"Daddy, Daddy, Daddy" called Joy with a giggle as she ran into the house and Dom turned around as he smiled.
"Hello Princess" said Dom with a smile as he picked her up and she giggled.
"Looks like someone had fun at the park" said Dom as Joy giggled and Nine smiled.
"Daddy, Daddy I had so much fun, Uncle Nine pushed me on the swings and I fell down" said Joy as she laughed, she looked so excited to talk and tell Dom everything that happened.
"You did have lots of fun" said Dom as he laughed.
"Thanks for taking her out Nine" said Dom as he smiled, he realized that with everything happening he had not been able to take Joy out and play like he usually did, so he really owed Nine one.
"Don't mention it" said Nine as he smiled.
"Alright princess, go wash your hands, and thank your uncle Nine for taking you out" said Dom as he smiled and he put Joy down as she nodded.
"Thank you for taking me out Uncle Nine, I love you" said Joy as she smiled and Nine bent down as she gave him a kiss on the cheek and giggled as she ran away.
"It's alright Nine, Charlie isn't here to mock you, you can show some emotion" said Dom as he laughed and Nine looked at him.
"Joy is wonderful to be around" said Nine as Dom laughed.
"Tell me, who do you think she takes after me or Natasha?" asked Dom.
"She has both your best qualities, a good listener, strong willed apart for some other things" said Nine.
"Right, you are just trying to play on both sides" said Dom as he laughed.
"How did the meeting go?" asked Nine.
"Oh Nine, that's a long story" said Dom as he sighed.
"You have time?" asked Nine as Dom looked at the watch on his hand, he still had some time before dinner time, but he doubted it would be enough to fully explain everything.
"Let's talk after dinner, I will meet you at your place" said Dom.
"Alright" said Nine.
"See you later" said Nine.
"See you Nine" replied Nine as he smiled, he was happy that he had his family members all around to help him, he wondered what he would do without them all present and helping him, he could testify that the saying it takes a village to raise a child was very true.
"Daddy, how was your day?" asked Joy as she finished washing her hands and she walked to Dom as he picked her up and gave her kisses.
"It was good princess, although I had some bad times, but you are the highlight of my day" said Dom with a smile as Joy giggled.
"Daddy, can I have some cookies?" asked Joy with a smile.
"Not yet princess, let's have dinner first" said Dom as he smiled.
"Okay?" asked Dom with a smile.
"Okay" replied Joy as she giggled.
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"Daddy, do I have to eat this?" asked Joy as she used her fork to pick up a long bean.
"Yes Princess you have to eat everything on your plate" said Dom.
"But daddy, it's bitter, I don't want to eat it" said Joy as Dom laughed.
"You know princess, when you were a baby and I used to feed you, you would eat anything I gave you no questions asked, but now you are asking a lot of questions" said Dom as he laughed.
"But daddy, I don't want to eat it" said Joy.
"You want cookies, you have to eat it" said Dom as Joy frowned.
"Oh my baby, you are already back, I forgot" said Natasha as she walked into the dining room and she gave Joy kisses as Joy giggled.
"How was going to the park with uncle Nine?" asked Natasha with a smile.
"Very fun mommy" replied Joy as she laughed.
"I am glad that it was princess" said Natasha as she smiled and she ignored Dom.
"Mommy, I don't want to eat this long bean, can I throw it away?" asked Joy.
"My darling, what do I always say about throwing food away?" asked Natasha with a smile.
"It's wasting food and it's not good to waste food" replied Joy.
"That's is darling, so be a good girl and eat all your food okay?" asked Natasha with a smile.
"Okay Mommy" replied Joy as Natasha smiled and she gave her a kiss on the cheek as she turned around to walk away.
"Won't you have dinner with us mommy?" asked Joy as Natasha turned around to look at her and then at Dom.
"No princess, I'm not hungry actually, but enjoy dinner with your daddy okay?" asked Natasha with a smile.
"Okay mommy" replied Joy as Natasha smiled and she walked away as Joy looked at Dom.
"Daddy, what did you do?" asked Joy.
"What do you mean by that princess?" asked Dom.
"Mommy's upset, and it's because of you" said Joy.
"How do you know it's because of me?" asked Dom.
"Because Mommy used to have dinner with us, and now she's not" said Joy as Dom sighed, Joy knew that there was something going on, Natasha had been eating with them for a while now, and suddenly stopped.
"Look princess, your mommy and I had a little tiny argument" said Dom.
"Did you say sorry? Mommy always says that saying sorry when you are wrong makes everything better" said Joy.
"I did say sorry my princess, but your mommy still won't forgive me" replied Dom.
"Then try again daddy, mommy can't stay angry for long" said Joy as Dom smiled.
"Alright princess I will try, but finish dinner first" said Dom as he smiled and Joy nodded her head as she smiled.
…
"Goodnight princess" said Dom with a smile as he closed the door to Joy's room and he saw Natasha walking out of her room as she walked back in and closed her door as he sighed.
"Natasha can we talk?" asked Dom as he knocked on her door and she did not reply.
"Look Natasha, I apologize for what happened earlier, I am not going to bring it up again, I just wonder if the association or whatever they are called will remove their firearms from the ship since I am not going to use it anymore" said Dom as he waited for a reply and he sighed as he turned around to walk away but he paused when he heard Natasha's voice.
"No, they won't, they spent too much time watching over the MSC Lavender, they won't change their plans, which is why, like I said, don't use that ship until I say so" said Natasha as she knew that she had to work out some things.
"Alright then" said Dom as there was silence.
"Natasha, I really am sorry, I didn't mean for you to relate my question to what you did" said Dom.
"We made a deal to live in peace, and I want to do that, so I'm sorry" said Dom.
"I hear you" replied Natasha as she did not want to be the petty one here, so she opened her door.
"is Joy sleeping?" asked Natasha.
"She is, she noticed that you were upset" said Dom.
"Right" replied Natasha.
"I will see you later" replied Dom as he walked down the stairs, the had promised to meet up with Nine and he was already late.
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"And that's what happened" said Dom as he sighed.
"Natasha really helped us out" said Nine.
"I know she did" replied Dom with a sigh.
"Then why do you look like that?" asked Nine.
"Because Natasha is as complicated at hell, she kissed me and I can't even ask her why she did so because ever single thing relates back to what happened" said Dom.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" asked Dom.
"Do you want honesty?" asked Nine.
"Do I have a choice?" asked Dom.
"Natasha has every right to react the way she did, after all, you aren't innocent, I mean you hurt her, we all did" said Nine.
"I know that Nine, but I'm trying to clear the air, what happened should be put behind us" Dom.
"The only way to do that for sure is to prove her innocence" said Nine.
"You know that time and time again she said that she didn't do it, and her story never changed" said Nine.
"I know Nine, but can you blame me? I saw her in the video, everything pointed to her" said Dom.
"I asked Michael to investigate again, but he has been busy with everything in Montreal that he hasn't had time to work on that" said Dom.
"Speaking of which, Michael called me today, he and Charlie will be returning next week" replied Nine.
"Are they done with everything?" asked Dom.
"They are, you should receive an email on Monday sooner or later" replied Nine as Dom nodded.
"You should stop worrying too much, Natasha has a semi- logical reason for most things she does" said Nine.
"I hope you are right, because it seems that I know her less and less" said Dom with a sigh.