Tears welled up in her own eyes as she spoke.

“The Anderson family is no more. Theodore was cremated and buried. I saw his body, Ariana."

Ariana sat on the bed, her expression numb and distant. After a while, the grief inside her became too much to bear, and she broke down in tears, lamenting, "Why, why did this happen? Why am I so useless? Why couldn't I find help to save him?"

Sonia held Ariana close as she wept, both of them drowning in sorrow.

"You have to stay strong," Sonia urged, “You still have your babies to take care of."