Here's an excerpt from "Chronicles", in which Bob recalls his "relationship" with Suze's mother, Mary:

"She glared at me, cigarette in her mouth. She was always trying to goad me into some kind of argument. My  presence was so displeasing to her, but it's not like I'd caused any trouble in her life. It wasn't me who was responsible for the loss of Suze's father or anything. Once I said to her that I didn't think she was being fair. She stared squarely into my eyes like she was staring at some distant, visible object and said to me, "Do me a favor, don't think when I'm around" Suze would tell me later that she didn't mean it. She did mean it, though. She did everything in her power to keep us apart, but we went on seeing each other anyway."