickie, whether he loved her or not, and he didn’t.” This statement shows both the importance a relationship with a man is to Tom as well as the jealousy that Marge is starting to develop. This relationship will only grow closer between the men and push Marge farther away.