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Recap

I opened the door, and stepped inside, remembering to close it tightly after. I sighed in relief and went over to my desk, not noticing my new secretary. It wasn't until I sat down, leaned back in my chair and closed my eyes, and relaxed for about a minute, that I finally opened my eyes and saw her.

Chapter 2

I was surprised for a moment, forgetting about the fact that I now had a secretary. I guess it was a 'duh' moment. Either way, I was startled before I realized that the person sitting across from me was the one I'd been hearing about and was waiting to meet. She was looking at me, amusement spread across her face, but there was also a bit of sadness in her eyes, like she'd been through some pretty rough things in her life. What puzzled me the most though, was that she looked shocked, too.

I smiled apologetically at her, and went over to her to introduce myself. In the process, she also stood up.

"Hello. My name is Richard Grayson, or Dick, whichever you prefer. I'm sorry for not noticing you, I was just thinking."

She smiled sadly—which puzzled me— before answering. "Hello. My name is Kori Anders. I suppose you're my boss?"

I smiled at her. "Yes, I am. Can I call you Kori?" She nodded, and I nodded too.

"Can I Call you Richard? I'm not fond of your nickname." I nodded as she scrunched up her nose in distaste, and I recognized the motion because Star used to do it when she didn't like something too.

I was snapped out of my thoughts by her question. "If you don't mind me asking, what were you thinking so hard about? You seemed in pain." I grimaced. It still doesn't get any better. Even after the years.

"It's fine, and I don't mind, and I was just planning things out for the company." I know it was a terrible lie, but I didn't want to say anything because she'd probably either think I was a stalker, or would feel sorry for me.

She looked at me, obviously not convinced. "Oh, ok then." She smiled at me, and then asked me, "Do you need anything? Can I bring you something or help you at all?"

I shook my head. "No, thank you. I'm fine."

"So," I told her, "will you have to have any absences? Sorry, I need to ask you that. You don't need to answer if you don't want to."

She waved it off. "No, it's fine. I will have absences because I have a three year old daughter who's a very active little girl, and I constantly have to go to her daycare." Even though she said it with mild annoyance, her eyes softened when talking about her.

"I see. I understand, and that is a reasonable response." I smiled at her, and she nodded.

"Thank you. If you ever meet her, you'll understand even more." She chuckled softly moving her face so I couldn't see it. Another weird thing about her. The statement the n got my attention, and I asked out of curiosity.

"What is your daughter's name? I'm just curious."

She smiled, almost regretfully for some reason, and it confused me as to why. "Her name is Marie."

I nodded. "Good name. If I had a daughter, I would name her Marie, too."

She smiled again, even though it seemed strained. I changed the subject, since she seemed anxious to change it too.

"So, did you get hired by Bruce?" She nodded.

"I don't mean to sound rude, but shouldn't you call him Mr. Wayne?"

I chuckled, before answering. "No. I'm his son, so calling my father Mr. Wayne would be a little weird, don't you think?" She blinked and tilted her head to the side slightly, looking confused, and I noticed that Star did that too when she was confused.

Kori and Starfire had many things in common, I noticed. They both were extremely polite and helpful, both had the same tanned skin tone, and Kori had the little things Starfire would do unconsciously, like tilt her head slightly and blink whenever she was confused, and she scrunched up her nose whenever she didn't like something.

Then a thought occurred to me. What if Kori was Starfire? I started having hope, but then realized that's just wishful thinking.

"You're his son?" She asked me. I snapped back to reality and nodded. Kori was a little shocked about that, but didn't say anything more.

I knew the answer would probably be no, but either way I had to ask. "Kori, are you from Tamaran?"

She looked taken aback, probably not expecting the question.

I quickly added, "I'm sorry. It's just that you remind me of someone I used to know."

She smiled sadly at me again, and then shook her head. "No, sorry. I'm from California."

Even though I knew the answer wouldn't be what I wanted, I still felt a little disappointed. Either way, I smiled at her, even though I knew it didn't look as it usually did. Not that it ever did since Star disappeared, but still.

After a few minutes of semi- awkward silence, Kori suddenly asked me, "Richard, are you Robin? The leader of the Teen Titans a few years ago?"

This time it was my turn to be surprised. She just waited for my answer.

After a few seconds, I told her, "Yeah. That's me."

She smiled, nodded, and said. "I had a feeling you were Robin." That made me smile also.

"Thanks." She nodded, and that's when the phone rang.

"Sorry. I have to answer," I said, picking up my cell phone that I had left on my desk, which was vibrating and was about to fall off.

"Hello?"

"What do you think of her, man?"

'Of course,' I thought dryly. Bruce would involve the guys into picking the secretary. Of course.

"Vic, stop bothering me. I'm working right now, like you should be doing right now."

Victor chuckled over the phone and told me, "That was a low blow, Dick. Nah, I'm on my break. This is why I'm calling you. By the way, expect two more calls. Gar and Wally will want to know too."

I groaned. "Why can't you three leave me alone? I'm trying to work, you know. And you guys aren't helping." I cast a look at Kori, who was already sitting at her desk organizing some papers around and checking my calls.

"We can't. We're your bros, man!" He laughed a little, and then said, "Now tell me, what do you think of her? Wally, Gar, and I picked her out this time, and we made sure she was like her."

Even though the guys let go of the hope that Star would be alive and well, they couldn't say her name. Vic would be at the edge of tears, Gar would tune out people who mentioned her in fear of crying, and Wally would refuse to listen to her name because then out of instinct he would run.

"And let me tell you, she is a lot like her. Her hair, eyes, and accent aren't the same, but she reminded us of her, you know? Something about Kori is like her. We just can't figure out what."

I shook my head. They were never going to give up the dream that I would move on.

"Victor, look. I'll never move on. She's still out there, and I'll find her. No matter what I have to do, I'll see her again, face to face. Nothing you, Gar, Wally, or Bruce do will ever change my mind."

There was silence on the other side of the line. Vic sighed before answering. "I know you want to find her, and trust me, I'd do the same thing if Bee went missing. But I'd accept that she was gone and try to move on. That's the same thing you need to do."

I sighed. "Vic, I need to go back to work. I'll talk to you later, okay?"

"Yeah man," Vic said, "you know we're always here for you, right?"

"Yeah, and thanks. Bye Victor."

"Bye Dick."

"I hung up and looked towards Kori's desk, and realized she wasn't there. I went over and found a note on top of a neatly stacked pile of papers.

'Richard, Marie's daycare called me while you were on the phone and I have to go. I'm sorry for leaving so soon, and on my first day, but I'll be back as soon as I can.
Kori

I looked at the note, then went to my desk and sat down. I then started to do the thing I did best. The thing that I get paid for. Analyzing, thinking, and strategizing.

And what I was analyzing what Kori.

Who is she?

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