Natara quietly entered her six-year-old daughter's bedroom.

"Gina, wake up sweetie." The girl sleepily rolled over and rubbed the sleep from her eyes.

"'Morning, mommy," she murmured. "Where's daddy?"

"Daddy had to go on a... business trip."

The truth was, Natara had no idea where Oscar went. He had left late in the night after they had another arguement. She instinctively looked down at the engagement and wedding ring on her left hand. "He didn't tell me when he was going to be home. We can call him tonight, though. Now get up, the bus will be coming in forty-five minutes. Is cereal good for breakfast?"

Gina nodded and Natara went downstairs to prepare breakfast. Ten minutes later, the girl followed in a tee shirt and shorts. She quickly ate her breakfast and went back up the stairs to brush her teeth.

"Mommy!" Gina called down from her bedroom. "Will you braid my hair?"

Natara eyed the clock and noticed that they still had a good fifteen minutes left. "Sure, bring down your hairbrush and a hair tie." The child emerged from her bedroom a few seconds later and bounded down the stairs. She sat down on her mother's lap and Natara began to braid her shoulder-length dark hair.

"Tell me a story, mommy?"

"What story would you like to hear?"

"Tell the story of how daddy married you!" She smiled with delight.

"Well... Okay," said Natara, biting her lip. "One day was a very long day for me at work. I was running around and chasing bad guys all day long. I was really tired, but daddy had a nice dinner planned for us. I felt really bad, but I cancelled it. He told me that he just couldn't wait much longer, so he got down on one knee and gave me this ring." She showed Gina her engagement ring, a medium-sized diamond with two smaller diamonds on either side.

"That's so pretty! When I grow up, I want a ring as pretty as that!"

Natara smiled. "I'm sure you'll get one even prettier. Now, come on, we have to get to the bus stop."

-CoD-

Natara picked Gina up from school at three-thirty. After they were both settled in the car, she asked, "Mommy, can we call daddy?"

Natara thought for a second. "Sure, I don't see why not." She dialed Oscar's number in her cell phone. "Okay," she said, handing her daughter the phone. "When you're ready to talk, press the green button. He should say hello in a couple of seconds. That is, if he decides to actually pick up this time," she added under her breath.

After a few moments, she heard Gina start talking. "Hi daddy!" She paused, listening. "Okay! Mommy, how do you put the phone on speaker?" She took the phone and turned on the speaker phone.

"Hey, Nat."

"Hello, Oscar."

"Hi, daddy!" shouted Gina.

"Hi, dear. How was school?"

"Good! Daddy, when are you coming home from your business trip? I miss you!"

"I miss you, too. I don't know when I'm coming back, though. I have to talk to Nat- I mean, mommy, about some things before I come home." Natara raised an eyebrow but didn't question it with Gina within earshot.

"Mommy misses you, too!" Gina grinned and Natara bit her lip.

"Oh, does she? Well, I miss you both. I have to go, but I promise I'll call back tonight before you fall asleep, okay, Gina?"

"'Kay, daddy! Love you!"

"Love you, too, dear. Love you, Nat."

"Bye Oscar," she said. Noticing the expression on her daughter's face, Natara quickly added, "Love you." Then, he hung up.

-CoD-

Later that night, Natara tucked her daughter in bed. "Good night, Gina."

"Mommy," said the girl with watery eyes. "I can't go to bed yet. Daddy promised he'd call before I fell asleep. I have to wait."

Seeing the look on Gina's face, her expression softened. "I know, sweetie. If you go to sleep, I promise we'll call him first thing in the morning."

She sleepily nodded and yawned. "Promise?"

"Promise." Natara kissed her daughter on the cheek and turned off the light. "I love you."

"Love you, too." In a few minutes, Gina was sound asleep and Natara left the room.

Seeing her daughter cry over her husband was devastating. She picked up the phone and dialed the familiar number.

"Hello, Oscar Santos speaking."

"Cut it, Oscar. Can you explain why you promised your daughter that you'd call her and then just blew it off completely?"

"I forgot. I'm sorry," he said blankly. Natara rolled her eyes.

"She's your daughter, too. I'd appreciate it if you were here for her. But I know, that's almost impossible for you. Oscar Santos, Acting District Attorney, the supposedly best lawyer in the city can't even pick up the goddamn phone and call his six year old daughter."

"I said I'm sorry, Nat. What else do you want me to say?"

"I don't know. Maybe you could tell me where you're going before you disappear? Maybe you could call me for once? But I know, you're busy. Busy with what, exactly? Because I don't think it's always work."

Oscar was silent.

"I gave up everything for you and Gina. I had an amazing job, great friends, I was happy. I don't have any of that anymore. Now, I don't even have a husband to support me?"

"I will always be there for you. Always."

"Really? Because you have an odd way of showing it. You're not here for me now. Right now, I just found out some of the biggest news in the world. You should be by my side." After another moment of silence, Natara got too frustrated. "What do you want to say? because I have to tell you something, too."

"We'll both say it at the same time." She rolled her eyes.

"Are you seriously going to be so childish?"

"Yeah, actually, I am. On three." Natara sighed and knew she wasn't going to change his mind.

"One... Two... Three."

"I want a divorce."

"I'm pregnant."

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