Author's Note: Again sorry it took so long to update. Been busy. So busy.
Five Years Later
"Dammit Lucifer. Will you can it with the sex jokes?" Chloe huffed at the man sitting beside her in the car. Her eyes glancing at his chuckling face. At times she wanted to punch him. Make him stop. He annoyed her to no end. But still she found herself liking to work with him.
"Oh come now, Detective. It was a joke." He mused. His dark eyes looking her up and down. He adjusted himself in the passenger seat.
"I'm just not in the mood today. Okay." She chided him. Sighing loudly, she kept her eyes on the road. They were on the way to another murder. It was serious one. She hadn't let him in on the full details yet.
A famous actress had been found brutally murdered. Her sixteen-year-old daughter had been the one who had found her. She knew it was going to be a high priority case. All hands on deck but she had been given the lead on it. A tapping noise brought her out of her thoughts.
"Lucifer!" She said to him. He had been tapping his fingers on the dash. "Stop that." She ordered. Shaking her head. It was like wrangling a giant child sometimes. This man could act so immature. What did she expect? He went around telling everyone that he was the Devil. Completely convinced that he was the ultimate being of evil.
He stopped tapping his fingers and hummed. He glanced at Chloe. "So, what fun do we have in store for today?" He smirked at her.
Blowing out a breath she glanced at him. He was truly insufferable. "A famous actress was found dead." She gripped the steering wheel. "I need you to be serious on this one. We have to be vigilant. It's going to be really high profile."
"Sounds like fun." The Devil mused.
"No Lucifer. Murder isn't fun. Its serious. Why don't you take it serious?" Chloe really didn't want to deal with him today. Her ex Dan was really getting on her nerves. He had cancelled again on their daughter. She had spent most of the night consoling the child. He came up with some shallow excuse. She hated that he disregarded their daughter's feelings sometimes. How could he think work was more important?
"Something bothering you, Detective?" Lucifer's English drawl cut through her private thoughts. "You seem distressed. Want to talk about it?"
She shook her head. "Not really. You wouldn't understand. Dealing with Dan standing up Trixie again." Her hands gripped the steering wheel until the knuckles turned white.
"Try me." He pushed.
"It's just he always breaks promises to her. Then I am left mopping up the mess." She glanced at Lucifer. She was surprised to find he was actually listening.
"Sounds par on the course for Detective Douche." He chuckled. "You can always ditch him for someone better. Like me." He smirked.
"Lucifer." She breathed out. "We are almost there. Try to act a little bit mature. That would be help tremendously."
Lucifer sighed loudly. "Yes mother." He made a fake salute. "I will be on my best behavior."
Chloe rolled her eyes. "Great. Good to know." She responded sarcastically.
They rode in silence. Lucifer started humming again. He would look at her and make a face. She was tempted to shoot him. Real tempted. He then started tapping his fingers again. Humming and tapping. They got closer to the crime scene. The smug childish look on Lucifer's face melted. His eyes narrowed.
They approached a stately home on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. There were reporters outside clamoring for pictures. Uniformed cops were doing their best to keep them and a growing crowd of people from getting inside. The unmarked police car rolled past the crowd. Forensics and a medical examiner van was parked out front.
Lucifer had his hand on the door latch and jumped out of the car before it was stopped. He marched straight towards the front door.
"Lucifer!" Chloe called after him. She put the car in park and jumped out after him. "Lucifer." She called again. He promptly ignored her. She followed him into the home. Into the living room they were met with a horrific scene. A woman was lying dead on the couch. Multiple stab wounds had left the living room a bloody mess. Techs milled around taking pictures and gathering evidence.
Lucifer walked over to the lifeless body and knelt nearby. Grief spread across his face. He reached out a hand towards her face only to have a tech stop him. He shook his head and stood up. He placed a hand over his mouth and turned away. Chloe swore she saw tears in his eyes.
She walked over to him and placed her hand on his arm. "This is Joanie Lynn Collins."
Lucifer nodded. "I know." He said quietly. He glanced at the body.
Chloe picked up on his expression. "Are you okay?" He never showed this kind of emotion at other crime scenes. But it looked like he was ready to break down.
Lucifer nodded. "I'm fine, Detective." He said without his usual tone. He looked at the body. The beautiful woman marred by horrific wounds. Her beautiful face contorted in a scream. What had happened to her? "Do we have any clues as to who caused her demise?"
