Ryan's POV
For years now Ryan had kept his mouth shut.
He had buried the truth about Brian and Gwendolyn as deeply as he could. Doing so in order to shield his grandfather. It was a secret that he had intended to hold on to for as long as possible. But now the truth was well and truly out, and it had come out in an awful way too.
"What do you mean she slept with Brian? Gwendolyn is a respectable young lady, she would not…" Something in Ryan's face must have gotten to his grandfather because the old man could not even bring himself to finish the sentence. Bringing a trembling hand to his lips, his grandfather took in a few shaky breaths before returning the hand to his cane.
A shell shocked look on his face, he failed to blink away the tears in his eyes and just let them fall as he looked at Ryan.
