13. Deciding the Right Time
“I had three dates in mind – I had 16, 21, and then when I was gone,” Dan told TODAY in March 2017. “I thought, if she was straightened out and was being a good person and was being nice to people, that was important. So I decided to give it to her on her 16th birthday.” Dan spoke to Today about how he decided that perhaps her early teenage years could use a dose of her past and the childhood memories they had shared together. Teenage years can be hard and for a father figure like Dan, he felt like it was the right thing to do for Lauren at the time.
So there it was, her 16th birthday.