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Dear Bruce,
I've watched her. The way she sticks her tongue out when she's writing her letters. The way she smiles at me as I come through the door. How she looks at me as if I'm her whole world. And I simply cannot turn away. I've built my whole life on running away. Running away from home. Running from the orphanage. Running from every relationship I've ever had with anyone, good or bad. Even from you Bruce… I think of doing it sometimes. Performing my famous 'disappearing act', but then she calls to me with a nightmare, or she's scared of the thunder and the lightning. And I simply can't find the want or need to get away. She, our baby, keeps me grounded. She keeps me sane.
Yes, it's true. She is our daughter together. Her name is Lila Ava Kyle. She has your eyes and my hair. She has a scar in the shape of a heart on her leg from where she fell off the back porch. Her favorite color right now is yellow. She likes Dora the Explorer™, and drawing. Her favorite subject in school is math. And she reads well for her age. She's five years old and gives me gray hairs. She thinks Santa has secret agents tracking her progress throughout the year and thinks that Max from Get Smart™ is cute. She likes to play "Hurricane" in the bathtub by splashing as much water as possible everywhere. And lastly, she thinks God controls us all with invisible puppet strings.
I know I owe you the explanation of my life for all of this. I know I hurt you when I slipped out that morning. But, I simply couldn't handle it all. It was so overwhelming the way you revealed yourself. To find out that Batman was really Bruce Wayne, professional idiot was well… Unexpected. I want you to know that that was the most completely beautiful night. How we tended to each other's wounds, both physically and mentally. You told me that I was the most beautiful woman you'd ever known. Of course I know this excludes your mother. But that morning, lying with you in bed, I felt like I was going to let you down. Somehow, someway. It scared the be Jesus out of me. Not only were we finally in each other's arms but, you were expecting something greater of me than I felt I could offer. I know now that that was foolish of me. You'd let down all your walls and gates for me and I ran away because I couldn't do the same, or couldn't accept that you had. I've missed you too much for words since then. I know I should have let you know everything but I was too scared of facing you "mano y mano" Well I'm ready to face whatever it is you've got to say to me. And I promise you that I won't turn away from you this time. All that I ask is that you don't turn from me.
I've been here in Brazil for the last few years raising Lila. She speaks perfect English, Spanish, French, and Italian. She's never asked about you, but I sense that it is coming soon. I'm sure you won't be too happy to know that I've enlisted the help of Wildcat to help me when he can. As I'm sure you know he and I had a relationship a while back, but nothing came of it. I'll spare you the details of their relationship except to say that they're close, and I won't tolerate you splitting them up just because you have a problem with Ted. Anyway, hopefully you will reply to this. Maybe you won't. But I want you to know that I'll always love you even if it took me three years away to figure it out.
Love,
Selina