Her Protector

Out of the Past

New York City. March 22, 2030. 10:45 PM

After leaving the crime scene and wanting to question his ex-girlfriend some more, Lucas took Riley to the Nighthawk Diner, Maya's mother old job that she worked at before working at Topanga's. The two sat at a booth by the window while a waitress walked over to their table placing a cup of coffee on the table with the cream. Lucas rips open a Splenda sugar pack while looking at his badge sitting next to the ketchup bottle. Riley takes a sip of her coffee and starts playing with the diamond bracelet that Lucas gave her back in high school during their senior year. Lucas began to look at Riley as the pretty brunette avoid making eye contact with him and starts looking down at her coffee.

"So, can you tell me why you were with Wyatt in the restaurant-gallery part of the club?" Lucas asked pouring cream into his coffee and stirring it in.

"He wanted to show me the room and he wanted my input on what I think of it." Riley answered.

"Did he have any money issues while trying to keep his club open and working on the restaurant-gallery?" Lucas asked.

"He said that a friend helped him out, I assume that Mr. Taglialucci was his friend. What kind of friend is Mr. Taglialucci anyway?" Riley asked.

"A very deadly friend. Riley, Wyatt's friends with Vinnie Taglialucci. He came to him for money. Wyatt and a man named Robert Montana were business partners and Wyatt owed Taglialucci a lot of money." Lucas said as he pulls out a ripped piece of paper from out of his pocket that he found on the floor of the restaurant-gallery. "Do you know anything about this?"

"No. I don't know anything about this. What is that and where did you get that from?" Riley asked as she examines the paper.

"It's a contract. He was buying out Vincent Taglialucci with Mr. Montana and Vinnie didn't take the news very well. That's why he killed him for it." Lucas said taking a sip of coffee while a waitress with black hair and green eyes walk over to their booth.

"Would you like anything else?" The waitress asked.

"Nothing for me, thank you." Riley said.

"I'm good. Thanks." Lucas said as the waitress walks away from their booth. Lucas began to notice the bracelet on Riley's wrist and watched her playing with it for a bit. "I see that you still have the bracelet that I gave you in high school."

"Yeah. I always wear it on my wrist." Riley said taking another sip of her coffee.

"Yet you always play with your bracelet every time when I'm around. How long have you and Charlie been married?" Lucas asked.

"We've been married for six years. After you and I broke up, I started dating Charlie while you were at the police academy training to become a police officer. What about you? I've heard that you've become a detective now. Are you still married to Yvonne?" Riley asked.

"Yeah. I married her after I stopped drinking. She was there for me throughout the whole thing. She didn't like seeing me drinking. She was afraid that something bad might happen to me like if I drive drunk. She cared about me deeply. Yvonne and I don't have any children right now. We haven't talked about it yet." Lucas said as the waitress hands him the check." Riley said. "I still need to know why did you leave for the police academy.

"Riley, it's like I said on our way over here, you ended with me and I don't want to talk about it so can we please just forget about it and talk about something else?" Lucas asked trying to change the subject.