After running away from Grayson at fifteen Ridley lived with a man named Jack Wolfe for a year. (Jack is where Ridley got his surname from.) He manages a bar and employs Ridley part time. While working there as a bus boy Ridley meets Grayson, who is an occasional patron of the bar. After meeting Ridley Grayson begins coming to the bar more often, slowly beginning the process of grooming him. When Jack dies suddenly in a car crash Ridley is suddenly homeless again. Grayson offers Ridley a place to stay so he can get on his feet, but it's with the ulterior motive of continuing to groom him. Ridley lives with Grayson for just a little over two years and nearly dies during that time.