"I'm sorry I didn't try hard enough to see you and your father even once. I just didn't have the means." Karla wept.

I don't know how but my feet put me in front of her with my knees on the ground and I was soon locked in a warm embrace.

"Ay tía!" I sobbed. (Oh auntie!)

"Te amo. Siempre tengo." She said, rubbing on my hair. (I love you. I always have)

"I'm sorry about the death of your father."

I sobbed just a little more at the reminder.

"Raj came into my life just before I lost your mother and he's been the best thing that ever happened...