"It's okay, princess. Don't worry about it. I'm sorry I got angry at you like that. I was wrong for acting like that. I love you very much and I'm sorry for scaring you like that. Please don't cry." He rubbed circles on her back trying to calm her.

He didn’t know what to say anymore. All he knew was that it was time to start over again. But then his eyes caught the picture of his family hanging on the wall, and he frowned remembering something that he had read in one of his books that morning.

Suddenly he gasped and looked at Alexa. "Wait a moment, you said...