Page 56 of Lucifer's Revenge
The party went on until last call, and by the time the two of them pulled into Luc’s driveway, the sun was coming up. Thankfully, it was a Sunday, and neither of them had to work.
“Hungry?” Lilith asked as they entered the house.
“Starving.”
“Good, go take a shower, and I’ll make breakfast.”
“Or we could shower together.”
“We could, but then we would never get anything to eat.” He grabbed her, hugged her, and kissed her soundly.
“Yeah, you’re right. Thankfully, this red paint comes off with hot water and soap.” He still wore his Lucifer costume. As he went to get cleaned up, Lilith opened the refrigerator and got to work. By the time the full farmer’s breakfast of fried potatoes, with veggies, bacon, eggs, and biscuits and gravy was put on the table, Lucius had returned.
“Wow, you went all out,” he said as he poured them both a glass of juice as she got their coffee.
Lilith shrugged. “Hey, I’m hungry too.”
“I’m not knocking it,” he said as he pulled her chair out, took his own seat, and they dug into the meal. Neither of them spoke until they were almost done, too hungry to not eat the food while it was still hot. It was Lilith that broke the comfortable silence.
“Can I talk to you about something?”
“Sure, are you finally going to tell me what’s been on your mind for the last few days? You’ve been walking around in a daze, or wool gathering by staring off into space when you thought no one would notice.”
“Really?”
“Really. What’s got you twisted up?”
Lilith drew in a deep breath and let it out slowly. She rose and went to get the coffee pot to refill their cups. Before she returned, she opened a drawer that held the kitchen towels and pulled out an envelope. At the table, she settled down and laid her hands over the envelope.
“What’s that?”
“The results from the insurance adjusters from my house.”
“Oh, shit, I forgot all about that. What did they say?”
Instead of answering him, she pushed the envelope toward him and nodded for him to take it. He did, and read the letter enclosed. When he finished, he slowly put it back in the envelope and looked at her.
“What are you going to do?”
“I don’t know. As you just read they deemed the contents of my home wrecked, or totaled, or unsalvageable. They said there wasn’t one thing that could be saved, and they included a check for the entire contents of my home.” She pulled the check from her pocket and showed him.
“Wow, okay, so I’m still asking the same question. What are you going to do?”
“I don’t know if I can do anything.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“Do you recall the conversation we had with Bandit and the others while Starr was making you up last night.”
“Maybe,” he said hesitantly. “Refresh my memory as to which conversation.”
“Crap, you weren’t in the room when this occurred. Sorry, but Bandit said that the investigation into the vandalism of my home is progressing nicely. Richard had photos of Sally, Brenda, and that guy coming out of my house. My neighbors to the back of me had cameras and they willingly handed the film over. It proved that the guy and Sally broke my windows, and Sally was the first one in through the broken window. She unlocked the door and opened it for the others to enter.” She saw his expression of anger and reached out to lay her hand over his. “He asked me if I wanted to press charges. I said yes.”
“Where are they now?”
“Still in jail on the kidnapping charges. Bandit said they couldn’t make bail.” She giggled and grinned. “It was set for one million, each.”
Lucius whistled and shook his head. “Wow, okay, but what did you mean by that you might not be able to do anything?”
