He didn't want anyone else but Jessie.

He'd already married someone else and let Jessie down. He didn't want to put her through that despair again.

But Lettie didn't buy any of it. She knew Albert's reputation as a player. But that wasn't what ticked her off the most. She was mad that her daughter had put her trust in such a guy.

Albert was ready to take off.

He couldn't barge into Jessie's room, and Lettie wouldn't allow it anyway.