Callan stared at the door of Ryan's bedroom for a moment before approaching it.
Immediately, Mack held the door open, and Callan walked into the room, and then shut it behind Callan to give them privacy.
Ryan tried to sit up as he watched Callan enter the room.
Callan stood some distance away from the bed as he watched Ryan with a blank face.
"Hello, Callan," Ryan said softly, "Thank you for coming."
Callan didn't say a word. He just kept staring at the man, who was said to be his biological father. It surprised him that he didn't feel anything toward Ryan. Not anger, not pity, not love, not hate, not even disappointment.
Staring at Ryan, all Callan could see was a stranger, someone he didn't know despite sharing his blood and half his genes, and he realized that perhaps Jamal and everyone else was right and maybe blood wasn't such a big deal as he had thought.
