TheGrandDisciple Authors note: I felt Disciples pain after writing that scene. Hope you guys like an air of mystery.
Son of the Mourning note- we finally got a specific doc for any ideas and plans for future chapters. It took 21 chapters to finally use common sense but at least our thoughts are in order. Your reviews are amazing and always welcome.
What do YOU think was in the file? Reviews for starving writers please.
It was early in the morning, for them, 11:00am. Mina and Frank were sitting in Lee's office as his text message requested. Frank was drinking coffee, trying to recover from whatever it was Disciple had done to him. Mina's perkiness was annoying the hell out of him in his groggy state. At least she was in a good mood, he knew she had been through a rough couple of days. They had yet to see Disciple. Mina figured that Lee just didn't text him.
Both were worried that they had been summoned for their punishment. Given everything that happened that week, with the bar fight and Mina sneaking out.
They both looked at each other and said, "What's the plan?"
Again, they both spoke at the same time.
"Beg for mercy."
"Throw Disciple under the bus."
Mina scowled at Frank and backhanded him in the bicep. Before she could say anything, Ulysses walked in. Fashionably late as usual yet to Franks surprise, he was smiling.
"Oh good. You got my text. It took me forever to send using this thing. Fucking fake hand doesn't work on the phone's touch screen."
Frank let his head fall back and rolled his eyes. If he couldn't have sleep, then at least let him get back to work. "Please boss, just tell us why you needed to see us this morning."
Ulysses turned around with a frown until he saw Mina looking straight at him and making a motion to breath. He took a deep breath and nodded at Mina before answering, "Very well, Frank. You'll be glad to know that I have hired someone new. A mercenary like you."
Frank and Mina looked at each other and then leaned forward towards Ulysses. "Why have you hired that kind of person? What is he going to be doing?" Frank asked.
Ulysses chuckled. "Taking over as Bokkie's bodyguard. You'll return to your original position as my bodyguard and project manager." He said as if it was the best news in the world.
At the same time Frank and Mina shouted, "WHAT?" They both jumped off the couch and stood side by side.
"Lee, no! I don't want someone else. I want to stick with Frank!" Mina insisted.
"Yeah, boss. We've bonded and shit." Frank added the shit part awkwardly, not knowing how to describe their father/daughter relationship.
"Yeah- we finally started to get along!" Mina added, not knowing how to describe it either.
Ulysses shook his head and pointed at Frank. "You've also failed in your duties repeatedly. I can't trust you any longer in that position."
"Please, come on love," Mina pleaded, and Ulysses shook his head again.
Her big doe eyes were getting her nowhere, her past weeks antics still left a bad taste in his mouth. "You're on strike two, Bokkie. Three if we count your kiss in the park with Sancho. Keep it up and I'll bend you over and spank you."
"Meep!" she covered her mouth and tried to hide her blushing face.
"This was Disciple's idea wasn't it?" Frank snapped and crossed his arms, ignoring the sexual tension between them as best he could.
"Actually, he knows nothing about this. After having an intimate moment with Bokkie…" he licked his lips and tilted his head back to look at her. She blushed brighter and he just chuckled, "I made the decision by myself last night when your replacement came for a job. I will be filling Disciple in after he finds out if our next meeting is secured or not."
"I don't want some new guy taking over Frank's job! He's doing just fine," Mina shouted and moved around the coffee table, closer to Ulysses.
Ulysses chuckled again and gave her a knowing grin.
"What the fuck is so funny?" she asked angrily.
Ulysses used his real hand and lifted her chin to meet his gaze. "Because it's not 'some guy.' I thought you could use a woman's touch this time around."
Mina's eyes grew wide and Frank changed whatever he was about to say, "Well at least it's not Disciple."
Mina shot him a dirty look, "Traitor."
Frank shrugged and gave her a half assed smile, "He's obviously not gonna change his mind, kid."
"Aweh!" Ulysses called out in South African slang and waved to the door with his real hand.
The door opened and in walked the last person Frank expected to see. A five foot and eight-inch-tall with black hair, pale white skin, a black patch around her left eye walked in through the door. Mina felt a tad self-conscious seeing the woman walking towards them. She was rocking black leather and her large breasts were near ready to spill out of her top, and they appeared to be zipped halfway down.
Ulysses put his arm around Mina and leaned to her ear, dropping the octave of his voice lower, "Worry not Bokkie. I only have eyes for you." Mina moved closer to him.
Frank stood in utter shock at the woman before him. "Frank, you already know her." Ulysses stepped in front of him and turned to the women. "Mina, please meet your new bodyguard, Domino. Domino, this is the love of my life and your guard assignment, Mina."
