![]() ![]() In 1916, Nucky arranged for Jimmy to attend college in Princeton, New Jersey. Jimmy's Departure and Return (1916-1919) Main article: Under God's Power She Flourishes Nucky eventually decided to groom Jimmy as his successor to direct the political machine in Atlantic City, possibly as a result of losing his only biological child and his wife one shortly after another in the winter of 1912-1913. Nucky would take the child Jimmy hunting while Gillian was performing, and became his errand boy at age 12 (" Boardwalk Empire", "21", "A Dangerous Maid"). The only constant masculine presence during Jimmy's childhood was Nucky Thompson, who looked after them both over the years, out of guilt for his part in Jimmy's conception (" Paris Green"). Invariably, the men always turned out to be married and using her as a mistress, which they would only tell when they were breaking up with her (" Under God's Power She Flourishes"). One even took them yachting (" Nights in Ballygran"). Some of these, at least, were aware that she was a mother and gifted her toys for Jimmy. Through Jimmy's childhood and teenage years, Gillian would also see other "admirers" ("friends", in Jimmy's words) in hope that one would marry her. In this time Gillian made no secret of her dislike for The Commodore to her son, calling Kaestner "the letch" (" The Ivory Tower", " A Dangerous Maid"). ![]() Sometimes Gillian would take Jimmy to The Commodore's house in an attempt to elicit some help from him, but all Kaestner ever gave her was a necklace that she was forced to sell for rent money. Gillian became a risqué showgirl soon after and continued to raise Jimmy backstage, with the help of other showgirl friends as a result, Jimmy would often see his mother nude (" Peg of Old"). Gillian during a rehearse session at the Cafe Beaux-Arts, in 1920. Gillian also rarely shows any sadness or anger in public or otherwise, always presenting herself as a smiling courtesan although this changes as the series progresses. For example, when Jimmy was an infant, she kissed his genitals to show her affection (" 21"). Traumatized by the event, and with no parental guidance whatsoever, Gillian was forced to grow up with a distorted sense of love and sexuality all the while she was raising her son. The Commodore never acknowledged Jimmy as his son. Gillian named her new son after James Edison, the boy with whom she shared her first kiss. The encounter resulted in Jimmy's conception. He smelled of "whiskey and tobacco" (" What Does the Bee Do?", " Margate Sands"). She fell asleep in his bed until she awoke to find The Commodore raping her. Gillian initially thought that the then Sheriff took her because she had done something wrong, but he calmed her and told her to go upstairs to the Commodore's room and be "good", after the Commodore plied her with wine. "The rest was understood" (" A Dangerous Maid"). She was six weeks short of her 13th birthday and according to Nucky, the Commodore never asked her name and merely pointed at her. During the parade she caught the eye of political boss Commodore Louis Kaestner, who ordered his right-hand man, Sheriff Nucky Thompson to bring Gillian to his house that evening for a sexual encounter. However, Gillian would never meet James again. That day, was the " Neptune's Bounty" parade and Gillian was set to appear as one of his 'consorts'. They wrote their names in a pillar and agreed to see each other again the next day, before James and his family left. It was under the Boardwalk, on April 30, 1897, where she was kissed for the first time by a boy, a kid from out of town named James Edison that had bought a cigarette from her. Gillian moved soon to Atlantic City and by age 12 she lived off the money she earned selling stolen cigars and cigarettes to the tourists on the Boardwalk. Gillian during May Day, 1897 (" Paris Green") She has bad memories of the place and doesn't remember her parents (" Havre de Grace"). Gillian was orphaned young and raised by the Children's Society Home in Trenton, New Jersey. 1.1.3 Jimmy's Departure and Return (1916-1919)īiography Background Before Jimmy's birth (1884-1897). ![]()
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