Well, you see, she didn't want to be with him when she went on the cruise, but then she got a call from him and he apologized, said he couldn't live without her, that those others meant nothing to him, that he'd cut her in on the next cocaine deal and even get her into the democratic convention next year. How could she resist such charm?
She was financing him, he couldn't afford to live a week without her money, and she fell for it. Good for the Mom!!