A Little Sane

Chapter 43

Jerome threw his jacket on the couch. He had just got home from dropping off the twins. His interaction with Mercedes was actually very pleasant. They laughed and talked about the kids. Jerome froze. He could hear a footstep behind him.

"You know it isn't very nice to follow someone home."

He turned around to see Zella smiling at him. She plopped down on his couch. Jerome looked at her confused.

"Well, I was curious."

Jerome slowly walked towards her tilting his head.

"What do you want?"

She set up straight. She examined him with a smile.

"To get you out of this sad phase. You are Jerome Valeska."

He rolled his eyes.

"I know who I am."

Zella laughed and stood up.

"And yet you are running around depressed and doing half ass crimes over some woman."

Jerome chuckled.

"I think you are a little nosey."

Zella stepped close to him and poked him in the chest.

"And I think you are acting stupid and need to get out of this dirty apartment."

Jerome shook his head.

"What do you think I should do?"

Zella grabbed his hand. 

"Come on."

Jerome gently pulled his hand away.

"Hey, I'm married.."

Zella laughed and shook her head.

"Yet you are here because your wife doesn't understand you and you two fight. Doesn't sound like a fun marriage to me."

Zella sauntered up to Jerome and kissed his cheek.

"Come on. You need out of here. Plus, if she finds out, you can say we are just friends."

Zella had a very distinctive smirk on her face that Jerome found suspicious, but it was pulling him in. He agreed to leave his apartment. 

The GCPD is dealing with a hostage situation at the town hall meeting today. We are live with the footage. 

Abbe and Mercedes watched the news curiously. They gasped when a man was thrown from the window. A few minutes later, Mercedes looked at Abbe concerned when Jerome stepped out of the building. He was holding a youthful woman with a gun to her head. 

"Anyone shoots or comes near me, I'll kill her!"

"Oh no... Abbe.. that poor woman.."

Mercedes's expression changed to confusion and anger. The woman had grabbed Jerome's gun and shot at the police. Jerome grabbed her hand and took off running. Mercedes clinched her fists.

"Okay who the fuck is that?!"

Abbe stood from the couch and slowly backed away. Mercedes's entire body had turned deep red and her eyes were pitch black. Her grim stare was threatening to make Abbe leave and never come back. Abbe slowly walked towards Mercedes. She jumped when Mercedes stood and faced her.

"That motherfucker has another thing coming!"

Abbe watched Mercedes run around the weapon room. She loaded a gun and her cross bow. She strapped her dagger to her thigh. Abbe stepped in front of the doorway when Mercedes grabbed a medieval axe. 

"I'm going to kill him!"

"Hey! Hold on! You don't know if he made her do that just to save her life."

Mercedes laughed and shook her head.

"Did you see that smug smirk on that bitch's face?! I'm going to kill her too! He better hope I don't find him!" 

Abbe stepped closer.

"What about the kids?"

"They have you to watch them."

Abbe shook her head disappointed. 

"Mommy.. what you doing?"

Mercedes looked behind Abbe and saw the twins standing there curiously. They brought her back to reality. She sighed and started putting things away.

"Mommy was just going to go out and test her stuff, but I just remembered I promised you two that we could pain today... so I'm not leaving.."

The twins jumped with excitement and ran down the hallway. Mercedes clinched her fists. 

"When he comes to pick up day after tomorrow..."

"Mercedes..."

Mercedes snapped her head towards Abbe.

"What the fuck does he think this is?! A vacation where he can grab any random hoe off the street?! He better hope I have calmed down by then! I want so badly to get chop up her body alive right now! God knows what the fuck they are doing right now!"

Abbe gently grabbed her arm.

"Hey.. you don't know that..."

Mercedes loudly cracked her knuckles.

"All I'm saying is... that bitch better never walk up to me in person! I'll end her where she stands!"

"That was fun."

Zella smirked and stepped close to Jerome.

"I told you to get out of this apartment.."

She slowly trailed her hand between his legs, and Jerome jumped. He shoved her away. Zella looked at him offended. He shook his head.

"I told you, I'm married. You knew that before you spoke to me the first time."

Zella laughed and tilted her head.

"Are you serious?"

Jerome pointed towards the door of his apartment.

"Dead. I think you need to leave now."

Zella huffed and stomped towards the front door.

"Your pathetic. You really think your wife is keeping her little legs closed right now?"

Jerome watched as Zella left. He couldn't help but feel awful. A part of him wanted to give in to Zella. He thought she was sexy, but she wasn't his wife. Still, he couldn't deny that Mercedes might be having sex with at least Abbe. He had no idea that at the present time, Mercedes was sitting at home being just as faithful to him. 

Mercedes threw her dagger, and it stuck in the wall. Abbe sighed.

"I mean who the fuck does that bitch think she is?! You saw her face! There's no way he threatened her!"

Mercedes smiled when the kids came to show her something they built with Lego.

"I love this! How cool?!"

The kids ran back to their room and her expression went angry again.

"I swear to fucking Satan Abbe! If I find out he has fucked her, I will cut his penis off!" 

Abbe's eyes grew wide. 

"Don't look at me like that! He shouldn't be out there prancing around with that fucking bitch! People will think something is wrong with us! We can't let them know that are marriage isn't in a pleasant place right now! I'm going to kill him!"

"Mercedes..."

Mercedes groaned.

"Okay fine, but I'm at least going to beat him to within an inch of his life then! I can't say the same for her!"

Abbe rolled her eyes. 

Mercedes went the rest of the night with her thoughts running wild.