Adopted

"Well of course I am in a good mood my boy" said Ernest as he laughed.

"Why won't I be, when my Grandson makes me very happy by sending me a picture of my beautiful granddaughter" said Ernest as he smiled and Dom laughed.

"Hey, and who says that I am not always in a good mood?" asked Ernest.

"Oh Grandfather, those who know you beg to differ" said Dom as he laughed, his Grandfather was always so grouchy, which was why Dom had decided to send him that picture to brighten his mood a bit, because he actually needs it.

"Oh shut up there you so called Grandson of mine" said Ernest.

"And there we go, ladies and Gentlemen the true Ernest White" said Dom as he laughed.

"You did not even last five minutes in your good nice Grandfather mood" said Dom as he laughed.

"Oh of course I cannot, when you are bent on annoying me" said Ernest as he shook his head.

"Anyway, where are you Dominic?" asked Grandfather.

"Oh well Grandfather, I am around" replied Dom as he stood up, he did not want to tell his Grandfather where he actually was, before he bombarded him with questions and clouded his judgment.

"Around where??" asked Ernest as he was suspicious of Dom.

"I am at home Grandfather" said Dom.

"Oh, then why didn't you say that earlier??" asked Ernest as he shook his head."

"You children of nowadays with your slang" said Ernest as he sighed.

"Oh Grandfather" said Dom as he laughed.

"Can I speak with my great granddaughter?" asked Ernest as he smiled.

"Well no Grandfather" said Dom.

"I am not with her right now, she is with Natasha changing from her school uniform" said Dom as he replied quickly before his Grandfather started asking him many questions.

"Oh I see" said Ernest.

"So I am thinking of coming over to see her" said Ernest as he smiled.

"No Grandfather, I do not think that is a good idea" said Dom as he shook his head.

"And why not??" asked Ernest as he narrowed his eyes, this Grandson of his was acting very suspicious today.

"Well because, it is a very far distance for you to come over here from the estate" said Dom.

"Well I do not care" said Ernest.

"And besides of that Grandfather, you need to watch your health, you cannot be travelling long distances anymore in a car, and Joy is very busy, she is about to eat her lunch, and then she will take her afternoon nap, so I doubt that you would actually get to spend some time with her" said Dom as he listed all the facts in order for Ernest to not even think about coming over.

Dom did not want his Grandfather's trouble at all, he was sure that his visit would end up in a scolding, and he was not ready for that at all, he already had more than enough problems on his plate, and his Grandfather would dump an entire cake on that plate of his.

Besides he did not need his Grandfather and Natasha ganging up against him, like they usually did.

"Oh… well you do have a point Dominic" said Ernest as he seemed to be thinking, it was not all of those reasons that Dom listed that discouraged him, but it was rather because he remembered that his dear Natasha was still upset with him, and he could not bring himself to upset her even more, that just was not done, she was too precious to him for him to harm her anymore.

"Yes I do Grandfather" said Dom as he sighed a sigh of relief that his Grandfather finally listened to him for once.

"Well Dominic, I will call you later, Tell my great granddaughter that I love her, and tell Natasha to please forgive me, because she listens to you" said Ernest as he smiled.

"Oh Grandfather that was before, now she does not even spare me a glance at all" said Dom to himself as he sighed.

"Alright Grandfather" said Dom.

"Wait Grandfather, did you and Natasha have a fight?" asked Dom but it was too late Ernest had already ended the call.

"Well alright then" said Dom, he did not know that Natasha and his Grandfather had a fight?? She was like his best Grandchild, well because she always listened to him with no questions asked, so it was strange for them to be fighting.

Dom sighed he put his phone in his pocket and he closed the door of the shack as he locked the door, he had many things to think on.

…

"Alright my baby, don't talk with your mouth full" said Natasha as she laughed.

"Okay Mommy" said Joy as she swallowed her lunch.

"Mommy my teacher Is very nice, her name is Miss Lolly like a Lollipop" said Joy as she laughed.

"Who is like a lollipop?" asked Dom as he laughed and he entered the dining room as he sat down.

"Daddy you are back!!" said Joy as she smiled as the smile on Natasha's face dropped and she focused on her food.

"Yes I am my princess" said Dom as he smiled.

"I was just telling mommy about my teacher Miss Lolly, who's name is like a lollypop" said Joy.

"Oh I see my princess" said Dom as he smiled.

"Yes Daddy, and I made many friends, I have a friend named Clarita, and prince and Leon" said Joy as she explained.

"Prince and Leon are brothers, but they look nothing alike because Prince is adopted" said Joy.

"Daddy do you know what being adopted means?" asked Joy and Dom shook his head, he wanted Joy to tell him what she knew.

"Not quite my princess, how about you tell me what it means?" asked Dom as he smiled.

"Well when you are adopted, it means that your parents could not take care of you, so they put you in an orphanage, and other parents who want a baby, come and get you, and they treat you like their child, because they love you" said Joy as she nodded her head and she explained.

