Charley said firmly, "Those things didn't happen explicitly because of you. Hanson already had you completely in his grasp when our family was hit by our first crisis. So, you were kept in the dark about what had actually happened."
Then, Charley told Wendy about what had happened back then.
Only then did Wendy find out that after the Simons Family had went bankrupt, Ryan had gotten himself into serious debt.
It was just impossible for Peter to pay off Ryan's debt at that time. So... Ryan had used his father's credentials to borrow money from Hanson.
Peter had no way of repaying Hanson the money as he was burdened with other crippling debts that were incurred by Ryan. So, Hanson had used the opportunity to take his revenge on the Simons Family by forcing Peter to work at the club to pa
