Chapter 138

"It was not our intention to hurt you by not telling you. We were just really worried about your health and we would rather face this alone than have you worry and lose you earlier than we want to." Killian explained softly while approaching his father and sitting by his foot.

Derek nodded in agreement, "We're sorry if we didn't think about what you'd feel. It won't happen again but just for this one time, can you please understand us?"

Benedict knew his sons were right.

They knew that more stress would cause his body to suffer but even if he knew that, the pain of knowing what his sons were going through while he was just inside his room was enough to almost bring him down to his knees.

He wanted to be able to help them.

After all, he was never there for them when they were younger and until now, even if they were getting along, he felt inadequate.

He felt indifferent about a lot of things.

Was it because he was dying?

"I know that you had good intentions for what you did and thank y