"Where was I?" Emilio Reyes asked as he tried to recall where he had dropped off in his story.
"You were telling us about how Elena had been spiraling." Ayanna reminded her father.
"Ah yes." Emilio said with a nod. "Losing a loved one is not easy, you both know that, of course. But watching someone you love slowly wither away is even more painful."
Cedric frowned as he realized where his father was headed in this conversation.
"I don't want you to blame yourselves." Emilio Reyes said, shaking his head. "It was our choice to keep it all a secret from you. Your mother and I didn't want to burden either of you with that pain."
"You could have at least told us that she was sick, you didn't have to tell us she was dying." Cedric said, finally confronting his father about it. "We could have done something, anything dad."