"Oh wow, I see my princess" said Dom as he laughed.

"Yes Daddy" said Joy as she smiled.

"Daddy, Mommy are you adopted?" asked Joy as she looked at her parents innocently and it made Dom start laughing.

"Well no my baby, I am not adopted" said Natasha as she smiled at Joy.

"I am also not adopted my princess" said Dom.

"But your Uncle, Nine, Michael and Charlie are all adopted" said Dom as he smiled.

"Really??" asked Joy.

"Yes my princess, my Grandfather adopted them" said Dom as he smiled, that was why they all grew up together.

"Oooh that is so cool" said Joy as she laughed.

"Yes my princess, and before I forget my Grandfather told me to tell you that he loves you very much" said Dom as he laughed and Joy giggled.

"And that you should forgive him Natasha" said Dom as he looked at Natasha, and she looked away from him and ignored him.

Dom had seen Alfred before he had come here, and Alfred had told him that Natasha and Grandfather had an argument not too long ago, and that he did not know the details exactly, but Natasha was not speaking to him at all.

"Mommy, am I adopted??" asked Joy as she turned to look at her mother.

"Oh well no my baby, you are not adopted" said Natasha as she smiled at Joy.

"I carried you in my belly for nine months and then you came out" said Natasha as she laughed and Joy giggled and Dom looked away, he could not say anything about that, he had not been involved in Natasha's pregnancy at all.

"Well my baby, enough talking now, finish your lunch, so you can go take a nap" said Natasha as she smiled.

"Okay Mommy" said Joy as she smiled.

"That's my girl" said Natasha as she smiled and Joy ate her food, while Natasha ignored Dom the entire time they ate together.

…

Later that day.

Dom had went to the office, and he had returned right after dinner, to Natasha's delight, she kissed Joy a goodnight kiss, Dom came to read her a bedtime story, so Natasha excused herself, she went to her room she brushed her teeth and she changed into her pyjamas.

She looked at Joy's picture one more time as she smiled and she received a call on her phone and she picked it up swiftly.

"Hello Chloe" said Natasha as she smiled.

"Hello Natasha" said Chloe as she smiled.

"How are you doing?" asked Natasha as she smiled.

"Well I am doing well, and yourself?" asked Chloe as she smiled.

"I cannot complain at all" said Natasha as she smiled.

"Oh, well Ethan told me that he saw Joy as school today when he was in the playground" said Chloe as she laughed.

"That sounds great" said Natasha as she laughed.

"So how was Joy's first day at school?" asked Chloe as she laughed.

"Well it was great, she was a little chatterbox today, she would not even stop taking at all" said Natasha as she laughed, she was happy that her little baby was happy.

"Oh my, she sounds very happy" said Chloe as she laughed, Joy was such a darling, and she was always happy, just like her name.

"Oh she was more than happy, she was joyful" said Natasha as she laughed.

"Oh I can just imagine" said Chloe as she laughed.

"So how was your first day at work?" asked Natasha as she smiled.

"Oh well it was going very fine, well until that happened, and I had a huge breakdown and I called you" said Chloe as she laughed awkwardly, she was just too stressed, it was her first day and something really bad happened.

"Haha well everyone has one of those, so there is no need for you to worry at all" said Natasha as she laughed.

"Oh thank you Natasha, I was just so stressed" said Chloe as she laughed.

"Oh I can just imagine, I would have been too" said Natasha.

"But remember, that could have happened to anybody, it just happened to be when you were the one in charge" said Natasha as she laughed.

"Oh and that scared me a lot" said Chloe as she laughed.

"Mom, where did you put my blanket" came Ethan's voice and Chloe turned around.

"Check your drawer Ethan" said Chloe as she moved the phone away as she shouted so Ethan could hear her.

"I already checked it, I cannot find it anywhere" said Ethan.

"*Sigh*, Oh Ethan, if I come over there and I find it, you are In big trouble" said Chloe as she shouted and she sighed and Ethan kept quiet.

"Oh Natasha, I am so sorry about that" said Chloe as she laughed and she brought the phone closer to herself.

"No problem at all" said Natasha as she smiled.

"Well I have to go now, Goodnight, we will talk later" said Chloe as she smiled.

"Alright, you too Chloe, Goodnight" said Natasha as she smiled as Chloe ended the call.

Natasha sighed as she looked at her phone, and in that same moment her phone rang once again and she looked at the caller ID and she frowned she threw her phone on the other side of her bed and it landed on the pillow, and she did not answer it at all.

It was Grandfather that was calling, and she could not reject his call, so she just let it ring, until it finally stopped ringing, Natasha sighed, she still could not bear to speak with him now, most of what happened to her was caused because of his controlling attitude and her stupidity, and she was not going to allow that again this time.

"Never again, Never again Natasha" said Natasha to herself as she sighed.

Chapter end