Chapter 12: Donald
We land and head to claim our baggage. Racheal and Grace are in front of us talking as Theo and I follow behind. Theo nudges me in my arm and I ask, "What Theodore?" "What's going on between you and Grace?", he asks with a grin and I reply sarcastically, "Oh, you mean right after you told her I liked her?"
Theo clears his throat before saying, "Look Don, I'm sorry about that but she needed to know, and she forced me to explain." I sigh and reply, "Well, we know we like each other but we haven't really done anything about it."
"You haven't officially asked her out?" Theo asks and I shake my head. He sighs and says, "You need to take her on a date, get her flowers, then ask her to be your girlfriend." I stop in my tracks and look at him skeptically. He nods his head multiple times and I roll my eyes.
We get our luggage and head for the vehicles Cavani sent to get us. Grace and I head for one, Theo and Rachel head for another.
We sit in silence and the suggestion Theo made earlier runs through my mind. I break the silence saying, "Grace." She looks up from her phone at me and I continue, "Would you like to go on a date with me?" Her eyes widen and she says, "What?"
I respond anxiously, "We're going to be busy the next few weeks working on the case so I figured there's no better time than the present. How about tomorrow at 6pm?" She grins and says, "That's perfect." " Excellent. I'll text you the location.", I say with a smile lingering on my face.
The driver drops Grace at home first then me. By the time I get home it's already 6pm. I plop down onto my bed as I enter my room with my bags. I inhale the vanilla scent of my home. I pick up my phone and Facetime my mum.
She picks up almost immediately saying, "Hi honey, you look tired. I can see the bags under your eyes. How was your trip?" "Hectic but we got the information we needed.", I say with a sigh and she continues, "Your dad and I are thinking of visiting next month. How does that sound?" "Sure, that's fine.", I say.
"How's dad?", I ask and she sighs before saying, "He's alright. I took him to the doctor's yesterday for his regular check up. The doctor said if he used his medicine regularly, he'd be healed in no time."
"Can I speak to him?" I ask and she responds, "Alright honey." She then calls dad and he joins in and smiles at me before saying, "How are you son?" "Hey dad. I'm doing good. How are you feeling?"
"I feelwell. The doctor said I'd be fine if I continue to use my meds.", he says, hopeful and I smile and respond," Excellent! I'm looking forward to buying us tickets to a game when you come over." Dad grins and nods. We bid our goodbyes and he leaves leaving just mum and I. "Alright mum, I'll talk to you soon. ", I say and she nods before stating, "Make sure to eat and sleep well. Bye." She waves and I return the gesture before the line falls silent.
I microwave leftover pasta and eat it. I then text Grace goodnight and head to bed.
The alarm on my phone wakes me up. I head to the fitness center in my apartment building and workout for 30 minutes. I then dressed up, got my morning coffee and headed to the house Grace is staying in at the moment to pick her up.
She steps out of the house and we make eye contact. She's dressed in a black dress with a red blazer and black heels. I'm standing in front of the passenger door on my matte Mercedes Benz. We greet each other with warm smiles and I open the door for her. She thanks me and shuts the door. I climb into the driver's seat and head to the agency.
We head into the agency to find Rachel and Theo waiting for us in my office. "Hey guys. Cavani wants us to brief him together. We were waiting for you both." Rachel says and I nod. We all head to Cavani's office.
We greet him and brief him on everything that's happened in the past week. "Our next lead is Gina Baldini". Grace finishes the briefing and Cavani sighs before responding, "Alright, I'll see what I can dig up on the Baldini family and its businesses. Grace see what your source can dig up on Gina Baldini." Grace replies saying, "I've already met with her. She's handing over everything this afternoon."
"I'll try to track down Gina." Theo says. Rachel continues, "Don and I will ask Elijah Baldini a few questions."
Cavani dismisses us and just as Rachel and I were about to leave to go interrogate, Elijah, Grace comes up to me saying, "Hey, be safe." I smile and say, "I'll be back before you know it." Rachel and I get into my car and head to The Baldini Group.
"So you and Grace huh?", Rachel says and I playfully glare at her. "Have you taken her on a date yet?", she continues and I shake my head before responding, "I'm taking her out today."
I plan on inviting Grace to my house, cooking for her and watch Netflix together. "Really, I would've pinned you for the chill and Netflix type of guy." Rachel says and my eyes widen. "No. No. I'm taking her to an elegant restaurant.", I respond quickly and she looks at me. "You were planning on a chill and Netflix date.", she says and laughs.
"Take her on a real date Don.", she says and I reply saying, "Netflix and Chill is also a real date but okay. Where to?" She responds with, "A place that feel special to you both. You'll figure it out."
We arrived at the Baldini Group building. And we were led to Elijah Baldini's office. He allowed us in. "Mr. Baldini, I'm Agent Lancaster and this is my partner, Agent Thompson from the National Security Agency. We would like to ask you a few questions.", I say, showing him my badge.
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