Tuck's eyes were only on his son, so he missed the photos entirely. "I loved her," Tuck said sadly. "I never saw her being someone who could do any of that to her own kids, but- Then she took my kids away from me, so- I had to re-evaluate. That's awful. Treating you both like that. And your mother too," he said to Billie.
"I warned her so often if she didn't respect Bee and Moira, her mother, then I was going to stop speaking to her, and she did it anyway. Where do you live these days, Dad?"
Getting called 'dad' wasn't going to get old any time soon. "In the city," he said with a grin. "I run a church, but I was telling Billie it's not at all like anything your mother would agree with." He described Sacred Heart, and their charitable ventures. "The church is lit up in rainbow lights. No hate, only love."
"Like our church in Chicago," Daniel said smiling. "I loved that church. Missed it so much, when Mom started using God as a reason I couldn't have friends. I can't believe you live in the city! We have to have family dinners!" Maybe he was getting ahead of himself, but despite being 39, Daniel's entire being was crying out for a parent and right in front of him was the beloved father he thought he had lost.