Chapter 2
Lucifer's POV
After discussing with Dr. Linda about the case today and everything that has happened between me and the detective and Pierce, I finally see my true emotions for the detective. Dr. Linda advised me to go over to the detective and tell her the truth, I got into my car and drove straight to her appointment. However, when I shortly arrived at the apartment, I noticed Pierce's motocycle was here. I looked up in worried thinking he has something trick up his sleeve to woo the detective's heart. I quietly rushed up the stairs and heard some talking inside, knowing it was Pierce with the detective. Instead of knocking on the door and interrupting them, I quietly unfolded my white wings and flew over on the balcony outside of the apartment. I watched outside from the glass door, luckily the doors were slightly open for me to listen.
Listening to Pierce's words about his mistakes and how he wanted to change, to be with the detective, it cracked my heart. Like Pierce was reading my mind, everything he said would be exactly how I would have said. Then when Pierce fell down to one knee, he held up a ring and asked for the detective to marry him, everything stopped literally. The air was thin and froze in my lungs, I couldn't breathe, my eyes were locked on them. I couldn't believe this was happening, right here right now, not when I finally open up to my own feelings about her and wanted to tell her.
After a short time, the detective's revealed her answer, the air in my lungs was released so I could finally breathe again. I heard their argument and how much the detective was hurt by not just Pierce, but by me. Hearing the truth again about how I was treating this like a competition and think of her like a trophy, it deeply sored me. Once Pierce left the apartment, I watched the detective standing by the door hearing her huffed in her deep breathe in trying to stop herself from crying. It cracked my heart thinking that I put her in that position, especially when I listen to the detective about how I made her like a trophy. From the morning after Pierce broke up with the detective and thought of all the heavy weight he must have put on her. I thought I was losing off the weight by commenting negatively about Pierce; about how I can do better than. When really, I was gaining more weight on her shoulders. That drew me away from the window, thinking instead of going in and tell the detective the truth, I believed it was better to let her be alone for a while.
Quietly, unfolded my white wings out again and flew off from the balcony, I walked back to my car and drove home. I walked into Lux and passed through lots of people dancing and singing along the loud song that was being played. There were a few dirty stares eyeing at me from the beautiful ladies, however I only responded back to them with a small smile then walked off ignoring them. Finally reached up to the private elevator, heading up to my penthouse. I walked in where I set up the whole romantic scene for the detective, all of the candles were already halfway melting down to the bottom. I realised that Dr. Linda was already gone, good, I needed some time for myself. Picked up a glass of whiskey and pour into a small glass, after I walked outside to the balcony. I rested my arms on the cold, steel bars and took a quick sip of eth whiskey. I looked up at the dark sky, eyed at the fact that my bloody father is enjoying himself while watching me suffer from my mistakes that he probably planned. Then, Dr. Linda's theory came to my mind, as she suggested that it may not be my father's doing. I hated the thought for I knew my father deeply despises me and will do anything to continue torture me while I'm still living. Yet, somehow a small part of me believe this theory to be true, I eyed back at the dark sky wondering if it is true.
I couldn't be bothered to get myself another drink or go and have sex with someone. Walked back inside and headed to my bed. Talking my clothing off and neatly piled them on the side of the room, I was only wearing my boxes when I slide in my bed. Turn all the lights off and settled myself in a conformable position, yet I couldn't go to sleep straight away. Usually I could, but now I am just thinking back at all of my mistakes and the misfortunes I have created. I was thinking about the detective, how much pain she much be in. Then, I thought of trying to talk to her tomorrow, tell her everything. The truth about my feelings, then possibly about myself. Picturing how I might break her as much as I did with Dr. Linda. But, if it worked well with the doctor, then it might work well for the detective. Thankfully, my eyelids finally felt heavy and tired as I drifted off into a deep sleep.
The next morning, the usual, I work up, stretched my arms and legs, got up and dressed myself in a dark red, silky robe. And for breakfast, a good-old fresh glass of whiskey. Straight after I took a slip, the bing sound rang and the elevator doors opened, and Amenadiel walked out of it.
"Ah, brother, so nice to see you" I breathed after swallowing the skip of whiskey down my throat, "Not usual the first face I like to see every morning, but here we are."
"Luci, I think Pierce is up to something" Amenadiel rushed over on the other side of the island.
"Oh, if you're talking about his ridiculous proposal, then I already know" I replied, giving my brother a right-old hit in the face form the unknow shock.
"What?" Amenadiels' voice was low in confusion.
"Yes, apparently he was proposing to the detective" I answered before I walked around and headed to my sofa and sat down.
Amenadiel was still froze by eth island in the kitchen, "Pierce propose?" then he turned around to face me while standing up, "To marry Chloe?"
"I know it's mind-boggling, I know" I agreed while finishing my glass of whiskey, then a small, blissful smile grew on my face, "But, thankful the detective isn't completely fooled by that derange love-sick."
I got up on my feet and walked back into the kitchen as Amenadiel followed and continued, "That's still not it, Luci. What if Pierce have some else up his sleeve? We have to stop him."
