"Ryan, can I come in?"

"Yeah." Ryan answered. He knew what was going to come next, but he waited for the question to come anyways.

"Ryan. What happened yesterday?" Sandy asked. He remembered how he had not say a word at dinner. It worried him.

"Nothing happened, Sandy." Ryan replied. "we talked. That's it."

Sandy looked at Ryan with a look that meant 'yeah right'. Ryan sighed and looked at Sandy.

"Ok, we talked… he… he wants me to come to live with him…"

Sandy looked at Ryan in shock. He could not believe that a man who had not seen his son for so many years actually wanted him to live with him…

"And what did you say?" He asked.

"I… I say I couldn't. I mean my life is with you now… and it upset him… he hit me, then he left… but I'm afraid he'll look after me."

Sandy put a hand on Ryan's shoulder as a comfort. "You know we won't let anything happen to you, Ryan. Whatever this man want, we will not let you hurt you. We promise."

"I know that Sandy. And I appreciate it. It's just… I don't want anything to happen to you that's all."

Sandy smiled "Come on, let's go inside ok? Rosa cooked and it's getting cold."

Ryan nodded, and he and Sandy left the pool house, heading for the house.

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"Morning Ryan." Kirsten said.

"Hey man." Seth said at the same time

Kirsten looked at Sandy. "did he talk?" she asked

Sandy nodded. "We talked. I think it was good for him." He then went to Ryan. "What will you do now?" he asked.

"I… I don't know…" he stayed silent for a while then he said "I think I should talk to Trey."

Sandy, Seth and Kirsten looked at him. "Man, why would you want to do this?" Seth asked

"he maybe doesn't know about dad yet. I want to be the one to tell him." He turned to Sandy, a pleading look on his face. "Please Sandy I have to talk to him."

"You can go Ryan, but on one condition. I'm coming with you." Sandy said. "No argument. I'm either coming with you or you're not going at all."

Knowing that he did not have a chance to win an argument over this, Ryan just nodded. "Okay." He said.

"good." Sandy replied. "Now you too should get ready for school, or you'll be late."

Seth looked at his watch. "What? It is already this late?" he pushed Ryan out of the kitchen. "come on Ryan! Go grab your stuff, we'll be late!!!" And of they were.

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Ryan stayed silent during the whole ride to school. He was preoccupied about how his brother would react when he would find out their father had been liberated. He was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't realize they were at school until Seth shook him. "Hey Ryan we're there!"

And then the bell ring. "We have to run, Ryan. Or Dr. Kim will kick our ass!" and he hurried to class. I'll worry about Trey later, Ryan thought. And he followed his friend.

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TBC

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A/N: Many thanks to all those who reviewed. Special thanks to Rachel Carter 2428 for her advice. I might edit chapter1 when I have more time! I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Next one should be Ryan's visit to Trey… it will be up soon! I promise!