>>75412977he read the diary to learn more about her after they were disconnected when Adele and Olive moved to Germany, he could read concurrent writing because it's a movie that defies logic to appeal to the greater story, such as the fantasy of Caden being able to read his daughter's thoughts, which is a fantasy that get's broken when he meets her in the hospital bed after being unable to protect her and we learn that maria had lied to Olive and claimed that Caden left their family to pursue a homosexual relationship