In the first dream, he forcibly divorced Ariana, and Ariana had to leave the marriage with nothing.
Later, she became mentally unstable and couldn't take care of Joyce, so Justin Lawson asked him to adopt Joyce. He had no choice but to bring his daughter Joyce to live with him.
At first, Melissa Lynn was very kind to Joyce, so much so that Joyce didn't care about her biological mother's insanity and suicide. Even at her funeral, Joyce didn't want to stay a second longer, crying and pleading to go home with him.
After he married Melissa Lynn and had a son, Melissa's attitude changed, and she no longer cared about Joyce's life, leaving her on the sidelines with just enough food. Melissa's mother and the nanny focused only on her son.
Joyce didn't even have her own toys, as Melissa didn't allow Joyce to touch anything in the house, even though those were Ariana's belongings left behind.
