CHAPTER 9

"What are you doing to our daughter?" Videl said when she entered the room; all she could see was Gohan's back kneeling on the ground on front of Pan. This one got up and turned around frowning.

"Pan cut her hand while trying to fix dinner even though I told her not to because Delilah was taking care of that at father's house. I was just bandaging her hand, what do you think I was doing?" Gohan asked suspiciously.

"Hi mommy." Pan said weaving her uninjured hand.

"Hi honey. I know why don't you go and help Delilah; daddy and I need to talk alone." Videl said to her daughter.

"I don't want to mom; Dee Dee doesn't like to be bothered when she's at grandpa's house." The little girl replied.

"I am sure she wants your help today honey." Videl said.

"Okay, if you say so." The little girl said and the two wait when she left to begin arguing.

"Earth to Mr. Briefs." Maxine said to the prince who had remained silent a little too long.

"Hmm sorry I phased out for a second." Vegeta said.

"Yeah, you were talking about some troubles to come." The young detective said.

"Oh yeah, I was the only one who confront Gohan with the truth and the answer I got from him was more than disturbing. I was shocked but didn't say a word to anyone, because I wasn't sure of what was going on and I don't believe I wanted to know. Anyway it didn't took him long to figure out that we all know about him and his mother and that we had chosen not to talk about it, which suit him just fine I guess." Vegeta said to her.

"So everything was alright then?"

"For one year or so yes, but as time goes by Gohan became moody and irritable and less interested to his work and everything else for that matter. He spent hours just looking through the window or sleeping, so Delilah found herself preparing his lectures, making tests and exams and even grading them along on helping Videl around the house."

"She was a good kid that Delilah." Maxine said.

"More like working on a guilty conscience, anyway his family convinced him to get some professional help which he did and everything seemed to work for the better until he began to receive these phone calls."

"Son Gohan's residence Delilah Darwin speaking." Delilah said answering the phone but the person on the other side of the line hung up. "Aw I hate when they do that! If they got the wrong number at least they could say so and apologize!" She said while hanging up.

"Who was it?" Gohan asked sitting on the other side of his office's window.

"Don't know he or she hung up on my face for the third times today!" She said annoyed while leaving to go help Videl in the kitchen. The next day the phone rang again but this time it was Gohan who answered it

"Hello." He said.

"Gohan? It's mom." Chichi said.

"Mother…hello, how are you?" Gohan asked her.

"I need to talk to you Gohan, can we meet somewhere?"

"I am sorry mother, but I am really busy right now."

"Please Gohan it's very important."

"I don't know…"

"I know I never had the chance to tell you how sorry I am for what happened; I don't know what came over me. I just want to have my family back; I want things to be the way they were before. I want to be able to see my sons and not to be scared to meet with your father. "Chichi said crying.

"I understand mom where do you want me to meet with you?" Gohan asked and began to write an address down.

"See you tonight my son." Chichi said.

"Okay." Gohan said and hung up.

"Who was that?" Delilah asked while bringing some tea for him.

"No one." Gohan replied while taking the cup from her and start drinking his tea.

Late that night Gohan left to meet with his mother and was never to be seen again.