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Chapter 6 Part 2(Riley)
"I want to come home"
I feel my heart skip a beat at Lucas's confession as he helps me zip back up my dress. I close my eyes imagining what my life would be if Lucas really came home to me and our sons but then hits me I can't let him come home. "No"
"Did you just say no?"
I turn to face him. "No"
I watch Lucas sit down on the bed we just commit a sin in. "I'm not allowing you to mess up our boys lives. They are happy, Lucas. I've built them a good life with Farkle. Liam loves Farkle and Farkle loves Liam. They have a great bond and Farkle is the only father Jacob knows. My boys are happy and deserve this happiness and if there is one thing I know it is I'll do anything for my boys including me not being happy and in love. Farkle is he perfect husband and I may not be in love with him but it doesn't mean one day I won't be."
"So this is it? You are going to walk away from me?"
I nod, "You should know what it looks like. You've seen it before"
Lucas shakes his head and I can see him hurt and becoming angry. "What if I go downstairs and tell Farkle what just happened?"
"I'll deny until the day I die"
"Why are you doing this?"
"Why did you choose your bull riding dream over us?"
"I told you things would get tough but we could handle it if we stuck together"
"I was sick of trying to hold us together while you were always gone and I was home with our son. I told you after I got pregnant with Jacob enough was enough. I wanted you to quit"
"Riley, I was so close at making it big and now look!"
"Well, I hope making it big was worth losing your family because I be damned before I let you back in and hurt my sons again. It's over Lucas. Go back to your career and let our sons be. Let them be happy. We have to do what is best for them and not what is best for us" I say to him before exiting the room.
I walk into the reception and I see a smiling Liam on Farkle's lap as he talks to my grandparents before I look over at the dance floor to see Maya holding Jacob swaying to the music while Josh hold one of his little hands making him laugh.
I could have ruined my boys' family because of my heart. I refuse to let it happen again. I need to stay strong for them. They come first. My sons deserve this life with a happy family and Farkle could give them the happy family they deserve. I was going to do whatever it took to make sure it stays this way.