Her Protector
Hello, my fellow readers. It is I, the great James Stryker bringing you another great chapter of Her Protector. Well, I hope that you're ready for the new chapter, Rucas fans. Because this is the Rucas reunion that you've all been waiting for. In today's chapter, Lucas gets a phone call and gets called in to investigate a murder. Wait until he finds out that Riley is the murder witness. What will happen between Riley and Lucas? We'll find out today in chapter three of Her Protector. Enjoy.
Chapter Three
Old Flames
New York City. March 22, 2030. 10:05 PM
Later that evening, Lucas and his wife Yvonne were in the bedroom. Lucas was sitting in bed watching an episode of Law & Order while Yvonne was in the bathroom taking a shower and getting ready for bed. Lucas puts his cell phone on vibrate and sitting it on the night table so he can charge it up until Yvonne steps out of the bathroom wearing only Lucas' blue button down shirt and her panties and walked over to the bed and straddled his lap, running her hand up and down on his chest before leaning down to kiss him on the lips.
"What's that for?" Lucas asked.
"That's for being a wonderful husband. And that's for coming home to me safely. After you became a cop, I was worried about you working on the street and busting criminals. I didn't know if you would get hurt or worse killed." Yvonne said.
"Yvonne, you know me. I lived in Texas and I got into fights in school when I was young. There's no way that any criminal in the city of New York would mess with me. And I know that you don't want to see my "Texas Lucas" side of me." Lucas said as he wraps his arms around her waist before moving his hands down to her butt and giving it a good smack as Yvonne seductively smirked at him.
"Ooh, Lucas." Yvonne cooed. "Are you trying to get all naughty with me?" Yvonne asked.
"Maybe I am." Lucas said as he gently cups Yvonne's cheek. "God, you're so beautiful. Haven't I ever told you how much I love you?"
Yvonne blushed as she leaned down to capture Lucas' lips with hers, feeling his tongue licking her bottom lip just begging for entrance. Yvonne grants her husband access as Lucas slips his tongue inside her mouth to explore her while he removes the buttons on his shirt and rolled her over so he could be on top of her until Lucas' phone starts vibrating on the night table.
"Don't answer it." Yvonne moaned as Lucas sucks on her neck.
"I'm not." Lucas said leaving a trail of kisses down in between her breasts as the phone continues to vibrate, instantly distracting Lucas and interrupting their private time. "Ah, shit. I'm sorry, I've got to take this."
"I understand. It might be work calling you in." Yvonne sighed as she buttons up Lucas' shirt on her body while Lucas answers his phone to see who's calling.
"Hello? Oh, hey Zay. What's up? Is this a joke? Are you kidding me? What?" Lucas listened to Zay, not liking what he's hearing. "Alright, just give me 20 minutes and I'll pick you up. Alright, bye." Lucas said hanging up the phone as Yvonne looked at him.
"What's wrong?" Yvonne asked.
"Zay called. There's been a murder at the Le Bain nightclub and somebody witnessed it." Lucas as he got up from the bed and put on grey long-sleeved NYU shirt and his blue jeans and white socks on his feet before putting on his all-white Nike Air sneakers.
"A murder? Who saw it?" Yvonne asked.
"Some woman who witnessed the altercation from down the hall." Lucas said and sighed at Yvonne after he grabs his black leather jacket. "Well, so much for our private time."
"Yeah." Yvonne said.
"I'll see you when I get home. Okay?" Lucas asked.
"Okay." Yvonne said as she kissed Lucas. "Just be careful out there."
"I will." Lucas said as he leaves the bedroom and heads down the stairs, grabbing his keys and locked the front door as he makes his way over to his silver and black 2029 Ford Mustang.
It was now 10:26 PM and Lucas and Zay were sitting in their unmarked police car, both tired, drinking coffee from out of their Styrofoam coffee cups and eating their donuts that they bought from Dunkin' Donuts as they arrived at their destination. Stepping out of the car and heads around back to check out the crime scene, where a policeman in uniform leads them while Zay drinks his coffee.
"So, how are you like being a detective so far?" Zay asked.
"Pretty good so far. It's much better than being in uniform." Lucas joked around as Zay chuckled.
