Sheehan nods and gives him a grim smile before he opens the door. His stomach drops. The sight of it, the horrible knowledge that this was a place for a child, it hits him in all the wrong places and, for a moment, he's certain he's going to be sick. It's filthy, dilapidated, a deliberate attempt at cruelty by parents who had means but no will.

"That is not fit for you, Max. I - I have a proposal for you, okay?"

But he straightens up and comes back to Max, all calm.