With it being a weekend, we all slept in. My phone rang and there was a text message from Uncle that made my body freeze. ‘Wade, urgently come to my room.’

Getting slowly out of bed so as not to wake Vaughn up, I rushed to the shower and a few minutes later I was strolling through the villa, headed to the west part of Uncle Malkiel’s room.

When I approached the wing, he was pacing up and down outside his door. I increased my steps and when he saw me, pulled ...