Chloe sighed. "None yet. We have very little information. Her daughter found her."
Lucifer's eyes widened. "Where is she?" He demanded.
"Her daughter? Why do you care?" Chloe responded.
"Where is she?" There was anger in the Devil's voice. "Tell me where her daughter is." He demanded again. He took a step towards Detective Decker.
"She is in the kitch- "She started to say but Lucifer marched past her. She found it odd that he seemed to know exactly where the kitchen was. She followed after him. "Lucifer! Wait. We can't question her without a parent present." But again he was ignoring her.
They stopped in the large kitchen. A couple of other officers were milling around the kitchen. In the corner in a nice breakfast nook overlooking the ocean, an officer was talking to a girl sitting on a bench. Her legs pulled up to her chest. Her head buried in her hands. Lucifer brushed past the other officers towards the girl.
"Lucifer!" Chloe said again.
The girl looked up as they approached. Lucifer stopped to look at her. In an instant she was on her feet and ran towards Lucifer. "Daddy." She cried and wrapped her arms around him. Her head buried in his chest and sobbed. Lucifer wrapped his arms around her. One of his hand gently stroking her back.
"It's alright darling." He said gently.
Chloe looked at him with shocked expressions. "Did she just call you Daddy?" Chloe asked Lucifer. He had never mentioned anything about having a daughter.
Lucifer ignored Chloe for a moment. His attention on the girl. He held her tight as she continued to sob into his chest. "Darling, it's going to be alright. I'm here." His voice was low and gentle. "Persephone look at me." He said to her. She looked up at him. She was shaking from sobbing. He placed his hand on her tear soaked cheek. "I need you to tell the detective what you know."
The girl nodded sadly. "Okay, Daddy." She glanced at Chloe. She turned away from Lucifer and looked at Chloe. Her eyes puffy and red from crying. She sniffled and Lucifer handed her his handkerchief. She wiped her nose.
"Detective Decker, this is my daughter Persephone." Lucifer gestured to the girl.
Chloe looked at Persephone and then at Lucifer. There was a definite resemblance. Persephone had Lucifer's dark brown eyes. Her stare was intense like his. She also looked like her famous mother. Chloe shook her head. Chloe was still in shock that Lucifer had a daughter.
Lucifer lead his daughter back to the table and sat down next to her on the bench. He protectively put an arm around her shoulder. Persephone smiled weakly at him.
Chloe sat on one of the chairs in front of them. "I know this is difficult, Persephone." She started softly. "You found your mother?"
Persephone nodded. "Yeah." She said sadly. "I was at my boyfriend's house practicing with our band."
"Boyfriend?" Lucifer looked at his daughter. "Since when do you have a boyfriend."
Persephone scoffed. "Few months. You met him the other night. Remember? Iain?"
Lucifer nodded. "Oh right. The long haired pierced lad." He shook his head and looked at Chloe.
"What time did you leave?" Chloe continued questioning her
"Around ten am. It was just me and my mom. She was supposed to meet a friend of hers at the mall." She sniffled and buried her head in her hands and sobbed again. "She was fine this morning." She cried from her arms.
Lucifer put his hand on her back. "It's alright darling. You are doing fine."
Chloe looked at Lucifer. "So, you were here the other night?"
"Yes. I come here for dinner a couple times a week. Joanie is" He paused and sighed. His hand on his daughter's back. He glanced at her and then at Chloe. "Joanie was a good cook. We had an arrangement." His eyes looked at his daughter again. He sighed sadly.
"Do you know of anyone who would want to harm her?" Chloe asked.
"She was a famous actress, known the world over. There were plenty of people who wanted to harm her."
Persephone sniffled and lifted her head from the table. She looked at Chloe. "There was stalker she had to get a restraining order for. He started by making crude passes at her online. I had to block him a lot."
"You did?" Chloe asked.
"Yeah. I ran all of her social media accounts." Persephone sighed.
Lucifer shifted on the bench. "How come she didn't tell me about the stalker?" He asked his daughter.
Persephone looked at him. "You know why."
"No why?" He asked again.
Persephone sighed. "She didn't want you to get mad and go all Lucifer on the guy."
Lucifer folded his arms. "Of course I would get upset. It's my duty to protect you two. Joanie should have informed me of a threat to the both of you."
