Bond of Silence Page #7

She won't let anyone see her cry,

but I--

I keep finding a picture of Bob

hidden under her pillow.

And Josh, he's different.

He cries and he asks

all kinds of questions,

like, who's gonna take off

his training wheels?

And I hate those kinds of things,

I guess because

I'm not that good at them.

I'm trying to keep their lives normal.

They keep asking me

what happened to their father,

and I don't know what to tell them,

because I don't know, but you do.

Ryan, look at me.

You know what happened to Bob

that night, don't you?

I know that you're not at peace.

They told me that

you dropped out of school and...

You must be carrying

a terrible burden

and I know you're scared.

Ryan. Ryan, look at me.

You have to talk about it.

You have to talk about

what happened that night.

You have to tell the truth.

We are in this together.

Right? Whether we like it or not,

we are in this together.

You need to tell the police

what happened.

And I promise you, Ryan,

I promise you, I will stand by you.

I will be there for you 110 percent,

I promise.

He's just a boy.

I'll tell you what happened,

but I want my mom here first.

Katy.

It'll be okay.

Whatever you have to say,

I'm here for you.

Okay.

All right.

For the record, I'm talking with Ryan

Aldridge with his attorney present.

Okay, Ryan.

Why don't you tell us what

you know about New Year's Eve?

Well, uh,

first of all, I was kind of out of it,

so there are some parts

I don't remember.

But there were way more people

than we expected,

and there was a ton of alcohol.

I probably should have eaten first,

but...

I got really drunk, really fast.

Um...

These guys showed up

who had given my girlfriend

a hard time earlier.

Get out!

Think you can take me?

You know, I was angry.

I just wanted to get back at them.

Before I got a chance to,

the one hit me,

and knocked me down

in front of all my friends.

Um, it was, um,

humiliating.

Um...

I guess

we must have gone upstairs.

He's a future Heisman winner, baby.

I was still really pissed.

Oh.

You are so wasted.

What? Lighten up.

But I was trying to chill out,

and then Mr. McIntosh comes in.

Busted. Ha-ha-ha.

Hey, you guys,

what's going on in here?

What? Who are you?

Where's Shane?

He's not here right now.

Uh, this is my friend's house.

You have to take it downstairs.

This room is off-limits.

Ha-ha. Yeah.

Yeah, if you insist, buddy.

I think you're the one

who's off-limits, bro.

Narc.

Outnumbered.

We can play this one of two ways.

- Guys, let's go. Come on.

Ryan?

Please? Let's go. Come on.

The rest of you too.

Come on, let's go. Get up, please.

All right, let's go.

He says we have to

take the party downstairs.

Thank you.

Come on.

We heard you. We're on our way out.

I don't really know what happened,

but Keith punched him.

Oh!

Whoa!

Come on. Let's go party. Ha-ha.

B*tch.

And Mr. McIntosh, you know,

he was on his hands and knees.

And it was like, "Okay. We've got

this guy who's giving us crap.

We got him down."

That was harsh, man.

Are you gonna mess with us, huh?

So Aaron pushes him back down.

Stay down, punk. Ha.

I was just so

sick of people giving me crap,

you know?

Then, uh...

Then I kicked him.

I kicked him. I-- I--

I don't know why,

but I kicked him, like, maybe three

or maybe four times.

You know, I didn't--

I didn't realize how hard

I kicked him.

I killed him. It was me. I killed him.

I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry.

It's gonna be okay.

Beth:
Ryan's been arrested.

He confessed.

Yeah, that's really cool.

Hello?

Wait. What?

Ryan just got arrested.

Keith Moore pled guilty to assault,

and was given a three year conditional discharge.

Ryan Aldridge pled guilty to manslaughter

in the dead of Robert McIntosh,

received a five year prison sentence.

Mommy!

Hi, you guys.

Katy McIntosh moved with her

children to another city.

After a year, Katy began speaking to high

school students about "The Story of Bob."

While in prison, Ryan participated with

Katy in a Victim-Offender Reconciliation,

program known as "Restorative Justice"

Today, he and Katy appear together

to talk about the dangers of alcohol

and the devastation caused by drug

and alcohol-fueled violence.

bThis film is inspired by actual events.

Katy, Bob and Ryan are real people./b

bThe other characters in this film are

fictionalized, and their names, certain events,/b

band the locale are fictional./b

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