See Me As I Am

ChloePOV: Making Amends

Chloe had considered not sleeping at all, what with it likely being her last day on earth and all, but in the end she found she'd rather sleep. Getting up, Chloe made her daughter breakfast and was just about to call Dan to ask him to take Trixie to school, when she saw a message on her phone from Lucifer.

'You are safe now,' Lucifer's text read. 'Uriel can't hurt you.'

What did that mean? Had Lucifer actually convinced his brother to leave her alone, or had he sent his mother back to hell? Either way it seemed like Chloe could go into work today which she was grateful for.

Rather than call Dan, Chloe drove Trixie to school herself then went to work. There was a new homicide case on her desk, a very halloween-y one. A bride had been murdered at her zombie themed wedding. Chloe felt sure Lucifer would want to be part of this. She tried calling him into work but got only voicemail, so she sent him a text and tried not to think about it. She failed quite miserably in this regard. Chloe couldn't help remembering what she'd said the last time she'd seen him. She'd been unfair and cruel, but she hadn't really meant it. Chloe had been so scared and frustrated at feeling helpless to do anything about it. Helpless was not a feeling she had to deal with often, and she hadn't handled it well.

Chloe began working the case to try and keep her mind off Lucifer. Dan was at the scene and filled her in on what was being done already. The wait staff had been questioned. No one had seen anything since they were all focused on the ceremony, and they were still waiting for results to see if anyone had any priors.

She turned her attention to the scene. The bride was shot dead center while the groom only got grazed in the arm. What kind of marksmen botches the first shot and aces the second? Dan suggested that the bride was the target and the groom just got in the way, which made a certain amount of sense. Chloe went to interview the groom next. He wasn't much help and was clearly still in shock about his bride's death. There were a few more people to interview after him, but that didn't get her any leads.

Chloe couldn't help but wonder if maybe she'd have found something else if Lucifer was here. Despite everything, the Devil did have a knack for finding things others missed.

When she interviewed the bridesmaids, Chloe got the sense that they were not all being totally honest. She couldn't help but think Lucifer could get the truth out of them with that desire trick of his.

The question was, where had the Devil gone?

She tried calling again, but just got voicemail again. By the time lunch came and went Chloe decided she needed to take more direct action.

"I'm going to go check on Lucifer," Chloe told Dan. "Can you hold down the fort for a bit?"

"Sure. Though I don't see why you bother with that guy," Dan shrugged.

"It just isn't like him to totally disappear like this. He's more the annoyingly present type," Chloe explained.

Collecting her jacket, Chloe went out to her car and drove to Lucifer's penthouse. She was starting to worry about him, but she also wanted to understand the meaning behind that vague text he'd sent her. What had he done to keep her safe this time?

Despite five o'clock being yet many hours away, Lux was in full party mode. The place was packed with people who were all drinking and dancing. Chloe expected to find Lucifer among them and started looking around for him, but the only face she recognized was Dr. Martin. Chloe called out to her and she turned and walked over.

"What are you doing here?" Chloe asked.

"I came to check on Lucifer," Linda answered. "He canceled his appointment this morning, which is something he's never done before."