A Little Sane

Chapter 147

Mercedes stared at Jerome starting to get nervous. His grip on her hips was tight. She spoked cautiously. 

"I mean.. what if I really could tell you.. that I know for a fact I would be fine.."

Jerome laughed again. He shook his head and glared.

"But we all know you won't. So you couldn't tell me that. Could you...?"

Mercedes was sent into a mini-hyperventilation. She wasn't across the room. She was sitting directly in his lap and he had a hold of her. 

"Jerome..."

He was getting angrier by the second due to her condition of mood change. Mercedes made the mistake of looking at her stomach for two seconds. She watched Jerome's eyes land on it before flicking back towards her face. The second he moved his hand, she knew he was going for her stomach, but she didn't know what his intentions were. She quickly pushed out of his lap and backed away across the room. Jerome stared at her shocked and felt that she was just extremely rude to him. She watched his eyes examine the room and their shirts on the floor. He stood with a quickness. Mercedes backed away towards the hallway. 

"Have you been trying to get pregnant?!"

Mercedes instantly shook her head no. That wasn't a lie.

"No! I... I haven't I swear.. not.. on purpose..."

"Oh purpose?! What the fuck does that even mea..."

His eyes landed on where he knew her uterus was. Mercedes' first instinct was to cover it, but she tried to remain calm. Jerome fell into laughter.

"No.. You're not..."

He glared and took two steps forward.

"Because that would be fucking stupid of you to be pregnant and not doing something about it!"

Mercedes jumped at his sudden raise in his voice. Her hand started to glow. Then she could see it in his eyes. He knew. Jerome picked up the remote and threw it at the wall. Mercedes stepped back and watched how it broke into pieces. 

"How long?!"

Mercedes couldn't breathe let alone talk.

"How fucking long Mercedes?!"

She swallowed the lump in her throat and gathered her thoughts. 

"A few weeks..."

He balled his fists and his scars stretched in anger. Mercedes began to plead.

"But I'm tell you I saw it.. I'll be fine.. we can have another precious child.. I can give that to you."

Jerome instantly darted towards Mercedes. She threw a vibrational wave that should have knocked him to the ground. She missed. He chased her into the kitchen. She was on the other side of the table. Jerome bared his teeth and growled. Mercedes stood up tall. 

"I know what I'm doing... you're not going to hurt our baby.."

This only made Jerome more angry. He ran right around the table prepared to grab her. He instantly fell to the ground. She didn't miss this time. Jerome was in shock as the vibration wave knocked his balance off for a few moments. He started to stand and fell to the ground screaming in pain. Mercedes was in shock. She had shot Jerome in the arm with a fireball. She stared at his legs and knew that he could still get up and quickly. She couldn't let him hurt her and the baby. 

"Baby.... I'm so sorry..."

Jerome flopped in pain as a clear spot was burning on his leg. The look his gave her would pierce her memory forever. He was beyond enraged, but his eyes were puffy and red from crying due to pain.