Peace by Piece-Rucas

Peace by Confrontation.

Chapter 20

"What did you say to her mom?!"

"Lucas not now, you're causing a scene!" His mother snapped while chopping up some more vegetables.

"I don't give a damn! Colton said she walked inside after you and left crying. So what did you say to her?" Lucas clenched his jaw and crossed his arms.

Mrs. Friar dropped the knife with reluctance and turned to face her son. "She's too sensitive son. You deserve more than that."

"Excuse you?!" His mother's eyes widened.

She'd never seen him this way before, not towards her and of course she put full blame on Riley. "See how she's making you talk to your mother! You know better than that!"

"What I know, mother is that you obviously told her that she didn't deserve me. I never expected in a million years for you to judge someone, especially to the woman I love. How about we just run around and tell everyone that you woke up in bed with another man beside you the morning of your wedding!"

"LUCAS!"

"What mother? You're airing out her dirty laundry to dry. Why not do the same thing to you? Hm? Isn't as pleasant when you're the one in the hot seat." He ran his hands through his hair and exhaled heavily. "I've never been more ashamed of you."

A tear fell from Mrs. Friar when the front door swung open. "Mrs. Friar!" Riley was fuming and a wave of relief washed over the vet.

"RILEY!" The green eyed man wrapped her up in a hug but within seconds she pushed him off.

"I have a thing or two to say!" Her hands rested on the edge of the counter as she stared directly at the woman who criticized her for being divorced and for being a single parent. "How dare you?! Let me start from whenever I was first introduced to you at the car, you openly criticized the fact I had a daughter but wasn't married. Let me just say that Emily is the best thing that has ever happened to me! Don't you dare talk about her again, unless it is something nice. I will risk your son being mad at me to tear into you about that. I'm sure you've heard about the momma bear instinct."

"Riley-"Lucas whispered but she put her hand up to stop him.

"I brushed it off Mrs. Friar and followed you in here to hopefully start over. I introduced myself and you ignored my handshake. Whatever, that's fine. But what you said to me was completely uncalled for! I deserve your son! I can and will give him his own children if that's what he wants but don't you dare think for one second that Emily doesn't see him as a father figure and he does see her as his daughter. In regards to me not being able to hold a marriage together, it was never my intention to get a divorce." Her grip on the countertop tightened and Mrs. Friar was glaring at the chef. Lucas was trying to process everything his girlfriend was saying. How could the woman who had raised him to be kind and considerate and accepting treat her like this? "I bet you didn't know that even after I caught my husband cheating on me-5 weeks after I had Emily-I didn't file for divorce. Charlie divorced me a year later after disappearing for a week and ignoring my pleas to try and work this out."

"Sweetheart-"

"I'm not done Lucas! When I went on my second date with Lucas and he told me he was a Christian I was a little turned off. Want to know why? Because of this, right here, what happened today! Judgements, passing judgement before you even got a chance to know me! I'm a pretty nice person, I didn't freak out when you brought his ex here, I tried to introduce myself and be polite and you two kicked me in the dirt. I love your son Mrs. Friar, more than I loved my first husband and I just-"She inhaled deeply, "I needed to get that off of my chest. Because I deserve your son and he deserves me and you should be happy that your son has found someone he cares about so much he's willing to accept another man's child."