Falling From Grace

Chapter 8

The sun shone down with Ember moaning and groaning as she struggled to get up out of bed. Her head was pounding with the light being too much to bare as she laid in bed. Stomach churning and shaking as she tried to sleep off this hangover. However, her bile beats her desire to sleep as she coughs and throws up all over the floor.

"Ah crap." Ember moaned, her heart beating and sweat pouring down her face as she stood up and tried to get out of bed when she stepped in her bile and slipped, bile all over her clothes. Groaning as she gets up and tries to walk out of the room with the hotel lights beaming down on her. She bends down, trying to get as much light off of her as possible with no luck. It was a struggle until Husk came around, smelling something foul. As he got closer, Ember was in his path and he instantly backed away.

"Jesus, you smell like shit!" Husk said as he bent down with Ember staying silent as he bent down, seeing the bile on her. His approach changed as he comforted her to which Ember resisted.

"Let's get you cleaned up. There's a bathroom-" Husk started as Ember started to cry, head pounding there and felt sick to her stomach as she cried and threw up with Husk getting her up and guiding her to the bathroom where she throws up all the drinks in her system and pill that never digested in her system. Husk worried as he stroked her back and when she was done, played with his fur. Husk was over it at that point as he dug into the toilet and grabbed the bile covered pill.

"Darling where'd you get the pill?" He asked as Ember turned over and threw up more. Shaking and sweating as her whole body was drenched. The atmosphere was tense with Husk comforting her.

"Darling, did Cherri give this to you?" Husk asked with Ember in a daze.

"You...mean Rapunzel? Yeah, she gave that. I...wanted to forget my troubles and she gave me that. I don't feel good, I feel like crap." Ember explained as Husk nodded with Ember throwing up more with everything out of her system. When she was done, Husk helped clean up the mess in her room while advising her to take a shower. This went on for twenty minutes before Husk left with Ember still in the shower. She was fading in and out, wrapping up her shower. She got out, refreshed with clothes outside. Shaking as she put on the silk red pajamas with her instantly climbing into bed and sleeping off the hangover and bile filled anxiety. Back downstairs, Husk has a meeting with Charlie and Vaggie who were really worried.

"Cherri gave this to her? She's barely eighteen years old, she doesn't...goddamn it!" Vaggie said as Charlie supported Vaggie, comforting her by stroking her back with Vaggie thinking.

"What do you think we should do? I mean...we never had a case like this one." Charlie said, pacing around the living room. Vaggie thought as Lucifer slowly made his way upstairs. Each step made his heart beat, getting closer as he knocked on the door. He heard no answer so he went in, seeing her shake as she slept. Shifting from one side to the other with Lucifer getting closer. He bent down when he was close enough and tapped her to which Ember backed away, startled. He let go and gave her space to stim.

"I didn't mean to startle you. I...just wanted to know how you were feeling." Lucifer whispered to Ember not registering what was going on. Her eyes darted from left to right, rubbing her hands together. She felt she couldn't speak when she looked at Lucifer helplessly. He got the message and sat all the way on the bed.

"It's ok to be silent, sometimes we can't express how we feel. When my daughter told me she was going to build a hotel to rehabilitate sinners, I didn't know what to do so I didn't keep up with her updates. However, when she was talking about going to heaven with the idea, I got scared." Lucifer shivered, rubbing his rubber duck by the plastic fins. Ember just stared at the covers as the red sky shined somewhat with the blood red sun beaming across the windows.