what is the mother's request? and why is the father so dumb?

I remember claude lol ( WMAP ) although it ended happily but if you think about it the one who received his fatherly love is the person who reincarnated as her daughter not the real Anastasia. I pity those who died being abandoned by their parents just cause their wife died like dear your wife literally sacrifice herself to give birth that you two made, a fruit of your love and then you go around treating them like shadows while loving some body else.

Actually she's always been Anastasia , the one who died in the first life , the one who read the book and reincarnated are all the same person , so he did do right to the real anastasia