Her Protector
Hello, my fellow readers. It is I, the great James Stryker bringing you another great chapter of Her Protector. Sorry that I didn't get a chance to update this story and I know that a lot of you have been curious to know about Riley's news to Lucas. I was looking at the SmurfVlogsOfficial page on Instagram and I saw a post where he saw the first few seconds of Girl Meets True Maya and he had to pause it because he was already annoyed. Like seriously, Smurf. Get a grip and lay off of Riley. And a few people are hating on Riley because they were super annoyed by her. I just hate it when people are being mean to my favorite character, like grow up. It's just a character. If you're annoyed by Riley Matthews, then don't watch it. I'm kinda like Riley Matthews because I'm always silly just like her. I guess he was annoyed by the beginning where Riley was singing. I thought it was adorable. Anyway, it's update time. Will this be the end of Rucas? What is Riley's news? Will Charlie walk in on Rucas? We'll find out today in chapter thirty-six of Her Protector. Enjoy.
Chapter Thirty-Six
Is It True About Riley?
New York City. April 9th, 2030. 1:45 P.M.
It was about 1:45 P.M., Riley was sitting in the living room, holding a piece of paper in her hand while looking at her phone that was laying on the coffee table, waiting for Lucas to text her or call her. She was getting nervous about what's going on with him and Agent Mayes wanting to question him. Riley was watching the news on her laptop, it was a news report about her and Lucas and the sex tape scandal. They were showing a report about it on WNBC Channel 4.
"…And for today's top story, a sex tape of famous romance novelist Riley Matthews-Gardner has been leaked. Our sources told us that Gardner was seen with New York detective Lucas Friar, the same detective who made a name for himself after assaulting a young man who was trying to get Gardner's autograph outside the studios of The Jade Pettyjohn Show. A few days ago, Gardner and Detective Friar were seen holding hands while escorting her out of the Chinese restaurant where she was the target of an assassination attempt from the militant group the New Sons of Liberty, who her mother Topanga Lawrence-Matthews was the prosecutor for the case involving the shooting death of New Sons of Liberty member Leo Vorgitch." Reporter Jack Champion said as Riley turned off the video and closed her laptop, then she started to hear someone knocking on the door. She quickly picked up the butcher knife that she had sitting underneath the couch pillow for protection just in case Scalisi comes back. Riley got up from off of the couch and walked over to the door, peeking through the peephole only to see Lucas standing in front of the door as she quickly unlocked the door to let him in.
"Lucas, thank god you're alright. I was worried sick about you." Riley said, hugging Lucas tightly with a great big bear hug while holding the knife in her hand. Lucas breaks away from the hug, only to notice the knife in Riley's hand.
"Riley, put the knife away. You'll try to hurt me with it." Lucas said.
"Sorry, Lucas. I guess I'm just scared about Scalisi coming back to finish the job." Riley said as she sits the knife down on the kitchen counter. "I cannot believe what's going on right now. The news is talking about me and you and that sex tape that was leaked. My career is going to be ruined. Mom and dad found out about what's going on after watching the news, and let's not forget my manager Karma and my publisher Skylar. Lucas, what am I going to do?"
"Riley, we need to talk." Lucas said, holding Riley's hand, then walked away from her as Riley feared what's going on with him.
"Lucas, what's going on? Did you speak to Agent Mayes and internal affairs?" Riley asked as Lucas stood by the window.
"I did. And I spoke with the captain and Mayor Lomax. They suspended me." Lucas said.
"What? They can't do that. You're a good detective. Just because a sex tape was leaked doesn't mean for them to suspend you…." Riley said.
"Riley, would you please just listen to me for a second? There's something that you need to know. Just, sit down." Lucas said, leading Riley over to the couch. The duo sat down on the couch, with Lucas holding Riley's hand and gazed deeply into her brown eyes. "Riley, you need to listen to me and you need to listen good. I can't be around you anymore."
Riley felt her heart shatter into tiny little pieces from hearing Lucas' news.
