Telling Carlos The Truth

Carlos, honey, would you come in here? We need to talk to you about something. Carlos, you know that your stepfather and I love you very, very much and are so proud of you. I know it was difficult when we told you that Geoff was not your real father but it's just beautiful how close you two have gotten over the years. But we think that it's time that we told you what really happened to your father. I know that we told you that he was very ill and passed away but that sadly is not the truth. It hurt us, very deeply, to have to lie to you but we were afraid you couldn't handle the truth.

When you were just a baby, your father got hired to go overseas to help open a theme park. The park was on an island. His job was to transport the attractions, specifically raising gates in between two cages, from one area to another. I don't really know why it was necessary to have someone manually raise the gate while standing on top of it, but your father was proud of his new job.

Around the time the park was opening, your father was assigned to move one last crate before coming back home. Everything was going smoothly. Your father's supervisor, Mr. Muldoon, was even there to make sure everything went according to plan. But there was a horrible accident. They tried so very hard to save your father but it was too late.

Oh Geoff, this is so hard.

Carlos, I know nothing, not even a $20 million court settlement, can bring your father back. Nothing can change the fact that your father was killed by a velociraptor.