On Cole's 18th birthday, which he wanted to spend with Emma who was the closest person in his life and was always with him at the time, but his father said it was urgent and he went to see him after Emma agreed that he should.
After he turned 16 he saw his father less and less as he had become able to look after himself and after his father bought him a penthouse in one of the Maxwell Family buildings, which he intentionally did so that the Epstein Family were less likely to find him.
He met his father in a worn-down warehouse on the edge of New York that was secluded and empty, which confused Cole, but he still went in to see his father.
His father was sat in the centre of the warehouse and beside him was an empty chair that Cole sat in and although he was unsure about what was going on, his father had tears in his eyes and was clearly serious and emotional.