Doyle POV - No Matter How Much I Break

"Son...? You're not coming back with me to the mansion?" Father asks as I stood behind him in silence.

He prompts me for a reply, repeating his question again as the driver glances briefly in my direction. I glance briefly at the digital clock above the hospital doors and pondered my choice.

"I think... I'll head home today." I smiled, hoping by some stroke of luck Len would be awake.

This time I know he is alone.

"Wha—!? But Doyle, wouldn't it be difficult without any help? I can get you a nurse to attend to you while you're recuperating! Or, or I'll come over you instead!" Father insisted with an eager look on his face, an expression I couldn't help but feel pressured by as I wondered if he could redirect some of that energy towards Dameon.