Cedric stood on the windy balcony as he took another drink from his glass, emptying it. It had been a week since Jam passed and a week since the Lobo family found out that he was the Reyes Heir.
The Lobo family had chosen to hold five days of the wake at the Capital to let Jam's friends from university to come and mourn him, today was the fifth day. The Lobo family would depart with Jam's body to their province tonight. Cedric, his family, and his friends had decided to come with them for the remaining four days of the wake before the boy would finally be laid to rest in the family tomb.
A pair of arms suddenly hugged him from behind, he turned to see his wife, whom he hugged back.
"How are you holding up?" Adrianna asked Cedric. She knew he blamed himself, he had spent days trying to find out who was behind the murder and yet he still came up against false leads and dead ends.