Chapter one
I sat in the taxi watching the landscape pass by; going from the countryside to the suburbs to, finally, my destination, Gotham City. I breathed a happy sigh, it was far too long since I have been back home after going to college for so long. Four years in my undergraduate for pre-law and another four at law school, both of which I graduated with the highest honors possible. My uncle was so proud.
I wanted to be like him for as long as I could remember, after both my parents died he was kind enough to raise me as his own. My mother, his sister, was killed right in front of me when I was three by my father's drug dealer and the scum that was my father was deemed unsuitable to raise me. Not that he wanted anything to do with me anyway; hell, I didn't even have his last name. But, two years after he died of a drug overdose, I didn't even cry at his funeral.
"Miss, is this the correct building," the driver's voice broke through my thoughts.
"Yes, yes it is," I said looking at the building that I spent over two decades in.
"Pretty ritzy place," he said pulling over. "I'll grab your bags out of the trunk for you."
"Thank you, sir." I said sliding out of the backseat, stretching when I was finally on the pavement.
He grabbed my bags out of the trunk and set them on the curb beside me. I settled my tab and I watched as he drove away. I grabbed my suitcases, thankful I thought enough ahead to send most of my belongings from my apartment to my uncle's.
I waved to the bellman and went to the elevator, pushing the button that would open up to the condo at the very top of the building. I stood against the back and leaned my head against the wall and closed my eyes. God, I was glad to be home.
Finally, the elevator stopped and I entered the access code to get in the condo. I grabbed my bags and dragged them into the foyer and set out to find my uncle. I ended up finding him in his office ending a phone call from the sound of it.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't my handsome uncle, Harvey Dent." I said leaning against the door jam, smirking.
A/N I promise that the chapters will be longer, but, I thought that this was a good stop point for the introduction of the story.