Proud

"Here Grandfather, this should calm you down" said Natasha with a smile as she poured Ernest a cup of tea and she handed it to him.

"Oh thank you my dear" said Ernest with a smile as he took the teacup from Natasha and he sipped it.

"You are welcome Grandfather, I told you not to worry because everything would be solved" said Natasha with a smile as she sat down beside Ernest.

"You see Grandfather, I told you that everything would be fine, but did you listen to me? No you kept on pacing up and down" said Lulu as she walked into Ernest's office and she shook her head as Natasha laughed.

"Well could you blame me? If I had my way I would have attended that meeting as well to give all those sharks a piece of my mind" said Ernest.

"Right mhmm Grandfather, Natasha thank you for coming over, because Grandfather wasn't listening to me, he only seems to listen to you" said Lulu as Natasha laughed.

"That's not true, I listen to you my dear Lulu" said Ernest as he laughed.

"Right Grandfather" said Lulu.

"Oh come on be fair Lulu, Grandfather is a very, very considerate man and he listens to everyone" said Natasha as she winked at Lulu and Lulu laughed.

"Yes he is actually, I will go and check what mom's making" said Lulu with a smile.

"Oh please tell me that you are staying for lunch Natasha" said Lulu with a smile.

"Oh I can't Lulu, I have an appointment to catch after this" said Natasha with a smile.

"Aww well okay, maybe next time" said Lulu as Natasha smiled and she walked out of Ernest's office.

"My dear, I really appreciate you for what you did" said Ernest as he looked at Natasha and he smiled.

"I did it for your Grandfather, at this age of yours the last thing you should be worried about is people taking all your hard work away" said Natasha as she smiled.

"You really are wonderful Natasha" said Ernest as he smiled.

"I learn the best from you Grandfather, don't you always say that family is the most important thing? And it really is" said Natasha with a smile as she took away Ernest's teacup and she placed it on the table.

"I am so glad that you are part of my family my dear" said Ernest with a smile as Natasha smiled at him.

"And I am proud to be a part of your family as well Grandfather" said Natasha as she smiled.

"You are so mature to put aside everything that is going on between you and Dominic and do what was best for the company" said Ernest.

"Like you said Grandfather, it was what was best for the company, and the company isn't only his, it's yours, it's ours, and it's Joy's, I couldn't just sit back and watch it be taken away without doing anything at all" said Natasha.

"You are right my dear" said Ernest as Natasha rested her head on his shoulder, she was the Grandfather she never had, and he was her sole father figure right now, since her father had passed away, if anything, she knew that everything he did till this point was for her own wellbeing, sure, some of it had been selfish, but everyone was a little bit selfish.

"My dear, will you ever be able to forgive Dominic for what he did to you?" asked Ernest.

"Grandfather, forgiveness is not even a matter right now, I have forgiven him" said Natasha.

"And what about pursing to be happy with him?" asked Ernest as Natasha sighed and she laughed.

"Now that Grandfather is something else, honestly I can't do that, forgiveness is one thing, but moving on as if nothing happened is another thing" said Natasha.

"You don't love him?" asked Ernest.

"I loved him for so long at my own detriment, I caused harm to myself because of him" said Natasha.

"I moved on, I can't say that I don't love him, because I love some parts of him, the way he takes care of Joy, the way he loves her, the way he's a good son and grandson, I love those things about him" said Natasha.

"But the parts that I don't love about him outweigh the parts that I love about him" said Natasha.

"I don't dwell on the bad, I prefer to think of the good, but with him it's hard to pretend like nothing happened, I mean this was a man that showed me so much love, he made me smile, a lot, we were closer than anything else, but all that changed because of…*sigh*" said Natasha as she sighed.

"I can't lie that I don't remember the good times, but the bad times are a lot, and right now, It's just level, I don't want to change that, things are fine now, I really don't want to push it" said Natasha as she looked at Ernest.

"Don't look at me like that dear, I have learnt my lesson from the last time, I won't push It either" said Ernest as he laughed and Natasha laughed.

"Thank you Grandfather" said Natasha as she smiled.

"You are welcome dear, as long as you are happy, I am happy" said Ernest with a smile.

"I have to go now Grandfather" said Natasha as she gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"Alright dear, take care" said Ernest as he smiled.

