Chloe walked with Lucifer into the station Monday morning. After finding out that Father Kinley knew about the baby, she'd conceded to letting Lucifer drive her to work for a while. She didn't like the idea of giving into fear that way, but she also didn't want to place her child at risk. Yes, she was still a police detective and handled herself well, but being pregnant made her vulnerable.

Chloe went to her desk and sat down. "Thanks for driving me, though you didn't have to follow me in."

"What are you talking about? I'm not leaving," Lucifer said as if the idea were ridiculous.

Chloe looked at him with surprise. Lucifer hadn't really consulted since she'd gone on desk duty. Lucifer didn't do paperwork, and frankly, Chloe preferred it that way. The last time Lucifer 'helped' with paperwork, he'd just created even more work for her. "You wanna stay here while I do paperwork?"

"Kinley knows everything. I'm not leaving you alone," Lucifer said firmly.

"Lucifer, I'm in the middle of a police station. Kinley can't be stupid enough to try something here," Chloe said.

"Oh, Detective, you have no idea how stupid priests can be. People like Kinley are arrogant. They believe they can't be touched because they're God's messengers, though the idea of that is asinine. Father has plenty of soldiers without resorting to humans. Anyway, Kinley is no exception to those preachers. He thinks he can do as he pleases," Lucifer said.

Chloe couldn't deny that he was right about that. Kinley had even told her that he didn't respect the law. He believed it didn't apply to him because he believed he had the backing of God. Still, she found it hard to believe he would walk into a police station and kill her.

Before Chloe had the chance to make her argument with Lucifer, she noticed Dan coming her way. She glowered at him. He was the last person she wanted to see right now. "We're not talking here, Dan. Walk away."

"I just wanna know how Trixie is," Dan said. He'd tried to call Chloe the day after Lucifer took Trixie, but she wouldn't answer the phone. He wanted to make sure Trixie was okay and to apologize for what happened.

"Now you care about Trixie? Too bad you didn't care when you were scaring the hell out of her," Chloe said angrily. She was livid when Lucifer told her what happened. She couldn't believe Dan would do that. He'd had a lot of anger issues since Charlotte's death, but she didn't want to believe he'd every take that anger out on their daughter.

"I didn't mean for it to happen, Chloe. I was messed up," Dan said.

"You were drunk. Come on, we're not putting on a show here," Chloe said before getting up and leading the way to the lab. Ella wasn't in yet, so it would be empty. She walked inside and waited for Dan to do the same before closing the door. "What the hell were you even thinking getting drunk when you had Trixie."

"I…I forgot that I had her this weekend. I'd already started drinking. Hey, and your new roommate drinks all the time, ever n on the job," Dan pointed out. It was another reason he couldn't stand the bastard. He got away with everything he did, especially where Chloe was concerned.

"Lucifer doesn't get drunk, and he definitely doesn't start screaming at children. If you forgot you were supposed to have Trixie, you should've sent her home when you realized you were too screwed up to take care of her," Chloe said. She wasn't happy that he even forgot about their daughter, but she wasn't going to dwell on it when there was so much more to focus on. Besides, mistakes happened. That could be considered a mistake. Being drunk around Trixie and terrifying her was not.

"I tried. The sitter said you had left for the night," Dan said.

"Lucifer was home," Chloe said.

Dan didn't say anything. The sitter had told him that, but he'd been unwilling to send his daughter back to Lucifer.

"I see. So, you decided to put your damn petty, baseless grudge ahead of our daughter!" Chloe said angrily.

"I thought I was okay enough to handle it," Dan said.

"If you were screaming at our daughter for daring to be excited about her brother or sister, you were far from okay!" Chloe yelled.

"I made a mistake. I'm sorry. I won't let it happen again," Dan swore.

"No, I won't let it happen again," Chloe said in a firm tone.

Dan could tell by his ex-wife's tone of course that she planned to personally make sure he didn't the chance to do anything like this again. He had a feeling she was going to make things hard for him. "Chloe, whatever you're thinking, please don't. I promise I won't do it again."

"You terrified our daughter. She had to call someone to come and get her because she was afraid of you!" Chloe practically growled.

Dan looked down in shame. He knew he'd messed up. He'd seen the look in Trixie's eyes as Lucifer took her away. He knew she was afraid of him, and he hated that.

"And you wanted me to leave her with you full time? You couldn't even handle a weekend. Well, you won't have to for a while," Chloe said in a final tone.

"Chloe please…"

"I can't trust you. You've just proven that. I'm really sorry for what Charlotte's death has done to you, Dan, but it doesn't give you the right to take it out on everyone else, especially our daughter. I can't make any more excuses for you. You need to figure out your life. Until you do that, you'll only see Trixie with me present, and only when Trixie is ready to see you," Chloe said firmly.

