"How would you feel if I said there was actually one noble man, who would love her for who she is and accept her completely?"
"I won't believe you. If there was a noble man like that in our Kingdom, I would have found him already!"
"Just hypothetically, I'm curious if you too think her personality is bad or if you would be happy if she found someone that accepted her and wanted her to be true to herself more often and openly."
"Of course I love my daughter and want someone to accept her…however, reality can be harsh. If she was more open and public about her beliefs, I worry that many people would hate her, especially the old and traditional noble men and women."
"What about you personally? How do you feel about her beliefs?"
"I always sincerely listened to my daughter when she was explaining how she felt. To be honest, I agree with most of the things she says. I already try my best to treat my wife with love and respect. I just feel that sadly, she was born 100 years too early. Her beliefs will probably be the norm someday in the future, but I don't think it will be for a long time.
And even if she hypothetically found a man, who agreed with her and wanted to support her, it wouldn't matter now. You two are already married. Tied together for the rest of your lives."
"That is why we got especially lucky…"
"What do you mean?"
Becca's Father looked at me with a confused face. Lucky, it seems like he is a caring father, who has the ability to reconcile with Becca. Now, it was time for me to convince him that I could be trusted to take care of his daughter for the rest of our lives. Of course, I didn't need to get his complete blessing today or even on this trip, but I needed to make some small steps forward in this conversation.
I looked Becca's Father straight in his eyes. I needed him to know how serious I was.
"I know it will be hard to accept right away, but I have had a change of heart about my marriage to Becca. It probably started one day when we were in the library. Like you said earlier, Becca had never vented her anger at me before. However, that day, she blew up at me and cursed me for all the years I had abused her. After she finished her rant and stormed off, I felt a unexpected pain in my heart. I quickly ran after her. Once I found her in our room, we had a long and serious conversation. After listening to how she felt, I realized she was in the right and I was in the wrong. I begged her for forgiveness. We agreed that if I put the time and effort in to show that I cared for her, she would slowly give me a chance for redemption."
"This is really hard to believe. How could you change so suddenly? Even if you like her now, my daughter has always wanted to be the only wife. It is completely incompatible with your exploits with women."
"Don't tell this to Becca, since I haven't said it to her myself yet, but I have actually fallen in love with her. Her stubborn personality is very endearing to me. It means she has principles she will not relent on. That's the type of woman I admire. Maybe I was hopping from woman to woman before subconsciously because I couldn't find the type of woman I was looking for. As for the only wife thing, I have already promised Becca that I would never have another wife or concubine for the rest of my life. And it not just because Becca insisted, I also feel the same way. I want all my love to be given to her and no other woman. I promise I will take good care of her from now on to make up for all the years I treated her badly."
Becca's Father was absolutely stunned. "You must be joking…"
"I'm dead serious. Haven't you also noticed how I have been calling Rebecca, Becca? It's the cute nickname I gave her to show our closeness."
"All of her friends call her Becky…I thought you were using Becca instead to insult her…"
"Haha Father-in-law, I can understand why you don't trust me, but I'm going to work hard to prove I am sincere. On that note, I have already done a few things to help show my seriousness, but I will wait for Becca to tell you and Mother-in-law about it herself."
"Ok…if I hear Rebecca say herself that she is giving you a chance, then I will believe it more."
"Speaking of Becca giving someone a chance, there is another thing I wanted to talk to you about in private. The past couple of weeks, me and Becca have had several deep conversations about our past and one of the big things she kept coming back to is that she felt abandoned by you for the sake of getting the favor of a Duke. Hearing the true story from you, I know that you care about her and never truly abandoned her, but she doesn't know that. You too need to work hard to get Becca to open up her heart to you again. We came on this trip because I wanted to try helping you and your family to reconcile with Becca. My parents have already past away, so you and your wife are the only family me and Becca have left. I want us to support each other."
"I planned to always be the scapegoat in Rebecca's mind, but if you really have changed, then I too can try by best to get her to trust me again…"
"That's the spirit! I fully support you! Now, go make sure the dinning room is set up for me and Becca to share a late breakfast with you and your wife. I'll go wake up Becca and come over as soon as we are ready. There, Becca will explain some of the ways her life as changed since marrying me."
Becca's Father quickly got out of his seat.
"Already, I'll go get Ruth and head over as well."