Disclaimer: See chapter 1.

Chapter Two

"Hello?" Donna asked, out of breath, as she answered the phone.

"Hey, Donna. It's me," I whispered to her through the pay phone. "Do you know where Kory is?"

"Hey Dick! Yeah, I know where she is."

"Great, then can you call her up and tell her to meet me at the Titan Hotel when she and the kids get back in town."

"Hotel? Back in town?" There was evident shock in her voice. "She never left Gotham. She-"

"She what?!" I shouted, causing people to turn and stare at me. I took a few calming breaths and looked around before whispering into the phone once more. "Listen, don't tell me where she is. Just call her and tell her to meet me at Titan Towers in two hours. Alone. Got it?"

"Yeah, I got it," She replied. I can tell, just by the sound of her voice, the cogs were turning in her head as she tried to figure out what was going on.

I hung up before she could say anything else. The change clanged inside the machine as I turned and started down the sidewalk. I moved in-between the people moving in the opposite direction. Commissioner Gordon just lives a couple of blocks away, which is why I called Donna from the pay phone. It was also safer from there.

I walked three blocks before finally stopping in front of Commissioner Gordon's door. I rang the bell and stuffed my hands in my jean pockets as I waited for someone to answer.

Barbera Gordon, Jim's daughter, opened the door.

She smiled sweetly at me and said, "Hi, Dick. How's everything been?"

"Been okay. Your dad around?" I asked as she opened the door wide enough for me to step through.

"Yeah, we were just having breakfast with a few…guests," She replied after a moment. I stopped and turned to look back at her.

"Guests?"

"Yeah, you can join us," She told me before grabbing my hand and practically dragging me into the kitchen. Once we passed the doorway she let go of my hand and Jim and his two guests looked up.

Tim Drake and his fiancée, Cassandra Cain.

What the hell were they doing here?

Jim smiled once he saw me.

"Dick, it's great to see you," He said as he stood up and Babs went to sit down. "Come on, take a seat and-"

"Sorry Jim. I have to go meet up with Kory. I just came by to talk to you about something." I told him, keeping my gaze on him.

Although Tim and I have talked before, I definitely didn't want him to hear this conversation.

Jim's smile was dropped and his serious look arrived.

"Alright," He said with a nod before looking at Babs, Tim, and Cass. "I'll be right back."

Tim gave a small smile and nodded.

Jim and I walked out of the room and he led me to his office in the back of the house.

"So, how's the case coming?" He asked after he closed the door.

"It's over." I told him, making sure to keep the disappointment out of my voice.

"That's great! Who was behind it?"

"It's over because I give up, Jim." There was no way I could tell him the real reason. Not without putting my family in danger again.

"You what?" Disbelief filled his eyes. "Dick, you've never given up on a case."

"I had to give up on this one. But that's not why I'm here. Jim, I-"

There was a sharp knock on the door that interrupted me. I sighed and held up my hand to signal I would get the door.

"Sorry," Babs said, holding out the phone, and not really looking sorry at all. "It's for you. Kory said it's important."

I just took the phone and shut the door. "One minute Jim…Hello?"

"I knew you'd go to Jim's house," Kory told me smugly. I rolled my eyes.

"Kory, babe, I'm kind of in the middle of something right now. Can I call you back after I finish this?"

"No. Listen, Dick, I know what you're going to do it and don't."

"We talked about this just a few nights ago."

"Dick, I'm pregnant. You know how I get when I'm pregnant." I shuddered as I remembered. Around the fourth month she gets really moody and likes to change her mind every five seconds. Damn I'll be so happy when this is over.

"The case is over, Kory, and I'm going to do it. End of story."

"You're not doing anything until we talk about it. Understand?"

I grunted but said nothing else.

"Richard John Grayson, do you understand me?"

"Yes," I muttered, looking down at the hardwood floor.

"Good, now come and meet me at the hotel."

"Where are Ryan and Mari?"

"They're safe. Come see me, now."

"Alright, alright. I'm coming."

"Thank you. I love you."

I smiled before muttering, "I love you too."

Kory hung up and my smile disappeared before I said, "Alright Babs, calls over," and hung up.

I turned and looked over at Jim as I began to back up to the door.

"I have to go, but just so you know, I won't be coming into work this week. I've got a lot of work to do with my family, and-" I opened the door to find Tim, Cass and Babs standing n the other side, grinning widely.

"He's having another baby!" They all yelled out.

My lips became a thin line and I slowly turned to see Jim, who now was also wearing a large grin.

"And that. I'll talk to you later, Jim."

I left and walked straight past the three eavesdroppers. Tim was whispering something to Cass and Babs. I could hear the small hisses of his whispers as I went toward the door.

Once I opened it, Tim came up behind me.

"Need a ride?" He asked with a grin as he looked up at me. He didn't have to look up as far as he used to since I was only a good two inches taller than him. "Bruce and Alfred told me about your…uh, car accident."

"Yeah, it'll definitely get me to the hotel faster." I agreed. We walked to his red convertible that was sitting in the driveway, shining in the sun. I gotta hand it to the kid, he definitely knew how to pick a nice car.

"So, which hotel do you need to go to?" He asked as we both hopped into the seats. We put our seatbelts on and he started up the car and began to drive off.

