My childhood kidnapper

"Ryan… he… is a mystery. The kind of mystery about which my brothers will warn me in future and I know. But my situation is, even after knowing that I am getting pulled toward that mystery, the only thing that he wants and my brothers don't." I said with a small frown of concentration as I looked at the blank space.

"Do… do you like him?" Sarah asked with widened eyes. A chuckle immediately left my mouth as soon as I heard her. 

"No, silly, I don't. Not that way I mean." I replied with another chuckle. "What I meant is it's the curiosity in me which is pulling me toward the mystery which is him. I want to solve the mystery. I want to explore the secret which he is hiding. But anything can happen in the journey of exploring the mystery. Anything." I stressed on the last word. 

"So, you DON'T like him… THAT way I mean?" Natasha stated which sounded more like a question.