Jerlina was impressed that Jeremy knew each of those kids and he had their parents' number too. She tried to stop him, but he called the parents of each one of them before confiscating their keys.
The parents arrived to pick up their kids and after lecturing them, Jeremy handed over the keys.
One couple seemed to have lied to their parents that they are going to the library to study. Another seemed to have been honest with them, but they didn't say they were going to the bridge. And the last one- the couple in the truck, had snuck out of their homes.
Jerlina didn't think Jeremy could be petty until she saw Jeremy smiling at the boy teasingly when his father said that he is grounded.
All this because our kiss was interrupted?