Observartions of the Elusive "Sutton Pie Safe"

The short story, The Sutton Pie Safe, is all about subtle observations. Although most of these observations are only made by a ten-year-old boy, they are surprisingly revealing. What’s even more surprising is that these observations, these “hidden meanings” are really the story behind the story.
For instance, if you were to half-heartedly read over this story, you would probably think that it’s about some pissy, southern dad who doesn’t make a snake skin belt for his son because he’s all upset that his wife sold his father’s pie safe to the rich Mrs. Hanson. What’s really going on though, is that there’s some sort of chemistry, some sort of heated past between Jack and Mrs. Hanson that ended badly. This is evident by the following observations made by the little boy:

“Her wave was uncertain. When I looked at my dad, he seemed embarrassed to have been caught without a shirt. He raised the gun in a salute, decided that wasn’t right, lowered the gun and waved his other hand instead.”

“It seemed to me that his wife must be a good deal younger than he was.”

“Once he was gone, Mrs. Hanson seemed to settle back, to become more businesslike.”

“You’re not going to leave me anything, are you?”

What I make out of this, is that Mrs. Hanson and Jack know each other, hence the awkward wave. When you run into an ex, you don’t know whether to be cordial or to just ignore them. The fact that Mrs. Hanson’s husband is a lot older then her hints that she merely married him for the money and is/was having some fun on the side with someone else. There would be no reason for Mrs. Hanson to be tense and to “settle back” once Jack leaves unless there was further animosity between them, perhaps an affair that ended badly. Lastly, when Jack says to his wife that she’s not going to leave him anything, it insinuates that he did something wrong, like had an affair. Also, maybe he’s also saying this to Mrs. Hanson. Maybe she’s the one who told his wife about the affair and is now taking the pie safe from him as well. She deprived him of their affair, his wife, and now is pie safe.
These are, however, just observations. But that’s the real point of the story, that beneath every story and situation, there’s another story with a deeper, darker meaning. It’s not just some story about a pissy, southern dad, it’s not about an angry lover seeking revenge, and it’s about looking for what’s not right in front of us.