Nothing Changes
Lise grew older, but nothing changed. That teenager phase lasted until she turned 18, and then she was ready to go to college and move out. Before he knew it, the time had come for her to head off to the next chapter of her life.
Couldn’t Anticipate
Dale hoped she’d make an effort to bond now, but things took a turn for the worse. He had really hoped they would have formed a closer connection before she left home, and he didn’t know what to do. He didn’t realize that it was something he couldn’t have predicted when he had adopted her all those years before.