AN: Standard disclaimers apply. This one is much shorter than Barbara's. Please leave a review!

Dick Grayson

I should've shaken his hand.

I feel like I should've known that night, when he said it was the last time we would meet. I should've known what he was going to do. I had spent years with the man, and thought I knew him better than most. I should've known.

I was like a stubborn child that night. I told him that nothing would stop him, nothing could stop him, and then I ran.

How long had he known it would end like this? Knowing him, he had it planned for years. He always was at least four steps ahead of the rest of us.

I didn't expect him to leave me anything in his will. Let alone name me heir to the Wayne family fortune. I figured it would be Tim, not me. I felt so lost after the will was read to us. And then to find out that Jason was alive was…almost too much.

Barbara and Tim told me more about that night after the will was read. How the Joker's blood had infected him, and was taking over his mind. How the Arkham Knight, Jason Todd, spent the night trying to kill him, then ultimately saving him, only to have him die anyway.

I haven't talked to Jason. I don't know if I can. I'm angry. Angry at Bruce, for leaving, at Alfred, for going with him, at Barbara for keeping it from me.

But mostly I'm angry at myself. He's gone, and I'll never get to tell him everything. How much I appreciate everything he did for me. He made me the man I am today. Without him…well, I wouldn't be me.

He may be gone, but I can do what he asked me to do. I can keep Bludhaven safe.

But I'll always regret that one thing.

I should've shaken his hand.

AN: Up next, Vicki Vale.