“You have not answered me.” Dr. Aldrich said once we entered the room. I didn’t even know why I had to follow him here. I should have gone to queue for dinner or taken a breather at the beach.

I turned to him, and I remembered the reason we had not talked for two days. “He is your son. Don’t you care at all what happens to him?”

“You don’t understand what it feels like to be caught up in the middle of you two.” He began, his voice holding a lot of emotions that he was hiding. ...