Isabelle wondered if he was waiting for her in front of her house. The confrontation that she was avoiding would come sooner rather than later. Isabelle suddenly did not want to go into her house anymore. She sat in the car for quite a while, thinking of what she would say when she came out. Isabelle half expected that he would come out of his car and knock on her window. After a while, she realized that he wouldn’t and stepped outside of her vehicle. Isabelle went to check Lucifer’s car and was surprised to see it empty. Where had he gone? And without a car even.

Isabelle figured that...