Damien leaves Gia and her family with Ryker while he goes back to Orlando,
after telling Gia the truth about who his friend is.
Gia finds herself troubled by what Damien tells her and wants from her.
When she decides she too wants what Damien has and asks Ryker for his help in obtaining it,
she gets a surprise when he calls her out on her behavior and wants nothing more to do with her. Leaving her feeling alone.
When the mission to Mars is found out to be just a way to kill the top minds in the industry, things seem like they've been taken care of.
But when the CIA and FBI start looking at Apollo Engineering, things go in a different direction.
The birth of their first child coincides with catastrophic problems for Ryker and his whole family as things go south for the always prominent man.