"I will Grandfather, and you too" said Natasha with a smile as she walked out of his office and Ernest smiled, he still wished that both Natasha and his Grandson could be happy.

…

Natasha was sitting in her office on her laptop when she put in her red USB drive in her laptop port as she quickly scrolled through the files until she found what she was looking for and she clicked the file as it opened and she read through it.

Natasha sighed, this was a really big problem, here is was, everything about the MSC Lavender 2005, from the make to the registration and everything, she knew it, she knew that she had seen a picture of that ship before, and here it was right here.

Natasha shook her head, she did not know whether to be relieved or angry that she had found this out, because not only did it affect her, but the company as well, she did not know what to do right now, hopefully, she was sure that Dom did not finalize everything yet.

…

Dom walked into the house as he did not look happy at all.

"Welcome young Master" said Alfred with a smile as he greeted Dom.

"Thank you Alfred, where is Joy?" asked Dom.

"Oh she went out to the park with Xavier" said Alfred with a smile.

"Alright, and where is Natasha?" asked Dom.

"In her office young master, should I tell her that you want to see her?" asked Alfred.

"No need, I will do it myself" said Dom as he walked up the stairs and Alfred wondered what was going on, but he decided to stay out of it.

Dom knocked on the door of Natasha's office as she answered that he come in.

"Natasha we need to talk" said Dom as he entered Natasha's office and she looked up at him as she sighed, she should have asked who it was.

"Not now, I'm busy" said Natasha.

"No now Natasha, I don't have time for your games, seriously, you are going to tell me what is going on right now" said Dom as Natasha sighed, if she had known that he was coming home early she would have went out with Joy to escape him.

She was not ready for this right now, she was not ready to explain to him what was happening.

"I don't want to do this right now, and I can't do this right now, please we can talk about this later" said Natasha.

"And I said no, I want to know what you know, so please start Natasha, because I am not leaving until you do" said Dom as he sat down on the couch, he had all day, and he could not stand the suspense, something told him that this was something dangerous.

Natasha looked at Dom, they both knew that they were as stubborn as stubborn could be, and honestly, Natasha did not have time for this.

"Alright fine, I knew the ship you were about to finalize a deal with because I saw it once before in some files" said Natasha as Dom listened, his eyes telling her to go on.

"That cargo ship is going to be used to smuggle illegal weapons and firearms into the states by the association of the white viper, don't ask me how I know about them" said Natasha.

"I read that they want to use that ship since it will be new, and apparently no one would suspect any foul play" said Natasha.

"But I believe that if you were to finalize that deal, they would load all the illegal weapons along with the other cargo, and when it gets here, I am sure that the customs would find the weapons, which would cause a scandal for the company" said Natasha.

"That's why I told you not to finalize any deal" said Natasha.

"I didn't" replied Dom.

"Good, I would say that the best thing to do now is to hold on with everything that has to do with that ship until I figure something out" said Natasha.

"And if it really is urgent to get this done, then maybe try making some other arrangements, just don't use that ship because they have their eyes set of using it" said Natasha.

"Noted" said Dom as Natasha was surprised that he seemed to be taking this better than she had expected, he was not doing his usual Dom thing by complaining.

"Do you have any questions?" asked Natasha as she was not sure if he had heard what she had said clearly.

"How do you know about that association?" asked Dom.

"I can't tell you that, it's none of your business" said Natasha.

"Your uncle Romanoff" said Dom in sarcasm as he was staring to put everything together.

"How do you…" said Natasha as she was cut off.

"Joy told me about your uncle's visit" said Dom with a scoff.

"And judging from everything I know, he's the one you were looking for, you found him, went to Russia for months came back, got arrested because of him, and now he's playing the role of a lovely uncle" said Dom.

"I knew that man was dangerous, but what I don't get is how he would give you such important information about the organization he works for" said Dom.

"Which means he didn't, and knowing you, you must have stole it from him somehow to get to know all of what you are telling me" said Dom as Natasha looked at him, she hated that he somehow got everything right.

"I did what I needed to do" said Natasha simply.

"And I still don't get what set you up on this whole mission of yours" said Dom in utter frustration.

"It's none of your business" said Natasha as her phone rang and she looked at it only to see that she was receiving a call from the person she was just talking about.