"I hope you two have a strong stomach." The policeman said as they walked through the kitchen area until they enter the dining area, only to see Wyatt's lifeless body lying on the table in a pool of blood. Zay tries not to spit out his coffee as Lucas noticed the blood splatters on the wall and on the floor.
"Jesus fucking Christ." Zay said.
"Mother of God." Lucas said. Another detective in plainclothes noticed Lucas checking out the crime scene with Zay as he walked over towards them. The detective was wearing a grey suit with a black tie which is different to Lucas and Zay's clothing.
"Well, well, well. If it isn't Friar the drunk and his partner Babineaux. I heard that they made you detective. I guess I should call you Detective Drunk for now on." The detective said.
"Hello, Wilden." Lucas rolled his eyes at Detective Wilden. "So, what happened here?"
"Well, this unlucky bastard got into a struggle with another guy and he ended up getting stabbed multiple time." Detective Wilden said as Lucas examines Wyatt's body.
"I can tell from the stab wounds is that he was stabbed with a knife. But not just any knife. Look at the wounds, they're deep. The killer used a hunting knife with a jagged edge blade." Lucas said examining the wounds.
"Look who he think he is, fuckin' David Caruso from CSI: Miami?" Dectective Wilden asked as Zay glared at him.
"Would you shut up and let him do his job." Zay said.
"Do we have a name for the victim?" Lucas asked.
"His name is Wyatt Boyer. He's 29 years old and he's the establisher of Le Bain nightclub." Detective Wilden said as Lucas' eyes widened as Zay looked away.
"Oh, Jesus. Wyatt." Lucas said silently.
"What?" Detective Wilden asked.
"I know him. Zay and I know him. We were in the same class as him and on the same baseball team back in high school. He was one of the brightest students I've ever known." Lucas said.
"And look at him now." Detective Wilden said as Lucas tries to charge at him with Zay stopping him at his tracks so he won't turn into 'Texas Lucas'.
"Hey, shut the fuck up Darren! You're talking about a good friend of mine." Lucas said. Lt. Keegan enters the room to check out the crime scene.
"Detectives, I see that you two aren't wearing suits." Lt. Keegan said.
"Hey, talk to my partner. He's the one that interrupted my private time with Yvonne." Lucas said.
"Well, some of the detectives are interviewing the woman who witnessed the whole blood bath. We have a suspect. The woman identified two suspects. One who's name is Joey and the other who's name is…Taglialucci." Lt. Keegan said as Lucas shot his head up and reacted to the name.
"Taglialucci? As in Vinnie Taglialucci?" Lucas asked. "Where is Mr. Taglialucci?"
"Who's Vinnie Taglialucci?" Zay asked.
"Vincent "Vinnie" Taglialucci. This guy is bad news. The son of the late Anthony "Tony T" Taglialucci and the brother of Frank "Frankie" Taglialucci. Vinnie is like a ticking time bomb. His father got killed by rival crime boss Rupert Thorne outside of Sparks Steak House back in 2016 while his brother got paralyzed. Taglialucci assassinated Thorn with a car bomb outside his mansion. He calls this payback for his father and his brother. There's only one rule, don't fuck with Vinnie Tagliaucci." Lucas said.
"Sparks Steak House?" Zay asked.
"Yeah. Just like Paul Castellano." Lucas said.
"You know your mob history. I'm impressed." Lt. Keegan said.
"I've been learning about the mob back in high school in my ex's father's history class." Lucas said. "Uh, Mike. Is it okay if I interview the witness?"
"Sure, go ahead. She's upstairs in Wyatt's office with her husband. Maybe you could go baby-sit her while Zay controls the crowd." Lt. Keegan said he leads Lucas and Zay down the hall and entered the elevator, heading up to the club.
"Paul Castellano?" Zay asked.
"Yeah. He's known as "The Howard Hughes of the Mob" and "Big Paulie". He succeeded Carlo Gambino, the head of the Gambino crime family. He was assassinated by John Gotti." Lucas said.
"Oh, John Gotti. Was he the guy that the man dressed as Elmo mentioned that he worked for him?" Zay asked.
"First of all, John Gotti died in prison back in 2002. And second, that guy was drunk." Lucas said.
"I thought that it was John Gotti Jr." Zay said.
