The truth was a hard pill to swallow and Charles remained silent for a large portion of it. He was a little shocked that the board had chosen the man for then job then again, “Alan Hunter is a very good lawyer so I can understand how that was the logical choice.” He said even as the pill was hard to swallow at how quickly his role was replaced. What had he expected? He had wound the boy up and then left him standing at the alter as their relationship was supposed to progress. It was true that more than one party was at fault in this situation but casting blame was not going to help anyone. Charles frowned deeply when he got to the part in the story about the office and drinking, “He shouldn’t have played with you at all if you had drinks at any point. That’s reckless and he of all people should kno-“ He cut himself off biting his lip but choosing to hold back the rest of what he had to voice.<br/><br/>It looked like he really hadn’t been expecting his rival to be staying in the same house though and it showed on his face as his eyes darted to the wall which faced the hallway that Alan would have to take to pass them to the main part of the home. “Well that’s... economical I suppose. It would be rude to retract the invitation and it sounds like there are a lot of hours ahead.” He wasn’t looking to that part either but had already vowed to act like an adult in this situation. He turned his attention back to Caden who looked drained like he had been confessing all his sins and Charles wanted to attempt to say something re-assuring. “It’s going to be alright you know.” He said after a pause, “This will work out. Maybe right now it’s best to focus on resolving this case since it will move things forward and get stress off your back.” He figured that they had some time to figure the rest of it out. Maybe.<br/><br/>“Let me go pick something for you to wear and we will head down to breakfast. I’m not planning to make a scene and if I know anything about Alan he will be want seem like the bigger and better person so he should be able to reign himself in as well. Otherwise I wouldn’t want to put you in the middle of a situation that turns into a yelling match of any sort.” He knew he was between a rock and a hard place since he couldn’t just remove himself as Caden’s assistant suddenly. Charles reached out and placed a hand on the sub’s back as he rubbed a small circle the way one might comfort someone hurt. “We will work on this, but that doesn’t mean it will get done overnight.”