I stopped close by the kitchen island and turned around to face my brother, eyed at him in surprise, "Oh brother, I like this new you. I wish you realised I was your test eons ago."
"Luci, it is God's that you..." Amenadiel sadly had to bring up old-bloody dad, again.
"Yeah, don't ruin it!" I interrupted, so he could shut up about dad in this conversation.
The bottle of whiskey was in my hands as I gently bowled in two glasses for me and Amenadiel, I added, "I'm just happy that we're on the same side for once."
Amenadiel grabbed the galss and asked, "So. What's the plan?"
"The plan... simple. The plan is simple" well honestly, I didn't have a plan since there wasn't much to do. Since the detective has rejected Pierce's proposal, I just happy she has her mind finally sorted out about him. Yet, my brother unfortunately was right about Pierce might have a few move tricks up his sleeve, and the fact that the detective still has hopes for their relationship. I knew there is still some work to be done to get the detective away from Pierce, but I remember all the work I did just to showed up Pierce broke the detective's heart.
I quietly sucked in a deep breathe in and answered, "I'm going to try to understand why that overstuffed man ham wants to get to the detective after trying to find a way to die.
"Or..." Amenadiel spoke in a long term which very vexes me.
"Or what?" I couldn't give a damd about guessing his other suggestion.
"You could just tell Chloe how you feel" Amenadiel answered with a small, gentle smile.
I suddenly paused for a second, stiffing the air in my lungs as I slowly breathe calmly, "I will come to that, just need time. Since I unfortunately, nearly broke her."
Within a second, I quickly asiden my emotions away from now, and focus on the main part, "In the meantime, Pierce has nearly weaseled his way into her heart, and I don't understand how, but I need to."
My glass swing up above my lips as I gulped all the whiskey down my throat at once, before I walked fast heading towards my bedroom. Not before, Amenadiel added that stopped me standing on the stairs, "Well, good luck. In the meantime, I will come up with a plan that will could work too." My brother walked away to elevator silently and presses the buttons to close the doors and lowed back down to the club.
"Of course, you will" I whispered underneath my breathe.
Couldn't care less what Amenadiel plan was, because I mainly wanted to focus on my own plan at the moment. Finally, I jumped back into action as I took off my dark red robe and walked into my large closet and picked up a black shirt, a dark blue jacket with a black handkerchief which was neatly placed in the left side pocket. After, sliding in some black trousers and black shoes, I combed my smooth, black hair and gave a little wink and cheeky grin at my reflection.
Once I was dressed in my three-piece suite, down go through the elevator and walked through the quiet night club. Popped in my car and drove off to the police station. My mind was calm and steady as usual, yet there was tiny part that was flooded with worriedness. Thinking what to say to the detective, but I figured I will of think of something to say when I see her.
Eventually, I reached up by the station and entered inside all smiley and steady, my eyes were scanning around for the detective, but I knew she would definitely be at her desk sitting with her papers or looking at her computer. However, when I reached down at the bottom of the stairs, my smile instantly faded away and my eyes narrowed as the detective wasn't there. Her desk was empty and quiet, I walked up and looked around thinking she possibly near by, yet her bag or her papers were no where to be seen, or her small cup of coffee. I walked into the lab and there was still no sign of the detective.
Unaware to me, Miss Lopez enter inside the side behind me, she was in her regular happy self as she spoke, "Morning Lucifer."
I turn around in hopes it was the detective, secretly disappointed me, but it was good as well to see Miss Lopez, "Morning, Miss Lopez."
Miss Lopez walked in dropped her bag in a spare space in the lab. Before, I had the chance to ask Miss Lopez where the detective is, she asked me an unusual question, "So, how was last night?"
I narrowed my eyes in confusion for what Miss Lopez's question means, till I guested that she was probably asking about the dinner date I set up for the detective last night. My voice went low and sorrow, "Well, let's just say we didn't managed to get to dinner, unfortunately."
"Oh... Nice..." Miss Lopez replied in a sweet, cheeky tone, which I responded with my eyes narrowed with unsureness.
Miss Lopez scanned around and wondered about the detective, "So, I'm guessing Chloe is stuck in bed?"
"Possibly, though I do hope she could be here soon" I answered back, thinking that perhaps the detective is sick or too upset to come back.
"Ah..." Unexpectedly, Miss Lopez rushed from the side and wrapped her small arms around my chest, hugging me tight. I resisted the hugging and try to lean back away a bit. She loudly squealed, "You guys are so... CUTE!"
"Wait, what?" I asked.
She finally released me and explained, "You two. You know."
"No. I don't know" I tilted my head and raised my eyebrows showing her how confused I am.
"About what happened last night" Miss Lopez stated.
"Last night, I only hurt the detective with the dinner date before the case" I sadly explain, hated to the remember that moment and when it was the first time I saw the detective crying in sadness.
"What?" Miss Lopez's cheerful face expression quickly melted away into the same confused expression I had. She added, "No I'm talking after the case."
I narrowed my eyes, "What happened after the case?"
