Charles Kingsley was something else. He wasn't like most men in their time. He would make time to spend with his wife and daughters. The thing they enjoyed most were picnics. Even though they were uncommon, the Kingsley's had picnics quite often. He wouldn't yell at his daughters if they laid in the grass and dirtied their dresses or ran around and yelled. What he hoped and prayed for every day is that his daughters found husbands who were family men, like him.
He was devastated when he discovered who the real Lowell Manchester was.
He felt peace when he saw Alice in the arms of the mysterious Ilosovic Stayne.
Although he had two son-in-laws, in his heart he had only one son. His family had grown since Lowell and Ilosovic. Margaret is mother to four year old, Alexis Elizabeth Manchester, and Alice was seven months pregnant.
The one thing that he pitied was the way Alexis looked at Ilosovic and Lowell. It seemed Ilosovic was more of a father than her real father. No one minded too much but it kept him awake at night. Helen had found him lying awake many times but he lied his way out every time. Then one night she caught him awake and he decided to tell his troubles. But of course Margaret was stuck with that bastard.
And one afternoon he found himself in an all too familiar place.