Jorge Joestar (Light Novel)

Chapter 9: Cliff

The second I arrived home from Rome, I was arrested for Kenton's murder. Her father, Ben Motorize, had many friends in the justice department, and he had strong-armed them into ignoring juvenile laws and charging me as an adult at age 16. With first degree murder. My mother and Penelope came to see me in jail. Penelope burst into tears the moment she laid eyes on me.

"Jorge! Poor thing...I promise I'll get you out of here, Jorge! Oh, Jorge...!"

She was in such a state it rather rattled me.

"But I'm fine, Penelope. Calm down. We can't have you losing control of your emotions, now."

I did NOT need a locked room clown showing up here. Both of them seemed rather surprised I wasn't more upset.

"Eh...?"

Penelope said, dubiously.

"This doesn't bother you?"

"I've grown up a lot, you know. I got to keep it together."

"Hunh..."

My mother seemed equally concerned, but she said,

"Well, I'm glad to hear it, Jorge. Still, we'll do everything we can to get you home soon. Don't you worry."

"Mm. Don't worry about me. I'm actually pretty comfortable here. Eh heh heh."

"...............? You really do seem like you're OK."

Still not quite believing it, mother and Penelope went on their way, but on the way back to my solitary cell – they were keeping me separated from the adult criminals – it was all I could do to stop myself from skipping. The guards hated it when I did that, so I forced myself to walk. I supposed this was what they meant by happy feet. I wanted to get back to my cell. The tiny cell at the very back. Where Lisa Lisa was. As we reached the cell the guard went bzzt and fell asleep on his feet. She'd paralyzed the thought centers of his brain, and he fell back to his normal routine, doing only things he didn't have to think about. Put the suspect in the cell, turn the key...just like he did every day. His eyes saw Lisa Lisa and saw the state of our cell – we even had a refrigerator – but his mind failed to comprehend it. My mind remained unaffected because Lisa Lisa had given me socks that blocked the Hamon she was sending rippling through the floor. They were made from special thread from the uh... Smrtipologian Beetle, I think. Anyway, this weird bug's thread disperses Hamon.

"Welcome back, Jorge."

"Good to be back!"

"Mama Erina looked so worried at first. Thank goodness you were able to reassure her."

"Eh? You were watching?"

"Mm. I thought I might have to say I was with you if she looked too upset."

"Eh..."

If mother found out about this she might very well say that jail was no place for a young lady and forbid her from staying.

"But reassure her you did,"

Lisa Lisa chuckled.

"So I didn't say anything. Mama Erina and old man Speedwagon will take care of things, and the Hamon Warriors are helping too. I'm sure you'll be free in no time."

"Mmm..."

I didn't really want to leave. With Lisa Lisa being nice enough to bring me food and snacks and clean the place and teaching me things this place was paradise. I didn't have to go to school, either. But I knew better than to tell her that. Since Lisa Lisa had been with me almost since the moment I was arrested I had escaped all anxiety and fear. I knew I could rely on her utterly and completely. Watching her walk right into the jail with all the guards going bzzzt bzzzt bzzzt I completely forgot to be depressed.