By Malice Through Agony
Sorry this chapter took me a while to post, I wanted it to be 'interesting'.
Derek woke up from his phone ringing, without looking at who it was he answered the phone.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Derek. This is Riley, do you by any chance happen to know where Lucas is at? He should've been home by now and I'm a little worried."
He debated on whether he should tell her, he finally decided that Lucas should be the one to tell her. "There was an incident today-"
"Where is he?"
Riley sounded alarmed. "I think he should tell you, he's at St. John's Health Center."
Riley dressed herself and fixed Katherine a warm bottle of milk and two extra bottles just in case. She picked her up from her crib and took her next door to Malia's house, she was relieved when she agreed to take care of her at this time of day. Riley drove towards the hospital, her heart was beating if something bad happened to Lucas her life would end.
"Excuse me." the doctor walked passed Lucas. "Is she going to be okay?"
"They're still working on her."
He sat back down and ran a hand through his hair, he heard someone call his name and found it come from Riley. What's she doing here? Lucas thought.
"Thank God you're okay." she hugged him and smelled his cologne, she missed him deeply and the thought of losing him terrified her. "What happened?"
"Where's Katherine?" he asked hoping she wouldn't ask that question again.
"She's at Malia's house, Lucas what happened?"
"Lucas Friar?" A woman asked. "Hey, i'm Lorena Williams the Investigating Detective." Lorena had dirty blonde hair cut into a bob hairstyle. She wore a blue t-shirt with a denim jacket over it.
"Detective?" Riley asked as she looked at Lucas, worried.
"Yeah, um. This is my wife Riley, she just got here."
"Wife?" she looked over at Riley, "this woman is your wife?"
Riley was highly offended, she may be a detective but she's never heard of a law where you couldn't punch one.
"So you haven't told her?" Lorena asked as she pointed at her.
"Tell me what?" Riley asked.
"Feel free to come talk to me in private."
"Private? Derek what's happening?"
"It's okay." Lucas reassured. "Please...continue."
"I've gone over the initial statement you gave to the police on the scene. I just need to clarify a few things, can we take a seat?" she motioned to the group of empty chairs that rested by the corner of the room.
They took a seat, Lucas held hands with Riley.
She set a tape recorder on the table and revised some files that were on her hands. "This young woman, Missy Bradford she works at your office?"
Lucas nodded.
"Lucas, what happened to Missy?" Riley asked.
"She tried to hurt herself," Lucas answered in a soothing voice.
"Why? What did she do?"
"Please, Mrs. Friar. I have the get the story from your husband's words." Lorena said.
"Yeah, Missy she worked at my office for a week."
"A week?" she asked. "So you've only known her for one week?"
"Approximately."
"Long enough to fantasize that you two were having an affair?"
"What?" Riley asked as she removed her hands from Lucas's.
"No. She came onto me, once at the Christmas Party then a the parking garage, and one more time at the retreat." He said looking at Riley. "I rejected her, I promise."
"And when you rejected her, she tried to commit suicide, naked, in your hotel room?"
Riley's heart feel. "What?" she quavered. "She was naked? In your bed?"
"Please, Mrs. Friar." she looked back at Lucas. "Would you say this affair-?"
"There was no affair." he corrected, sternly. "I didn't have sex with her."
"So she made this story up, with no help?" Lorena asked. "Why would she pick you?"
"I don't know. It might've been something I said, but I told her I was married." Lucas looked at Riley. "Happily Married."
A tear escaped her eye. "Something you said? What could you have possibly said that made her do this?!"
"Mrs. Friar, I'm gonna have to ask you to leave."
"No." Lucas said. "She's not leaving. Look, I didn't lead her on and I certainly didn't have sex with her."
"And you had no idea she'd be at the hotel?"
"I don't even know how she got in my room." Lucas said, as he looked at Lorena.
"She told the hotel clerk that she was your wife, and that she wanted to surprise you." Lorena stated as she read off of the file.
Riley had enough, her eyes were built up with tears. She stood up from her seat and walked away, but Lucas followed. He turned her around and Riley cut him off before he could say anything. "Did you have sex with her?"
"I didn't have sex with her!" he realized how loud he sounded. "Please, Riley just stay here."
He followed detective Lorena back to the seat and she whispered. "Look, I don't care if you did this woman. I'd just like to-"
"I didn't sleep with her!" he whispered in a low, but hard voice.
"Detective?" a man called out. Lorena turned around and found the doctor that was working on Missy.
Lucas turned back to Riley, seeing the tears in her eyes saddened him, but he didn't do anything wrong. "This is just a misunderstanding."
"A misunderstanding? Lucas, a woman tried to kill herself, NAKED, in your hotel room and you're telling me it's just a misunderstanding?" she bellowed. "You really think i'm gonna believe that bull?"
"Riley-"
"Seems like they pumped her out just in time." Lorena said as she looked back at Lucas. "They're going to take her out of the ICU, probably to the 5th floor for some psychiatric evaluation."
"That's good news." He grabbed onto Riley's hand, but she shook him off.
"Although, she was lucid enough to make a phone number." Lorena handed him a piece of paper, once Riley saw the phone number she didn't bother stick around. Lucas followed and caught up to her.
"Just come home, i'll explain everything." He caressed her cheeks. "Please."
She finally let out a nod and got in the same car as him.
Riley opened the car door, once they pulled up on the driveway, and walked inside. She ran up the stairs and into her room, tears fell down her eyes. She never knew Lucas was capable of doing something like this. A naked woman, in his bed and he expects her to believe something else? All her life she waned to the see the good in people, she wanted to bring the bad stuff out of people and fill them with joy and kindness. But ever since Charlie ruined her life, he's made it hard for her to even look at herself in the mirror, he made her feel like a whore, so many bad things came out of his mouth that day and Riley believe every word.
