CHAPTER 11

Chloe was sitting with Lucifer in the living room of the penthouse waiting for Dan. She'd had Maze take Trixie out for a bit, so her daughter wouldn't witness the fight that was certain to go down. She didn't know how Dan would react to her having a baby with Lucifer, but she knew for certain that he wasn't going to react well to what they had to say about Kinley.

Chloe turned to Lucifer. "You don't have to stay for this if you don't want to. I can deal with Dan on my own."

"Absolutely not, Detective. I will not leave you to deal with Detective Douche on your own. He will not be allowed to disrespect you the way he did the last time you met with him," Lucifer said firmly.

Chloe smiled. "Thank you, but Dan is probably going to take it out on you when we tell him about Kinley. You shouldn't have to deal with that." That was especially true since it was Chloe that brought Kinley into their lives, not Lucifer. He hadn't done anything wrong. But given how Dan had been acting lately, he was going to blame Lucifer regardless.

"I don't care. I'm not worried about anything he may say to me. I will not leave you to do this on your own," Lucifer said.

Chloe nodded.

Just then, Dan stepped off the elevator. "Where's Trixie? I wanna leave now."

Chloe stood up. "Maze took her for ice cream. They'll be back soon. We need to talk about something."

"No, I don't want to talk to you. Have Maze bring her out to the car when she gets back," Dan said before turning back to the elevator.

"No. I don't care how pissed you are. You have no choice but to talk to me. We are Trixie's parents. We have to communicate," Chloe said firmly.

"Yeah, well, I don't have to communicate with him," Dan said before turning his glare to Lucifer.

"Yes, you do. He's a part of my life and Trixie's. He is a part of our family," Chloe said.

"Just because you're living with doesn't make him family. He's your roommate. He'll never be Trixie's family," Dan spat.

Lucifer stood up and smirked at the man in front of him. "Your child is the older sibling to my unborn child, Daniel. I would say that is pretty close to us being family. She seems to think it makes us so anyway."

Chloe sighed. She wasn't thrilled that Lucifer had told him like that, but at the same time, she could understand his desire to throw the information in Dan's face, given how Dan had been acting towards him. Honestly, Chloe was quickly tiring of his crap too.

Dan was taken aback when Lucifer's words registered to him and he turned to Chloe for her to deny it. She said nothing. Lucifer had basically just said that she was pregnant with his kid, and she wasn't saying anything. "Tell me he's pulling another one of his pranks. You can't really be that stupid, Chloe."

"Excuse me?" Chloe asked offended.

"Don't you dare disrespect her again!" Lucifer growled.

Dan ignored Lucifer and focused on his ex-wife. "You should know better than this! To get knocked up by him of all people?! You think he's going to take care of you and your kid? He's gonna take off on you the first chance he gets. I'm surprised he hasn't already. And, hell, that would probably the best case scenario. Worse would be him sticking around and turning the kid into a mini version of himself!"

"Hey! Back off now! You have no business saying any of this!" Chloe yelled.

"Oh, let him be, Detective. His opinion means nothing to me. Why should I care about the opinion of a man who wasn't even there for his own child until a couple of years ago?" Lucifer asked.

"You bastard!" Dan growled before going to attack him.

Chloe got in the middle and pushed Dan back a little. "Stop! For your information, Dan, Lucifer has supported me from the moment I told him. He goes to every single doctor's appointment, he's attentive to my health, and he's even there for does things for Trixie. He takes her to school and picks her up almost every day. He's stayed with her when I can't get off work. He's done things that he doesn't have to do. And like it or not, he's right about you. You didn't become a reliable parent until recently, so you have business commenting on anyone else's parenting!"

"Whatever. It's not my problem anyway. Just don't expect me to have sympathy for you when he disappears to Vegas again," Dan said.

Chloe took a deep breath to try to reign her temper in. There was more to get through, and judging on Dan's attitude so far, things were only going to get worse. "There's something else you need to be made aware of."

"What?" Dan asked impatiently.

"When I was in Rome, I met a priest. We spoke quite a bit about Lucifer. He's under the impression that Lucifer is the Devil, and he tried to convince me to help send him back to Hell using some sort of exorcism," Chloe said. She and Lucifer had decided to just tell the truth. Lucifer wasn't comfortable with anything else, and Dan would just assume the priest was deranged. They would just let him assume that.

"If only that were possible. Why are you telling me this?" Dan asked.

