Johnny said, "I wish I had been brave enough to be with him back then. Life would have been so much better. I know it. I wish I could make up all the time we lost." He said. He met Anthony's eyes, who finally was paying attention to the baby. Miguel was watching her with wide brown eyes as he held her. She sneezed again, and he couldn't help but smile at her.
"Papi's little girl sneezes and it is so adorable." He told her, and looked at Lucille. "We wanted to honor you. Papi has mixed feelings about his own mami. But Daniel loves you, and so does Sam. And he has told us about so many of the things that you did for him when he was growing up. You're a great mami, Lucille."
If only Miguel's own mother felt the way that Lucille did. Miguel loved his daughter, and he was going to do his best to give her the very best that he could for the rest of her life.