My God it has been awhile. I haven't looked at this story in FOREVER! So let's try to get this ball rolling again.

Please tell me what you think. Constrictive criticism appreciated!

L.L.A.P

~Laces

Chpt.14

"LIFY!" Letta exclaimed with joy as she hugged the girl tightly, kissing her cheek. "Ve vere so voried!" she whispered.

They were standing in front of Amal's house, where Letta still lived. She ensured that her reasoning for living with her father was to keep an eye on him, and try to help him in his vigilantism any way possible.

Jason stood behind the two, and Amal walked up to him, smiling.

"I'm glad to see you again, my friend." He stated, and Jason smiled back at him, but was quickly slapped across the face.

"Look at how zin Lify is! Have you even been feeding her!" Letta exclaimed.

"That's actually my fault." Livy whispered. She knew that she was a lot more underweight due to how she hadn't been eating for those few days after the incident.

Before Letta could ask, Jason quickly stated,

"I'll explain everything once we're inside."

Letta shot Jason a look, but then took Livy's hand and walked into the house, Amal and Jason following behind her.

Letta sat on the couch, gently pulling Livy to sit next to her while Jason and Amal sat on the couch across from them.

"Vhat happened to Lify?" Letta questioned seriously. She was looking at Jason with pure hatred.

Jason knew that he and Letta didn't have much of a good relationship, but when Livy's health was at question, she was a mother bear.

"Joker, the madman, he kidnapped Livy and tortured her." Jason looked over at his daughter sadly. "I wanted to bring her here to just… get away from Gotham for a while." He informed.

"Vhat do you mean by torture?" Letta questioned with alarm.

"He put me in a box." Livy whispered. "I was in there for two days. No food. No bathroom. It was just really dark. And sometimes the box would fill up with water and other time I would be pricked with needles…" Livy started to shake, and Letta wrapped her arms around the girl.

"It's alright Lify. You are safe here." She said gently.

Amal quickly stood from the couch, and hugged Livy tightly.

"I am so happy that you are alife." He informed.

"Papa, vill you take Lify to see the garden? I zink zat she vill enjoy it. I vant to shpeak to Jason." Letta stated, and Amal nodded.

"Come on Lify, vhat is your favorite flower?" Amal questioned as he carried Livy easily on his one shoulder.

"I like Roses." Livy answered, and Amal smiled.

"Ve have a bunch of Roses."

As Livy and Amal left the house, Letta moved to sit next to Jason on the couch.

"Vhy didn't you bring her back to us once she found you?" Letta questioned, refurring to when Livy ran away to follow Jason instead of staying with Letta and Amal. Jason sighed.

"Livy can be very convincing. She found me and was sobbing and… you didn't see her face, Letta. She was determined to stay with me."

"Und now look at her. She vas tortured Jason!" Letta exclaimed.

"Do you think I don't know that!" Jason shouted. "I care about Livy! I would die for her!"

"Oh please, Jason." Letta rolled her eyes. "Zhe only reason you care for that girl is because she makes you feel important und she is a nurse. If she vasn't then you could care less." Letta hissed.

Jason wanted to kill Letta. He really wanted to kill her, but he had restraint.

"Don't you dare say that." He growled, glaring at her with hatred. "Livy had a blood test done, and, guess what? Turns out I am her father." Jason stated, and Letta's eyes widened.

"Vhat?"

"Livy is my daughter. She is my little girl, and I am happy that she found me after I left her. Livy makes me feel like I actually deserve to live, and I love her." He informed. "What Joker did was awful, but it was nobody's fault. It wasn't mine, it wasn't hers, it wasn't the woman she was with, Selina's. It was Joker who did it and Joker is who to blame."

Letta was silent, absorbing the information, then nodded.

"So… zis Selina voman… is she…"

"Livy's mother?" Jason finished for her. "No." he shook his head. "Livy's mother is dead. She was an old high school sweet heart of mine. I loved her, but I had to leave… then things got hectic and I never came back. Turns out the going away party left her with Livy and shortly after giving birth, she killed herself due to depression." He explained.

"Zere is so much misery in your life, Jason." Letta informed sadly, looking at the young man with pity.

"Thanks for pointing out the obvious, Letta." Jason grunted, but then sighed. "But I have Livy. That's enough to make me happy."

Letta decided to change subjects due to the heavy seriousness.

"Papa told me that you hafe two other companions trafling vith you besides Lify. Vhere are zey?" she inquired.

"Kor'i and Roy decided to get a hotel. They have a thing between each other so we have a rendezvous point where we'll meet for patrols." Jason explained with a shrug.

Jason and Letta heard loud laughter coming from the back yard and both looked out the window to see Amal spinning Livy through the air.

"He used to do zat vith me all zhe time." Letta informed with a smile and her eyes were full of nostalgia.

Jason was smiling as well, happy to see that his daughter was actually laughing again.

Amal carried Livy back inside happily.

"Are you two done talking?" he inquired. "Because Lify und I are fery hungry."

"I vill make you some food." She smiled and went off quickly into the kitchen, intending to get some meat back onto Livy's bones.

Jason took in a deep breath and tried to calm his nerves.

Being away from Gotham would be good for Livy. It would give her some time to feel better and try to forget about everything that happened with Joker.

Jason smiled as he watched Amal throw Livy up in the air and catch her with ease, the girl giggling happily.

Yes, they would be away from Gotham for a long time.