Ryan Rodriguez is a 28 year psychologist. He has spent years in studying psychology and is quite popular in his field. He is Emma's good friend.

It's 8 a.m. He was exactly on time. He rings the door bell. Angelina opens door. She notices him for some time. Tall, well built latino with tan skin and dark brown straight hair complementing his caramely eyes. His features were quite sharp with a boyish charm. He was wearing a red half sleeves T shirt revealing his loaded biceps with dark blue jeans. He was looking quite young like someone in early 20s. If Emma had not told her, Angelina would have confused him for some college student.

"Hi! I am Ryan Rodriguez" Ryan introduced himself. "Hi! Nice to meet you. Please come in." Angelina welcomed him. Angelina had just finished her shower when Ryan came. She was wearing her bathrobe with her dripped hair tied in tied bun. Water drops flowing down her neck.

"Please give a minute. I'll just change and come." Angelina told Ryan and pointed towards the couch, asking him to sit. She gave him a glass of water and went in her bedroom to change.

The door bell rang again. "Umm! Ryan! Will you please attend the door!" Angelina shouted from her bedroom.
"Sure" Ryan opens the door. He was pleased to see Emma on the other side. Emma gave him a quick hug and said "So you're ready? You are clear what to do?"

"Yes, dear. I will do exactly as you told me. Don't worry. I have practiced the scenarios multiple times in my head" Ryan said with a small giggle.

"Oh! It's Emma" Angelina has changed her clothes and was looking gorgeous as ever in the blue offshoulder sequin dress which reached upto her knees.

"Good morning mam! I told you, Ryan is really particular with time. Never late." Emma said proudly. "Yes! I love disciplined people." Angelina replied.

"Well, Edward is far from disciplined. I don't think he'll come till 9." Angelina gave them both a smile.

"Well! Angelina, I must say you're really great in this dress." Ryan complimented. Angelina blushed a little and thanked Ryan.

"What's this ruckus in the morning? Disturbed my sleep." said July while coming out of her bedroom rubbing her eyes.

"Sorry mom, for disturbing you. It's Ryan, Emma's friend." Angelina replied.

"Oh! The doctor for the mad." July said in a funny voice.

"It's called a psychologist, dear lady" Ryan said with a charming voice.

"Ryan, sorry my mom loves to joke." Angelina said apologetically.

"Oh!! No, it's okay. I love a little sense of humor." Ryan replied.

"Yes, but I want to make one thing clear. We are not going to use this word 'mad' in this house." Angelina said with stern expression.

"Maybe, we should wait for Edward sir and then we can start planning what we can do for Mr. Charlie" Emma interrupted.

It was almost 9 a.m, when Edward came. Angelina gave him a look of contempt for being late and introduced him to Ryan. They all sat around the table in Angelina's living room. Angelina and Edward sitting on the couch. Ryan sitting in front of them on the sofa. Emma and July in kitchen, making breakfast.

Angelina told everything she knew about Charlie to Ryan. Edward was a bit jealous to see Angelina talking so fondly of Charlie.

"Well! It's clear. The marriage is not working. But to be more sure, I need to talk to Mr. Charlie Woods." Ryan reached a conclusion after an discussion of about an hour.

"I think Angelina, you should meet him once too." Ryan added.

"I think we should visit Charlie today itself. Edward, will you accompany us? " Angelina said.

"Yes, I think Charlie would be pleased to see me." Edward said in a sarcastic tone.

"But you too are friends, aren't you?" Angelina asked Edward as she found Edward's comment a bit weird.

"Yes, I am his friend. I am a bit concerned about you meeting him. I think it will just revive his heart break. Maybe that's why he hasn't tried to meet you for years." Edward said.

"I broke his heart and I am going to repair it too. If I can be friends with one of my ex husband, then why can't I have a good relationship with my other ex husband." Angelina said in a hurt tone.

"I am really different from Charlie, keep that in mind." Edward warned.

"I agree with Edward." July said, while coming out if the kitchen. She was holding a tray with multiple plates. Emma coming behind her holding another tray. "You should move on. It's not your responsibility to keep your ex husband happy." She added.

"Okay, whatever. But I am going to meet Charlie. Nothing you say is going to change my mind." Angelina replied.

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It was 8 p.m., when Angelina, Ryan and Edward reached Charlie's house. Edward had already informed Bella, Charlie's wife, about their visit.

Edward rang the doorbell bell. Bella opened the door and gave Edward a pleasant smile. She welcomed him inside without giving any attention to Angelina and Ryan.

Inside the house, Angelina felt a weird nostalgia. The sofa, the TV, the dinner table, everything felt so homely. She felt that everything in this house, belongs to her. Like everything is asking her to take back her rightful ownership.

"Edward, will you please come upstairs with me. I need your little help." Bella said to Edward. Edward nodded his head and followed her upstairs. He was looking quite excited.

'Is there something between them.' Angelina thought, but gave up, thinking she should not interfere in personal matters of other people. But she found her thoughts quite ironic as she was already in Charlie's house with a psychologist to interfere in his marriage.

"Well, this house looks like a shit show. A layer of dirt covering everything. Garbage and broken utensils lying on floor. Carpet looks like it's made of dust." Ryan said to Angelina.

"Well, it was better when I used to stay here. And also, I think as a psychologist, you should know, depressed people are not very keen to clean thier houses. And I think Bella is not much of a help, too." Angelina said. She found Ryan's comment a bit suspicious. She doubted his credibility for once. But all her thoughts came to a standstill, when she saw Charlie at the door.

Charlie just reached home from police station. He was not surprised to see the door open as Bella was not a very responsible person. Instead, he was pleased as he didn't need to ring the doorbell. But on entering his house, he was shocked. Suddenly, he felt all the gloom leaving his body on seeing Angelina face. Most beautiful thing, he has seen in years. He tried his best to hide his smile but couldn't. But his smile quickly receded on seeing Ryan. 'Is this Angelina's boyfriend?' He thought and felt the sadness returning to his body.

Both stood at their place looking at each other for sometime. Angelina noticed Charlie was still as handsome as ever, but his face was a bit dull and his eyes looked sunken.

"Hi! Charlie. It's been a long time coming back." Angelina finally broke the silence.