Chapter 5Ryan directed the trucks in the yard with growing trepidation. He wasn’t sure how many people Paige invited to the barbecue, but she had made an offhand reference to using his mother’s old address book. Paige thought it was important to honor Nora’s memory with a memorial party—the sort of barbecue Ryan’s mother used to love to throw when her husband was still alive. As far as Ryan knew, Clay hadn’t offered a word of protest. Nobody had. And that’s how he found himself directing traffic and greeting all of the guests while Clay tended to the bonfire and the grills in the wide gravel area between the house and the barn, and Paige directed Cody and Teo as they set up the picnic tables and chairs.
Occasionally, Ryan would catch Teo’s eye, and he couldn’t help but smile a little. Teo
