A decade turned to dust. Dominic was now forty.That day, the family elders were gathered around the long table for a meeting. He was listening to a report about the docks. Suddenly, his hand loosened. His glass shattered on the floor.He slumped to the side and collapsed.The scans came back. It was terminal brain cancer.The doctor held the report. He looked up at this man with greying temples and empty eyes, and sighed.Some things really couldn't be explained."I know there's no cure."Dominic was surprisingly calm. A morbid sort of release surfaced in his cold gray eyes."The exact same disease that took my wife. And her father."The doctor nodded silently."This is good."The man chuckled softly. A trace of real warmth finally appeared in his weather-beaten eyes."This bastard finally has the right to experience exactly how much pain she was in."He refused all aggressive chemotherapy options. He rarely even used strong painkillers.He handed over the reins of the family to his t
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