Ashford P. O. V

“Brother, are you in there?” I called, knocking on the door again.

No response

“Brother, if you can hear me, please say something.” I sighed, leaning against the wooden frame.

Silence.

“You've been locked up in your room for days now. And everyone is already worried about you. Please open up now”.

More silence.

I tried to force the handle open, but it was locked from the inside.

Of course, Ryan was the type of person to isolate himself whenever things got tough… and sometimes, I just wished he acted more like me.

“If you don't open the door this instant, then I'm going to break...