VIP hospital room:
"Now, tell me what happened!" Ian asked, watching the back of his father disappear from his line of sight. Ian knew that the knowledge of what Avril had done had aged Alex, proving that this was affecting him more than the old man let on.
However, Ian was not interested in that. It was not his burden to carry. Ian knew that there was a lot that his close assistant, Currey, and Shelby's guardian, Murray, had left out because of the audience they had.
After he made sure that his father had left.
Ian's mood was unsettling, even for himself. To be more precise, he felt as if something was slipping through his hands. This was the reaction when he thought of the dream he had before he had awoken.