The comfort coming from her meant all that much more, because it was her. She did care about his feelings and obviously wanted him to be happy and that meant more coming from her.
"I am sure it will....after all I have this amazing young lady in my life now. See, she is my daughter and I screwed up in the beginning, but now she is giving me another chance....just goes to show how amazing she really is" he said with that knowing smile of his.