User_gary Though I know "fond" means "to like someone/something". Not quite; "fond" is an adjective, not a verb (and "fondly" is an adverb). "fussed over" means that she lavished a lot of attention on him, in a protective (or over-protective) and motherly way.
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Though I know "fond" means "to like someone/something".