I had mixed reactions bout the last chapter. Like I said it is probably nowhere near the truth buut it was just in my head.

Chapter 5: Confronting Ryan

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The team arrived at Ryan's and were taken aback by what they saw. It was a large house made from glass. It had a driveway and what looked to them like a pool in the backyard. When they'd finished talking to him about his mother, they'd talk to him about how he could afford THAT house on a CSI salary.

They walked up to the door and Calleigh tentatively knocked on the door. After about a minute, a very tired looking Ryan opened the door. His hair was all mussed up and he was wearing a t-shirt and a pair of sweats. He wasn't surprised to see them. He was furious to see them. He was about to slam the door shut when Eric put his hand out to stop it from shutting and said, "we know about your mother."

Ryan slowly openedthe door again and said, "how?"

"Well you didn't tell us," replied a slightly annoyed Natalia. "We found out from a file we requested from Boston P.D." she had calmed down a bit now and was looking at him with pleading eyes. He knew thwy would want to talk about it so he decided to get it over and done with.

"Come in," he muttered very unenthusiastically. He opened the door wider so they could get through ans shut it behind them. He walked past them into the living room. "Do you want anything?" They shook their heads and went to sit on the couches. They were silent for a few minutes, none of them knowing how to start. Horatio decided to be the first to say somathing.

"Look…Ryan," began Horatio. Ryan knew it was serious, H never clled him by him by his first name. "As we've already told you, we read the file. But, we only know the basic details. We were hoping you and Alexa could tell us more. Where is she by the way?"

"She's out with my a….friend of mine," replied Ryan, an obvious tightness in his voice. "She wouldn't be able to help anyway. She was only one at the time, she doesn't remember anything."

"Then you tell us sweetie…please?" asked Alexx. Ryan could help but smile at her. She had become a surrogate mother to him over the years.

Ryan took a deep breath and began. "My dad and I were playing football in the backyard. I had a really important game the next day and we were supposed to be preparing. We were actually just mucking about," Ryan added a dry chuckle. He had loved his time in high school. He had been a jock and one of the most popular kids in school. "My mom had said that she'd wanted to check on Lex and went inside. About half an hour later, my mom still hadn't come out so I decided to go and check myself. When I got up to Lex's room, I found my mother exactly the same way as that women from the scene a few days ago. You know , the one I ran away from," he said sheepishly. The others just gave him a light smile. They couldn't understand what had happened, but they did understand that it was diffucult. "Lex was covered in blood! I just ran out the room to get dad and I called 911." He finished close to tears. His head in his hands.

"Why didn't you tell us Wol…Ryan?" asked Eric. Ryan just looked up at them, tears in his eyes. It hurt them to see the strong man they knew be reduced to this.

"I…I …I don't know. I found it hard to trust people after that." Ryan replied, calming down a bit and going down almost to a whisper.

"At least you told us now," said Eric warmly. "Now, what about this house?"

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I need to know if you think Ryan should be living with his girlfriend. Tell me your opinions please!