#Chapter 157 – Flip Out

Jerome makes a horrible noise, half cry and half groan, as he falls to the floor. Daniel shouts and I hear a scream – I realize passively that the scream comes from me - before Kent reaches down and grabs Jerome by the shirt, lifting him again so that he can punch him another time, his fist flashing across his jaw – But Daniel’s on him now, grabbing his father by his arms and ripping him away from Jerome, who moans on the floor, his face turned down towards the cold marble. My hands are pressed to my mouth in horror as I see blood all over Jerome’s face, all over the floor – Daniel stumbles backwards with Kent’s arms wrapped in his own, pulling Kent away. “Get off of him!” Daniel cries, his eyes looking frantically towards his boyfriend. Kent lets out another feral roar, pulling hard at Daniel, trying to get back at Jerome – to, to kill him, I realize – “Stop!” I scream, putting my whole heart into the word, into the noise that rips from my lips. “It’s not him! It’s no