Chapter 10: Meeting the Waynes
Sarah was heading to Dick's home which was the Wayne Manor. She was angry and wanted to give him a piece of her mind. She finally arrived to the gate. Alfred the butler answered the door, "Good evening Miss, do you wish to speak with master Dick?"
"Actually I like to speak to his father!" Sarah frowned, "he's a very rude person."
Alfred was amused and let Sarah inside, "come this way, Miss," he led her down the long hallway and then entered the living room, "Master Bruce, this young lady wishes to speak with you."
Bruce stood up, surprised, "is there something I can help you with?"
"Your son is a jerk! He humiliated me! I wanted to see a friend and he acted like a jealous little boy and didn't give me a chance to see my friend I haven't seen for years!"
"Alright, well, please take a seat and explain the situation to me. This friend of yours must be a boy you're interested in, right? Which is why Dick would be jealous."
"...he's...a man...he's...a little older than me."
"Ah, well, that happens. But that would also make Dick even more jealous. If your friend has graduated high school, Dick probably sees him as a threat. But I will speak to him about his rude behavior."
"...y-yeah...but he...he also saved my life years ago. You see...I was in a bad situation...I lost both of my...real parents and for months I was held captive...and he saved me from..."
"The Joker?"
She turned and saw a older man around her father's age. She then nodded.
"You are one of the girl victims are you?"
She nodded sadly and looked down, now Bruce may knew who her hero was.
"One of those girl victims saved by Arthur Fleck....the first Joker," Bruce looked at Sarah concerned, "he's...around 27 years old! Surely you're not...in love with him?!"
"...," she then looked down.
"Awe, young love," the old man smiled.
"Father!" Bruce snapped "don't encourage this! She's not even 18 yet. It's probably just a crush."
"Uh do you remember Selina Kyle? She had a crush on you and she wasn't even 18 yet. You were."
"Father! Stop it! Next you'll be offering to go with her to visit the freak!"
"Freak? Now listen, Bruce, I may have never had...I-I mean the first Batman may never had him as the first Joker, he never did, but if he was still here he would see Mr Fleck as a sad, poor soul just wanting a friend."
Sarah looked at the old man confused.
"I'm sorry for my son, anyway, I am Bruce Wayne also, he's Jr." He chuckled.
Bruce sighed, "that sad poor lonely soul had a mental breakdown and took revenge on everyone who had ever hurt him! That's not the right thing to do. He's evil."
"That I agree, but I do believe people can change, Bruce. Do you? Like the Penguin?"
Bruce then stood up, "perhaps some people deserve a second chance, but it's too risky having him around a 17 year old girl who's crushing on him!" He turned to Sarah "I'm sorry, but on this matter I agree with my son," he then left the room.
Sarah sighed looking down then Alfred came.
"Sorry to interrupt but...a Mr Gold is at the door?"
But Gold hadn't waited by the door. He came into the room behind Alfred.
"Sarah! I've been so worried about you. I thought you were angry with Dick, why are you here?"
She looked tearing up, she walked to him, "can we...just go..."
"Wait, Sarah is it?" Mr Wayne came to her, "Listen, I'm sorry for my son and grandson, I will have a talk with them, they are good honest. It's just...being hard since they both were very young. You understand."
She then nodded.
"Tell you what, Mr Gold, if you need anything, you can call us, alright." He handed Gold his number on a card. "Dick does care for her, but I think he needs to learn what Sarah has been through and I know for a fact her hero would never do anything to hurt her."
Gold took the number and thanked him, shaking his hand. They left the manor and got into the truck
"So, Mr Wayne Senior seems to have a lot of faith in your hero." he sighed, "Sarah, I don't want us to fight.... but we do need to talk."
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