"I know." Persephone agreed. "You know how she is- "Persephone paused. "Was." Tears fell down her cheeks again. Her lip quivered and she looked at her father. He wrapped an arm around her and brought her closer. She buried her head in his chest again.
Lucifer stroked her back. He sighed and looked at Chloe. "I didn't know about the latest stalker. She had stalkers before."
Chloe nodded. She was quietly watching the scene unfold before her. Lucifer Morningstar her normally obnoxious, arrogant partner was gently consoling teenager. Not any teenager, his daughter. He never came off as someone fatherly. But here he was gentle and attentive to the girl. She looked at him with loving eyes. It was clear they had a close bond.
Persephone sat up straight. "The stalker made threats a few days ago. He emailed them. I saved them on the computer. He also created fake Twitter and Facebook accounts to harass my mom. I can give you all of the passwords."
"Do you know what he looks like?" Chloe inquired
Persephone nodded. "Yeah. We would see him at the grocery store, the mall. He even came to the house a couple of times."
Lucifer growled quietly. "I told her to get better security. She never locked the gate. Anyone could have waltzed onto this property."
"I know Dad."
He sighed. "She was so stubborn. Now look what happened." Anger seethed in his voice. Anger and grief.
Persephone patted his arm. Her dark eyes looked up at him. "Mom was stubborn. She didn't think anything would happen."
Lucifer held his daughters hand. "I'm supposed to be consoling you, darling." He smiled.
"I know." Persephone responded.
Chloe watched their exchange. She was amazed. She hated to interrupt them but she had more questions. She cleared her throat. "I just have a few more questions." She watched the two of them turn their gaze to her. "Is there anyone else you can think of that would harm your mother, Persephone?"
Persephone shrugged. "No, she wouldn't have told me. You may want to ask my Aunt Karen."
Lucifer nodded. "Ah yes. Karen. She and Joanie were joined at the hip."
"Good. I'll talk to her." Chloe said. "If you can think of anything else, let me know." She stood up and pulled out her phone. She walked out of earshot.
Lucifer looked at his daughter. "You are coming to Lux tonight. I'm not leaving you."
Persephone smiled. "Okay Daddy."
They stood up. Lucifer placed a hand on her shoulder. "Go pack a bag, will you."
Persephone nodded and walked out of the kitchen.
Chloe walked over to Lucifer. She looked up at him. "How come you didn't tell me you had a daughter?"
Lucifer shrugged. "Never came up." He started walking out of the kitchen.
"I always saw the tabloid speculation about who the father of Joanie's daughter was. Not that I read tabloids." Chloe laughed lightly.
"Like I said. Joanie and I had an arrangement. She wanted to keep some parts of her life private." Lucifer responded. "It worked for us."
"I'm not judging. It just you told me you hated children."
"I do." Lucifer said to her. He fussed with his jacket. Straightening it out and buttoning the top button. "But Persephone is different. She's mine. Something I created." A smirk crossed his face.
Chloe smiled. "That's adorable." She remarked.
Lucifer's eyes widened. "What was that?" One of his seductive smiles appeared.
"I said its adorable." Chloe laughed. They started walking out of the living room. "I am going back to the precinct to look over the e-mails from the stalker."
"Sounds dreadful." Lucifer remarked. "I need to take Persephone to Lux and get her settled. Then I need to figure out what to do next."
"I don't think I can allow you to help on this investigation."
"What?" Lucifer looked at her.
"It's a conflict of interests. You are too close to the victim." Chloe explained to him.
"Detective, I need to find out what happened to Joanie. For my daughter's sake. For Joanie's sake. I owe them." Lucifer pleaded with her.
"We'll figure it out." Chloe patted his arm.
A moment later Persephone appeared with a duffel bag in her hand. Tears still in her eyes. "I'm ready." She said quietly.
Chloe nodded. "Okay. Let's go. I'll take you both back to Lux."
They started for the door. Chloe opened the door and looked ou.t Lots of paparazzi were gathered outside the gate. She looked back at Lucifer. "There are tons of reporters out there."
Lucifer took of his jacket. "Here darling. Cover your head." He said to Persephone.
She placed his jacket over her head. They all walked outside. She could hear the reporters clamoring and shouting questions. Her father helped her to the car and she got in. The jacket still over her head as the car started and they drove away from the house. Persephone took a glance back at her home. It would never be the same again. Tears filled her eyes. She sobbed as they headed back to Lux.