After going up to Wayne Manor, Kate had decided against moving into it, since it while it was nice, it felt too much like Bruce's home instead of her's and while she had no problems ransacking his office, his home was different. This was the place where her uncle Thomas had grown up as well. It just didn't feel right to her to change anything. Plus, after her trip to the Earth 99 version of the manor, she wasn't exactly eager to move into it.
Instead, since there was an empty floor above her office in Wayne Tower that was really only being used for storage, Kate decided to have it renovated into a penthouse apartment, since even before the multiverse had been destroyed and reborn, she'd practically lived in the tower, so this time, she didn't see why she shouldn't make herself comfortable this time around, plus it had the added benefit of living in the same building as her base, which was why she and Luke were planning on adding the new penthouse floor to the secret elevator once the penthouse was complete.
In the meantime, Luke had offered to let her crash on his couch, which she had agreed to, since honestly, she'd slept in much worse places her five years away.
Anyways, Kate was currently sitting in her office, very glad that the first thing she'd done when she'd started the renovations was have the floor above her soundproofed so she wouldn't have to deal with the noise from above that was coming from the construction crews, right as Mary entered her office, escorted by security.
"Ms. Kane, this woman claims she's related to you." one of the guards said.
"I am related to her, I'm her sister." Mary said and Kate nodded.
"It's fine, she's my stepsister, please send a memo down to the front desk that while she is welcome to see me, they need to send a message to me first so I can decide if now is a good time." Kate said and the security guards nodded as they let Mary go and walked out of the room.
"Wow, nice place." Mary said.
"Thanks, one of the perks of being Bruce Wayne's favorite cousin." Kate said as she showed Mary into her office.
"Also, I noticed a construction crew when I came in?" Mary asked.
"I'm renovating the floor above this one into an apartment." Kate explained.
"So you're literally going to living at work." Mary said.
"Very funny. But anyways, what brings you here?" Kate asked.
"My mom told me what happened and I'm so sorry." Mary said.
"For what? You didn't do anything wrong. Your mom's the one who crossed a line." Kate said.
"So, you don't hate me for it?" Mary asked.
"Of course not and neither does my dad. And honestly, while I am pissed at your mother and have made sure security knows not to allow her on these premises, I can understand why she did what she did. That's why I haven't tipped off the cops to the corruption she exploited." Kate said.
"So, this doesn't affect us?" Mary asked.
"Of course not. In fact, even though I know you're busy with your clinic and med school and your party girl routine, I was wondering if maybe you wanted to contribute to the interior design portion of Gotham Pride Real Estate." Kate said.
"Absolutely. I'm not working for you either, since I do still want to be a doctor." Mary said.
"I'm not asking you to. But we both know you have better taste than I do, so until I can hire some professional interior designers." Kate said.
"Absolutely." Mary said eagerly and Kate smiled.
"Great." Kate said.
"So, you going to the ceremony tonight? Still can't believe that the city opting to shut off the bat light tonight even after Batman returned." Mary said.
"No, I've had a change of heart on Batman. Though I'm guessing the reason they're turning it off is because the bat hasn't been seen since they took down Magpie. They might think it was just a fluke." Kate said and Mary nodded.
"Only reason I'm going is for the social media buzz." Mary said.
"Still, I'd better get back to work." Kate said and Mary nodded as she hugged Kate and Kate actually hugged her back.
"We'll hang out soon, I promise." Kate said.
"I'll hold you to that." Mary said with a smile as she headed towards the elevator and Kate nodded.
"I know." Kate said as Luke exited the bat cave.
"So, you're not going to the ceremony tonight?" Luke asked.
"Kate Kane isn't going. Batwoman is." Kate said with a smile and Luke grinned.