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- Nelson Winchester was sitting in the park.
- Next to him was a little girl in a yellow dress.
- Blue eyes, chestnut hair, freckles.
- The little girl looked skittish.
- Whether from being in an unfamiliar location or with an unfamiliar man, who really knew?
- ---
- Nelson had been living alone for these years.
- Yes, he married. Yes, he had a daughter.
- His wife died long ago.
- His daughter...
- They don't talk anymore.
- Not over-dramatic.
- Nelson has not seen his daughter since that day she left.
- It was over her pregnancy.
- ...
- "Daddy, I'm pregnant."
- Those were perhaps the most terrorizing words Nelson heard since his days of service.
- Belle, his little girl, was going to be a mother at age 19.
- All without a husband. Not even a boyfriend.
- Belle told him in their home that a boy picked her up one day.
- A boy he didn't know.
- Belle was picked up on a day where she visited their friends the Loud family. Lynn Sr., the father, was a friend of his. His daughter babysat their younger children. Especially the boy, Lincoln, who Belle talked about hanging out with before.
- ...
- Nelson wasn't happy about the news of his upcoming grandchild.
- That might be an understatement.
- There was enough shouting. Enough tears from Belle's eyes.
- Once Nelson, had been in the state to offer alternatives, he gave one to his daughter.
- He told her that he'd give permission for Belle to...cancel her pregnancy.
- Belle, to Nelson's honest surprise, looked like he offered to murder her child.
- ---
- Belle was gone.
- She took all she could carry. And is gone now.
- She has been gone for years now.
- He didn't know where his daughter was now.
- ...
- "Such a shame when young ones end up like this."
- "She was a real beaut too."
- "Yeah, I've seen some pretty women before but this poor girl takes the cake. She could easily be a supermodel."
- "I guess her family will need to be told she's dead."
- ...
- They found her corpse.
- Nelson saw it himself.
- Nelson's eyes were more watery than the rule that day.
- From what he was told, his daughter fell into into a life of prostitution after leaving his line of sight. To support herself and her child, no doubt.
- Death from the danger of her lifestyle.
- She lived in a cheap apartment before her demise.
- A little girl living with her.
- Her daughter, obviously.
- His granddaughter.
- ...
- It was easy enough for Nelson to be granted custody over Naomi once he was alerted to her.
- Even if Belle was still alive, he could have won the child.
- Nelson could see how nervous, worried, the little girl was around him.
- Also how lost she was without her mother.
- To be honest, he was too.
- ...
- Nelson did a lot of wondering. A lot of questioning.
- How he raised Belle since her mother's death. How he handled her pregnancy.
- And now she was gone.
- He couldn't even say sorry.
- Perhaps when he laid claim to Naomi, he was trying to earn his daughter's forgiveness.
- Maybe he was just trying again with another child after his older one failed.
- ---
- Naomi had gotten used to her life with her grandfather over the years.
- Not just that, came to appreciate it.
- She trusted...no...adored her grandfather.
- He was so kind to her. Like she was the sole light in his life. And she might well be.
- Naomi slept in her mother's old room. Even wore some of her old clothes.
- Naomi's mother was gone, but she'd never forget her.
- She had her remaining memories and her grandpa to tell about her when she asked.
- ...
- Lincoln Loud was in bed with his wife Ronnie Anne Loud.
- He looked over to her as she still slept.
- Lincoln planned for them to go around visiting relatives.
- It could get messy, but he wouldn't change it for the world.
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