"Wha…what? I can't believe what I'm hearing. Are you saying that you can't protect me anymore from Scalisi? After all we've been through together. You tell me that you love me and you sleep with me and then you protect me from certain death and you're telling me that you can't protect me anymore. Oh, let me guess, it's the NYPD's idea to protect their image." Riley said.
"They're going to send someone else to watch over you. They'll send Billy, Josh and one of the members of the FBI to watch over you. As for me, I can't be around you anymore until they catch Taglialucci." Lucas said as Riley felt her eyes welled with tears. "Riley? Riley, I'm so…"
Lucas felt a hard slap hitting him across his face.
"You bastard. You fucking bastard!" Riley exclaimed as she repeatedly hits Lucas. Lucas grabs Riley by her wrists to stop her from hitting him, causing the paper that was sitting on the couch to fall on the floor as Lucas looked down to see what it was.
"Riles, what is this?" Lucas asked.
"Lucas, wait…" Riley said as she tries to stop Lucas from picking up the piece of paper.
"Riley, why do you have this piece of paper here with you?" Lucas asked. Riley looked at Lucas, biting her lower lip and looked away from him as tears streamed down her face while trying not to say a word to him. "So now you're not going to say another word to me? Is there something you're hiding from me?"
Riley stayed silent for a moment.
"Goddamn it, Riley!" Lucas yelled, slamming his fist against the wall as Riley jumped in fear. "Will you please stop keeping secrets from me and just tell me what's going on?!"
"Stop it, stop it, STOP IT! I can't stand you yelling at me! You're scaring me, Lucas! I don't know if I want to be with a man who would want to be in my life and their child's life forever. And I don't think that you're that person." Riley said as Lucas gave her a look and his jaw dropped a bit.
"What?" Lucas asked.
"Nothing. Just…just forget it and get out of here. And take your stuff with you as well." Riley said, wiping the her tears off of her face. Lucas walked over to the couch and sat down next to Riley while looking at the paper, realizing that it's her pregnancy test results.
Patient Information
Gardner-Matthews, Riley
DOB: 12/08/2001 Age: 28
Gender: F
ID: 59033
In Range Out of Range Reference Range
Positive
"Riley, is this…is this true?" Lucas asked while looking at her pregnancy test.
"After you left with Agent Mayes and Officer Tucker, a doctor examined me to check to see if I was alright. I was scared about telling you. I didn't want our child to be put in danger. I just don't want my child to be without a father. I worry about you every single day, hoping that you will come home to me. After what happened last night, I thought that Scalisi would kill us…." Riley said as Lucas grabs her by her arms and pulled her in for a kiss.
"Riley. I'm so sorry. I'm sorry for putting you in danger." Lucas said.
"It's not your fault, Lucas. What are we going to do? I mean, the NYPD kicked you off of the case and you're ordered not to go near me." Riley said.
"I want you to marry me." Lucas said as Riley's eyes widened in shock.
"What?" Riley asked. "Lucas, I can't leave Charlie. He's my husband."
Lucas looked down in disappointment.
"Riley, please." Lucas said as he held Riley's hand. "I want you and our baby to be in my life forever. To hell with the NYPD. I don't care what they say. I love you. That's why I won't go back. I'm finished being a detective. It's time for me to live the rest of my life with the woman that I love and our child."
Riley looked at Lucas for a moment and looked down at his hand, lacing her fingers with his, until Charlie enters the penthouse only to see the two of them holding hands.
"What is he doing here?" Charlie asked, sitting his suitcase down on the floor as Lucas and Riley turned to his direction and moved their hands away from each other. "Get out of here, Friar. You are no longer welcome here. Agent Mayes told me about what happened. I leave out of town for a couple of days and I hear on the news about Lucas filming a sex tape with you. You're out to ruin her life, aren't you?"
"It's not true, Charlie. Somebody hacked my…." Riley said as Charlie interrupts her.
