"Hey, what are you doing? Are you crying? I didn't mean to upset you." Alina asked concerned.

"No...no, I'm fine." Sergio responded, wiping away a stray tear that had escaped his eye.

"Are you sure? Because it doesn't seem like it."

Sergio laughed quietly. He knew Alina was right. Although he hadn't cried in years, his emotions seemed to be getting out of control lately. He guessed that the stress that he was going through was starting to catch up with him.

It wasn't easy being so close to your wife and still being so far apart. It didn't bother him though, because at this point he wasn't planning on...