That's just how it is

Sean let out a sigh and chuckled. "I thought a miracle just happened, but I was wrong," said more to himself than anyone else, but they couldn't help agreeing with him. "Anyway, since we are all here, it is only natural that we begin."

Alex Adam sat down, and a shory silence followed afterward. 

"You said this had to do with Father," Alex asked, and Sean nodded his head. "What is it?"

"You barely come home," he looked at Alex for a brief moment before tirning to Dominic and Lily. "And those at home are too busy to pay attention to him, too engrossed in their Petty squabbles and meaningless conflicts. It is no surprising that you are all clueless about what our father is going through. As his children don't, you feel ashamed at all?" 

Dominic frowned, not liking the way his younger brother was talking to him. But as soon as he opened his mouth to speak, Sean raised a hand, stopping him without even looking at him. He then placed his phone in his ear,