He pauses again. “I have to tell you something I overheard. I debated on whether or not you should know, but if it were me, I’d want to know. When I was coming to, I heard your father say to one of the other scientists that he gave Max some kind of injection. He said he was trying to make him better. This made me mad so when he came near me, I decked him hard.” My father injected Max? Acid churns in my stomach.