โ โ The Princess flinched at the sound of dad's voice. Looking up unveiled black tearstains from runny makeup. She wanted to be angry, but all she felt was sadness & betrayal.
โ You knew? โ
โ โ The words left her mouth slowly.
โ How long did you know Mom was in Heaven? โ
โ Lucifer arrived there with a loud bang, red smoke spreading everywhere.โ
โ Looking left and right, where was sh... โ
Charlie?
โ There. Alone. โ
โ โ Instead of looking for her dad, Charlie instead found an empty room to drown her sorrows in. She couldn't risk Vaggi seeing her like this.
โ โ Curled up in one corner of the dark room, Charlie's sobs filtered from the door enough that someone outside could hear her,
โ he knew it was too late already, and yet.... Lucifer was running, frantically teleporting, checking every room in that damned hotel, trying to find @blackenrainbows โ
@from_the_bible della.โง
I remember back in the pilot days my Lu & a Freddy went on a literal gaycation. They weren't even trying to hide that they were a thing, lol. ๐
โ โ Why, why, why, why?
"I--I need to go find my dad. If you'll excuse me."
โ โ Charlie didn't think royal etiquette as hurried out of the, thankfully empty, hotel lobby. She needed to be alone. She needed space to think. She needed to find her dad.
. . .
However, that didn't explain why Lucifer didn't want her to know. So many questions fluttered into Charlie's mind. Questions that had no immediate answers. Why could her family or friends treat her like an adult? Why was it always someone who was neither?
"I am not asking for you to trust me, I could care less," the Saint continued, "But treating you like a child is something I will not do. Take that for what you will."
โ โ Lilith made a /deal/ with Adam? The man who oppressed her? Why? Was she forced into it?
โ โ Emily too?
โ โ Charlie held her head in her hands as her regal demeanor crumbled. Why did everyone feel the need to keep everything from her? To protect her? This wasn't protection. This was dishonesty. If her father couldn't be straight with her, what else was he hiding?
"I don't believe you. Mom wouldn't abandon me or her people. Why would sheโ"
"She made some deal with Adam." Michael interjected. "I don't know the details, but that's where she's been. If you don't believe me, ask Sera, ask Emily. Ask your ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ง. Hell, even Lute knows."
โ โ And just like that, everything around Charlie shattered. Her whole world fell at her feet. Lilith was in Heaven? Why? Why didn't she tell anyone? Why didn't she come see her when Charlie was there last year? She shook her head.
"I don't know whether he knew or not. When I told him, he said he didn't care, but he made it clear that you didn't. He also didn't want me to tell you. Your mother is in Heaven, she has been this entire time."
Lucifer knew where Lilith was, and never told her?
"What do you mean?" She asked, trying to keep her voice steady. "Dad doesn't know where she is either! And if he did, he wouldn't keep that from me."
"Charlotte."
โ โ He spoke her name like an expeltice.
"I will make this quick. I had the misfortune of speaking to your father only to come and find he has not told you the whereabouts of your mother."
โ โ Charlie exhaled sharply. Her pulse spiked.
โ โ Nevertheless, the Princess offered a respectful nod of her head. "UncleโYour Holiness wanted to speak with me?"
โ โ Chin up, be respectful. She told herself, there is no threat now.
โ โ Michael's demeanor didn't change. He did not offer her the same respectful greeting.
She didn't know how to feel about that. As far as she knew, Lucifer was banished for his ideals. The war he caused was never mentioned. However, as much as she wanted to smile, the coldness in Michael's eyes told her this would not be a positive meeting.