Chapter 258

• The next morning, the Sinclair family sent over an array of gourmet meals Ryan’s favorites, thoughtfully prepared by a private chef. Along with the food came a note: the women of the household were personally overseeing the tailoring of new clothes, designer shoes, and accessories for him. It was an elegant gesture, but beneath it lay something deeper a deliberate message of love, loyalty, and acceptance.
• For the first time in a long while, I watched Ryan let his guard down. His maternal family wasn’t ashamed of him. They weren’t pretending. They genuinely cared.
• That afternoon, Nathaniel made another house call. Officially, it was to check Ryan’s health again to monitor his recovery and verify no secondary complications had been missed. But I could see it for what it truly was: a sign of how deeply Nathaniel valued the Sinclair legacy. This wasn’t about protocol it was about preservation, continuity, and something intensely personal.