Being polite, Mina reached out to shake Dominos hand. Domino took off her glove and returned the gesture. When their hands made contact and they shook, Ulysses email began to receive multiple notifications, followed by Franks cell phone ringing.
Ulysses smiled wide and shouted, "Six months of upfront payments for multiple shipments of hardware to Sonny Burch! That's five million dollars he just sent from the Pym Laboratories account!"
Frank hung up his phone and wrote something on his miniature notebook. Mina noticed he wrote a bunch of numbers followed by a name, William Russo.
"That was lucky," Frank said out loud. His eyes immediately shot to Domino who was still shaking Mina's hand. Something was off, shit never landed in his lap like that and Domino's sudden appearance was suspicious.
Disciple was sitting upstairs at the computer in his room, sending his seventy second email. He sighed and took a sip of his Scotch. "If only I could transfer my power through this damn thing," he mumbled and flicked the computer screen.
Suddenly he felt the aura of a familiar presence and closed his eyes. They quickly opened, and he whispered, "No way!"
Suddenly his cell phone rang, and he answered it. He was not expecting it to be the call he had been trying to for seventeen hours to get. He also wasn't expecting the answer he got. He forgot about the presence he felt as he grabbed a file and ran to Ulysses office. When he was outside the door, he felt the familiar aura again and stopped. He was taken aback but still went in.
"Ulysses don't ask how but we got the sit-down meeting on Thursday with Stark Industries to supply their security team!"
Ulysses looked up with his eyebrows raised and his smile grew wider. Then Disciple saw the black-haired woman with the pale white skin and the black patch over her left eye. He dropped his cell phone and the file in his hand upon seeing her. Her eyes narrowed into a glare and a stare off began.
She muttered, "Hayward!"
Taken aback he breathed out, "Neena?"
She covered the distance between them in the room and without stopping, she grabbed his shoulder and kneed him as hard as she could in the groin with the front of her kneecap. The loud thud echoed throughout the office. It was so hard that Disciple could not make any noise. He just crumbled to his knees and his face hit the floor. Frank and Ulysses both cringed and backed up to their seats and crossed their legs. Even Mina threw her hand over her mouth.
Domino kept on walking to the door. Without stopping or looking back she said, "I'll see you tomorrow morning kiddo," and exited the office.
There was an awkward silence between everyone, except from Disciple who was curled up on the carpet and quietly moaning, "I deserved that."
Mina's internal pull to heal him kicked in and she slowly stepped closer to him, "Hey buddy…. You gonna be okay?"
"Gonna answer for him and say, fuck no." Frank said sarcastically.
Ulysses uncrossed his legs and leaned forward with his elbows on his knees, "Remember what we talked about, Mina. No healing."
"Yeah, yeah. Unless it's you. Doesn't mean I can't give emotional support, right?" Mina knelt beside Disciple and pat his back.
She let her hand slide to the skin on his neck with each pat, she healed him and released small doses of endorphins into his bloodstream. "Shake it off, man. You'll be alright."
Her mischievous smile was taken as a compliant one to Ulysses. She was playing it dangerously and Frank caught on, giving her a wary eye and shaking his head.
"Come in." Charles Xavier called out from his desk when he heard someone knocking.
The door opened quickly, and Hank slipped in, making sure the door was firmly closed behind him. He held up his data pad and walked towards the large desk in the center of the room, "You're going to want to see this, Professor."
Hank set the data pad on the center of the desk and a series of pictures projected in the air between them. He clicked the first image and it got bigger, it was Piotr struggling to climb through Mina's living room window. It was in the cover of darkness but the blood dripping from his back could clearly be seen.
"When he arrived, the apartment was empty. He stayed for several hours and she never came home." Hank explained.
Charles scowled and sat up straighter in his chair, "You're telling me she's gone?"
Hank opened his mouth then closed it before answering, "Sorry, should have started with that… No, he can be seen here," he swiped through the photos. "searching through the apartment for her."
The photos showed Piotr walking through the apartment and all the rooms while using his cell phone to try and reach Mina. "Show me something useful." Charles said impatiently.
"It wasn't until the following night that she showed up, in one of Klaue's trucks." Hank pulled up the photo of Mina running into the apartment building.
"So Klaue has her hiding away somewhere with him nearby." Charles pointed out.
"We'll get to that. Sir, you were brilliant to send the Volunteer Operative that you did. Not only do we see her in her element…" Hank swiped the next pictures of Mina cupping Piotr's face and getting closer to him. "But we also see her powers in action!"
