Sonny refused Duncan and slid out of bed himself, looking for his mother while crying. When he searched the house but still did not find Liberty, he cried even harder.
“Sonny, do you want some candy? Don’t cry. Dunc will give you candy.”
Duncan tried to coax him.
“I don’t want candy. I want Mommy...”
“I’ll bring you outside and buy you a windmill, okay?”
“I don’t want windmill. I want Mommy...”
Sonny’s cries grew louder.
Duncan was unable to soothe Sonny no matter how he tried. He did not