"Are you alright honey?" Yea, I guess so. God Rena I'm so sorry I really didn't mean to be spying on you but when I saw you on the bed I just couldn't...take my eyes off of the two of you." It's OK baby, I understand and I'm not mad at you and I really don't think your mother is either. Can I come in for a minute, we need to talk?" I guess so." She walked in and I saw that she had put on one of mom's old robes, and it was tightly belted around her waist."Look honey, like I said mom and I aren't. I hope for the best for the both of you, but what will be will be.”I mostly relaxed the rest of the weekend, and on Monday morning I loaded up the truck again. And with hugs and kisses from the Littlebuck family I headed west on I-80. I made a stop at the Air Force base in Mountain Home to get a haircut, then a little over an hour later was pulling into Boise. I bought a map and drove to the headquarters to the Simplot company, then got a room at a motel on State Street and settled in for the. A terrible, terrifying, wonderful conclusion. I was in love with this woman. Her scent, the feel of her body against mine was just right. Whatever she looked like, I knew the essential Bella, and I wanted her. Not for a week, or a month, or three months, or even three years. I knew she was different. The question was ... different enough to put up with me when I'd lost the interest of every girlfriend over the last thirty years? I sighed.Bella sighed too, and wriggled against me. It felt so. ”“Thanks! A lot of help you are!” she said, exasperated. “Seriously! Eliza’s gonna skin me alive.”“Let’s go talk to them, then,” I suggested. “I’m with you, so it’s not like you have to face them alone. I think seeing the two of us together will cool whatever anger she might have developed this past month.”She nodded and looked at the suitcase as if wondering if she could use it as an excuse to put it off, but then sighed.“Alright. Let’s do this.”“Remember, I love you, no matter what,” I.