Back To Her Roots (Book 2 of Fell in Love with the Devil series)

Everything's Coming Up Lucifer [2]

"I'm in so much trouble," Amy said.

"We don't care about your drug use, Amy," Chloe admitted.

"You don't?"

"What we care about is that you and Jillian had an argument right before she died. Why?"

"It doesn't matter,"

"We found a lot of cash at Jillian's house so she was blackmailing you?" Maya suggested.

"She wasn't blackmailing me. She was my sober companion,"

"Well, clearly not very good at it," Lucifer whispered in Maya's ear.

"The production company thought it was a good idea to hire my stand-in to also keep an eye on me. They thought it would help keep it a secret,"

"What was the fight about?" Chloe questioned.

"I was getting tired of her treating me like a child. I'm an adult. I can make my own decisions,"

"Clearly," Lucifer said as he held up a stuffed teddy bear.

Amy sighed "I'd gotten a new supply, and she was trying to take it away from me." Amy went over to her drawer and pulled out a baggie. She handed it over to Chloe "Please, take it all away,"

Chloe showed Maya and Lucifer the baggie.

"A devil emoji? That's it. I'm speaking to a copyright lawyer today,"

"So Jillian cut off your supply," Maya said "That must have pissed off your dealer. Who is he?"

"I never met him." Amy admitted "All I have is a number. I text him, he'd messenger me the drugs,"

"Okay, good." Chloe nodded "I'm gonna need that number,"

***

Maya and Lucifer stood to the side as Chloe paced as she talked on the phone.

"Okay, thank you," Chloe said as she hung up. "Okay, so the production company confirms that they paid Jillian under the table to be Amy's sober companion. That explains the cash. I'm not saying Amy's innocent, but I don't see a motive anymore,"

"Well, what about our emoji-loving drug dealer?" Lucifer asked.

"Could be a show of strength, making sure no one screws with him in the future. I put a warrant in to locate his cell phone, and..." Chloe noticed that Maya and Lucifer weren't really paying attention "What? Do you still think this is about you?"

"Of course I do. But it's worse than I thought. My mom's clearly playing the long game. Taunting me with my own distorted image again and again,"

"Do you really think the drug dealer is your mother?" Maya wondered.

"Well, she's clever enough to pull it all off." Lucifer noticed Chloe roll her eyes "What? You thought I took after my dad?"

Maya snorted at the thought.

"Oh. You don't have to believe anything I say, Detective. Test my blood,"

Maya chuckled as she and Lucifer headed over to the Impala.

***

"When I woke up a week later, they'd written in a wise-crackin' neighbor," A man explained up on a podium.

Lucifer and Maya were sitting in the audience.

"He got all the best lines,"

"Your heart goes out to him, doesn't it?" Lucifer asked Maya.