Fallon was shaking by the time she reached her house. She parked behind Lucas’ car and jumped out. She ran up the stairs before throwing the front door open. The first thing she saw was Lucas standing beside the stairs, looking worried. Her heart ached at the sight of him but she couldn’t deal with that right now. She glanced toward the couch to see her little guy laid up with a bright purple cast on his arm, propped up on a pillow.

“Oh my baby!” she exclaimed before running over to him and dropping to her knees in front of him. “Aiden, honey, are you okay? Can you talk baby?”

“Fallon, it’s a broken arm, weirdo” Audrey said from the kitchen. Fallon shot her a dirty look before cupping Aiden’s giggling face.

“Mommy, I’m fine. It doesn’t even hurt,” Aiden insisted. Fallon knew that he was trying to show off in front of Lucas, and for once it didn’t bother her. It hurt her heart that he was growing up but he was becoming a strong little boy, and she couldn’t have been more proud.

“He didn’t even cry when it happened, huh bud?” Lucas said from the side.

Aiden nodded proudly as a watery smile came across Fallon face. “My big boy, huh?”

“Yup. It was scary though mom! The puck was so fast and came out of nowhere! Dad is so awesome!”

Fallon stopped. “Puck?”

Fallon felt all eyes go on her as Aiden nodded. “Yeah, Dad shot the puck so hard that it broke my arm. Isn’t that so cool!?”

Cool was the last thing Fallon thought this was.

She slowly stood and when she turned, pinning Lucas with a look that could kill, he took a step back. “Now Fallon, it was a complete accident.”

“Get outside!” she yelled as she stomped by him. Her heart was pounding in her chest and she couldn’t see anything but red. When the door shut behind him she whirled around and let him have it. “Are you f**king kidding me?! You broke my kid’s arm with a puck!?”

“Whoa! It was an accident. I turned and shot and I didn’t even know he was in front of the goal,” Lucas stuttered. “I wouldn’t do this on purpose and I hope you know that.”

“I know that I trusted you with my child, and for the past seven years he hasn’t broken anything, and then you come along and he’s got a f**king broken arm! Explain that to me, Lucas!”

“I told you, Fallon,” he said, his voice getting as loud as hers, “that it was a f**king accident. He came out of nowhere. I’ve told him many times not to be in front of the net unless he is cleaning out pucks. He skated across and I beamed him right in the arm.”

“I wish I had a stick and puck so I could beam you in the arm! He is my baby and he is broken now!”

“It’s an arm and its going to heal, psycho, calm down, shit!” Lucas said. Fallon took in a sharp breath as her hands started to shake.

“Psycho? I’ll show you psycho when I f**king kill you!” Fallon screamed, taking a step towards him.

“I didn’t mean it like that,” Lucas said, irritation filling his voice. “I don’t know if you realize but I’ve had a horrible afternoon. I’ve been sick with worry and dealing with you right now isn’t how I want my day to end.”

Fallon let out an empty laugh. “Well excuse me! I didn’t expect to come home to my child and his broken arm, so I guess we’ll both have to deal with shit we don’t want to deal with!”

Lucas rolled his eyes. “He’s a boy, Fallon. He’s going to break things. I’ve broken almost every bone in my body, it isn’t a big deal.”

Fallon saw only red as her face burned and her jaw clenched. How dare he act like this wasn’t a big deal? Aiden was a perfectly healthy little boy until he came along! Fallon couldn’t see straight as she screamed, “Because you’re stupid! Who thinks it’s okay to break bones?!”

Lucas froze.

Fallon’s heart dropped into her stomach when she realized what she said. She started to shake her head as his eyes held hers. Fallon’s lip quivered as she moved towards him to apologize but he stopped her, pushing her lightly away.

“Stupid, huh?” Lucas nodded as he moved past her, jogging down the steps. She followed behind him, trying to form a word but nothing was coming out. When he reached the truck, he turned and she saw the hurt in his eyes as he looked down at her. “I never thought I would ever hear you say that to me. You of all people, I never expected that.”

Fallon went to stop him, but he slammed the door and burned rubber trying to get out of her driveway. He didn’t even look at her twice, he just left. Fallon covered her mouth with her hand as her eyes filled with tears.

What in the hell had she done?

Chapter 29

Fallon stood in the driveway, taking in deep breaths as she tried to figure out what she was going to do. It was one thing to scream at Lucas for hurting her son, but it was another to call him something that he seriously loathed. She knew how much it hurt him when someone called him stupid. There wasn’t a day when he was younger that he didn’t get called that word. Lucas could be called anything else in the book and it wouldn’t faze him, but if anyone said he was stupid, he would shut down.

She knew this.

What was she thinking?

She was just so mad, and scared. Seven years had gone by and Aiden hadn’t even had more than a cough! Lucas comes along and Aiden has a broken arm! She understood that Lucas was rough and maybe Aiden was too, but still it scared her shitless to see her precious little baby lying on the couch with a purple cast on his arm. Her heart was still in her throat and she didn’t think it would go back down until she made sure Aiden was completely okay. She knew she had to apologize to Lucas also, that alone made her heart race because she wasn’t sure if he would forgive her. Did she really deserve his forgiveness? She was a selfish, heartless, bitch. She wouldn’t even forgive herself.