The building where Pierce died seemed vacant, the entrance still blocked with yellow police tape. Chloe and Lucifer sat in their unmarked car and watched the quiet scene.

Lucifer stretched, "Surely you don't think Pierce's men are stupid enough to come back here?"

She gave him her attention, "Why not? The FBI is done. It's all been cleaned out, so it might be considered a safe spot to meet. Or maybe there are still records or other valuables hidden in the building."

He shifted in his seat, "We've been here for hours with no sign of anyone. How much longer?"

"Let's give it another two hours, okay?" She smiled at him. "Lucifer, I know you don't enjoy stakeouts. Why do you do this?"

"What?"

"I mean, why do you consult with me? You're not human. You have lived forever and will live forever. Why are you interested in this work and well, in me?" She watched his face carefully, hoping for a deeper understanding; needing to know she wasn't a complete fool for letting herself care again.

He looked resigned to her question, as if he expected it; dreaded it. But he answered truthfully, "I'm not above you, if that's what you think… I may not be physically human, but my desires, my wishes are far more aligned with you humans, than they ever were with Heaven. And you my dear, have a much better soul than I."

He stared straight ahead, "I do this because I find satisfaction in punishing the guilty and I very much enjoy getting to be with you."

She looked down at her hands, surprised by his admission, "Okay, I understand about you trying to keep me away from the 'woo-woo' Heaven and Hell stuff, but if you enjoy being with me, then why did you leave me after I almost died? You made me think you wanted a relationship, but then you just disappeared and came back married." Deep hurt showed in her eyes. "I don't understand what I did wrong."

He took a deep, angry breath, "You did nothing wrong. It was Him," he said with an upward glance. "I left because I found out that my father placed you here in my path. Your parents wouldn't have been able to conceive a child if Amenadiel hadn't blessed them."

He gave her an apologetic look, "I did want a relationship with you, but after I found out that you were a miracle, I felt I had been tricked and that you weren't being given a choice. I left to give you space and I married Candy to confuse my mother and to put distance between you and me." He gave her a pleading look, "I never slept with her."

She stared at him, her mouth hanging open, "So you think God created me just to mess with you?"

He nodded vigorously, "Yes. Essentially."

"Well that certainly explains a lot." She rubbed her forehead where a headache was forming, "I don't buy the scenario where I'm just a pawn. But believing as you did, you still came back. Why?"

"I…," he looked into her eyes. "I didn't want to stay away. I wanted to tell you the whole truth about me, but things kept going wrong." He looked away from her. "Then Cain happened, and I thought he made you happy. I misjudged a lot of things."

He bowed his head, a small frown lining on his face, "I didn't lie when I said I care for you. I do. A lot."

She felt stunned. Her memory flashed to the night when he first told her he cared. The night he tried to tell her he was the Devil; the night Pierce killed Charlotte. Suddenly, it all made sense. Lucifer loved her, even if he didn't fully understand it yet.

She reached out and placed her hand on his jaw, drawing his attention back to her. "Lucifer, I have to admit I'm still freaked out by everything that comes from knowing the truth about you, but I care about..." Chloe shook her head hard and punch the steering wheel with one hand in frustration, "No. I'm not going to keep doing this!"

He gave her a look of defeat and desperation, "Please detective. It's all right. I won't mention my feelings again. We can continue working together, just as we always have, and I'll keep my monstrous side away from you."

She placed her hand on his arm and smiled at him. "Lucifer, it doesn't matter that you're the Devil. Well, it does, but I mean, I know you. Angel, Devil, those are aspects of you, but the whole package is my partner, Lucifer Morningstar. I trust you. All of you. Am I making any sense?"

He stared at her, his eyebrows raised in puzzlement.

She squeezed his arm. "What I'm trying to say is that I don't want to hide my feelings anymore. As crazy as our relationship is, I love you."

He looked completely confused. "Wait. What?"

"I said I love you. There is a very real connection between us and I can't turn away from it anymore."

Shock, hope, and need flashed across his expressive face before he smiled softly. Abruptly, his expression changed to one of frustration as he turned his head to stare past her shoulder. He huffed out a breath. "I guess the rest of this conversation will have to wait. Look who just showed up."

Two cars parked in front of the building. Cain's henchman, John, got out of a familiar looking sedan and made an exchange with another man. He took a large envelope and walked back to the dark car. As the two cars drove away, one going left and the other right onto the main street, she started her car and followed the sedan slowly. "Let's see where he's going. The FBI has been after this guy for months."

As the sun went down, Lucifer and Chloe continued to follow the dark sedan.

She kept well back and didn't use her headlights as the sky began to darken and the streets got smaller and rougher. She followed the car through an industrial area of town as it pulled up outside a huge, abandoned warehouse complex. Chloe turned down a side street to shut off the engine and looked at Lucifer. "This might get ugly. I'm going to let Dan know where we are." She pulled out her cell phone to make the call.

Lucifer nodded, "Right. You make the call and I'll go have a word with this villain." He opened his car door and walked quickly toward the warehouse entrance.

Chloe scrambled to slide out of the car while making the call. "Dan, use my car locator. We think this could be one of the hideouts for the Sinnerman organization. We're going in." She hung up and ran to follow her partner.