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Chapter 17 ○ Intelligence

Grace's POV

I felt good about my actions for once. I felt so bad for Edward, especially about what happened with Kristen. We had gone to the quiz show yesterday, and it was very fun. Edward and I won of course since he knew all the answers. We decided to split the prize which was five hundred dollars. There were rarely winners, but when there were the prizes would be cash. It was a lower budget radio show but they still made a good amount of money from the contestant tickets. 

With the two hundred and fifty dollars I had gotten from the split, I decided to decorate my office a bit more. I got a frame to put a picture of me and James in, another frame for a picture of me and Edward after winning the show. On the filing cabinets, I put labels so I would know what was in them. I got a rolling chair similar to the one in Commissioner Essen's office but it was a bright white. 

I walked out of my office and walked over to Commissioner Essen's office. Jim Gordon was inside. "Oh, hello Grace. We were talking about the prison break that happened at Arkham Asylum." There was a prison break at Arkham? "Who escaped? Do we even know?" I questioned. "So far we know that Richard Sionis, Aaron Helzinger, Robert Greenwood, Arnold Dobkins..." he paused before continue and took a deep sigh. "...Barbara Kean, and Jerome Valeska." 

Barbara Kean was Jim Gordon's fiance before they broke up. She killed her parents and was put in Arkham for it. Jerome Valeska was in the news a while back when they found out he killed his mother. James had shown me in the newspaper. He was dangerous, and we all knew it. Why were some of the most dangerous prisoners broken out? 

I sighed before walking out. I heard sound echoing from the forensic lab so I decided to go visit. I knew it was Edward, and it was just about the time when his quiz show was on. I knocked on the door and heard Edward turn the radio volume down. "Come in." I walked in and Edward's smile lit up his face. "Hello Edward, how are you today?" He chuckled slightly. "I still can't thank you enough for inviting me to that quiz show, I enjoyed it." James wasn't thrilled that I was spending so much time with Edward, but he always goes places with his female Gotham Gazette co-workers. I didn't suspect anything, and I wish he didn't either. "I enjoyed it too. How is your riddle book working out for you?"

He opened the drawer in his desk and took it out. There was some paper sticking out of it. "I decided to add some of my own. I knew all of these riddles, and I didn't even look at the answer key in the back." I laughed for a bit, I probably would've looked. "Well, I should get home. I'll see you tomorrow Edward." He smiled and said goodbye and I walked out of the GCPD. I got in my car and put on the radio. The news was on, and they were talking about the jailbreak. I didn't want to listen to this, I hated it. Thinking of what could happen to innocent people made me shiver.