remembers hearing about stephen from jennifer before the two started dating in the summer of 2006. from jennifer's description, stephen seemed to be infatuated with her from a distance. >> she said this boy has been watching me in the parking lot at work, watches my every move every time i go to work, he's there sitting in his car, until i get out. my two boys and looked at each other and said stalker stephen. >> his mother says stephen wasn't stalking her, but had spoken with her a few times before asking her out in that very same parking lot. they became a couple instantly. >> this happened so quick, i was shocked. she brought him to church two weeks after they had met and introduced him to my father-in-law, didn't even know his last name. >> ed says this wasn't how things usually went in his and jennifer's family which he says was slow to accept outsiders.