Daddy's Girl

Chapter 19

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Daddy's Girl

Chapter 19

Her cell phone rang in her purse, she could hear her big brother's annoyed voice echoed through the device when she took it;"You're late! Where are you?!" He not just sounded upset, he was upset; that's not good…

"I'm almost there, just wait!"

"You better be, because you've made your very important client wait for almost thirty minutes and that is very rude!"

"Alright…alright… Sorry!"

Click. Trunks closed the talk. She hurried her steps to the meeting room, but she knew, she would never be able to put any concentration on the meeting or any of her works for the rest of the day.

After two hours meeting that was felt like forever, Bulla watched the clients leave the meeting room. The meeting had not been satisfying of course, with Bulla kept gazing past the clients or the ceiling, or the large glass window with amazing scenery of West City from the 35th floor. Trunks tried his best to divert their clients' attention to his presentation. But they already seemed to have interest in his little sister more.

Trunks sent his little sister an irritated look, "What the hell is wrong with you?!"

She knew she had already done wrong thing and she felt so bad. But the worse thing was that she suddenly felt hopeless about Son Goten. She desperately thought that he might never come there again. She couldn't help that a tear ran down her cheek when she looked at her brother's face.

Trunks suddenly felt guilty, "Hey.., what happens?" His voice softened, "Sorry, I didn't mean to yell at you, sis…" He walked closer to her and pulled her to his embrace.

Refraining from crying for almost two years was suddenly felt unbearable, she sobbed in her brother's embrace, "Not, Trunks, its not you. I just feel… I just feel…" She tried hard to stop sobbing.

"It's okay if you want to cry, you know. It's always okay with me." He gently stroked her hair, "You don't have to tell me anything. Just cry as much as you want.., I'm always here for you…"

"Oh, Trunks…Trunks…" He let her stay there in his embrace for almost thirty minutes before he decided it was better to take her home and let her call it a day.

Ben was playing with grandma Bulma in the living room when they arrived at home.

"Ma…ma…" The one year old chibi greeted his mother happily as he saw her enter the big living room in the big dome shaped mansion of capsule corp. house. . Bulla just gave her mother a slight node. Ben offered Bulla his hands to lift and she brought him to her hold. She planted many kisses on both his chubby cheeks until the chibli giggled happily.

"Do you miss mama, baby? Mama misses you so much…," She brought him to their room upstairs then, leaving Trunks, who just brought her home from the office and Bulma alone in the living room, stunned.

Bulma looked at her son confusedly, "Something happened, sweetie?"

Trunks plopped down his ass on the couch, leaning his back comfortably, "I don't know mom, she just suddenly mellowed after a meeting… I don't know what's wrong with her…"

Bulma took a seat next to her son and sighed, "Does it have anything to do with certain Son Goten?"

Trunks shrugged, "I never heard anything about him in thousands years…"

"That's it! I got enough of this and I'm getting tired of all of this!" She stood from her seat and stormed out the room.

"Mom!" Trunks called, "What are you going to do?!"

"I am going to find that baka Son and bring him here right now!"

"Mom! Don't!" He stood and ran after his mother.

"Don't tell me don't, Trunks! I know actually that you or your father or Goku could easily find Goten by searching his ki all over the earth. But I don't know why all of you-with your damn pride- insist then we must leave him alone! I am tired of this! I want to see my baby girl happy! I have been too patient for two years! Fine! If you don't want to help me find him, I will find him by myself!"

"Mom..!" Trunks warned.

"I won't force you to do something you don't want to do, Trunks! So, don't try to stop me from doing what I want to do!"

Trunks sighed, however, he inherited half of his stubbornness from his mother's side, "How are you going to find him?"

"I am Bulma Briefs, Trunks. I know what I am doing."

In a minute, Trunks watched his mother got into her favorite copter and flied away.

Bulma tapped her finger impatiently on the table, "Well..?"

Yamcha closed his eyes, "I don't know why I agree to do this, be patient, will you?"

"Can't you just feel his ki?"

"I'm trying to concentrate here, Bulma!"

"Okay…"

They stayed silent for few minutes with Yamcha tried hard to concentrate on finding Goten's ki. "I think, he tried to hide his ki well, Bulma, or he was just too far away from here. I can not feel his ki.., sorry…"

Bulma gave him a disappointed look on her face, to make him feel guilty of course.

"Hey! Did you ever try to check him in his old house in East City?"

"No, but last time I heard that house was completely wrecked…"

"I guess there's nothing wrong if we tried to check there. What do you think?"

"Okay! That's a good idea! Let's go!"

The trip to East City needed three hours by Bulma's copter. Bulma admired the small two stories house near a big amusement park. The park was crowded with visitors, even on weekday like today. The house was a bit hidden from the crowd with big trees in its front yard separated the house from the park. Its backyard had a small lake. It wasn't a wrecked house, it looked so peaceful indeed.

Yamcha landed the copter on an empty spot in the front yard, he encapsulated it as Bulma and he stepped on the well styled grass.

"Everything looked so…neat… I believe somebody really lives here…" Bulma commented.

