When Gabriella was five her mother died of cancer.
Maya Lopez was a feisty woman who loved to dance, sing, and cook with her husband. They had a dream of opening a restaurant together. Having six children and living in a big home. A family home that would expand into an empire.
That crashed and died in the wake of Maya's diagnoses. Henri opened the small little restaurant, and for awhile with his passion burning inside of him, Henri was making enough to support his family.
He was keeping their heads above debt, and while struggling he didn't take it out on his wife or young daughter.
Instead he worked hard, and thought for a moment he would still get the life he always dreamed of with the woman he loved. But then Maya died in her sleep, tears rolling down her cheeks.
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