"He came after me when I left Rome. He still wanted me to help him, but I said no. He's convinced that Lucifer is going to create some sort of evil. He's mentioned the possibility of a child conceived by Lucifer being that evil. There's a very good possibility that he's gonna come after us when he finds out I'm pregnant.

Dan's anger intensified as he realized what his ex-wife has telling him. "Which means he could be coming after Trixie too! I told you this bastard was toxic! First, he gets Charlotte killed and now he's putting our daughter in danger! No, I'm through with this! Trixie is not staying under his roof!"

"Dan, calm yourself down now. There's no reason to believe Trixie's in danger," Chloe said. So far there wasn't. She didn't put anything past Kinley, so she would be cautious where her daughter was concerned, but currently, Kinley had no reason to target her.

"There's a deranged priest out for his blood! This bastard is a danger to everyone in his path!" Dan yelled.

"Hey! This is not Lucifer's fault. It's mine. I spoke with Father Kinley. I talked to him about Lucifer. I led him here," Chloe said.

"It's not your fault, Detective. It's the bloody priest's fault," Lucifer said before going to the bar and pouring himself a drink.

"It's your fault!" Dan yelled at him. "You go around every day calling yourself the Devil."

"Of course. I'm no liar," Lucifer said before taking a sip of his drink.

Dan ignored him. "Now someone's finally believed you, and my daughter is now in danger! Well, I won't let you get Trixie killed, like you did Charlotte!"

"Charlotte was killed protecting another, and it was that act that granted her a place in Heaven, which was all she wanted! Her death was tragic, but she is where she wanted to be! And your child is safer here than anywhere else," Lucifer said.

"Screw you! I won't let you take my daughter. She's living with me from now on," Dan said.

"No, she's not. We've been over this, Dan. Trixie is living with me. That isn't going to change. Do not push me," Chloe warned in a hard tone.

"You'd have me leave her in danger with this bastard?" Dan asked angrily.

"Trixie is not in danger. Lucifer's right. She's safer with us. And honestly, given how you've been lately, I don't know that I trust you to have her full time," Chloe said. She was actually starting to wonder if sending Trixie off with him on the weekends was a good idea right now. His anger was only getting worse, especially since they'd moved in with Lucifer. It worried her. But she wanted to believe that Dan could keep it in check for Trixie.

Dan glared at her. "I would never let anything happen to my daughter! I'm taking her now!"

"Yes, you are," Lucifer began. "But you will return her Sunday evening as agreed. If you don't, I will hunt you down," he said in a lethal tone. He didn't think Daniel would try to run with the child, but he'd known desperate, angry parents with that thought in mind.

"Lucifer, that's not necessary," Chloe said. She didn't believe Dan would do that. He might threaten to take her to court. He might even try to, but he wouldn't flee with their daughter.

Just then, the elevator dinged, and Maze walked in with Trixie.

Trixie ran to her father. "Daddy! Did Mommy tell you. I'm gonna have a brother or sister!"

Dan forced a smile on his face. "Yeah, she told me. Go get your bad. We have to go."

"I've got it," Chloe said before retrieving her daughter's backpack from next to the couch.

Trixie ran and grabbed her bag before hugging her mother. "By Mommy."

"By, Monkey. I'll see you Sunday," Chloe said as she hugged her.

Trixie ran over to hug Lucifer. "Bye, Lucifer."

Lucifer didn't shy away like he used to. He'd become accustomed to the child's touching since she moved in. He wasn't entirely comfortable with it, but he was getting better. He gently patted her on the back a couple times. "Goodbye, child."

Trixie ran back to her dad and followed him to the elevator.

"Alright, well, I'm off to find my next bounty. Call if anything happens," Maze said before leaving herself.

Once everyone was gone, Chloe turned to Lucifer. "Why'd you threaten Dan? Do you really think he'd try to leave with Trixie?"

"It's unlikely, but I've known a few angry, disgruntled people who have wanted to take their children from their exes. Several of them came to me looking for help disappearing," Lucifer said.

"You didn't help them, did you?" Chloe asked. She really didn't think he would. Lucifer did some shady favors for people, but that didn't seem like something he'd involve himself in.

"Absolutely not. People have no business bringing their children into their disputes with each other. Just so you know, Detective, if Daniel does try, he won't make it past the city limits. I have people watching the child when she's not with us because of Kinley. I'll be alerted if Daniel tries anything."

"Thank you. I figured you had someone watching her. I appreciate it. But Dan won't do anything," Chloe said.

Lucifer nodded and went to get himself another drink.