Chp 6
Eva found out that Jonathan was the psychiatrist that had deemed the criminal to be mentally unstable. A part of her agreed to Rachel Dawes about him being corrupted. She could've been right. Eva haven't seen him in years, The Scarecrow could've changed him and made him the man that Eva hardly recognized, but a part of her longed to be held in his arms. To have him said those three words that were the poison and the cure to her heart.
At the end, the public had lost and another of the Falcone's thug had been sent to Arkham Asylum. That afternoon, Eva hadn't even touched her sandwich. "I don't get it. He's not the Jonathan that we came to know, H", said Eric. "I saw that. I heard that half of Gotham has been either bought or on payroll from Falcone. I never thought Jonathan was among these people", said Horatio. "I don't think that's Jonathan. I think The Scarecrow has finally take over his mind", said Eva.
Horatio and Eric got worried. If Tim was here, he would've dangle Jonathan from a skyscraper until Jonathan had begged to be pulled up and will not be corrupted anymore, but Tim is no longer here. The trio sat there, thinking what to do. Then, Jonathan walked in. Half of Eva wanted to run and hug him, but the other half was contradicting the other one's decision. Jonathan noticed the trio and walked over them. For Eva's sake, they pretended that their previous discussion had never existed.
Horatio and Eric welcomed Jonathan to their table. "Horatio, it's been a while. Eric, I'm so sorry about what happened at the court. I was in a hurry", said Jonathan as he sat down next to Eva. "No sweat buddy", said Eric. "Eva", said Jonathan as he focused his attention to Eva. "Hey Jon", she said quietly. The four of them ate quietly and occasionally, Jonathan brushed his finger against her finger. Eva felt the same electricity when he first did this during college and it sent her to shiver. Eva finished her sandwich and excused herself to the toilet.
She splashed some water to her face. The last time she saw Jonathan was at Tim's funeral, but he avoided her. Should she say anything? She went back to see that Horatio and Eric was about to leave. When the trio said their goodbye to Jonathan, Eva was stopped by him. "Is there any chance that we could have dinner tonight? Just to catch up with each other?", asked Jonathan.
But they were involved in the same case, not so ethical now. "Jon, you testified in my case. Don't you think it's sorta unethical right now?", said Eva. "Case is over…, or are you just using it as an excuse?", asked Jonathan. This is clearly not the Jonathan that she knew. "It's not! I'm busy", said Eva, but Jonathan pulled her forcefully and whispered, "Is there someone else?".
Eric was ready to pull out his gun when he and Horatio were shock to see Eva slapped him hard. "You were the one who left me! Yet here you are questioning my loyalty!", said Eva before slamming the door of the Hummer. Eric gave him an apologetic look before driving away. "You ok?", asked Horatio, but he only heard sobbing and sniffling.
That night, Eva sat quietly in her hotel room as she was chatting with Calliegh on the phone about the afternoon incident with Jonathan. "I can't believe that he thought of you like that…, and declared a man insane even though the guy has no history of mental illness. Is that him or…, you know…", said Calliegh. "I dunno, Cal, but he's so different. Even when Eric bumped into him at the court, he hardly recognized him. I just hoped that he didn't forgot to take his meds and let you-know-who to take over his head", said Eva.
Then, there was a knock at the door. "Hey, Cal, I gotta go. Talk to you later", said Eva. "Okay, catch you later", said Calliegh before the line went dead. Eva got up and stuffed her gun at the back of her pants as she walked to the door. She peeped through the peeping hole and saw Jonathan. "Speaking to the devil", thought Eva. She was debating whether to open the door or not.
"Eva I know you're at the door. Let me in", said Jonathan. "Should I?", asked Eva. "Eva please, it's me. I got some Chinese food here. You don't want to eat it stone cold now would you?", said Jonathan. Eva slowly reached for the handle and opened the door. Jonathan beamed a smile at her and Eva returned with a small smile and said, "Come in". Jonathan entered and placed the food on the table.
"How do you know I was here?", she asked as she close the door. "Horatio told me that the three of you are staying here. I just want to talk…, and have dinner with you", said Jonathan. Eva sat opposite to Jonathan. She was still traumatized from the night that The Scarecrow had surfaced. They ate silently at first, then Jonathan asked, "How are you?". "You're a psychiatrist. Can't you tell from my eyes?", said Eva, cynically.
Jonathan sighed and took off his glasses. "Eva, I'm so sorry. I left for your sake. I don't want to hurt you anymore", he said. "You could've at least talked to me. We could've worked it out", said Eva. "I could not forgive for what I have done to you. To…, our baby. There's not a day that I never stop thinking about you. I thought that you might be better off without me", said Jonathan. "Jon, I never move on. I could never move on. After Tim died, everything changed. Ayumi moved to New York and only came back during holidays because of Hallie. I moved out of our house, I could never stay there knowing all the memories I had with you will always haunt me", said Eva as she wiped her tears.
Jonathan put his food on the table and went to kneel in front of Eva. "If I could turn back time and fought back I would, but I wasn't strong enough. I know my apologise would not take back for what he has done to us, but Eva I love you so much that I rather die than seeing him harm you", said Jonathan while trying hard to shut The Scarecrow's voice out of his head.
"I love you too, Jon. Always and forever", said Eva. He cupped her face with his hands and brought her face to kiss him. Eva struggled to find the table so her Chinese food would not be scattered all over the floor. They kissed for what Eva felt like hours. Jonathan broke the kiss and picked her up so they could continue at the bedroom.
