Furthermore, now that the young couple's relationship was just starting to stabilize and develop, it didn't feel quite right for her to stay any longer. She didn't want to interrupt their sweet moments of intimacy.
On the last evening before she left, she called Bonnie into her room, holding her hand and speaking seriously.
"Bonnie, I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but I'm saying this for your own good. Us women, it's far happier to marry a man who loves you deeply than to marry someone you love deeply."
She had already noticed that Bonnie had started to hold feelings for her son, but she continued speaking calmly.
