Chapter One: Miss Roth
Rachael looked at the beautiful mahogany grandfather clock in the corner of the room.
Tick
Tock
Tick
Tock
She groaned. Of course time wasn't going faster. Time never did. It always went slower if you wanted it to speed up.
Today was worst of all though; today was October 31, Halloween, AND she had school today to top it off. Needless to say it was a bad day already.
She hopped out of the brown leather chair in the parlor and scooped up her books. She headed for the door, hoping to avoid Slade. Slade was the head of security of her fathers' estate. There were a few things she learned to do while being the daughter of one of the most powerful mob bosses in all of Gotham, and one of those is you can never be to careful of anything.
She high tailed it to the door and bolted through it. Just when she was about to close the door, Slade's foot stopped it. She froze mid run.
"Where do you think you are going?" Slades' voice spoke low.
"To school, like I do every day…" She smart mouthed.
"You know you are supposed to check in with me before you leave."
"Sorry I forgot," She shrugged, hoping to leave it at that.
"But you've known this for almost all of your life," He glared down at her.
"Nobody has tried to hurt me. Why can't I not be governed for the sake of being a normal teen? I can't go to parties, I can't be on Facebook, I can't go alone anywhere! Why can't you and my father realize that I am fine? I've been trained well enough to fight crazy powerful people in the middle of the night with cops chasing me!" She ranted.
Slade relaxed a bit, feeling sorry for her slightly. She didn't get a say ever in her life. It was for her safety, but it was smothering her.
"Look, I know you despise it. But what if one of the other mobs wanted to get back at your father? The only thing close to him is you and I'm here to make sure you don't get hurt, as well as your father," Slade sighed, giving a pause between them. Rachael nodded solemnly; she did understand even if she hated it.
"I know," She said simply.
"I know you hate this but I'll give you a ride to school this morning, okay?"
"Fine, okay."
Slade went around to get their black Rolls Royce with tinted black bulletproof windows, with thin but sturdy outer coating of Adamantium frame and paneling. He got out and opened the back passenger door with a smile and she stepped in. The school was just a little under ten minutes from them, and in no time Rachael was there. He held the door yet again and she stepped out. Before she could walk away he spoke.
"Be safe; don't forget we have people in the school to watch out for you. Oh, and happy eighteenths' birthday Miss Roth."