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It was showtime. Luckily it was a pre-recorded interview.
I was in the studio where Bill and two other tech guys were setting up lightening.
I heard the door open.
"Miss Hunter? Mr Wayne for you." The secretary said while opening the door for him.
"Thanks Andrea."

He was wearing a full suit with a sapphire colored tie and had more gel in his hair.
"Where is your PR person?" I asked.
"He's here."
I looked around. He smiled and pointed at himself.
"Really?" I asked surprised. "So when you said your PR person thought it would be a good idea to get more publicity..."
"I meant that I think I should get more publicity."
I laughed.

We started recording and he seemed more relaxed than I was. I had interviewed many people before, politicians, celebrities... But it was different with him. He made me nervous and I couldn't make it stop.

I asked him about Batman and he gave a very eloquent description of why Batman was not the right answer for Gotham.
His answers were however too polished. They didn't sound like the Bruce Wayne I spoke with earlier. He sounded too self loving. Too arrogant. I wanted to break him out of the theatrics but I didn't know how to.

"What do you say to critics who say you're not honoring your parents legacy." I regretted the words the second I said them. I could see a flicker in his eyes.
"My parents have done wonderful things for the city. I'm honoring their legacy in my own ways. And there is nothing wrong with enjoying life at the same time, Miss Hunter." He said while smiling. It was his fake, slick smile. I however could see the real Bruce in his eyes. The sadness. Or...I was just imagining something in him that he simply wasn't.
"Thank you very much Mr Wayne. We'll be back after this."
"And cut."
The lights were turned off and I could still feel his eyes fixed on me. What did he want from me?


The interview went according to plan. He kept fostering the lie by telling the world he hated the Batman. Who would suspect him to be Batman then? It was harder though to keep telling lies to her.
This would be it. No more.
It was idiotic of him to think he could have the chance of a normal life. He gave that up when he put on the cape.
As long as he is Batman, he cannot have people in his life. It would be hard to stop seeing her, but it would be much harder to see her in harms way because of him.
She walked him to the exit.
He took a deep breath, inhaling the smell of vanilla from her hair. She is going to fall in love with a very normal man, who can offer her a very normal life. Not madness. Not killings.


When I walked him to the exit I was wondering if and when I would see him again. It just dawned on me that now, that the interview was behind us, there was no reason for him to call me. I wanted to keep walking just so I wouldn't have to say goodbye but the door was just a few more steps away.
"Well I guess that's it." I said, waiting desperately for him to say something. He just nodded with a smile on this face. Of course he wouldn't say anything. What was I expecting?

"Thank you Mr Wayne for the interview."
"The pleasure was all mine Miss Hunter." He said before exiting the door.
He was buttoning up his blazer, Alfred opening the car door for him. Then he went into the car. And just like that Bruce Wayne was out of my life again.