+Once Nero is sound asleep, Jeff carefully and quietly slips away from the room to go outside and check his phone.
He powers his phone on and sits down on the bench outside. The screen lights up and reads 1 missed call Roman.
He dials Roman's number and waits. "Hey roman, What did you need?" he asks.
"Seth is on his way to the hospital, he came over and I filled him in on everything.." he says.
Jeff almost drops the phone. He closes his eyes and takes a deep breath, trying not to cry. "Jeff, are you okay?" Roman asks.
"He's going to hate me…" Jeff says shakily.
"No he won't." Roman argues.
"Yes he is.. First I get pregnant and don't tell him about it. Then I completely miss the symptoms of his son having cancer…" he says, his walls crumble and he starts to cry.
Roman sighs and tries to sound comforting. "Jeff, it's not your fault that Nero is sick." he argues.
Jeff sniffles and wipes his eyes. "Yes it is, the doctors told me that he would have had a better chance at beating this if I'd caught it sooner. So, my son is dying because I left him untreated.." he cries.
"You had no idea that he was even sick.. Jeff, he didn't show any signs or symptoms until a few months ago.." Roman says.
"I know.. But, I still blame myself…" Jeff says softly.
Roman gets quiet for a few moments.
"Jeff, don't blame yourself. It isn't your fault… the doctors said that this was a genetic disease.. It was in his genes." He says.
Jeff sits quietly on the bench and looks down at the ground. He sighs.
"Roman, I feel so lost right now. Nero doesn't even know that he's dying… How the hell do you tell a boy who has his whole life ahead of him something like that?" he says through tears.
A familiar voice says from behind him. "We'll tell him together…" the person says.
Jeff looks up and takes a deep breath. "Seth…?"