"Nope." Lucas said. As the elevator stops at their floor, Lucas, Zay and Lt. Keegan stepped out of the elevator, making their way towards Wyatt's office with Zay moving into action with typical "Babineaux"-style of diplomacy.
"Alright, everybody! Get the fuck out of the way. Police officers, get out of our way or it's gonna get real ugly up in here." Zay said pushing people out of the way while Lucas and Lt. Keegan look on.
"Does he really have to do that?" Lt. Keegan asked.
"Don't ask." Lucas said as him and Lt. Keegan walk over to the door to Wyatt's office while a uniformed cop watches the door.
"Excuse me, sir. I can't let you through." The uniformed cop stops Lucas as Lucas flashes his badge to him.
"Relax, officer." Lucas said showing his badge. "Isn't a detective allowed to show his badge?"
"I knew it was you Detective Friar. The witness is inside. I hope you could get her husband out of the way because he is driving me nuts." The uniformed officer said as Lucas enters the office with Lt. Keegan and froze until he began to recognize a familiar brunette with long hair and brown eyes turning around as she noticed him.
"Riley? Is that you?" Lucas asked as Riley stood still as Lt. Keegan turned to him.
"Hello, Lucas." Riley said as Charlie hung up the phone and noticed Lucas holding his badge in his hand. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm investigating the murder and I wanted to talk to the witness. I didn't know that it was you who witnessed the whole thing."
"Wait a minute! Do you and her know each other?" Lt. Keegan asked.
"Yeah, Mike. This is my ex-girlfriend Riley Matthews." Lucas said as he stepped out of the office.
"Let me go talk to him." Riley said to Charlie.
"Okay." Charlie said as Riley kissed him before leaving the office to follow Lucas.
"Lucas! Lucas! I want to talk to you." Riley said.
"About what? About you breaking my heart when I left for the police academy to become a police officer. Forget it, missy. Just because you're a big time author doesn't mean I want you waltzing back into my life." Lucas said.
"I see that you're still angry with me." Riley said. "Maya told me that you're a detective now."
"Yeah." Lucas said in a bitter tone.
"Lucas, can we just put our differences aside and just talk about what's going on? I've just witnessed Charlie's friend getting killed and I know that you're doing your job." Riley said.
"Riley, are you injured?" Lucas asked.
"No. I'm not." Riley said. "I'm just a little shaken up. I've never seen anyone killed before.
"It's okay. I've never been a detective before either." Lucas smirked at Riley, catching her gaze as she tries not to laugh. "I'm sorry, I know you've been through enough. How about I take you somewhere for a cup of coffee and ask you a couple of questions? If not that's fine."
"No, it's okay. I want you to ask me some questions. Then, I also want to know what's going on in your life without us arguing." Riley said.
"Good. I know a place where we could talk." Lucas said.
And that was chapter three of Her Protector. Well, looks like an interesting start to the Rucas reunion and it's the biggest shock for Lucas to know that Riley's the witness and she identified mobster Vinnie Taglialucci. We do know that "Joey" saw her face but we'll get back to him later on in the story. Next time on Her Protector, Lucas questions Riley about what she witnessed and they talk about what's going on in their lives. Later on in the story, we'll find out why Lucas and Riley broke up and why Lucas was upset with her. I might need some help trying to come up with a few book titles for Riley's romance novels and her awards too. Since Riley identified the killers, when will the mob strike or who will they strike next? Maybe someone close to Riley. Don't forget to review this story (No rude comments, please be nice) and I'll see you guys next time for chapter four of Her Protector and don't forget to check out the new chapter of Juliet's World and make sure to leave a review. Till next time, my fellow readers and a happy Easter to you all.
And now, it's time for
Let's Talk
Mr. Authentic: Somebody else might get killed also. It could be somebody close to Riley, or maybe a friend of Lucas' later on in the story.
gmwfanforlife: Riley will be the one who will get sexually assaulted by the man who's trying to kill her.
DanseChick: Definitely, all hell will break loose soon.
Boris Yeltsin: Glad that you recognized the reference.
Daghely: Thank you for liking the story. Who knows if Riley's husband is involved with the mob? I would love to hear from you, why do you think that Charlie is involved with the mob? I'm glad that you love the story. Can't wait for you to read the new update.