Meanwhile, at the hospital, Christian's operation finally concluded, and he was moved to the recovery room. The doctor came out to speak with Mr Thompson, who had returned as soon as he had secured his company offices and alerted the police about Néstor, whom his daughter had called to say was at the entrance of their house, prompting her to notify the authorities.

"Well, doctor? How did it go? Did you manage to remove the tumour from my son? Will he recover? Will he lose his sight? Why did it take so long?" Mr Thompson bombarded him with questions.

"We took much longer because we discovered that from his accident,...