"No. I don’t know if they understand that. I doubt they understand it." Alex stared at his father. This was going nowhere. He didn’t know what to tell the man. He had nothing left to tell him. Except the ugly news that he was very near death, and someone in the family had to watch him die now. Just for formal reasons, basically. And he didn’t want Jane to have to do that. And his father was the only one left.