Her Protector

Someone to Watch Over Me

New York City. NYPD 9th Precinct. March 23, 2030. 11:15 AM

Lucas sat down at his desk examining the ripped up contract that he found at the crime scene and looked at the crime scene photos of Wyatt. Zay walks up to his desk with a box of donuts from Dunkin' Donuts and two cups of coffee for him and Lucas. One cup had French vanilla cream in the coffee for Lucas, and the other was regular cream and sugar for Zay. Lucas began to think about Riley once again until Zay was calling his name repeatedly to get his attention.

"Hey, Lucas. Hey, buddy. Earth to Lucas." Zay said.

"What?" Lucas asked looking up at Zay, snapping back into reality.

"You alright? You look like you had something on your mind." Zay said as he sits his cup of coffee down on the desk along with the box of donuts.

"Oh, it's nothing. I was just thinking about the Boyer case." Lucas said trying to keep his mind off of Riley while taking a sip of his cup of coffee.

"Let me guess, is this about Riley?" Zay asked.

"It's not about Riley." Lucas said.

"It's about Riley." Zay said taking a bite of his donut with white vanilla icing on it. "Where did you two run off to last night? You had her husband worried and you had me worried to. Hell, you had Keegan worried."

"We went to the Nighthawk Diner to talk about what she saw." Lucas said.

"Did you two talk about anything else? Like, talking about the reason why you two broke up? Your argument?" Zay asked.

"I don't want to talk about our relationship ending. We didn't even talk about it. We just talked about Taglialucci." Lucas said.

"You still love her." Zay said.

"Zay, don't start with me. I don't have any feelings for Riley anymore. I'm with Yvonne now and she's with Charlie now." Lucas said taking another sip.

"Lucas, you can't hide your true feelings for Riley. The story of Rucas is not over." Zay said.

"Oh, come on. Do you have to call it "The Story of Rucas"? Please, don't start. I don't want to talk about Riley anymore, let's just talk about the case. Okay?" Lucas asked as he grabs a donut from out of the box. Lt. Keegan steps out of his office, looking around the bullpen for Lucas and Zay.

"Friar, Babineaux. I want you two in my office right now." Lt. Keegan announced. Lucas sits his donut back in the box and got up out of his desk chair while Zay follows him while grabbing his cup of coffee from off of the desk. As Lucas and Zay entered Lt. Keegan's office, only to see Lt. Keegan sitting at his desk and another man, with grey hair and a muscular build. He was wearing a dark suit with a white, starched shirt and a black tie standing right next to Lt. Keegan's desk.

"Morning, sir." Lucas sat down in the chair right next to Zay.

"Well, I don't know how you did it. But whatever it is what you did, keep doing it." Lt. Keegan said.

"You don't have to thank me, Mike. All I did was just sat down and talk to Riley. She already identified Taglialucci, we can just bring him in." Lucas said.

"That's not how it's gonna work. We're gonna have to bust Taglialucci. Right now, we need Riley Gardner safe and secure until she ID's him in a lineup." The man in the dark suit said.