"Okay, but you need to stay calm for this" Miss Lopez took a breathe in while I settle up in a straight position preparing for whatever Miss Lopez has to say. Miss Lopez began in slow pace, "So, Pierce proposed to Chloe, but she said no."
I showed no reaction which did put Miss Lopez in surprised as she watch me still being calm and steady. She continued, "Then, she called me up and we talk. She was getting mix feelings and wanted to talk to you, so she..."
"Wait, she wanted to talk?" I questioned the last part of that sentence. Repeating it again thinking that I didn't hear it right. I couldn't believe that the detective wanted to give me a second chance after what I done to me just so she won't choose Pierce. My heart stopped in a sudden surprise, but a little, happy grin grew on my face.
Miss Lopez smiled as well, "Yeah, that's why she was going to meet you back at your place."
My smile rapidly faded away, "But, I didn't see the detective after then."
Miss Lopez's smile rapidly faded away as we gaze at each other in puzzlement, Miss Lopez asked me slowly by word to word, "So, Chloe never arrived at your penthouse."
"No" my voice trembled into a sudden panic.
"Hi guys" detective douche entered inside the lab, much to my hopes for being the detective, Daniel had his phone up and asked, "Have any of you seen Chloe? I tried calling her, but she's not picking up."
"No, we haven't seen her around actually" Miss Lopez answered for me and herself.
"I thought she was with you" Daniel pointed at Miss Lopez.
"I thought she was with him" then Miss Lopez pointed at me.
"And, I thought she was staying with her little urchin" I answered along with my hands pointing upwards showing my innocence.
Seconds later, a triple knocked on the lab door echoed in the room, and it was no-other than Pierce. I silently growled underneath my breathe, airing my firing rage for that psychologic pig and how dare he used the detective in his demise. Pierce scanned at the me, Miss Lopez and Daniel, then questioned, "I need to speak to Decker. Has anyone seen her?"
We all shook our heads at the same time, confusion painted on Pierce's face exactly as the rest of us, "So, no one knows where she is?"
"We tried calling her" Daniel stated.
We all knew that was unlike the detective to miss her calls or miss work without warning. Pierce ordered, "Track down her phone."
"I'm on it" Miss Lopez rushed over to her computers and began programming a tracking signal to the detective's phone.
Half an hour has pass, Daniel and I still waiting in the lab for Miss Lopez to track down the phone. Daniel was sitting on the table with their elbows kneeling on the surface and his head on the palm of his hands. I was sitting on the other side with my fingers tapping on the table's surface while drinking from my pocket flask. However, my patience was drying out as it was twisting a dark thought in me that something has happened to the detective, and not in a good way.
"Oh, come on, Miss Lopez!" I yelled in a lack of waiting and patience.
"I'm trying to go as fast as I..." Miss Lopez answered back till a small bell sound ringed from her computer and a small, green box appeared by the corner of the screen with the word written the box, 'Completed.'
"Bingo!" Miss Lopez cheered.
Daniel and I rushed to Miss Lopezs' side and our eyes locked on the screen. There was a map on the screen of Los Angeles with a red dot in the centre, possibly the destination of where the detectives' phone is. Within each five seconds the map gets wider as the view of the dot gets closer for us to know exactly where the phone is. Eventually, the view on screen got a sight of the buildings and where the phone was set in. At the same time, our eyes widen in a deep disbelief.
"Hey, is that your club" Miss Lopez turned my head to look at me.
I didn't turn and face Miss Lopez because I was too shock to know that the detective who wanted to talk me after the proposal and came over. But, now she has disappeared yet she was tracked down by the side of Lux, where I was all night and morning. "Yes" I breathed in an unfaithful tone.
Now, we know where the detective is, we rushed in my cars and drove back to Lux with the police sirens on as we drove above maximum speed. Daniel and Miss Lopez arrived first the I came after them. I stopped behind their car uncaring about either my car is in a straight position or not. There were police circling around the ally entrance with eth yellow people tape, so they could everyone away from the area. Miss Lopez was the only one in the centre of the ally while was behind so he won't get in the way of tramping over a crime scene.
I waited behind Daniel, and it wasn't before long when Pierce arrived, but he waited by his motocycle. Afterwards, Miss Lopez walked back to us with phone inside of an evidence bag. It was the detectives' phone. Our hearts stopped cold like they were dead.
"We need to get a forensics team here!" Pierce roared at the other officers from outside of the ally, "NOW!"
Miss Lopez, Daniel and I began scanning around carefully for any other clues that leads to this mystery. Miss Lopez placed number plates by some niche, important areas where it might give us a more helpful lead. Including the footprints by the huge bin boxes standing the side. Daniel spotted a camera inside the back area of a cooking room of a Chinese restaurant. Luckily, the camera was high and was pointed to look through the windows. Hopefully, we could catch some of the imagining. Yet, hope wasn't the spiritual feeling I had inside. Only sorrow and regret filled my warn veins. Knowing the detective was right here, right next to Lux, right next to me. Yet I couldn't hear, I couldn't see her. Wanting to beat myself up for this, feeling so stupid and selfish for letting this happen to the detective. It was my fault. It was all my fault.