Angel or Demon

Once Lilith enters the lobby of the hotel, the others of the crew quickly pay her no mind as they gather around the bar with Vaggie. Vaggie keeps her eye in the direction of the royals, so that she could keep an eye on her girlfriend should anything happen. Husk keeps himself focused, so that his ears could listen in on their conversation.

Charlie sits with her mother with a small sigh, "Can we make this visit a bit quick mom? We still have a lot to do and lot to think over."

Lilith merely nods her head, "I know sweetie, I just wanted to check on you. I can see that you're still stressed at the moment, and I know when it comes to dealing with our people, and trying to help them it can be very hard."

Charlie sighs, "Yeah...." She glances to the side as her mother's finger lightly glides a strand of her hair away from her face.

"What is it Charlie...?" She asks.

Charlie closes her eyes as she sighs through her nose. She breathes and turns to her mother, her grim expression giving away her disappointment in her.

"I haven't been able to bring this up to you til now, but I need to know....why did you leave? I don't want to hear, that you had to or that it was for the best. I need to know."

Lilith is a bit stunned by her sudden demand, and isn't sure on how to respond.

"Well...? Did I studder mother...?"

Lilith folds her hands together in her lap, "Charlie the split between me and your father was because of our own differences on how to handle our people. How to move forward with them."

Charlie folds her arms, "Then why didn't you try to stop the exterminations? Why did you leave everything to stay the way it is? Why did you vanish on us?"

Lilith can't seem to find a way to respond. She isn't sure on what to say to please her daughter. Something about this line of questioning felt wrong.

'What could she possibly know...?'

"Are you unable to answer me?"

"Charlie, please I can't give an answer to you, because it's too much to explain. Too complicated. What you think you know, isn't all of the truth. I want what's best for the people of Hell, for our people. I wanted to truly bring everyone's true power to light. Hell doesn't need to be a place of suffering, why do you think me and your father set it up the way that it is?"

Charlie stands tall with her hands in fists.

"You gained power as the city grew, that's always what was told. You grew and grew with the very Kingdom you created with my father, but you created this entire place to start a fight. Not to save these souls....! Father may have approved of the exterminations, but you allowed for it to happen too! If you wanted to help our people you would have tried to help dad a long time ago when he tried to help them...! But you didn't...! And when you fought it was always the same thing until he gave up!"

Lilith stands, "Charlie—"

"So tell me the truth! Why did you leave?! Why did you marry dad and have me if this was going to be the end result?!" Her voice rings through the hotel, her emotions vibrating through the air as the building's structure shook with her outburst.

Vaggie quickly moves from the bar to her side and takes her hand.

"Charlie...."

Charlie closes her eyes tightly, "You left us to figure everything out! You left me to take the reigns when I literally can't do everything on my own! I'm lucky that I have my friends with me now to help me. And I'm lucky that I actually can connect with sinners unlike you...!"