How could Sheila and Butch know what they had been born into? As the years passed and they grew, they only ever knew two parents, a man and woman, who were respectful and kind to one another. Yes, there were the occasional arguments that broke out between Gwen and Willie, but just as sure as a dispute was bound to occur, so was a quick reconciliation. For Gwen and Willie loved one another. And this deliberate action on their part was the most precious of heirlooms they would pass down to their children and their children's children, worth more than a bulging bank account or the swath of the prairie land they were raised up on, even if it would take decades for these seeds they'd planted ever so unknowingly to bear fruit.