Indeed this scene reminded me that the the fun and frolic he engaged in was just a facade to hide his immense grief. He loves mother and daughter but they are only soothing the surface scars. The deep gashes on his soul are still hard to get to Or even see because of all the layers of protection he put around them when he built those walls around himself.
He is still very very lonely and grieving on many fronts. No wonder he ran at the chance to have mother daughter in his life permanently through this marriage. They are the most beautiful thing he has found in life and just the thought of losing them would choke him.
My heart cries for his tormented soul.
It hurts me to say this, but he might not have survived if Babita & Minnie were to leave him. 😭
I don't think he would have gone as far as committing suicide but drinking himself to death...