Chapter 171: A Need for Understanding

Once I was dressed, I grabbed my phone from the nightstand and messaged Tyler to let him know I was up and feeling a bit better. I thanked him for being there for me yesterday. Then I followed my nose to the kitchen as the smell of pancakes wafted through the house.

When I walked in, Ryder looked up at me. He hesitated for a moment before asking, "You doing okay?"

I nodded. "Better than yesterday," I replied, which he seemed relieved to hear.

"Do you want to talk about it?" he offered tentatively.

I shrugged, "Yeah, I think I do," I replied, surprising us both.

Ryder spooned pancake batter into the pan as I took a seat at the kitchen island.

"So, what did you see?" I asked, wanting to get a better idea of his perspective so that I could compare it to my own.

He hesitated before replying, probably concerned that delving into the vision again might be some kind of trigger for me.

"I just want to try and see whether we saw the same thing and whether we have the same interpretation of it,