"Now that I would believe." Margaret laughed. She'd accepted the man into their lives, but after the affairs, it wasn't much of a secret that she disapproved of Bud. But, for some reason, he made Elaine smile in a way no one else did. So, she kept her mouth shut and just watched. When he hurt her daughter, then she'd have his balls.
And she suspected the boys felt much the same.
"They want to protect you because they love you, whether you truly need it or not." Sometimes even when she needed it and couldn't see it.
Glancing up at her daughter over the salad, she raised an eyebrow. "They're two grown men who have to learn to protect themselves at some point, Honey. If all the stories of what's happened here over the last year are true, maybe they're better off doing that away from here, out from under the watchful eyes. And in the meantime, you'll learn what you need to about the players and the game here."