"I cannot believe that you're buying into this nonsense! He thinks he's got everything but he broke the most important rule, sleeping with another man's wife. How many times did he have sex with you?" Charlie asked while walking towards Riley. "How many times and how long has this been going on between you and Lucas?"
Riley backed away a bit from Charlie after hearing him raise his voice at her a bit, fearing that he would hurt her. Riley bit her lower lip and nervously played with her fingers, turning her back to Charlie and looked at Lucas, who was standing in the middle of the room, getting ready to punch out Charlie in case he tries to attack him or put his hands on Riley. Charlie walks over to Riley, grabbing her by the wrist roughly.
"Charlie, let go of me." Riley said, feeling Charlie's grip tighten. "Charlie, you're hurting me."
"How many times have you been sleeping with him? How many times!?" Charlie yelled.
"Three! Now will you let go of me?!" Riley cried out as Lucas ran towards them, pushing Charlie away from her.
"Leave her alone, Gardner!" Lucas exclaimed as Charlie gives him a sucker punch to the face, sending him down to the ground. Lucas recovered, getting himself back up off of the floor. What Charlie did not know is that he has just unleashed 'Texas Lucas'. Lucas charged at Charlie, tackling him to the wall, unleashing a couple of power punches to the ribs with his right. Charlie lifts Lucas up and threw him down on the coffee table while Riley rushed over to him. Charlie gives Lucas a couple of punches to the face with his left until Lucas pushed him off of him.
"Stop it, you two!" Riley begged for her lover and her husband to stop fighting.
Lucas grabs Charlie by the collar of his shirt and threw him against the wall. Luca tries to give Charlie a powerful right hook to the face until his fist made contact with Riley's face. Lucas looked over at Riley and saw that she was lying on the floor crying and holding the right side of her face.
"Oh, my god. Riley!" Charlie screamed in terror as he ran over to Riley.
"God, no. Not again." Lucas said to himself, realizing that he made a grave mistake of hitting the woman that he loved again. Lucas just stood there in horror watching Charlie trying to comfort his wife.
"Riley…I'm…I'm so sorry. I…I…I didn't mean…" Lucas tried to apologize as Riley flinched, fearing that he would try to hurt her again.
"I think you've done enough, Friar. Get out and don't you ever come back. If you ever go near my wife, I will have you arrested. Or I will kill you." Charlie said. Lucas glared at Charlie after he threatened him. The ex-detective left the living room and entered Riley's bedroom, grabbing his suitcase and putting some of his clothes inside his suitcase. Lucas looked at the photo of him and Riley that was sitting on her dresser. It was a photo of them on their ski lodge trip back in the ninth grade. This was the place where Lucas chose her.
"I'm sorry, Riley." Lucas said to himself as he looked away from the photo and walked out of the bedroom, walking down the hallway and entered the living room, only to see Charlie checking on Riley and taking care of her. Knowing that he will never be a better husband and a better father, Lucas looked down and left the penthouse. He needed to be away from Riley. He needed to stay someplace else. He could only think of one place where he could stay at. He pulled out his cell phone from out of his pocket and started to call Josh.
"Hello?" Josh answered.
"Hey, it's me. Listen could I come over to your place? We need to talk. It's about me and Riley." Lucas said.
"Sure, buddy. We can talk. What happened?" Josh asked.
"I'll tell you when I get there. Uh, is Maya with you?" Lucas asked.
"No, she's out. She's about to pick up Mallory. Why?" Josh asked.
"Because I don't want her to know what I did to Riley. I need to talk to you right away about this and I feel really bad about what I did to her." Lucas said.
"Alright, just calm down. You can come over and we can talk. I'll see you later." Josh said as he hung up the phone.
(With Charlie and Riley)
Charlie was examining Riley, making sure that there's not a scratch on her face, just a small bruise below her eye and handed her an ice pack. He could not believe that Lucas would just hit her while he was trying to take a swing at her. Riley winced a bit after putting the ice pack on her face.
"Careful. Hey, are you going to be alright?" Charlie asked.
