The first was that she had been serious when she said that she and his dad had done some wild things. The second was that she wanted him to know that ...hat had happened between them didn't mean anything had to change."Would you have ever guessed Nancy and your dad had been doing that?" she asked."No," Mike honestly answered."Good. Your father and I like to look at it as adding a wonderful new component to our family relationship. It doesn't mean that any of the other parts of the relationship. He went back into the bedroom and found his underwear. On the coffee table was a white hotel envelope. It was propped against an ashtray. He finished dressing, then picked it up.“I’ll be a sonofabitch!”There was forty dollars in the envelope and the note was to him. It was written in an erratic hand, but was easy to read: “Dear Nathan, I have some business to take care of. Thank you for last night. I’ll leave this money for you. Perhaps you’ll. My gaze was attracted by a commotion near the main door as the top table party returned. I frowned as I noticed that dad had his arm around the waist of the groom’s mother and a quick glance over to mom revealed that she’d spotted his arm as well.“Bastard!”It was said under the breath but coming from Ann it was so unexpected that it shocked me and I think it did her when she realised that she’d said it out loud.I looked back at the wedding party and understood what the problem was. I thought. They both got the impression from Mary that their jobs were safe, so they were happy.Half the cattle on the other property belonged to them and the arrangement they had with Mary, suited them and her just fine. Ben and John, however, were happy to give Marty the third degree. Mary had warned him that the Bentleys were protective of her and it didn’t take Marty long to work out that it was because they cared deeply for her.He bit his tongue a couple of times at the very personal questions they.