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He pats Ryler on the back, a friendly gesture he offers to pretty much no one Just hoell does Ryler know ?

Ryler and I avoid eye contact until azes collide

"You know h my heart hammers in my chest Even after what I just found out, ue wants to lick his ring, feel the coolness of the ers to caress mine

"I know your father" His expression softens "Ehter Otherwise, I would have said soain, he also seemed like someone my parents would look down on No wonder my mother asked about him She had to have knoho he was She was never a fan of most of the people her up, like Donny Elderman

I think about all the stuff I told Ryler and worry he told ht he was, how at peace I felt with him because he wasn’t part of my father’s evil world

I can’t trust hi between us was real Don’t know anything about him Don’t knohat my father is up to Don’t know if I’m really insane or where s

"Yeah, I’m sorry, too"

The sound of rain and thunder surrounds us as silence stretches between us

There’s no co away the dirt on the ground, the peace I felt with hione All I’m left with in this new life of mine is a bunch of questions with no answers, just like Ellis said

But I’ll get answers, no o back into the dark anymore Back to my old life