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CHAPTER 146

“Are you ready to talk about it?” Lucifer asked from the dark corner where he was sitting.

His office was dimly lit and a few soft pools of light casted shadows on the walls.

Asher stood before him, with a pale face, “I think so.”

Lucifer, stared at him, with his eyes flicking to the pile of documents and items Asher had brought back from his parents' house. He had asked Antonio and two other guards to go back with him to get any valuable thing that could be used as evidence.

“Have your seat. It's just you and I. I don't want to sound like a therapist right now but yeah I would listen to you. Take as much time.”

Asher sank into the chair and swallowed hard before speaking.

“I’ve never told anyone besides Katherine, all of this,” he began quietly, his voice betraying the tiredness there. “But I need you to understand everything. About Amanda. About Ethan. About what they did to Katherine and the kids.”

Lucifer’s gaze stayed unwavering and he nodded at Asher to urge him on.
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