Chapter 10
My eye caught the bartender’s and I motioned for him to bring my check. As I waited for the damages, I finished the last of the whiskey in my glass. I’d had only two but I could have had a third. That would have to wait until my next appointment. I was meeting Ryan’s mother at a different bar in about fifteen minutes. I probably shouldn’t have had two drinks beforehand, but I felt I needed them in preparation for meeting her. She and Ryan’s stepfather were in town for his graduation tomorrow. Somehow, despite everything he’d gone through, he’d managed to finish his classes and end his final semester with good grades. He’d told me on more than one occasion that he was able to block out a lot and focus on his school work when he needed to. He said he viewed his school work as a “
