"The babies were early, perhaps a little too early."
Alejandro sighed. What would it do to his son, already so irrational about his family's safety?
"Will she bear more children?"
"It's doubtful." The doctor's comment caused a shiver to go through him.
"Like Elena," Alejandro said, frowning. "Poor Diego."
Remembering having to tell Elena about the risks of further births, he felt the pain of her heartbreak afresh. She had convinced him for just one more, and it had caused her death. So many years of grief and guilt had followed, and he had never wanted that for his son.