It was Lucas that made her forget all of that stuff, it was Lucas who made her feel loved. But, now...after she heard all that stuff from Lorena, she couldn't stay calm. He betrayed her, he slept with another woman and she tried to kill herself. Did Lucas force her to have sex with him? she thought. As bad as that sounded, she knew that Lucas wouldn't fall that low, he's not capable of rape. Is he? He knocked on the bedroom door and Riley refused to open the door. After he stopped knocking Riley rested her forehead on the door, then she remembered. There's two door that let you come into the room, one on the halls and the other right by the...she ran as fast as she could towards the bathroom, but he had already beaten her there.
"Riley, just let me tell you what happened?"
"I don't want to hear it." She walked down the stairs and into the kitchen, she wanted to be alone and Lucas wasn't letting her.
"I didn't sleep with her?"
"Lucas, I was there that day. The way she leaned over to hand you that coffee, I saw you stare at her breasts. I saw how you played your games, how you would in college for those months we broke up. You flirted with her."
He ran a hand through his hair, he didn't mean to get caught in the act. He couldn't even find the right words to say he's innocent.
"What is this about? Is this because I want to go back to college? Or is it because I rejected having sex with you for a whole week?" Riley asked
"Riley I love having sex with you, but do you really think I would go to someone else to get some?" He put both his hands together. "I never slept with her, I may have looked, but-"
"That's the point Lucas! You looked!" she held in her tears. "Do you wanna know why i'm working out?"
"I...it's because Charlie tried to rape you and you couldn't do anything about it." he said as he inched closer to her.
"That's part of it, but I led you to believe that." she let out a silent sob. "I wanted to look good for you, so I could surprise you."
That hurt, Lucas thought. Why would she want to do this? He didn't care if she was fat? He would still love her the same. "Riley I promised to love you, for you. And I stand by those words, it was in our wedding vows."
"You also wanna know what we promised each other in our wedding vows?!" It didn't sound like a question more like a command. Lucas could hear the bile in her voice, she was angry and he's never seen her this way. "IT WAS TO TELL EACH OTHER THE TRUTH, NO MATTER WHAT!" she calmed herself down. "I specifically asked you, if she made any moves on you to tell me and I asked you the same thing after the Christmas party. And what did you tell me?"
He swallowed hard, to stop himself from crying. It wasn't because of sadness it was because of agony and anger, he was trying so hard to stay as Lucas instead of going off on her like 'Texas Lucas' would've done.
"I think I need to be alone, Lucas."
"No," Lucas said in a soft voice. He got closer to her and held her hands, but Riley moved his hands away.
"I need to be alone."
He finally got a grip on her. "You don't need to be alone."
"GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!"
He finally cracked, Please forgive me after this, he thought. "THIS IS BULL RILEY. I DIDN'T SLEEP WITH HER!"
She stepped back, still angry. "Get out of my house."
"This is..." he didn't face her. "Don't you see what's going on? This is what Missy wanted, she wanted me single so she can sleep with me. Don't give in, Riley."
She didn't look at him, the tears dissipated and it was anger than now possessed her. "You have five minutes-"
"WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?" he calmed down. "Is this because you want money?"
It's like he's trying to be contentious, Riley thought. "Money? IS THAT WHAT YOU THINK THIS IS ABOUT? When was the last time I asked you for money?"
He didn't look at her.
"ANSWER ME!"
"I can't remember." he said as he looked at her.
"That's right. I don't love you because you have money, we can be poor, we can live in a dumpster and I wouldn't care, as long as Katherine is being taken care by Maya. Is that how low you're willing on going to find trash on me? Well guess what, I haven't eaten in three days." she watched his eyes widened, they were back at this moment again, but she didn't care. "There! We're even, go ahead say anything mean to me. Be the man I've always known is inside you."
Lucas lost his control and he punched the wall, leaving a whole on it. This wasn't even about Missy anymore, it was like three in the morning and a married couple was arguing.
"What are you going to hit next? Is it me?" Riley asked.
"You lied to me," Lucas bewildered.
"You know that's really funny coming from you right now."
He didn't say anything, he just put his arms on his hips and gave her the same look he gave her when he found out she was being bullied. "This is bull."
"I want you to pack heavy, because you aren't coming home in a long time." she said as she walked towards the door, but he stopped her.
"WHERE AM I GOING TO GO?"
"TO HELL!" she yelled. "And I suggest you stay there for the four seasons." she pushed him back and made it to the door. "You know sometimes you are no different from Charlie." she wasn't done yet. "When I come back from Malia's house I want you gone!" she still wasn't done. "And don't be so surprised if I mail you the divorce papers."
She slammed the door and after that Lucas let out a sob. A divorce? That can't be right, she can't want that. He wanted to follow, but she needed space. He didn't want to feel anymore pain from her, he just had to give her...some space.
I know I said there might be an M-rated chapter, but I decided to change my mind. If you still want that I can change the story to M instead of T if you feel like this is for more older people.
Just thought i should add this, but St. John's Health Center is a non-profit, Roman Catholic hospital. I just added that hospital because it's the only one I know that's located there and I was to lazy to check the internet. Also, I WILL NOT be adding Religion to this story because people have different beliefs.
Next Chapter might be a little different. I still don't know what I have planned. I'm also thinking about a different story I can write, so I might stop this story for a while.
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