A Little Mad

Chapter77

"There is no way I did that!  I would never!"

Mercedes watched in vain as TaTyana tried to convince Harvey she didn't kill Ash. She turned to Gordon.

"Please let me talk to her. I can tell her what happened." 

TaTyana stared at Mercedes in horror.

"I swear.... you know me.. I didn't do that on purpose... I would never.. poor Ash...."

Mercedes reached across the table and gently placed her hand on TaTyana's cuffed one. 

"I do know you. Which is why I will do everything to get you out of this. These games are about to be over. No matter what I have to do. No matter what law I have to break." 

The door opened and made both of them jump. James Gordon was now standing in the room.

"You won't have to do that. Dr. Strange is now on the move like we hoped and TaTyana is free to go."

Mercedes stared at Gordon in disbelief. She stood up angry.

"My best friend and I are not pawns in your law games! You had her scared to fucking death in here!"

James Gordon stepped forward calm. 

"I understand your frustration, but sometimes we have to take certain measures." 

James uncuffed TaTyana and she instantly stood up. 

"I want to go home...." 

Mercedes turned to Gordon. 

"I have always liked you and Harvey... you guys are really nice and you both care so much about the city... but you upset people sometimes... and I love Lee..."

Mercedes smiled and Gordon responded by smiling back. His smile faded to a serious expression.

"You know... it's not too late to switch sides.. we can find you guys a job and a place to stay.."

Mercedes smiled and nodded her head.

"Thank you, but I will always be on the same side. The side my heart's on."

TaTyana followed Mercedes towards the door. 

"What are you going to do if Jerome gets himself killed?"

Mercedes stopped hearing James Gordon. She didn't enjoy thinking about Jerome death. It broke her heart. She responded with the only thing her mind would tell her.

"Then I would stay by his side, continue to love and honor him until I died and got to see him again. I'd do the same thing for his brother as well..." 

Mercedes stared at the Christmas decorations around the apartment and got excited.

"I just came up with the best idea!" 

Jerome laughed walking through the living room while shaking his head. Bailey glared at Mercedes. She was clearly still mad. 

"What is your wonderful idea doll face?"

Mercedes smiled brightly at Jerome. She blocked out Bailey's stares. TaTyana and Ed came into the living room listening. 

"I want to have Christmas Eve dinner. With presents and everything. I know things aren't going so great, but maybe if we try to get into the Christmas spirit, it might make us feel better. We can celebrate TaTyana not getting thrown in jail. We can... remember Ash... and.. we can all just celebrate being together..." 

Jerome smiled and wrapped an arm around Mercedes's waist. 

"You know what? I think that is a great idea doll face."

Mercedes beamed with excitement before showing a look of nervousness. She knew Jerome would not like her next idea, but it was what she wanted. Jerome looked at her confused. 

"I um.... I really want to invite Jeremiah..." 

Bailey stared at Mercedes dumbfounded. Ed didn't say a word. TaTyana was waiting for Jerome to yell. Jerome's discontent with her request was shown all over his face. Mercedes gave him a sad, but loving look.

"Jerome... it'll be Christmas Eve... you know for a fact he won't want Ecco bothering him... he'll be in that bunker alone..."

Jerome looked annoyed, but his expression was slowly softening at the sight of Mercedes's expression. She gently grabbed his arm. 

"Come on... no one should have to spend Christmas Eve alone..." 

Jerome gently cupped her cheek and sighed. 

"Fine... you can invite him, but if he doesn't show up, that's on him and he missed out." 

Mercedes smiled brightly. She stood on her tiptoes and pecked Jerome's lips. Jerome stared at her loving look.

"You're my favorite."

Jerome smirked. 

"Oh, of course I am." 

Bailey groaned heavily. She looked more annoyed than usual. Mercedes sighed. 

"Bailey... I promise it will be fun.."

Bailey rolled her eyes. 

"Whatever.."

"Mercedes... can I talk to you alone for a minute..."

Mercedes looked at TaTyana worried and nodded. She followed TaTyana into her and Ed's room. TaTyana shut the door and turned to Mercedes concerned.

"TaTyana... what is it..?"

TaTyana looked more scared than usual. She was shaking and sweaty. She was definitely worried about something. She set on her bed. 

"I remember something from being with Dr. Strange..."

Mercedes walked towards her, afraid of what she would say. 

"He said... about our parents... we don't know the whole story..."

Mercedes shook her head ready to scream. 

"What the fuck does that mean...?" 

TaTyana responded by shaking her head as well. She was just as confused. 

"We have to get back into that owl society building. We have to search it."

TaTyana's eye grew wide. 

"Mercedes that's dangerous.."

"If we don't then we won't know what's going on. We have to sneak in. If we go in willingly with them aware, they will never let us out of their sight. We don't have other options." 

"What if we go to Bruce?"

Mercedes shook her head.

"Bruce is too protective. He's sweet that way, but he won't let us do it our way. He won't even let us go at all and he might try to cloud the truth to keep from hurting us. Jerome might not like this idea either and he might want to come, but we have to do this alone. I need him to trust that I can do this..."

TaTyana sighed. 

"Do we have time to wait until after Christmas...?"

Mercedes thought about it and decided that if something was going tocome it would come no matter what the day was. 

"Yes.. but we still have to stay aware.."