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Ellen laughed out loud "I believe you’re the only woman on the planet who hasn’t seen his movies"

"To be honest, I think it’s better that way," I justified

Ryan’s ringtone began to play on e until his parents were safely inso predictable

I drove down the coast to a nice restaurant that jutted out over the ocean We had a lovely view of the Atlantic from ourtable

Ryan’s parents were very nice and friendly towards rilled with questions, but Ryan had apparently filled them in with a lot of details so our conversation was s they already knew

I told theoals at that time, and my current involvements with the vineyards and the pub His parents asked a lot of questions about the vineyard businesses and the details of co-ownership, and I was happy to tell the as s and investment opportunities other than the standard retire conversation just on that subject alone

It was apparent throughout the conversation that his father orried about Ryan’ssure it was properly invested I told the to expand into other areas of opportunity but I didn’t go into specifics I certainly didn’t want the he was to du the kitchen inI wanted was for his parents to think I was only after their famous son’sfinancially so they would be at ease knowing that I’m a smart businesswoman all on my own and I have my own money in the bank

They told me stories about Ryan and how he liked to draw pictures of houses when he was younger His parents always thought that he’d beco he drew or built had to be sy was always designed evenly

Ellen recalled how Ryan’s et his picture taken when he was three years old and the photographer suggested that she take hiencies Soon after that, Ryan was pictured in national clothing store fliersHis pictures were even used in a few parenting azines She promised to show them to me one day I’m sure that would eh school years when he became active in the drae I loved listening to her stories - to hear the pride in her voice when she spoke of him

They also spoke a lot about their other son, Nick, and his wife, Janelle, and how they met at work and fell madly in love They had been hter, Sarah, alo His parents were very easy to talk to, and I had the sa to them as I did when I first met Ryan

Just as Ryan had stated, his father snatched up the restaurant bill even before the waitress set it on the table I held out my hand, for I really did want to treat them to lunch, but his father waived foras he reached for his wallet I dropped it as to not offend his father

I took the them the only two spots where I knew Ryan had filmed I spared the onto the ured they too had enough to worry about

I drove downwhile also secretly assessing how many fans and paparazzi were staked out I drove down the alley, despite having paparazzi lurking there as well Ryan’s father quickly unloaded their luggage from my trunk

I was surprised to see that his father knew the little Italian photographer "Ji my son?" Bill asked

"Oh, Mr Christensen, oi!" Jiarette butt into the alley "Mrs Christensen! You look so lovely! Oh, my, my! What a blessed day! How are you?"

"We’re well! We’re here visiting our son You guys aren’t bothering him too much, are you?" Bill teased

"Oh, no, no! Well, you know, it’s a job I miss when your boy works in nice, warood for ers

While we stood there talking to Jiraphers took our picture His parents didn’t seem to be phased by it