Love.
Clay's family was filled with it. He had a very happy and healthy life as a young boy. Clay's mother, Janet Mendoza worked as an International Aid Worker before Clay was born, which means she travels from country to country to help people certain parts of a country that are underserved. She also help teach english to foreign students since she learned a multitude of languages.
On the month she was staying in South Korea, she met a man named Hei Seong. He worked as a lawyer and occasionally volunteers to give out supplies to the poor. They hit it off and after a couple years of long distance relationships and occasional visits, Hei was able to officially move into the US where Janet lived. They both gotten married, Janet later had quit her job as an aid worker and worked as a local librarian while Hei continued to be a lawyer. And soon enough , Clay was born.
One of Janet's favorite thing to do is ice skate, she was pretty good at it and really wanted it to be included in her family's hobby. She takes Clay and her husband to the ice skating rink on Clay's birthday every year, which was in January. Hei didn't know how to ice skate, but got practice from Janet, and was able to skate okay. Now, Clay can't skate as good as his mother nor his father, he'd always fall or run into people and railings. But, he'd always get back up and try again, it doesn't stop him from enjoying it every time he went.
But, on the night of his 8th birthday, everything had been taken from him.
His mother, Janet, was driving him and his father to the ice rink as she does every year. It was snowing, which made the roads a bit slippery but it wasn't a problem for her. Clay's father was sitting in the backseat of the car with Clay, since Clay had begged him to sit with him for the company. The three of them were singing along to the song September (by: Earth, Wind, Fire), their favorite song to sing to, ever since Clay was a baby.
But halfway through song, the sounds of tire screeching was heard. Suddenly, there were bright lights.