I followed Kyle and Sebastian down to the basement. My adoptive father's body was no longer on one of the tables. Kyle had put his arm around Sebastian's waist in a reassuring manner.
"I'm not going anywhere Seb, and Emily's here too." Kyle told the now trembling Sebastian. "It won't hurt but these x-rays need to be done." Sebastian nodded and climbed up onto the table next to where Hector was standing.
Forty five minutes later and Hector was clipping the x-ray images to a back lit section of the wall. He inspected carefully, not giving any indication of what they showed. Sebastian was wrapped in Kyle's arms and was also squeezing my hand. Hector finally after what felt like ages but was probably only a few minutes turned around to face us.
"Your ribs are