"Titan Towers," I told him as we sped off down the street. It's been a long time since I've driven in a convertible. I used to have one. I used to have a motorcycle too.

I sold them both off when I joined the force. Kory and I didn't have time to ride around in convertibles and motorcycles anymore. We were parents. We had jobs that took up most of our day as it was.

Once Tim takes over Wayne Enterprises, he and Cass might have to give it up too. Might. Right now, they're lucky though.

"So, another kid on the way," Tim said over the wind rushing in our faces. "How cool is that?"

"It's great," I told him as I leaned back against the black leather seat and leaned my arm over the window. "It's just…sometimes it's not easy."

"What kind of times?" Tim asked hesitantly. I looked over at him to find him staring determinedly at the street. Something wasn't right.

"You know. Times where you just wish you had to yourself," I told him. "Most of the time, Kory and I are just so busy with work and the kids, we don't end up a lot of time to ourselves. Especially with my line of work. At least one of us has to stay around and pick up the kids from school to make sure nothing happens. That's why Kory usually brings them to the dojo, there they can learn to defend themselves, and she can still keep an eye on them. While, if I have the afternoon off, I'll go and pick them up myself and take them home.

"You get a lot more responsibility. You know that old motorcycle I used to have? The one I spent two years rebuilding by hand?"

"Yeah."

"I sold that once we had Mari. See, after that fight between Bruce and I, I pretty much cut myself off from him. I paid my own way through college. Hell, I'm still paying for it. I saved the trust fund my parents had left me so Kory and I could get our house. We have to sell it now."

"Why?" Worry filled Tim's eyes. He was always the caring brother. I was the tough one. Jason was kind of in-between.

"My latest case didn't end well. That's all I can say."

We were silent for the rest of the ride.

As Tim pulled up at Titan Towers, I jumped out of the car and looked down at him. "Was there something you wanted to tell me?"

I could see it in his eyes that he had wanted to tell me something. At least something other than what he actually said. "We should meet up more."

"Yeah, sure. Give me a call sometime this week and we can meet up for lunch or something. And thanks for the ride."

"Anytime." I turned and finally heard him drive off as I opened the door to the hotel. I walked through the large lobby and over to the café. Kory was sitting in a booth by herself, sipping some water. Kory was never a drinker. She never drank any liquor and she hates coffee.

Water and soda. That's all she really drinks. Period.

I walked over to the booth, took the seat next to her and immediately pulled her into a hug.

She was safe.

She pulled away and smiled at me before giving me a soft kiss. It quickly began to heat up, and made me wish we could just rent a room and spend the whole day in it. But there was too much to talk about.

We both knew it, which was why we slowly pulled away.

"So…" She said as she turned back to her water. She took a drink of her water to help catch her breath before continuing. "What happened?"

"I gave up."

"You wh-" I put a finger to her lips to stop her from continuing.

"I had to." I removed my finger from her soft lips. "Too much was at stake for me to continue."

"Dick, you can't give up." She said it as though it was the most obvious thing in the world. As if it was that easy for me to give up.

I grit my teeth and looked down at the table.

"We need to go somewhere more private to talk. We can't go back to the house, someone broke in while we were gone."

She nodded in understanding before we both got up and walked into the lobby. She grabbed my hand and pulled me to the front desk.

"What are you doing?" I asked her as we waited in the check-in line.

"Getting a room we can stay in," She simply told me.

"We can't afford any of the rooms here, Kory. You know we can't."

"We're not paying for it. Bruce and Selina offered." She threaded her finger through mine, and stared directly into my eyes. Kory's eyes were one of the things that drew me toward her. They were like to deep emerald pools that I could always lose myself in. "I know you don't like borrowing from anyone, but we need some place where we can be alone, and that isn't home anymore. At the Manor to many people can easily come in and learn about whatever you have to say."

Kory's smart. A lot of the time I think she's smarter than me. This is definitely one of those times.

"Alright," I gave in. She smiled up at me in thanks before planting a quick kiss on my lips. I wrapped my arm around her waist and kept her close to me.

Once we checked in, we made our way up to the twentieth floor.

Jason lived on the top floor of the East tower. He was training with his team out of the city, right now, or else we probably would have run into him already.

Once we locked the door behind us, I began to explain the whole situation to Kory. I didn't leave out a single detail.

"This is even more reason for you not to give up, Dick. Don't you see that?" Kory said as she looked up at me as we lay under the covers of the bed. Neither of us had had much rest, and the bed looked so comfortable we just immediately jumped in it.

"Not really, no."

She snuggled up closer to me and held me a bit tighter.

"I understand why you did it, Dick, but I still think you shouldn't give up."

"Why?"

She took her head off my shoulder, and looked directly into my eyes, before asking, "Why do you do it?"

"I…I don't know anymore."

Sorrow was evident in her eyes and she held me closer as she rested her head back on my shoulder.

Why did I do it?

Why did I become a detective?

Was it because of Bruce? Jason? Tim?

Was it because of what happened to me?

Was it to prove something?

Why did I do it anymore? Why did I continue to put my family at risk because of my job?

I don't know anymore.

I…I can't believe I don't know.

Why do I do it?

A/N: Well, Kory's okay, and you all finally got to meet Tim and his fiancée, Cassandra Cain, who you'll learn more about later on.

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