Page 62 of Lucifer's Revenge

“Well, since I love the burgers here, I made the right choice.”

They hugged and kissed, then they watched as Starr started pushing her way through the crowd. When she reached them, she blew a horn left over from the New Year’s Eve party several months ago, and placed a small cake on the table. Then she ran up to Lilith and gave her a gigantic hug.

“I only have one question,” Starr said with a grin.

“What’s that?”

“Where will your vacation be this year?”

“About that,” Lilith said and turned toward Lucius. With an impish smile, she asked, “What do you think of Denver, Colorado?”

“It’s a city in a state, what’s there?”

“The Stanley Hotel, that’s where they filmed‘The Shining’.”

“When do we leave?”

They hugged one another and it was several minutes before they broke apart and paid attention to the others milling around the bar. They spent the rest of the afternoon filling the others in on the sentencing of the three people who had terrorized them for their own gain, which they lost.

*****

Later that night, as Lucius lay there trying to get his breath back from the intense lovemaking he had just had with Lilith, he reached out, laid his hand on her naked thigh, then turned on his side to stare down at her.

“How do you feel?”

“Exhausted.”

“Thank you, but no, how do you feel about what happened earlier today. Not our engagement, but what took place at the court house?”

“Relieved.” She turned to face him. “I know everyone, you included, always said that Lucifer got his revenge, that things you did in the past was always Lucifer’s revenge. I never saw it, because I wasn’t hanging out with you back then. I will admit, there had been times that I was extremely frustrated and wanted to take matters in my own hands, but you always talked me off the ledge to wait and let Karma come knocking. It finally did.” She sighed heavily, shook her head, and nodded.

“I can honestly say that I don’t know if it was actual revenge that we got on those three or if Karma is real and it came afterthem. All I know is that they did me wrong, and now look who’s going to be locked behind bars the rest of their lives, and who is free to do anything they want?” She giggled when he chuckled, and after they pulled the covers up, they snuggled in each other’s arms. It was the first restful sleep either of them had since all this had started, knowing that their enemies would never be able to come after them again. It was a great way to start a new life with the man she loved.

The End