Ian gladly left the room when Rich asked it of him and he passed the next few hours hiding the silver in various spots he had secured for just such a thing. Before he met Rich, he used to save any silver he found and melt it into bars once he found he had enough; and so he had  a safety deposit box in a bank in a nearby town that had several bars of silver.<br/><br/>However, messing with the stuff was risky business and he quickly ended the habit when he became a part of Rich's pack. Ever since, he has been simply hiding it in various places that would be rarely discovered. The closest of these places was a single tree in a nearby nature preserve, the others were much farther away and so his work was cut out for him as he meticulously divided the bullets amongst all of his secret spaces.<br/><br/>The surgery was done and Alice was conscious and recovering by the time he returned. Knowing how touchy Rich was about the entire situation, he opted not to return to that building until a later time. In stead, he retired to his own home and wait. He read by a window and kept an eye on the scene outside to see when things became more routine again.