Who: Roxanne Castillo and Lucas Valentine. What: Good news all around. When: Tuesday night. Where: Their apartment, Chicago. Warnings: TBA.
Work had been a little tense lately. She wasn't entirely sure what was going on, but the crowd at Happy Endings had shifted subtly. It had always been just on the edge of shady. Now something was going on behind the scenes to make it worse. She tried to ignore it. All she was there to do was perform. Whatever trouble Lou had gotten himself in to really didn't concern her. She had enough troubles of her own to go around worrying about the people she wasn't particularly fond of. The only real issue she had were the new people lurking around. They didn't have a very wholesome look, and she was more than a little concerned that this was some new plot of her ex-boyfriends.
She'd been trying to fight back anxiety when the call came. It was hard to worry about how sketchy things were around the club when the news came that Richard had been arrested. Getting through the rest of the night had been a challenge. She was giddy and distracted, though she managed to more or less focused when she was on stage. After the show, she grabbed her things and made a mash dash home. This wasn't just her good news. The threat of Richard trying to retaliate again had been looming over both of them for the last month and a half. Now they would probably have a whole new batch of problems to deal with as it all went to court, but at least they could start to move on with their lives.
She burst through the door with a grin a mile wide. Lucas was usually home before she was, so she didn't feel like a complete crazy person when she started yelling for him. "Luc!" When he came in to the living room looking bewildered, she threw her arms around him, spinning them both. "I got the news tonight. It's done. They arrested him."