Chapter 7 - The Truth About RyanThe investigation uncovered something unexpected.
Ryan wasn't Dylan's biological son.
He was Sierra's son from another relationship.
Dylan had always known.
But he had become emotionally attached to him.
That didn't make what happened acceptable.
But it explained the intensity of his reaction.
Then the investigators discovered something else.
Sierra had known about the chandelier inspection.
She had received the same warning.
And she had told Dylan:
“Don't cancel the gala. We need the investors.”
My blood ran cold.
They had both known.
They had both ignored the danger.
Then, when the accident happened, Dylan had instinctively protected Ryan.
The heroic story wasn't just incomplete.
It had been carefully constructed.
Sierra had helped promote it.
Dylan had allowed it.
They had turned a disaster into a publicity opportunity.
I sat across from Dylan in a conference room.
“You knew.”
He looked exhausted.
“I didn't think it would happen.”
“But you knew.”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
He looked at the table.
“Because I didn't want to lose the investors.”
I stared at him.
“And Haley?”
He closed his eyes.
“I thought you would protect her.”
That sentence ended our marriage.
Not the affair.
Not Sierra.
Not the chandelier.
That sentence.
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Because he had known I would throw myself between danger and our child.
And he had used that certainty as an excuse to protect someone else.
