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night he’d arrived. Wyatt hesitated, wondering what to say. He wasn’t particularlyin the mood to spill his guts about all his problems, especially after Corbett’s love life had just gone up in flames.
    His dad raised an eyebrow at his hesitation. “Fine. I’ll share my good news as an icebreaker. I met a nice lady. Her name is Glynis. She owns a nice jewelry shop. You know the kind that makes lovely designs with precious stones like turquoise and amethyst. Actually, youcould probably get your mama something nice for her birthday from there.”
    “That’s great, Dad,” Corbett said. “It’s about time you met someone. You and mom have been divorced for a while now.”
    “I’ve met plenty of women since the divorce, but Glynis is special.” His dad beamed.
    “Will we be meeting her soon?” Wyatt glanced at his brother.
    “No, not yet. I’d like to spend moretime with her before I unleash you two on her.”
    “We have manners, you know,” Corbett replied. “We don’t eat from a pig trough. We have even been known to be polite and charming.”
    “Yes, you can act like I raised you right when you put your minds to it, but I’d like more time before you meet her. I know how much you two love your mom. I don’t want any ill feelings about someone new inmy life.”
    “I think we’ve turned that page a while back. She is seeing Bo Sr. again and she’s happy,” Wyatt said in a low voice. He still didn’t understand his parents’ relationship.
    “Good. I’m glad she’s happy. She was better off with him anyway.” Buck grabbed another beer off the table.
    “So you’re not upset that she’s involved with him again?” Wyatt asked.
    “Why shouldI be? She didn’t cheat on me with him, although the argument could be made that her heart belonged to him for most of our marriage.”
    “Then why did you do it? Why did you stay with her so long?”
    “Because of you kids.” He smiled. “Bonnie and I were happy, but there was always something in her that missed the life she left in Texas. She went through an awful period of guilt about lettingBo raise Bo Jr. Once she’d moved on with her life from me, she found out that her marriage to Bo wasn’t really final.”
    “What!”
    Buck laughed. “She never told you?”
    “No.”
    “Boys, it was all a million years ago. We got it all straightened out and we continued living our lives. She was dedicated to our family, and that’s all that matters. When we finally started growing apart,it was due to separate interests, and frankly I’d finally grown tired of being number two in her heart. She still loved Bo, and I respected that.”
    Wyatt remembered their separation. He’d thought at the time that his dad had been going through a midlife crisis. It was as if he were trying to erase who he’d been. But now he realized he’d been shedding who Wyatt’s mom wanted him to be for allthose years and had finally found himself. He’d joined a restored classic car club that gathered for annual barbeques. He’d bought a motorcycle, which Wyatt had assumed was part of the midlife crisis, but come to find out his dad had ridden a motorcycle for years before his mom insisted he give it up.
    Corbett scratched at his beard. “So there’s no hard feelings between you and Mom? I mean,since we met Bo Sr., it’s obvious she was trying to turn you into some carbon copy of him.”
    “Heck, no. Bonnie set me on the straight and narrow. She inspired me to start my own business. If it weren’t for her coaching me to be a better man, we’d be living a totally different life and not for the better. I guarantee it.”
    “Why did you get involved with her if you knew it wasn’t goingto work out?”
    “Love, son.” His dad straightened up. “The first time I saw your mother, my heart damn near leaped out of my chest. She had a pair of legs that could stop a semi-truck.”
    “OK. That’s enough,” Wyatt said, cringing.
    His dad turned his gaze back on him. “Are