i'm ryan malone's assistant. yeah? only i'm not just his assistant. i was there the night of the accident. i was there. i was in the car. and i just want you to know that your son, cody, he wasn't driving. well, thank you, nicole. thank you for that. but mr. malone wasn't driving either. we were all at that party. (crying) i... i honestly thought that i was okay. we were only going a few miles. there was nobody on the road. cody was in the front seat. he didn't have his belt on. he was turned around talking to ryan in the back. (chattering) i missed a curve. i was going too fast. cody was dead. he... he was my boyfriend and i loved him and i'd killed him. god, we were so scared, mr. cosgrove. ryan said, "put him behind the wheel." i said no, but he said cody would've wanted it that way. he... he would've wanted to protect me. (nicole sobbing) (flames crackling) ryan told me he'd take care of it. that i shouldn't be involved. all ryan ever wanted to do was protect me. i-i'm so sorry. you didn't drive the car? my son didn't drive the car? but you let hi