After a lot of silence and tears, I took Jeffery to a bar, the worst place to end a birthday party, but what else can I do when his heart seems heavy and he was In pain, also I heard that taking alcohol does relieve pain, even if that isn’t true.

We sat down and ordered a few bottles of soju and tex mex mixed with beef and chicken fajita ingredients served on a hot iron skillet. I poured a glass for Jeffrey and he gulped it down, perhaps all the tears and talks had made him tasty.

“Cindy, let's see my mother after now.” He spoke out of the...