Chapter 13 - Ryan Returns to His Father

Ryan returned under federal protection.
Richard waited in a secure building.
When the door opened, father and son simply stared.
Ryan looked older.
Thinner.
Richard whispered, “I thought you hated me.”
Ryan shook his head.
“I thought staying away kept you alive.”
Richard laughed through tears.
“Apparently everyone thought disappearing was love.”
Then they embraced.
Ryan supplied records linking Malcolm to shell companies and
intimidation payments.
He also admitted moving foundation money without authorization to
preserve it from accounts Malcolm controlled.
That explained the R.V. entries.
His choices were investigated separately.
Ryan did not ask Richard to excuse them.
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Richard did not try.
Truth was finally allowed to remain complicated.