"Well, can't say I've ever had a baby born in my bar but it's Bon Temps. Any damn thing can happen when you least expect it."

There's been a good start to an orgy in his bar before, for example, and there's been plenty of snarling between the Hotshot folks and the law lately. Sam kind of wishes Jason had never brought that business up to Merlotte's but, really, it's not all Jason's fault. It never usually is all his fault.

"I guess your husband's gone, then?" Awkward question, but Sam's voice is warm with sympathy and his eyes are sad. It's hard, losing people, and he can't imagine losing a spouse.