Chapter Sixty-Two

DAWN.

"I think I'm ready to talk about it. "

Ryder says, pulling me back as his eyes zeroes on me, and I nod; taking the seat next to him. 

He takes his seat from earlier with a sigh, his eyes focused on the view before him, rather than on me. 

"Do you think what that man said is possible? Do you think he could be my father?" He questions, lifting his head to meet my gaze, and I smooch closer to him, resting a hand on his lap. 

"To be honest; I don't know, Ryder. But there are the proofs everywhere. He knows about your real name, Ryder. The one you bore at the orphanage, and he knows about the orphanage. He knew where to find you, and he did. That kind of gives it away. "

"If he's my father, then why now?" He shakes his head, the pain in his eyes too much for me to hear. "Why not all those years? Why does it have to be now? After ev