he really wanted a boy. >> so it was wonderful. not perfect, of course. what is? ernie's mother, the devout mormon, did not approve of his poker playing, apparently. even though ernie's father loved poker and they often played together. >> he really seemed to like his father and respect his father. they seemed to be close. >> so why didn't they want to meet her? it was frankly a little hard to understand. >> how he explained it to me, his mother did not approve of our relationship because i was not mormon and we traveled around together and were living a life of sin or whatever. >> the scarlet woman. >> exactly. >> and when she did meet ernie's dad once, it didn't go so well. >> so we were in the lobby of caesar's and he started to say this is adrian. he said, "i know who she is" and turned his back to me. >> wow. >> yeah. i don't think i've ever been so offended in my life. >> anyway, by then the bloom had faded.