Chapter 233. The Great Farce

Ian started to get up to go to his room, willing to play his games until he fell asleep, when Adam was firm with him, saying;

  “Wait, Ian. We need to talk.”

  He looked at his mother, who nodded, and then sat back down in the chair. He looked at Kate anxiously. He didn't want anyone to hear his father scolding him, but when he realized that she wasn't actually there, he reassured himself and looked at his father. At the same moment, Anna decided that she should let them sort it out by themselves and go to bed early, because the next day, before she called her family, she wanted to spend two or three hours with Sarah. She went into the kitchen and out onto the balcony, where she asked Caricatura to let Adonis know that they would be leaving at five o'clock in the morning, and then went straight to her room. She didn't worry about Ian in Adam's company, as she could see that he seemed to have a magnet for Ian, who listened to him and admired him. It didn't seem