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He's said the Interlude will be smaller with a shorter development cycle (I would hope so!!), but I don't think he's said anything about Episode 9 yet.He may have said that but I've never seen it. And I would be surprised if the Patrons would be happy with an ep9 that was significantly shorter than earlier episodes.
My guess is that DPC just wanted a definitive end to Quinn's path if the MC managed to be on Jill's as well. Because of the way the crossroad was written, anyone who could successfully select Jill's branch couldn't select Others, which means Quinn's path was already effectively closed (at least for now).Indeed, I though that Quinn would reject the main character when we refuse to help her, but she just doesn't care. So for the threesome to occur, he must either be committed to the girl or ignore her: she won't accept the main character to both hangout with her and with Jill. This proves on the one hand that for Quinn, sex is not related to feelings; and on the other hand, that she can be as jealous as Isabella.
I regret, however, that we don't know more about Quinn's animosity towards Jill, whereas the game's creator usually takes care to detail each other's opinions.
While the MC could have called/texted Quinn to let her know he was moving on (or even left it until Episode 9), that would have been a very strange fit with his 'broccoli' speech. It also could have made future interactions with Quinn (such as Halloween party planning) problematic - she is very much the vengeful type. Having Quinn dump the MC after overhearing his date with Jill is a much cleaner end to the relationship that ensure Quinn's attitude to the MC can remain unfazed; even if Quinn was upset about it, she'd sure as hell pretend she wasn't.
Now if you want to be more cynical, you could say DPC was pressed for time (or hadn't even realized it was possible to pursue both Jill and Quinn up to that point), and went with the simplest option to resolve the conflict. But I think a text message a la Jade would have been even simpler, so I'm inclined to say there was more to it than haste.