Not that she knew what her mother was thinking, but she had the same type of thought pass through her mind while Lottie had hers, and regret etched itself across the younger woman's face, even guilt. She held her hand to her chest, knowing automattically after having gone through many of Edward's books in the pursuit of learning what school had not taught her. However, she still needed to take accountability, so even though she had apologized before, she looked up at her mother and said very softly, "I am truly sorry, ma... for how foolish I was to ye."

Then she buried her face halfway in one hand, sighing and letting the tears fall in a calm manner now at this point as acceptance set in. She looked to her mother after a few minutes, then slowly moved to stand and said, "I am so sorry..." and then, knowing full well Lottie never turned hugs down from her children even though she was mad at times, she enclosed her arms around her mother if she wasn't stopped and rested her head on her shoulder to cry.