#Chapter 262 – Jerome’s Confession

Jerome takes another shaky breath and raises his eyes to meet Kent’s. The air sticks in his throat, his lungs, because he knows this could… This could go very badly for him. “You’d better start fucking talking, Jerome,” Kent snaps, slamming the gun down on the table as he loses his temper. “Because I have methods to make you talk, and I don’t have the fucking patience right now to use the easy ones.” “Okay,” Jerome says, putting up his hands and backing a step away, starting to talk very, very fast. “Okay, Kent. Um. I’ve been…I’ve been meaning to tell you for a while –“ “Skip the fucking preamble, Jerome!” Kent shouts. Jerome’s eyes drop and his shoulders start to shake. “Okay. Okay. But it’s important for you to know that I would never betray you, Kent. Or Daniel. Or Fay! All right?” Kent doesn’t say anything, but the fact that he doesn’t say a word lets Jerome know both that he understands and that Jerome is on very, very thin ice. “So,” Jerome says on an intake of breath, “th