

So far two doctors have already told us that there's not much they can do. I think she would really like it if Ricky came to visit her." We've been in the hospital for a week now, just checking everything, and finding out how we can treat it. They said it's lung cancer, and it's pretty far along. A couple weeks ago she started having fainting spells, and we decided to see a doctor. Can I take a message for you?" Nini asked nervously. Ricky had always felt that his mom chose Todd over him, and it caused a strain in their relationship. He's the reason Ricky's parents are divorced, and why she moved to Chicago. Clearly she took too long to respond, because the man from the other end spoke again, clarifying his identity. "Nini, it's Todd." Nini scratched her head for a moment, still unsure of who was on the other side of the line.

Ricky's still at work, but I can take a message for you." Nini offered.

"Hi, is Ricky home? I need to speak to him." The voice of the man on the other end of the call sounded hoarse and strained, he sounded like he was about to cry. But it kept ringing, and she decided that it might have been an emergency, so she picked it up just in case. Nini decided to ignore it, since it was probably a telemarketer or a credit card scam. As she sat on the couch scrolling through the Netflix home page, the phone on the side table began to ring and an unknown number flashed on the screen. She was in her boyfriend's home, waiting for him to come home so they could have dinner together. It was 7 pm on a Wednesday night when Nina Salazar-Roberts got the news.
