Forbidden Love

Chapter 10-Questions

Emily POV

Jim stayed and continued to interrogate the ringmaster while the ambulance came to remove Lila. Jerome was so distraught that he had to be taken to the trailer to catch his breath. Jim was going to interview him tomorrow morning. As Jim finishes his interview, I was ready to leave when I hear Jim say, 

"Sterling!" 

I stop in my tracks, like a scared puppy who overturned the water bowl. Jim was walking up towards me. I was becoming nervous for some reason, but it was only because Jim put the fear of God in me. In a calm voice, Jim asks me, 

"How are you doing, Emily?"

 I nodded and said, "I'm okay. I just graduated, and I'm heading to-" 

"What the hell are you doing?" He interrupted. 

I look at him with a puzzled look. 

"Why are you with him?" Jim asks me with an angry tone.

I clear my throat and say, in a defensive tone, 

"Why? Are you jealous?" 

Jim widened his eyes and said,

 "No. If you must know, I am with someone else. I left Barbara and met Dr. Thompkins when I was displaced as a detective. I want to know why are you with a murder suspect?" 

"I've been with him for four months. We just got engaged, and I know Jerome. He'd never do anything to his mother, Jim." 

Tears were threatening to stream down my face, and Jim was not swayed. 

"Do you love him?" Jim asks me. 

I wiped my eyes and said, 

"Yes, of course. I love him, and I always will." 

Jim nodded and said, "I want to see you and Jerome tomorrow morning at the GCPD station. Have a good night, Emily." 

Jim and the woman, now identified to me as Leslie, walk away together. I then run to Jerome's trailer and walk inside. I can still hear Jerome crying. I walk towards the back and see Jerome crying into his pillow. 

"Jerome? Detective Gordon wants to see us tomorrow morning. You need to rest." 

Jerome said nothing at all. He just kept crying and wiping his eyes. 

"Jerome, I'm going to my trailer. I'll see you tomorrow morning. I love you." 

I walk over to kiss Jerome on the head. Jerome suddenly kissed my lips and pulled me close to him. 

"I'm sorry. I know it's not a good time. Can you please stay here with me? I won't try anything; it's just I need you here." Jerome says to me. 

His eyes were red from all of the crying that he had done. 

I sigh and say, "Alright, Jerome. I'll stay." 

I then turn off the light and lock the front door. I then get into bed with Jerome, and he then proceeds to hold me close to him as we both fell asleep in each other's arms. 

The Next Morning

Jerome and I woke up to get ready and head to the police station with Jim. Not only was it us, but everyone since there was a fight between Owen Lloyd and Alphonse Grayson. Jim brought the both of us together in the same room while Bullock interrogated the others. I said nothing as Jim asked all the questions. 

"Tell me about your mother, Jerome." 

Jerome was still shaky. "She's my mother. What can I say? I love her." 

Jerome sniffled before continuing. "She's perfect. Not a very good cook, Heh. Except for that."

Jim slightly smiled at this comment. Jim immediately thought of more questions. 

"Did she have any enemies? Someone with a grudge?" 

Jerome replied, "No."

"Boyfriends?" 

"No." 

Jim looked puzzled. "No?" 

"She had lovers. Sex partners. But not boyfriends. She didn't want the commitment." Jerome casually replied. 

In the months I knew Jerome, he never spoke about his mother and her activities. 

Jim then asked, "Alphonse Grayson?" 

"Yes, he was one of them."

 "Owen Lloyd?"

 "Yes." 

Jim then asked, "Any others?" 

Jerome didn't take long to answer. 

"Uh, not that I could put a name to." 

Jim looked very uncomfortable asking the next question. 

"How did you feel about your mother's love life?" 

Jerome looked Jim in the eyes and said, 

"I feel fine about it. If not for my mother's love life, I wouldn't be here, would I? Sex is a healthy, human activity." 

Jim's eyes widened a little bit as he said, 

"Yes, it is." 

I chuckled slightly. Someone is frustrated. 

"Do you have any other family?" Jim asked Jerome.

 He looked down and up again at Jim and said, 

"The circus is my family, and now, so is Emily." Jerome kissed my hand. I smiled, and then Jim asks me, 

"Emily, where were you yesterday?" 

"I went to the library, came back, and I was going to meet with Edward Nygma, but he canceled on me last minute, and I headed back to the circus. That's where Jerome proposed, and we were going to celebrate, but then, you know the rest." 

Jim nodded and said, 

"Okay. Both of you are free to go. Don't try to leave town." 

Jim then got up and left us in the interrogation room.