"You can't!" Dan said angrily. He knew he messed up, but he just made a mistake.

"I am. Go ahead, take me to court if you want. Somehow I don't think it'll end well for you. You need help, Dan. I really hope you can find some way to put your life back together, but Trixie is not going to be around for you take your anger out on until you realize how low you've sunk," Chloe said. She took no pleasure in doing this. She felt for Dan, but he was alienating everyone around him. He was hurting people. She would not allow her daughter be one of those people again.

"But she can be around the guy who calls himself the devil, gets people killed, and attracts nutjobs, one of which is targeting his own kid," Dan said irritably.

Just then, Ella walked in. "Is everything okay?"

"Yeah, it's fine. Sorry for taking over your workspace, Ella," Chloe said before walking out of the lab.

Xxxxxxxxxxx

Later that night, Chloe was in the kitchen of the penthouse cooking dinner for her and Lucifer while he was downstairs getting ready for Lux to open. Trixie was at a sleepover. Normally, Chloe didn't allow sleepovers on a school night, but she didn't have the heart to tell her daughter no after the weekend she'd had.

Lucifer soon came into the room. "Detective, what are you doing? I was going to cook."

"Nope, you're taking the night off. I've got everything handled," Chloe said.

"But you should be resting. That's what the doctor said at the last appointment. That you would need more rest and to avoid stress," Lucifer said.

"I'm fine, Lucifer. Trust me, I know what I can and can't handle. I've done this before. I can handle cooking us dinner. I appreciate the concern though," Chloe said.

"Very well. Is the child gone already?" Lucifer asked.

"Yeah. She left for the sleepover about twenty minutes ago," Chloe said. The other child's parents had picked her up. "Maze is stationed outside the house Trixie's at in case Father Kinley tries something. I told Maze you had people watching her, but she was adamant that she be the one."

"I'm glad. No one is more qualified than Mazikeen in this regard," Lucifer said.

"I agree, which is why I didn't even really try to fight her on it. I'm glad my kids have one of Hell's fiercest demons and the Devil to protect them. It's hard to believe that there was ever a time when I though you or Maze being around wasn't a good thing.

Lucifer looked away and shifted uncomfortably.

Chloe quickly finished up dinner, which was just some pasta, and the two of them sat at the table to eat. "Lucifer, I hope you know now how sorry I am for what happened with Kinley.

"I do. I mean, you've said it many times, and I believe you," Lucifer said.

"But it's still hard for you. You can't forgive me yet," Chloe said.

"It's not that, Detective. I have forgiven you. I know that Kinley manipulated you, and that you eventually resisted those manipulations," Lucifer said. He'd felt betrayed and angry when he found out the detective had considered sending him to Hell, but he'd forgiven her. He believed she regretted it, and not just because of the baby. It just still hurt, and he had a hard time letting himself trust her with his heart again. He'd never been all that good with trust in the first place.

"But you don't trust me, do you?" Chloe asked. She couldn't really blame him. She'd betrayed his trust. She hadn't gone through with Kinley's plan, or even agreed to it, but the fact that she thought about it was a betrayal in itself.

"I do for the most part. I certainly don't believe you're going behind my back to betray me. I believe you when you say you're sorry, and that you're not afraid of me. You leave me alone with your child on a daily basis. How could you fear me and do that. It's more me than you. I don't let people get close," Lucifer said.

Chloe nodded as she realized what he was saying. "Like you let me get close. Then I hurt you. You're afraid to do that again."

Lucifer looked away uncomfortably. He didn't speak of his emotions, except for occasionally with Linda. He had spoken to her about this a bit, and she'd advised him to talk to the detective about it.

"Lucifer, please look at me," Chloe requested.

Lucifer did as she asked.

"I'm not going to promise not to hurt you again. The fact is, people hurt each other, especially those they care about. They don't mean to, but it happens. But I will never hurt you like this again. I will never lose faith in you again or intentionally hurt you, or even think about it," Chloe swore.

"I mostly believe that," Lucifer said quietly.

"I get it. It's going to take you time to get through what happened between us. I just hope that you can because I would really like to see where what was developing between us when we conceived our child could go," Chloe said.

"So would I," Lucifer said.

Chloe took him by the hand. "So, can you give me another chance? We can go slow and see where it goes."

Lucifer nodded after a minute. He was scared, but it was only fair that he give her a second chance. She'd given him one. He was the one that ruined things the first time when he took off to Las Vegas. His father could take a good portion of the blame for that one, but the point was that he screwed up. He'd hurt the detective, just as she had hurt him. Besides, the more time they spent together, the more he wanted to be with her. "Yes, I can do that."

Chloe smiled before leaning over and gently kissing him.