Her Protector

The Truth Comes Out

New York City. April 8th, 2030. 12:15 P.M.

After leaving from Riley's penthouse after she heads out to meet Karma and her publisher Skylar for lunch, Lucas heads back home to get himself ready to meet his wife Yvonne for lunch. He took a quick shower just to get rid of Riley's scent on him so Yvonne won't get suspicious. After his shower, Lucas stepped out of the shower and dried himself off. Lucas could see the mark from the bullet that grazes his arm healing up from Saturday. Lucas puts on a pair of light denim blue jeans and grabbed his dark blue sweater and put it on before putting on his blue and white Nike Airs. His phone began to vibrate on the bed as he picked it up to see who it was. Lucas opened the message and the message was from Yvonne.

Hey, can't wait to see you at lunch. Miss u.

-Yvonne

Lucas smiled a bit and sent Yvonne a text message. But then began to think about what happened between him and Riley last night and the night before, wondering if he should tell her or not.

Can't wait to see you too. Miss u more.

-Lucas

After he finished getting himself ready for Yvonne, Lucas left the house and entered his Ford Mustang, sticking his key in the ignition to start it up and drove back into the city to meet Yvonne at a little café in Brooklyn. Once he arrived at the restaurant, Lucas parked his car in front of the restaurant and exited out of the car. The young detective entered the café and looked for Yvonne, until a waitress brown hair and green eyes walked up to him and greeted him.

"Hello, and welcome to Stone Park Café. How many today?" The young waitress asked.

"Yes, I am meeting someone here for lunch and..." Lucas said as he looked around for Yvonne.

"Lucas." Yvonne waived at Lucas and smiled at him.

"I think I see her." Lucas said as he made his way over to a table that sitting next to a window that looks out on the East River. Lucas gives Yvonne a kiss and sat down in a chair across from her.

"Hey." Yvonne said, smiling at Lucas.

"Hey there, beautiful." Lucas said.

"I'm glad that you made it. I didn't know that you would show up because you were occupied with watching over Riley." Yvonne said.

"Well, she's meeting her manager and her publisher for lunch. Then she's going to hang out with Maya and Mallory at the penthouse with Zay, Vanessa and Zay Jr. You know, it's interesting that some of our friends have kids and we're the only ones that don't have kids." Lucas said while looking through the menu.

"You know, I was thinking that I should stop taking birth control so we can start having children of our own. It would be nice to have a little Friar child running around the house and they could play with Zay and Vanessa's son, Farkle and Isadora's son and Josh and Maya's daughter. What do you think? Maybe when this is all over and when you finally catch the guy, we can work on having a child." Yvonne said as she held Lucas' hand.

"Well, about that. Yesterday, I caught the guy after huge shoot-out what Josh, Zay, Billy and I were in. Apparently, his lawyer bailed him out and let's not forget that he's suing me for assaulting the guy for threatening Riley." Lucas said as Yvonne sighed.

"Lucas, when will this all be over? Last night, you didn't come home and the night before. I want my husband home with me, not being around a woman that he was engaged to. Riley's a married woman, she has a husband to take care of her." Yvonne said.

"Yvonne, we've already discussed this. Her husband is out of town, so I'm going to be busy for a couple of days being around Riley. Don't worry, this will be all over soon. This guy Scalisi is a nut job. We're bound to put him and Taglialucci away in Riker's Island for life." Lucas said.

"What is it? Is there some reason why you want to be around her all week long?" Yvonne asked.

"It's nothing, Yvonne. What do you want to drink? We could both have the iced tea." Lucas said as he continued to look through the menu. Yvonne looked at Lucas for a bit, then began to notice a red mark on his neck. This could only mean one thing. She began to sense some deception as her eyes started watering.

"It's nothing? How do you explain the mark on your neck?" Yvonne asked as Lucas looked up at her, noticing her distress. "Lucas, what's going on between you and Riley? Don't lie to me. I want the truth and I want it now."

Lucas stayed silent, looking at Yvonne as she puts her hand in front of her mouth to keep herself from crying.

"Yvonne, last Saturday..." Lucas said as he looked down at the table.

"What? Say something to me. I don't need this ridiculous silence!" Yvonne exclaimed, her eyes were flushed with tears.

"Last Saturday, something happened between me and Riley." Lucas said.

"Something happened between the two of you. What do you mean?" Yvonne asked as Lucas took a deep breath.

"Riley and I...we...we kissed. But there's more." Lucas said as Yvonne gasped in shock to hear this coming from Lucas.

"You son of a bitch. I never thought that this would happen to me. You fucking son of a bitch!"

"Yvonne, just let me explain." Lucas said as Yvonne threw water in his face as the customers look on at them.

"How dare you do this to me?!" Yvonne's voice began to tremble. "I just want you off of this case. But it looks like you're not because you fucked Riley! If that's who you prefer, then don't come home." Yvonne said as she bolts from the room with Lucas following her, leaving out of the restaurant. Yvonne heads to the parking lot and walked towards her car, with Lucas walking towards her and grabbed her by the wrist.

"Yvonne, let's talk." Lucas said, trying to calm his wife down.

"Get away from me, Lucas! If Riley means that much to you, then you stay with her. Just get your things and you stay with her. Don't even think about coming back home." Yvonne said.

"Yvonne, I'm sorry. I do love you. You are a lady with respect and I have so much respect..." Lucas said until he was caught off-guard by Yvonne taking a swing at him, hitting him directly in the nose and in the mouth, instantly knocking him down on the ground. Lucas looks stunned as he lied on the ground bleeding while Yvonne screams at him.

"You dumb motherfucker! You cheating cocksucker! Don't you dare tell me how much respect you have! Get off of this case and stay away from Riley for good or don't come home!" Yvonne screamed as she entered her car and peeled out of the parking lot, leaving Lucas alone as he watched her drive away.

"Shit." Lucas said silently.