Make It or Break It

Chapter Twenty-Eight: This Is War

Riley stared at her ex-boyfriend as he sat on her couch in front of her, she should have known it would lead to this but she had never thought that he would have come to London so quickly.

Aiden could even sense his father’s unhappiness when he had arrived, while Natasha had tried to keep things light; they sat quietly in the living room waiting for Fernando to come home from training.

“So how was Australia?” Riley asked trying to ease the tension while the children played on the floor, Joseph glared at her wondering what she thought that she was doing trying to steal his son from him.

“You think you can try and take my son from me,” Joseph hissed making Riley fall silent, Aiden looked at his father as he quickly moved to comfort his mother with Nora. They could both see that this was going to get ugly and Joseph was going to fight with everything that he had to hurt Riley for even thinking about taking away his son from him.

The two children cuddled into her, Aiden glared at his father who seemed taken aback that the little boy seemed angry with him for snapping at his mother.

“Don’t shout at mummy,” Aiden said as Joseph looked at his son, he knew that he was doing the right thing and he knew what he wanted; Riley ran a hand through her son’s hair as her ex looked thoughtful.

“I want full custody,” Joseph said making the colour drain from Riley’s face just as Fernando returned home from training; he stopped at the sight of Joseph and looked at Riley worried as he moved to sit next to her,

“You want full custody,” Riley said making Fernando look at Joseph, he couldn’t believe that the other man would demand such a thing especially when he was barely a father to Aiden in the first place.

Joseph nodded confidently while Natasha looked nervous, she knew this wasn’t going to end well; she could see that Riley hadn’t been expecting this and it was ludicrous to think that it would end well.

Joseph stared at Riley and Fernando, he could see he was hurting her but he couldn’t bring himself to care; Fernando looked at the blonde, he could understand he was upset but he was doing this to hurt Riley, not because he care for Aiden.

“Mummy?” Aiden asked staring up at his mother concerned, he didn’t know what was going on but it didn’t look good; he could see that what his father had said had upset his mother and he really didn’t like it.

“I’ve spoken to my lawyer, the paper work should be through in a couple of days,” Joseph said as Natasha stared at the brunette, she looked like she was falling apart and she felt horrible that this was how they were meeting for the first time.

Joseph turned his attention to Aiden, who was clinging to his mother; he knew that Aiden would love Australia and he’d forget all about what was happening right now.

***

Later that night, Fernando sighed as he stepped into his and Riley’s bedroom; looking at Riley he could see that she was really hurting and he wished that he could do something to make her feel better.

“Nena,” Fernando said as he moved to comfort her, it wasn’t good for the baby for her to get this upset; Riley was seven weeks pregnant and this wasn’t what she needed right now.

Blinking back tears, Riley allowed Fernando to wrap his arms around her waist; he buried his head into her neck and kissed it softly as he comforted her.

“He won’t get away with this nena… they won’t give him custody the way he wants,” Fernando said, they had called her brother the moment that Joseph had left for his parents with Natasha.