Hi. This is Duela. You've reached my answering machine, but if you leave your name, number, and a message, I'll try to return your call as soon as possible. Thank you.

( Verses )

Duela Dent
Batman
412 words
Duela Dent woke up at four o'clock in the morning. In and of itself, that wasn't unusual. The little girl woke up several times most nights and merely rolled over, located her stuffed dog, and fell peacefully back asleep. One thing stood out tonight, however.

Light streamed in from beneath her door and footsteps sounded ( Read more... )

( Part I)

Duela Dent
Batman
520 words

Three weeks ago, Harvey Dent went out into the Narrows at one o'clock in the morning.

By itself, the event was commonplace. He often received calls, tips about whomever he had sought recently. He always left soon after those calls came. On that night, he'd made sure that his fourteen-year-old daughter was sound ( Read more... )

Duela Dent
Batman
504 words
For the first time in her memory, and probably long before that too, the apartment had no sculpted snowmen, no hanging lights, no Christmas tree. Mom and Daddy had never been too big on the season, the girl would be the first to admit that, but there had always been a tree. Usually it was small enough to fit on the coffee ( Read more... )

He was an odd looking man, no taller than the nine-year-old girl who peered around the living room door for a look at him. He was nearly as wide as he was tall, his black hair slicked back. He walked --almost waddled-- into the apartment with an umbrella in one hand and a briefcase in the other.

The girl's mother looked up from her desk. The simple ( Read more... )

The lock clicked, and Duela Dent drew her key out before opening the door. She closed and locked the door behind her, making her way down several flights of stairs ( Read more... )

Duela Dent
Batman
816 words
"GOD DAMN IT!"

She was already awake, but, if she hadn't been, the roar would have woken Duela anyway. The thirteen-year-old girl sat up in her bed. She always waited up, despite her mother's imposed bedtime of eleven o'clock. She could never sleep until she heard her father's car pull into the garage, heard the creaky ( Read more... )