"Sob... sob..." What Leo Joyce said only made Shirley Lockwood feel more upset. She knew her dad was very good to her and that no one would ever treat her as well as he did. It was just... the mother from her memories and dreams was wonderful, too. She truly couldn't forget. She didn't believe her mother could have really brought herself to leave her. She wanted to find her mother and demand to know why she had been abandoned.
Archie Lockwood's face was grim, his brows furrowed as he watched Rory.
'Maybe it really is time I considered finding a mother for Rory.'
After a while, once he saw that Rory's loud wails had subsided into soft sobs, Archie Lockwood went over and pulled her from Leo Joyce's arms. He sighed in resignation as he wiped her tears away. "Rory, Daddy was wrong today. I shouldn't have yelled at you. So please, stop crying, okay?"
"Daddy, I'm sorry." Shirley Lockwood turned and threw herself into Archie Lockwood's arms, clinging tightly to his neck.