Yamcha shrugged, "I'll knock the door…"

"Did something happen in the office? I heard you take Bulla home quiet early today." Marron asked her husband as he entered their bedroom and plopped down on the large bed.

Trunks sighed, "We had a meeting in the morning with a client and I saw that Bulla couldn't concentrate, and after the meeting she suddenly mellowed and cried, so I took her home. After that I returned to the office and an office guard told me that he heard Bulla screamed in the parking lot this morning. When he came to see her, she said that there was a stalker that surprised her. But that guard claimed that he didn't see anyone there."

"Who could possibly make her cry like that? I think she was used to being stalked by reporters…"

"But that guard claimed he didn't see anyone there. Do you think an ordinary reporter can just disappear to the air?"

"Oh my Kami…, do you think what I am thinking…?"

"Maybe.., that's the biggest possibility."

"If he was Goten, then I wonder why Bulla screamed when she saw him… I think she has been waiting for him this whole time…"

"I guessed she was just surprised that he came so suddenly."

"Trunks, last time you said that you could feel Goten's ki around a lot lately…"

"Yeah, He always kept his ki low, but sometime I could feel it if I really to concentrate…"

"I can't understand why Goten must hide if he stays around a , maybe he has some reasons…, but I think, it's the time we force him out of his hidden cave…"

"Mom is trying to find him now. She said she would drag him here..."

"But how? I don't think your Dad would agree to search Goten's ki for her..."

"Yeah.., I think Dad will never want to see Goten again. I want to know how my mom would find him..."

The Lowell guy opened the door of Goten's house as Bulma and Yamcha knocked the door.

"Can I see Mr. Goten Son?" Bulma politely asked.

"Um.., well, Mr. Son didn't live here anymore…" Lowell answered.

"Really? So, where does he live now?"

"Well, I am not sure about that. I just happen to take care of his house for him…"

Bulma and Yamcha looked at each other. Bulma sighed, "Okay, Mr…"

"Lowell, I'm Lowell madam..,"

"If Mr. Son happens to come here, would you please kindly tell him that…"She sighed again,"Mr. Son's baby, Ben, one year old baby, my grandson whom I take care now…is sick and I think he needs to see his daddy so badly…"

"Baby? Mr. Son has a baby? And the baby is sick?" Lowell asked, surprised.

"Well, yes Mr. Lowell…"

"Wow, I didn't know about that, madam. I think it's better if you now go to Mr. Son's room upstairs. He's there. Actually, I promised him to dismiss you, but…it's a baby we are talking about… I'm sorry I lied to you… You can meet him now, madam, please come in…" The middle age man spoke with guilt written all over his face. Bulma didn't throw the chance to get into the house and find Son Goten.

"It's okay Mr. Lowell; you did what you had to. Thank you; I'll always remember your kindness…"

Goten was about to leap through the window when Bulma and Yamcha arrived in his room. He knew he couldn't run all the time, so he decided to stay and face both of the older people.

He had expected to get angry outburst when he turned his body to face his guests and he was so surprised when he found Bulma extending her arms to him as if he had found her long lost child she missed so much instead of yelling to a naughty child.

"Goten.., my child…" Her voice choked. Goten couldn't help that all his guilt resurfaced. Many memories from his childhood flashed in his mind. Isn't she the one who had hugged and comforted him every time he felt sad besides his mother? She was…, she was always an aunt for him… Oh, Kami…, what had he done to her…

"My child…" She said, still with her extended arms. Goten suddenly found himself run to her, they hugged each other tightly and cried together.

"Aunt Bulma, I'm sorry… I'm sorry…" He fell to his knees. Bulma then bended her knees to have the same eye level with him.

Yamcha watched the two with a slight amusement in his face. He was sure Bulma had been acting to make Lowell let them into the house. But with Goten, he knew she was genuine.

"I understand Goten…, I know, being angry with you won't solve a problem. But I think it's the time for you to come back to us… Will you..?" She said softly.

"But I don't deserve…"

"Ssshh… Don't ever say that. We're waiting for you, you know; me, Bulla, Ben… We all want you to come back. So come back, please…"

"Bulla…? Ben…?"

"Yes, my child, Bulla and Ben want you to come back to us…"

"I want to! I want to… but I'm not ready right now Aunt Bulma, I'm sorry…"

"Will you promise to come back someday?"

He nodded, "I promise aunt Bulma… I promise…"

"Okay…" Bulma nodded and stood, "Let's go home, Yamcha…"

"All right…" Yamcha replied and patted Goten's shoulder and they exited the room to return to West City.

"Hey mom, how was your trip? Did you find him?" Trunks asked as his mother entered the house and walked pass him in the living room. It was already late. The children had already gone to sleep. Only Trunks and Marron seemed to stay there to wait for her.

"I am so tired now Trunks… Oh, I am too old for a long trip like this…" She sighed heavily and headed upstairs.

"You missed the dinner Bulma! Where have you been?!" Her husband suddenly appeared in front of her; his hands were crossed over his chest and angry expression was written all over his face.

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