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Ryder couldn’t help the slight chuckle that came. She was true in what she was saying, working with rookies was something that the male didn’t particularly like to partake in. What was that saying? One bad apple can spoil the whole bunch. That’s what had happened - Ryder didn’t mind rookies before ‘he who shall not be named’ came along. It was like the kid was cursed or something and up until now Ryder had sworn off rookies. “Yeah, and there’s always been a reasonable explanation for that but I decided to give it a try.. have faith in others,” he trailed off. Being in the police force, skepticism came naturally and he couldn’t help but feel that with her answer. “Right,” he nodded his head, sure his uncertainty was showing. He wanted to ask her so much more, like if she was sure this was something she wanted to be doing. One thing could trigger the past and they’d both be back to square one. “I’m sure mom and pop are happy for you,” a small smile appearing, memories of her parents begging him to convince their daughter to join the force.
The lump in the back of her throat was swelling, and the longer Lana stood there with Ryder, the harder it would get to not give into old habits. Gritting her teeth the female knew exactly who he was talking about, knew the exact explanation he was mentioning and it tasted like poison to her. “Faith in others?” Lana questioned before scoffing. It was something after her husbands death that she tried to preach to him, that Ryder shouldn’t swear off everything due to one bad thing, something that they both tried to teach eachother. “Didn’t think you were the one to believe in blind faith.” The brunette watched Ryder’s expression change and it was like a knife digging into her back seeing the uncertainty cross his face. He hand twitched while she restrained herself from reaching up and wiping at the crease in his forehead. She wanted to tell him not to worry that she was better now, but that’d be a lie. “Please, they’re thrilled Ry you have no idea.” Lana expressed a smile joining her face and she let out a breathy laugh. “Pops gave me a run down of the do’s and don’ts plus all the good places to get real food.”















