by Keya Jay
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“Ryder this is important you have to tell me, he’s tearing my family apart! But you knew that…”
“Sidney don’t make it seem as though I knew what his plans were when it came to your family.”
“But you warned me,” she wined.
“You had to have known something Ryder!”
“Lower your voice Sidney,” he said slowly.
“I’m sorry,” she said placing her head in her hands.
Skylar wanted to laugh at Sidney why is it that everyone reacts that way toward him?
“I just don’t know what to do Ryder,” Sidney said as she removed her hands.
“You have Nathan use him, he’s more than willing to help,” he said.
She sighed but didn’t say anything. Finally she spoke, “Who is she?” she asked.
Ryder looked back at Skylar; it didn’t surprise Skylar, she knew he knew she was there.
“I don’t know yet,” he said not taking his eyes off of her.
“Well you seem…different around her,” she said softly.
“Sidney,” he said in a warning tone as he looked away from Skylar then and stared down at her.
“No Ryder I mean it. I know what we had hadn’t been real I found that out a long time ago but that doesn’t mean it still didn’t hurt.”
What they had? I hope she means for breakfast, Skylar thought knowing good and well what she meant.
“Sidney,” he said again before she cut him off.
“Ryder I’m human and I know you,” she said simply.
“Stop cutting me off,” he growled but she just smiled.
“Just…don’t lose sight of what’s important here,” she whispered.
“And what’s that?”
“Your happiness, you deserve more than anyone—”
“Sidney,” he warned for the third time now.
Obviously his warnings meant nothing to her, Skylar thought.
“Ryder you know what I’m talking about so I’m not going to say it but you’re punishing yourself,” she said as she stood.
“If you feel as though you are remotely happy you’ll cut yourself off completely. You’re nothing like him so stop comparing yourself to him,” she said as she walked toward the door.
She didn’t even look in Skylar’s direction when she said, “I wish your mother a happy birthday; I hope she cherishes it,” and for some reason Skylar knew there was more to what she was saying.
“Though she doesn’t know you I’m sure she’ll still appreciate it,” Skylar said as Sidney slipped through the door.
Skylar wanted to walk over and sit next to Ryder but he had his head in his hands and he looked like he needed to be alone so she just walked away.
