Discovering my talents

                                    

                                          
Desdemona POV 
The next day, daddy couldn't find a babysitter so he had no choice but to bring me with him when he went to visit his sister and her two boys, who were turning ten. 
"Zachary I need you to do me a favor. I am afraid for Jeremiah's life. Last night, Jerome not only lit my precious Jeremiah's bed on fire, he attacked Jeremiah with a kitchen knife." 
I cocked my head in confusion. For some reason that just didn't sound right. "What do you want me to do Lila?" Daddy asked with a sigh. As he talked my tummy began to growl so I crawled over to where he was and tugged on his pant leg. He looked down at me and smiled "what is it little one?" 
"You still have that ugly disgusting worthless little creature?"
"How can you speak so cruelly concerning family Lila? She's your niece for goodness sake." Daddy states as he gives me my bottle. Once I finish it I yawn and begin to fall asleep in daddy's arms. He placed me in an old makeshift cradle. 
"How about I grab us a few cold ones?" He states as he tucks me into the cradle. As I close my eyes I hear the mean lady hissing at me... 
"Sleep you little termite..." I whimper and as daddy re-enters the room she changes her tone ti one of fake sweetness. "I mean precious little thing. What did you wind up naming the... Precious little thing?" Lila says with a fake smile. 
"Her full name is Desdemona Roseabella Tina Marie Trumble." 
"Wow..: That's ummm... That's quite a long name. I'm not sure I'll be able to remember it all. I hope you don't mind if I just call her Demona it'll he easier for me to remember." 
"Sure I guess that's ok." 
"Any way, will you do it? Will you take Jeremiah away from here and make sure that he is given the life he deserves?"
"Sure. Now, if that is all, it's getting late and I have to be up really early to open the diner. That and  I need to get my little princess home and into her bed." 
As promised, daddy took Jeremiah and I into Gotham city. He took Jeremiah to Saint Ignatius and I never saw him again at least, not until ten years later. However, I'll explain that later. Right now I suppose I should explain why my daddy was so protective of me.
One day when I was playing near the trailer, I came across a rattlesnake. I smiled at it and then crawled over to where it was sunning itself and sat down beside it. "Hi. You is pwitty. Me wike you." 
Instead of hissing at me and rattling its tail it crawled into my lap and curled up. It's tongue flicking over my skin causing me to giggle in delight. "Stop it." 
"Who are you talking to little one?" Daddy asked. 
"Me found a new fwiend can Me keep it?" I said pointing to the rattlesnake. 
At this, Daddy's eyes went wide with shock and all the color drained from his face. "Desdemona , sweetheart, I want you to very slowly get up and walk over to me." He said calmly so not to worry me. 
"Why?" I asked in confusion. 
"That is a rattlesnake. It is very poisonous and if it bites you, you could die." 
"Die?" I asked confused. 
"To Die means that you go to sleep and you don't ever wake up. You go bye bye." Daddy replied. 
"But when we go sweepy we wake up in de mowning. So when people go bye bye do dey wake up latea?" I asked and daddy shook his head. 
"No Sweetheart. When someone goes bye bye and goes to sleep and they don't ever wake up. They don't ever come back." Daddy replied.