RIKA
Sloane had looked extremely worried this morning before leaving to drop Cade at school, her hands shaking slightly as she'd grabbed her keys and her purse. She'd pulled me aside in the hallway and said some concerning stuff about Ronan threatening her, about him making veiled comments that made her feel unsafe. But honestly, I badly wished it wasn't as serious as she was making it sound. Look, Ronan might be complicated and messy and have a whole list of issues longer than my arm, but he was definitely not someone who would threaten a child or commit child murder. That just wasn't in his character, no matter how dark his past might be.
I took it that Sloane was just being paranoid and overprotective, looking out for the best interests of her son the way any good mother would. I'd al
