“Here’s your iced tea, Miss ( Read more... )

The appointment at the doctor's office had taken far longer than she had hoped, probably because of the information she'd been almost overloaded with. It had sunk in bit by bit while she drove home ( Read more... )

She'd packed two suitcases and a carry-on bag. She had enough clothes for the week in Chicago and a credit card courtsey of Mario in case she needed to some additional shopping while there. Mario had told her already that he intended to approach Jonath-- Dr. Crane about accompanying her, and Nadine wondered if he'd actually come. If not, she'd be ( Read more... )

“Amazing,” Nadine said as she stopped briefly to notice a taped up cardboard box outside the apartment next to her. This town, she thought, really was filled with vultures. It hadn’t been more than a week since Mr. Lark killed himself and Mrs. Lark had left the apartment as quickly as she could. But someone had already bought the damn place ( Read more... )

Nadine Lewis was woken up at seven in the morning. Carmine Falcone gave her the weekends and Wednesdays off, and she certainly didn't complain. She planned to get up at a leisurely ten o'clock, get some breakfast at a little diner down the street, then return to read through a few contracts. Even on her day off, she had meant to get work done ( Read more... )

“Oh, no, Mr. Falcone. There’s no reason to contact him.”

“I’m a man of my word, Nadia. I will pay the doctor.”

“I didn’t mean that, sir. I just meant that I can deliver it. I know where he’ll want it taken.”

“How do you know that?”

“I’ve done my homework.”Nadine Lewis consulted the Gotham map tacked on her bedroom wall. White tacks held each ( Read more... )

The room was very small and very dark. The walls seemed to move closer together every second. A door opened; red-tinted light flooded the room. A man stood, laughing. Nadine glared at her father and reached for a weapon. She wasn’t a child anymore. She wouldn’t let him scare her. Something caught her, tightened around her throat, pulled up. The man ( Read more... )

“Nadine, call me when you get this. Your father and I want to hear how your case went ( Read more... )

Tuesday's election results could not have been clearer. Gotham City-- to borrow from the man's campaign-- believed in Harvey Dent. The vote against the incumbent had been overwhelming, despite the money Carmine Falcone had poured into his campaign. Garcetti had until the first of the year to finish up his business as District Attorney ( Read more... )

("Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside of us, and sometimes...they win."
--Stephen King)

Nadine Lewis
Batman (OC)
400 words

Nadine Lewis considered the letter she’d received ( Read more... )