Chapter 44 - Be honest

"What's up??" asked the other man from the other side of the line.

"Hey Dom, we just saw Natasha" said Charlie quickly as he put the call to speaker mode.

"What??" asked Dom as he was surprised.

"Where??" asked Dom.

"Me and Nine were about to enter the estate gate, when we saw her standing there, she seemed to be waiting for a taxi or something" said Charlie

"That is strange" said Dom, the fact that she would rather take a taxi, and not ask one of the drivers to take her wherever she was going, made it even more difficult for him to know what she was up to.

"I wanted to follow after her, but Nine over here, refused to" said Charlie as he eyed Nine in annoyance, and Nine just sighed and shook his head in disbelief.

"No, no, Nine is right, we are not criminals that we need to follow her" said Dom as he agreed with Nine.

"Ugh, you both are just the same" said Charlie as Nine looked at him with an expression that read "You see??"

"How do you expect us to find out what she's up too, if we don't follow her?" asked Charlie as he sounded annoyed, how come no one was seeing his point of view??

"We do not need to go through such low means to find out what Natasha is up to" said Dom as Nine nodded in agreement, and Charlie sighed.

"Fine, okay" he said.

"And is she still there??" asked Dom.

"No, no she is not, she left while me and Nine were busy arguing" said Charlie.

"I see" said Dom as he seemed to be thinking.

"What's going on?" asked Michael as he entered Dom's office.

"Nine and Charlie happened to see Natasha on their way home, she seemed to be going somewhere" said Dom as he explained to Michael.

"I see" said Michael as he seemed to be thinking and he sat down on the sofa.

"Is that Michael??" asked Charlie from the other side of the line.

"Yes, yes it's him" said Dom.

"Anyway, give me a moment, I need to call someone" said Dom.

"Okay then" said Charlie as Dom ended the call.

"Who are you calling?" asked Michael as he saw Dom dial a number.

"Alfred" said Dom as he looked up at Michael and he put the phone up to his ear.

The phone rang for a while before it was picked up.

"Hello Young Master" said Alfred as he picked up the call.

"Hello Alfred, where are you? Are you at home?" asked Dom.

"Yes Young Master, I am at home, I am currently with Joy in the garden right now" replied Alfred as he smiled at Joy who was giggling and showing him a flower that she plucked out of one of the garden's flower shrubs.

"Alright" said Dom.

"Is Natasha with you?" he asked.

"No young Master, the Madam is not here right now, she had stepped out an hour ago" said Alfred as Joy ran ahead of him.

"Do not go to far Joy" he called out to her.

"Okay Alfred" said Joy as she turned back to look at him and she smiled.

"I see" replied Dom as he was thinking.

"Do you know where she went to?" asked Dom.

"No Young Master, she did not inform me of where she was going, she only said that she was going out and that she would return before dinnertime" said Alfred as he was sure that something was wrong.

"Alfred, let me ask you a question, and please be very honest with me" said Dom.

"Of course Young Master" said Alfred as he could tell that Dom was serious.

"How many times has Natasha gone out as of late??" asked Dom as he hoped that maybe Alfred could provide him with tangible information that would let him be aware of what Natasha was doing or planning.

"Well Young Master, since last week, she has been going out more frequently" said Alfred.

"I need a number, please Alfred" said Dom.

"Well Young Master, I would say that she has went out for about two or three times recently" said Alfred.

"And how long does she usually go out for?" asked Dom.

"And please be specific Alfred" said Dom.

"Well she usually goes out for the whole day, or maybe half a day, but she always makes sure not to return too late" said Alfred.

"I see" said Dom.

"Young Master, is anything the matter?" asked Alfred.

"No... No there is nothing wrong Alfred" said Dom as he seemed to be thinking.

"Is Joy there with you?" asked Dom.

"Yes Young Master, she is" said Alfred.

"Alright, please give her the phone, I want to speak to her" said Dom.

"Of course Young Master" said Alfred.

"Joy, come over here, your father wants to speak to you" called Alfred as he spoke to Joy softly.

"Okay" said Joy as she walked back to Alfred with a smile as he gave her his phone, she held it with her little hand.

"Hello Daddy" said Joy as she smiled.

"Hello my princess" said Dom as he smiled.

"How are you?" asked Dom.

"I am good Daddy and how are you?" asked Joy as she smiled.

"I am doing well" said Dom as he smiled.

"So what are you doing my princess??" asked Dom.

"Alfred told me that you and him are in the garden" said Dom.

"Yes Daddy, yes we are, I even picked a very pretty flower" said Joy.

"Oh is that so my princess?" asked Dom.

"Yes daddy, should I show you??" asked Joy with a smile.

"Of course my princess, but that would be later, I am at work right now" said Dom.

"Awww okay daddy" said Joy as she really wanted to show her father the pretty flower she had found.

"I called to tell you that I will be coming home a bit late today, but I will make sure to come back as soon as I can" said Dom.

"Okay daddy" said Joy as she smiled.

"And when you come back I can show you my flower?" asked Joy.

"Of course my princess, but until then, keep it so I can see it later" said Dom as he smiled.

"Okay Daddy" said Joy with a smile.

"Now my princess, would you please give Alfred back the phone?" asked Dom.

"Okay Daddy" said Joy

"Bye my princess" said Dom.

"Bye Daddy" said Joy as she smiled and she gave the phone back to Alfred.

"Alfred that will be all, I will see you later" said Dom.

"Alright then Young Master, see you" said Alfred as Dom cut the call.

"You really do love your little princess" said Michael as he laughed, Dom had forgotten that this guy was still here.

"Of course I do, she id my daughter" said Dom as he laughed.

"I never thought of the day I would hear you speak in such a soft tone" said Michael as he laughed, his little niece really did do wonders.

"Well I do, only with my princess" said Dom.

"Why don't you go settle down and find your own, instead of being jealous of me" said Dom as he laughed.

"Oh no no" said Michael as he laughed.

"We all know the drill, if it wasn't for you who broke it" said Michael.

"I will only settle down, if Nine does" said Michael.

"And we both know that is impossible" said Michael as he laughed and Dom laughed too.

"That guy is way too stiff and cold to love anybody" said Michael as he laughed.

"Just don't let him catch you saying such about him" said Dom as he laughed.

"Who would tell him, if not except you??" asked Michael as he laughed.

"Yeah right" said Dom.

"Well with those your terms and conditions to get married, I suggest that you start getting used to being all alone" said Dom as he laughed.

"Who told you that I did not mind that at all" said Michael as he laughed.

"I think you need to go home, because with you around, I doubt that I would get any work done" said Dom as he laughed and he sighed.

"Why don't you just take a vacation?" asked Michael.

"I am sure that the company will not collapse just because you leave for a single second" said Michael and Dom look at him.

"Oh come on, you still have your father, he can handle things while you are away, you do not have to carry everything on your young shoulders" said Michael as he laughed.

"And Michael you seem to forget that this is my company now" said Dom as he laughed.

"I cannot just get up and leave" said Dom

"I never said that you should" said Michael as he laughed.

"Michael, I really do have work to do now" said Dom as he pulled out a blue folder.

"So you can either help me, or stay quiet" said Dom as he smiled.

"Buddy I don't think you want me running your business" said Michael as he laughed.

"You know what on second thought you are right, so just stay there and don't touch anything" said Dom as he laughed.

"Oh haha very funny Dom" said Michael as he did not even look amused at all.