Not always life is so giving. Not always you'll end up happy. Life has tendency to take things from you.

Without warning.

Without asking.

Without your consent.

And there is absolutely nothing you can do about it.

Somehow Kate had ended up being devastated and unhappy. Certain things taken away from her.

Feeling as if part of her was missing, Kate took steady breath and looked directly at the computer screen.

"Are you okay, dear?" Her mom asked as if she knew that something was on her daughter's mind.

Everybody has been asking that lately. Oh, God, how she wanted to scream and cry and tear out her own hair. It hurt so much. It was dragging her down and there was absolutely nothing that could help her. From one point she thought that maybe locking herself away from everybody would help her but no. Then she thought that maybe leaving Him would be better, that didn't seem to help either.

And here she was again, being asked that same damned question. She was sick of it and something in her cracked.

"No, mom. I'm far from alright." Kate said with broken voice and let small tear run down her face. Did it feel good to say that?

'Oh, God, yes...'

"Tell me what happened?" Her mom looked at her daughter lovingly yet with fear dancing somewhere behind everything.

"I really want to be normal, mom." Kate cried and dried her tears in her sleeve.

"But you are normal, Katie." Her mom sweetly smiled at her trying to calm and cheer her up.

"Which normal person has been in rehab just because everybody thinks that they are seeing non-existent things, mom? Huh? Answer me that!" Kate didn't regret her outburst. She was sick of it. Of everything.

"Which normal person has guardian angel with twisted ways?" Kate somehow didn't seem to stop. Even if her mother wanted to say something in between.

"Which normal person has seen piles of dead bodies?" Kate said, tears now freely streaming down her face.

"Katie.." Her mom tried to say.

"Which person has seen the true side of angels?" Kate didn't listen.

"Which person has been raped when they are not in the right state of mind and when their judgment is clouded? Huh?" Kate said her voice rising.

"WHICH NORMAL PERSON HAS FELL IN LOVE WITH THE DEVIL?!" Kate was full blown yelling right now. Not caring if tears were all over the place.

Kate would still be yelling how demented she is if there wouldn't be a ding indicating that someone was here.

"Fuck!" Kate hissed and glanced at the elevator from her spot on living room's sofa.

"Katie? Answer me! What is going on?" Kate could hear her mother's cries from computer but her eyes still were glued on the person standing near the bar.

"Who. Are you?" Woman with honey coloured hair asked Kate.

Only response she got was Kate slamming the laptop shut.

"Wait. Don't tell me! I think I know." Woman said and stepped closer to Kate's sitting form.

'Why does she looks as if she is about to devour me?' Kate had fleeting thought while she didn't dare to take her cried out eyes off the stranger.

"You're The Girl." Woman said and smiled at Kate.

"Who are you?" Kate asked and slowly crawled backwards to the furthest end of the sofa.

"I am pretty sure can't even pronounce my name. I'm Charlotte." Woman said.

"Is it supposed to ring a bell for me?" Kate raised questioning eyebrow.

"Of course not..." Woman trailed off and made her way closer to the piano.

"But I heard your talk with... whoever you were talking to..." Charlotte said nonchalantly and dragged her hand across the lid of the piano.

"How much did you hear?" Kate asked carefully.

"Oh, nothing much. Just the fact that you love Lucifer." Charlotte answered.

"Why do you think I was talking about Him?" Kate asked as she felt blush creeping up her neck. Hearing someone say that she was in love with Him sounded so absurd and oblivious to her.

"He is the only Devil here, silly girl." Charlotte laughed but in next second her smile was gone.

And if that didn't terrify Kate, then she was made of rock.

"Listen here, you pathetic mortal!" Charlotte hissed and pointed finger at Kate.

With shiver running down her spine Kate nodded not saying a word to her.

"If you think that you can keep Him here any second longer, you are wrong, girl!" Charlotte spat at her.

'What is she talking about?'

"He will NEVER return that kind of an emotion, you realize that don't you?!" Charlotte continued.

"Everybody loves Him. That's how He's made!" Charlotte looked around when her eyes once again landed on Kate.

"I should have found you sooner. Maybe then you wouldn't have been here." Charlotte mumbled and came closer to Kate.

"What are you doing?" Kate asked in scared tone, trying to get away but sofa's armrest didn't allow her to do so, only making new tears appear in her eyes.

'Why was she left alone today?'

And as cliché as it sounded there was a ding from elevator.

In this moment Kate was thanking whatever deity was still with her.

Hey, I am back with new chapter! Please do enjoy!

Things are changing and so is Kate.

And WHO is here now???!?!

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NB: Pardon my mistakes.