"I don't know. I don't know if I'm going to be alright." Riley said, trying not to cry.
"It's okay. You don't have to talk about it. Don't think about Lucas, you have your career to think about. I mean, you've started working on your new story and one of your stories is now a major motion picture. This sex scandal is not going to bring you down." Charlie said as he removed the ice pack from off of Riley's eye. "Friar is lucky that he didn't give you a black eye. Now people are going to think that I abuse you. I'm sorry about what happened."
"It's not your fault, Charlie. It's my fault for getting involved with Lucas. I just wish that I haven't gotten involved with him." Riley said as Charlie held her hand.
"Look, Lucas is out of our lives for good. So, how about I fix you something to drink that would help you relax." Charlie said as he got up from off of the couch. "Does whiskey sound fine?"
"No! I mean. No, I don't want any whiskey. Just give me a glass of strawberry milk." Riley said.
"Okay. Does Nesquik sound okay?" Charlie asked.
"Nesquik's fine." Riley said as Charlie kissed her on the lips before heading into the kitchen. Riley sighed as she picked up her cell phone to text Maya about what's going on between her and Lucas, until she starts hearing Charlie's phone vibrating on the end table. Riley sits her phone down on the couch and looked over at the end table and picked up the phone to see who it was. She sees a text message from an unknown number as she opened it up to read what it said.
Hey, thanks for spending time with me for a couple of days. I know that you needed to be away from Rileytown. Hope that we can do it again sometime.
-Missy
"What? Missy?" Riley whispered.
Missy? What's going on between Charlie and Missy? Will Rucas survive and will Riley forgive Lucas? Will Riley tell Charlie about her pregnancy? Next time on Her Protector, Riley questions Charlie about him and Missy Bradford. What do you think he's hiding? Also, we'll check up on Taglialucci and Scalisi. What do you think their next plan will be? Don't forget to review this story, add this to your favorites and follow it for future updates. I'll see you guys next time for chapter thirty-seven. Till next time, my fellow readers.
Let's Talk!
DanseChick: Yes, I did watch the new episode of Girl Meets World. One of my favorite episodes already. Can't wait to see Girl Meets True Maya and Girl Meets Ski Lodge, where Lucas finally makes his choice. Hope that you like the new chapter.
JohnHelmsley25: If you think some sex tape and some suspension would keep Lucas away from Riley, then Lucas would be on guard to protect her and his child.
Mr. Authentic: Oh, don't worry. I have something planned for Agent Mayes. Maybe he's the next person to get killed off. Thanks for the review. I am so hyped up for Girl Meets True Maya, Girl Meets Ski Lodge Part 1 and Girl Meets Ski Lodge Part 2. Ski Lodge is going to be a big episode for Rucas and Joshaya. Can't wait to read the new chapters of Her Guardian Angel and Like Father, Like Son. I hope that you enjoyed the cute little Rilaya chapter on Juliet's World and I hope that you're excited for Riley and Juliet's mother/daughter talk. Keep up the awesome work. :)
Girl Meets Reality: Yeah, and now he has to tell Riley the news. And Riley has some news to tell Lucas. Thanks for the review and I hope that you like the new chapter.
ShortyStarRose: Oh, you're going to know why Charlie's been gone for so long in the next chapter. And as for Agent Mayes, who know. Maybe he's working for Taglialucci. Maybe Mayes is corrupt.
gmwfanforlife: Glad that you like the new chapter.
Roxy1971: Well, you're correct on that part. And you're definitely going to see a fight between Lucas and Charlie. Thanks for the review.
Rugbygurl501: Don't worry, this isn't the end of Rucas in this story. Charlie has something to confess.
rebeccas1016: Yes, she does tell him.
violet1429: We'll see if you're right about Agent Mayes later on in the story and you're right about Riley telling Lucas. Thanks for the review and I hope that you like the new chapter.
Sabcarpenterfan: I know! I bet the readers feel like slapping those agents in the face.
Boris Yeltsin: Thanks for the review.