It doesn't matter

Dom quickly shrugged off his initial thoughts, so what if Natasha was being colder with him? It didn't matter, all that mattered was that she had forgiven him... even though he doubted in his mind and heart that she had truly forgiven him.

But he would not pressure her or rush her, she needed time to truly process everything, and so did he and everyone else. This was just... a very complicated situation and not because it truly was, but because they all thought it was.

Dom still could not help but blame himself for everything that had happened. He had had an idea that Lia was somewhat interested in him, but he thought that it was not serious at all, he had turned her down countless times, and besides she only started to mention her feeling for him only after he and Natasha got married.

So he had thought that she was only joking and she was not truly serious, not serious to go as far as doing the things she did... He was truly just disappointed, he would have never expected anything like that from her.

Meanwhile while Dom was busy in his thoughts Natasha was wondering what he was still doing here when she suddenly got an answer to her question when she heard him ask her a very important question that she had asked herself not too long ago.

"Natasha would you be... pressing charges against Lia for what she did?" asked Dom as he had this question on his mind for a long time now ever since he found out, and he frankly didn't know the answer to it, and that was why he was asking Natasha, if anything she was the one affected most by what Lia had done and it was her choice, he didn't want to seem like he was pushing for unnecessary justice when he was not the one who needed it.

Natasha looked at Dom as she just sighed and looked down at her teacup. This was a tough question. Did she want Lia to pay for what she had done to her? Did she want justice... well the weird thing was that she didn't know she wasn't sure at all.

If it was you asked that was asked that question, you would definitely reply with a yes, or an of course, because after all Lia did truly deserve to pay for everything she did, but Natasha could not help but feel that there was no need for her to.

"No" replied Natasha after a long while of silence.

"No?" asked Dom as he was unsure if he had heard her correctly.

"Yes, no, I don't want to press charges" said Natasha as she looked at him clearly not missing the look of surprise that was plastered on his face.

"Why not?" asked Dom as he was surprised, he had thought that it would be a very hard decision for her to make, she was the one who suffered a lot, and yet it only took her a few moments to decide that she would not be pressing charges.

It was not like he didn't agree with her... he too didn't want to press charges and maybe it was due to the fact that despite what Lia did, he just could not forget that they used to be very good friends and their families were close.

Yes what she did was unforgiveable...but taking her to court and her eventually being charged would just be sad... Those were his thoughts, he just wondered if Natasha thought the same.

"Because it is not necessary" replied Natasha.

"What will seeing her locked up do to me? It certainly won't bring me any happiness, just sadness that someone I thought I knew well... someone I thought loved me could do something so unforgivable..." said Natasha.

"Lia will pay for her mistakes and what she did, she definitely will, that's just life, karma exists, but I will not allow myself be the person behind her suffering, what makes me different from her?" asked Natasha.

"It doesn't matter what she did, I am honestly already over it, she did something terrible to me, so what? Thousands of tears won't undo the damage, the damage has already been done and we have to live with it the way we have lived with it in the past" said Natasha.

"I honestly feel so tired that I allowed myself cry so much over something that can't be changed, it hurt a lot... but what will hurt more is if I continue to dwell and remember the pain" said Natasha.

"I am just so relieved that the truth finally came out and that my name is clear because that is all that matters to me" said Natasha.

"What matters most is that we know the truth and we know who did it... because then we can address it" said Natasha as she sighed.

"Seeing Lia locked up or wasting my time going to court and attending trials and testifying and all that useless waste of time won't change what she did, she can do whatever she wants to learn to live with the fact that she betrayed her friends" said Natasha.

"As for me, I want nothing to do with that woman, I don't even want you mentioning her name anywhere near me, she has her life to live and I have mine, I don't want our paths to cross ever again" said Natasha as she scoffed, she would never ever be able to see Lia as a friend or anything else for that matter.

Dom agreed with her... he felt the same... betrayed, and Natasha was right, wasting time on charging Lia would do no one no good, it would only make everyone feel even worse.

"I guess that you are asking because you disagree?" asked Natasha with a raised eyebrow.

"No, not at all, I agree with you... you are right... it would just be a waste of time, it's not necessary, as you said, what is done is done, and there is nothing that we can do to change what happened..." said Dom.

"Good then" replied Natasha with a less than friendly smile as Dom didn't take note of it, he was simply thinking about something else.

"I want Joy back home today" said Natasha as her words snapped Natasha out of her thoughts.

"Are you sure about that?" asked Dom as Natasha looked at him and frowned.

"Of course I am, what do you mean by that?" asked Natasha not hiding her displeasure at all.

"I didn't mean it in an offensive way, I just want to know if you are really sure about that... I mean you are still going through a lot, and you need time to deal with everything we all do" said Dom.

"Having Joy around would be a bit stressful, she's fine where she is, my mother and everyone else will take care of her, I am very sure of that, but for now you need to make sure that you are alright" said Dom as Natasha scoffed.

"You say it as if I am sick" said Natasha as she frowned at him.

"And even if I was I would still want my daughter near me, I am her mother, I am supposed to take care of my child, it doesn't matter whatever it is that might be happening in my life, she is also part of my life and she needs me and I need her" said Natasha.

"And it is just simply taking advantage of others and being lazy when you are perfectly fit to take care of your own child yourself" said Natasha.

"You make it sound as if I said she's going to stay with them forever, It's only for the weekend, it will be good for her and us as well" said Dom.

"I don't care if it's only for the weekend I want Joy back home and that's final" said Natasha as she glared at him her words ending with no room for refusal as Dom sighed, he came here ready not to get into another unnecessary argument and he was going to stick with that.

"Alright Natasha, I hear you, I will call my mom and we can go pick Joy up this afternoon" said Dom.

"Good" replied Natasha as she sipped her tea.

"Would you like to eat something now?" asked Dom as Natasha looked at him.

"No, I would like you to leave my room" she replied as Dom didn't seem surprised that she had said that.

"As you wish, but please eat something before we leave, I don't want Joy to get worried" said Dom as he turned around to leave.

"And if I make you feel angry unnecessarily, I am sorry Natasha, I don't mean to make you feel that way, I only ask because even though I didn't before, I care..." said Dom as he left the room and closed the door behind him as Natasha scoffed and searched around the room for her phone, remembering that she had thrown it somewhere yesterday.