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At first Ryan has no idea what Andy
is talking about. Killed her husband? What? But then a thought hits him
-- New Year's Eve -- and his stomach and chest flood with something
that he can't quite identify.
"What?"
"Tim was killed on New Year's Eve,"
Andy says. He speaks not just with grief but with disgust. Ryan tells himself
that loss makes people angry. This isn't his fault--
"What happened?" Ryan asks abruptly.
"He was shot. At the pier -- he was
trying to help Claire by listening in on your father's meeting."
For a moment Ryan feels as though
he cannot breathe. Claire's husband is dead?
"I doubt she's going to want to see
you," Andy continues, clearly trying to push his hatred of the Morianis
as far as he can. "You and your father--"
"This is not my fault!" Ryan fires
back. "This is not our fault! As far as I can tell, you didn't even find
anything down at that pier, did you?"
Andy gives no response.
Ryan cocks his head to the left a
few degrees. "I didn't think so. And from what Claire told me, you were
supposed to be with Tim, weren't you? Wouldn't that kind of make it your
fault that Tim was--killed?"
He watches Andy's face move through
a muddled sequence of reactions before it finally hardens. "Just stay away
from her," Andy orders before turning around and heading back to his car.
Ryan remains in the doorway as Andy
drives off. Tim is dead?
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