When Callix Linton called, Michael Linton was standing at the hospital room door saying goodbye to Fabian Holmes. This unexpected call directly interrupted their polite farewell.
Worried that the phone ring would disturb the patients in the hospital, Michael didn't bother to say goodbye again to Fabian. He answered the phone while striding towards the emergency exit.
The moment he saw it was his old father calling, he guessed what was going on. After hearing his father's sarcastic tone, he no longer had any doubts.
"I'll come back right away, don't worry."
Michael deliberately added the last "don't worry" for Callix Linton on the other end of the call, just to reassure his father that everything here was fine, putting his mind at ease.
From his understanding of his nephew Easton Holmes, there's no way his nephew would have told his father the truth. How it was managed to be glossed over, he did not know.
As long as it was handled, he could now be somewhat relieved.
