Present Day
Ryan told Henry he could tell everyone about the manual and Bella’s accusations at the next family meeting. Ryan wasn’t sure he could get the words out, and he knew Henry would have no problem at all.
Ryan sat in the back of the room with a cup of coffee and a roiling stomach. Leo tried to sit with him, but when it was clear he wasn’t going to say anything about what Henry was going to tell everyone, Leo moved to sit with Zach.
When Leo started the meeting a few minutes later, Ryan seriously considered walking out. He wasn’t sure he could sit there and listen to Henry tell them all that he was right and Bella was just as much a threat to them as Perry.
They would all be there for Ryan. They’d stand up for him and defend him. They’d surround him and protect him. They’d do wh
