Was He A Good Father?
Dale felt like he failed a parent. All his life, he just wanted to have a child and raise her. He found Lise and thought this was his dream coming true. But clearly he didn’t do a good job if his daughter wouldn’t even talk to him.
He wanted his daughter back but if she didn’t want to see him, why would he force her? The only thing that he really wanted was to know if she was okay. He wouldn’t ask many more questions just to be sure that she was safe.