Chapter 9 - Ryan Finally Admits the Plan
Ryan asked to meet through attorneys.
I agreed only with counsel present.
He looked terrible.
“I never agreed to hurt him.”
I stared at him.
“You agreed to what?”
Ryan said Beatrice proposed documenting what she called Leo’s
“episodes.”
Elaine would produce medical support.
The hidden camera would capture me panicking and Leo appearing
unresponsive.
Then Beatrice’s attorneys would use the material to argue that Leo
required extraordinary long-term care and that Ryan needed broader
authority to manage related trust distributions.
Ryan claimed he believed Elaine would give Leo something harmless enough
to make him sleepy.
“Something?”
His eyes filled.
“I didn’t ask.”
That answer destroyed whatever remained of our marriage.
“You didn’t ask what they planned to give your one-year-old son?”
Ryan cried.
“I needed time. The company was collapsing.”
“You traded his safety for time.”
“No.”
“Yes.”
Ryan lowered his head.
Then he told me there was more.
“The camera wasn’t only for Leo.”
May you like
I felt cold.
“It was for you too.”
