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Chapter one :Ryan's call
For Ryan Atwood, that day was about as normal as any. He woke up alone again, it had never really hit him until recently that he was so lonely. He drank his coffee, and got in his car, and drove to his office. The Ryan Atwood construction company was going fine, and for the first time in ten years, he felt like his life was coming together, that is until he got the phone call.
He was hard at work designing plans for the new low income housing development when his phone rang. " Ryan Atwood construction", he said expecting the normal hassle from his contractors, but the voice on the end of the phone was one he hadn't heard in a long time.
"Hello, Ryan?", the frail and shaky voice on the other end replied. He recognized the tone, but didn't want to jump to conclusions.
"Yeah, I'm Ryan, may I ask who's calling?"
" It's Kirsten, Kirsten Cohen, I would've thought you would have recognized my voice" she laughed nervously.
"Hey Kirsten...it's been a long time, too long. So what's up?"
Ryan swore he heard sniffling on the other end, he had only seen her cry once, and it hurt him to see her so sad, so he knew something was wrong.
"Kirsten, what's wrong?"
" It's Sandy...Sandy's died...he was in a car accident."
She kept talking, but Ryan went cold. His jaw dropped and tears welled up in his eyes, he quickly started talking "God Kirsten...I'm so sorry, can I do anything?"
"Well if you can, I'd really like you to come back, for the funeral"
"Of course, does Seth know?"
"No, I came across your number first, but I'm gonna call him next."
"Do you know where he lives?"
"Yeah, he lives out in new york, working on his comic book."
"Graphic novel" Ryan replied chuckling, Seth was always so picky about people calling it a comic book. "Kirsten, give me his address, I'll tell him myself. I know it was hard to tell me, I don't want you to have to tell your own son"
"Thank you sweetie" she read him the address "Ryan, it was good to hear your voice again, I really miss you, and I can't wait to see you...bye sweetie."
With that, she hung up, leaving Ryan in shock as he realized the reality of the situation. Sandy Cohen, the man that took him in as his own, the man that treated him like family, the closest thing he had to father in his entire life was gone. Ryan walked away from his desk, ignoring the questioning glances of his employees. He had a long flight ahead of him, he wasn't sure what to expect, but he knew the worst was yet to come.
I hope you enjoyed the first chapter. This will be a pretty long story, so I hope you like it. Please Review, and let me know what you think.-
