Thirty-Six Karrie Ridge was acting really strange. He’d barely spoken on the entire trip home and he hadn’t answered my texts or calls. I knew he was upset over what happened with his mother, but he’d seemed to be okay once we were with his sisters. Brody had told me not to stress too much. He said Ridge had always internalized things, and that’s how he coped with the issues he had growing up with his parents. Brody figured after all that s**t went down with Susan, Ridge probably had a lot to work out. So, I was trying to be understanding and give him space. Still, I couldn’t help but feel like he was shutting me out … maybe even pushing me away. The fact was, this was the first serious problem we’d encountered together, so I didn’t know what was the right, or wrong, thing to do. I

