Chapter 2
"Misha, I thought you were coming back tomorrow, my darling girl." He said smiling while walking towards me. "I missed you." He said wrapping me in a warm hug.
"I missed you too, Uncle. I didn't think going so far from home would be so terrible." I said into his chest.
"Well, sweetheart, you won't ever have to leave again. Especially when I lock you in your room and never let you see the light of day again." I laughed.
"That's kidnapping I believe. How bad would it be if the DA of Gotham got arrested for kidnapping his own niece?" I said pulling away.
"They would understand after I told them the only times I saw my beautiful niece was during her graduations. Not even prying herself away from her books long enough to see her old uncle." He said finally letting me go. "Come, go put your things away in your room and get freshened up, I'm taking you out to dinner to celebrate."
We walked out of his office into the front parlor where my things were. "What's the celebration?" I asked while picking up two of my bags while he grabbed the others.
"One, you coming home, and two, you joining me in my office. You are going to make an amazing prosecutor." He said as we walked up the stairs and turned into the first bedroom on the left.
I looked around the room that had been mine for so long. The walls were a pale purple with one of the walls being a floor to ceiling window overlooking the city. Two doors were on the wall adjacent to the windows where my private bathroom and my walk in closet were. The doors were far apart enough that my queen bed fit with extra space to put sizeable nightstands on each side. Across from the bed was my entertainment center, complete with large flat screen and my DVD collection, surrounding the entertainment center was my bookcases. Against the window was my desk, which I personally loved when the night fell over the cities and the lights came out and flickered on and off at each apartment like fireflies.
"Go and get changed and I'll take you out to get a bite to eat." My uncle said breaking my thoughts.
"Casual or business casual?" I asked smirking.
"Wear a nice dress, we're going to your favorite hibachi place." He said coming over and kissing my forehead. "Welcome home, Misha." He then left.
I went to my closet and went through my dresses, finally settling on a dark purple one. I grabbed the dress and a pair of black heels and went to my bathroom to take a quick shower. I went to the shower and turned on the water.
I caught myself in the mirror and studied my face for a while. My eyes were a deep emerald green, the same as my mother, my skin smooth and pale like a porcelain doll, my hair which was the only thing that I received from my father was as dark as the night, but, curly like my mother's. I backed away and jumped in the shower.
Quickly washing myself I stepped out and pulled a fluffy, purple towel around me. I pulled my blow-dryer and diffuser out and began to dry my hair. After a while all of my hair was dry and sleek so I began to put on very light make-up. Finally putting on my dress which hit my knees and clung to my body in the right ways instead of being like a second skin and constricting to my body. I was putting on my heels when I heard a knock at my door.
"Are you ready," I heard Harvey ask.
"Yes, let me grab my purse and we can go." I said grabbing my purse and opening the door.
"You look lovely; now come I have a car waiting in front for us." He said putting his arm around my shoulders.
We got to the elevator and went to the front of the building and the car I saw made my jaw drop. In front of us was a black Cadillac convertible aka my dream car.
"Do you like it?" Harvey said with a smirk.
"No, I love it," I said touching the leather seats.
"Good, think of it as a graduation present." He said tossing me the keys
"Uncle, you didn't have to," before he cut me off.
"Nonsense, you graduated law school, and I feel awful that you had to take a taxi to get home. I was going to surprise you tomorrow with it." He shrugged. "Now come, our reservation is in a half hour."