"They're just worried cause y'all are better-lookin' and smarter than any of them. Now they've gotta lock up their wives. And husbands." Bobby smiled, at least a little, while his heart was still beating so fast and he wished he had seen the script for this. How was this supposed to go? What did he even want out of this?

"I like havin' you around. I reckon y'all won't be stayin' for long if you can help it." That seemed inevitable. "I'm gonna miss you. When you take off."