"That is depressing, you should not say things like that." Hector said, even though he felt the same way inside, as his eyes moved slowly toward the side of the house, and it truly looked more like a sign than anything else.
It all felt like nothing ever worked out for them, because in the last second, something always came and ruined everything, and this earthquake did exactly that, but on a scale that was simply too much to even think about.
Everything just got destroyed, and millions upon millions were lost, wiped away like they meant nothing.
It was almost like a metaphor, and that was what James meant by it too, because the house, the family house that had already been reinforced to withstand attacks from the feds and from everyone who ever tried to make them fall, collapsed to the ground as if it was nothing, and it became a perfect reflection of them.
