Chapter 23
In the seedier side of town, in a one room apartment, Trevor Yarsmith cuts out of the newest article from the newspaper concerning the Wayne case.
"'Police Commissioner Gordan assures that the police are close to catching the man behind the terrifying attacks on Wayne's ward, Richard Grayson,'" reads Yarsmith, sneering. "Oh, I know how close you are to catching me."
Glancing over to the monitor, Yarsmith watches as the police swarm through his former apartment. Having installed cameras into his previous residence, the man could see everything that the police were taking, though he couldn't hear a word that was being said.
"I also know that Batman and Robin are even on the case," continues the man, having watched the monitor late into the evening the night before and seen the Dynamic Duo enter his former apartment.
Taking the newest article, Yarsmith stands up and pins the newspaper clipping up on the wall in front of the desk he is working at. Staring at the wall and all the articles on it, Yarsmith focuses his hatred on the millionaire.
"Fire me?! I was hired to keep him safe and, when I tried to do my job, he claims I'm too rough?" shouts the man at the articles. "You pissed off the wrong fucking man this time, Wayne."
Calming himself down, Yarsmith sits back down in his chair. But instead of watching the police work on the monitor, the man picks up a picture that he took only a week after losing his job. The picture is of a black haired, blue eyed boy playing in one of the city's nicer parks; it's a picture of Dick Grayson. Stroking the picture, Yarsmith leans back in his chair and smiles.
"I'm not done yet, Wayne," continues Yarsmith, almost lovingly, as he still strokes the picture in his hands. "The phone call to your boy this evening…oh, I could hear his breathing change when he heard my voice. Or the way he whispered no when I told him that he would eventually like what I did to him. One of these times, Wayne, I won't leave your boy behind when I go and you'll never see him again."
