Idella's Aunt Hildie announces that she's coming to visit, but Idella doesn't want her to. When the rest of the family asks why, she flashes back to when she was raised by her aunts. Aunt Hildie doesn't want Idella to end up alone like she is, and tries to fix Idella up with some men. They all go bad, and Idella moves to New Orleans. She then met and married Harry. When Aunt Hildie found out, she came to visit them. After she meets Harry, she hates him and wants Idella to move home. Idella refuses, and she leaves angry. Right when Idella finishes the story, Aunt Hildie shows up with her long lost husband. She says that when he came back she was a changed woman and isn't mad at Idella any more.