Criminals in Love

A Clown in Gotham

Bianca pov:

I walked around the circus, exploring the different acts that performed on the center of the stage. Jerome and Jeremiah walked over to me and we went to go watch our mother dance with her boa...

I hid behind my brothers scared of her snake, one of our mother's lovers lead us back to the trailer, and I went to go make dinner while my brothers did their chores.

Mother's lover stood close behind me pulling me into him as he kissed me, Jerome came into the trailer yelling at him, I went to do my other chores to get away from Jerome's anger, and Jeremiah was sent to a boarding school to get away from Jerome for starting a fire to his bed. Jerome later told me that the lover was abusing both of us and that mother simply didn't care...

Jerome told me to stay outside while he dealt with mother's clown lover... I wondered around again only for a black bag to be placed on my head and I was placed in a moving vehicle... I was scared until the vehicle stopped, I was lead out of the vehicle, I heard a door open, I was lead into a building and the bag was removed from my head...

A man stood in front of me, "Welcome home."

One of the gunmen's placed a hand on my back as he shoved me into him, "Boss, we had a little problem at Haly's Circus but we got you this one."

The man hugged me then sniffed my red hair, "Peanuts and cigarettes?" I stared at him confused and he looked at the people that kidnapped me, "One of you, draw her a bath, we can't have my adopted daughter smelling like garbage found in a circus tent!"

A gunman dragged me upstairs as another gunman left a room handing him clothes on a hanger. The gunman continued to drag me around until he opened a door, he went over to the tub turning on the water, and he left the bathroom closing the door behind him...

I got into the tub and I realized Jerome was right about the abuse... I cleaned myself of the smell from the circus, I dried off quickly, I got dressed into the clean clothes that was brought in for me, and I left the bathroom. I got to know my new father and he wanted me to take part in his business. I agreed and he called in Victor to train me how to handle guns and fight...

I followed my father's rules: Not to tell a soul about my past that includes no talking about my time in the circus and not to tell anyone about my father's crime family or his criminal business. I had to memorize names and information in case anyone did start asking me questions about where I came from... I understood.