Charles leaned forward in his chair, waiting for Hank to start the video that was ready to play. Whoever took the video had snuck into the apartment when Mina ran in. The view was from her closet with the door partially closed. They watched Mina climb into Piotr's lap and hold onto him tightly with her hands on his open wounds. They murmured in awe at the white glow that came from her hands and the blood stopping its flow down his back.
She pressed her cheek to his and spoke softly into his ear, "I am going to make it better. I promise I will make the pain go away."
Charles put his hand up for Hank to pause the video, "Can she? We didn't have it recorded that she can absorb pain and discomfort, right?"
Hank shook his head, "I don't think so. I'll pull the file in a minute. There's more to see. Brilliant idea by the way, to set Logan up to injure Colossus like that. Would have been a pity had she not showed up. He's a fine soldier. Lucky for us that she showed when she did."
Charles leaned his elbow on the arm of his chair and tapped his index finger to his upper lip, "Yes, lucky indeed."
The video resumed, and they watched the white glow get brighter and brighter under her palms, then they watched her left hand come up to the back of Piotr's head and she screamed in pain. They watched the large man instantly relax in her arms and moan.
"What is she doing?" Charles asked.
Hank paused the video again, "I believe this is how she takes the pain. I'm also assuming that she is issuing some sort of toxin or causing an involuntary release of the body's receptors to assist in the healing process. Which is beyond our original intent or expectations. Very good natural progression. However, her ability to take the pain and make it her own could overwhelm her faster than her own body could heal which is concerning," Hank observed.
"I didn't think that would be a negative side effect," Charles responded.
Hank pulled his glasses forward taken aback, "Why would you expect any negative side effects?"
"There has to be a failsafe so that she wouldn't overdo it, right? Healing the human gene, much like we had to deal with in 2006. Remember?"
"I would rather forget Project: Last Stand all together." Hank huffed, remembering the mutant boy who could cure the mutant gene all together.
Charles nodded. "If she takes the pain then it would limit her healing altogether."
Hank put both of his palms flat on the desk and leaned his weight on them, "Do you think she can? Heal the mutant gene as she does with open wounds? We've already found previous cases where she's cured late stage brain cancer in Alaska."
Charles pursed his lips in deep thought for a moment, "It's a possibility. I don't think we've seen the full potential of her powers yet."
Hank looked down at the data pad for a few moments, thinking about when he saw himself without the mass amount of blue hair covering his body. He finally pressed play on the video again, "I do believe you were right to send Colossus as the contact for her. Watch."
Piotr began to moan her name and kiss her neck, turning an innocent moment into a sexually romantic one. Charles smirked as he watched the two of them get closer, "This is good news. We can use this."
Then the camera suddenly shifted and pointed towards Mina's bedroom door. Ulysses Klaue was standing in the doorway with a violent look in his eye. They watched him pull Mina off Piotr and punch the larger man so hard that he flew across the room.
"His arm- "Charles leaned forward suddenly.
Hank put his hand up, "She didn't heal that, it's robotic. Just watch."
They could hear everything that was being said even though the camera was pointed at the empty spot on the bed that Piotr and Mina were just sitting on. "You sneak away while I'm working to come be with Sancho? Haven't I given you everything you need?!"
The video ended there, and Hank ended the projection, "The operative said that they had to retreat at that point. Klaue blew up the apartment in his rage. Right now, we have no contact from Colossus. His status is unknown, he could be dead."
"He's not a concern right now, where did she go?" Charles said dismissively.
"Still waiting to hear word on that." Hank sighed and took his glasses off. "Did you hear that though? He said she snuck away."
Charles nodded and folded his hands in his lap, "I did. That means she's being held against her will, but she's close by. Do we have any leads on where she could be? Anything from Nightcrawler?"
Hank shook his head, "Nothing. He's been silent as well, but you know him… he only reports in when he has something worth reporting."
The data pad chimed and lit up, Hank pulled it closer to see what came through. "We found her. Klaue has a warehouse on the outskirts of the city to the North. Looks like she's not the only mutant Klaue has."
He blew the picture up to be projected between them. Images of Ulysses, Frank, Mina, Domino and Disciple were playing as a slide show for them. They were standing in Ulysses' office and it showed Domino walking up to Disciple and kneeing him in the groin. The next image also caught everyone's painful expression and Disciple curled up on the floor.
"This could be bad news." Hank commented, snorting while adding, "This could be bad luck."
"We don't know how they would react being that close to each other. We had discussed their polarity being like that of two high powered magnets, but it was all speculation until now." Charles said seriously.
Hank stood up straight and ran his hands over his suit, making sure there were no creases, "I'll grab the file."
He moved around the desk behind Charles and put his hand on the fingerprint scanner that was attached to the wall. The bookcase behind Charles slid to the side and opened to reveal an extension to his office that held the confidential and high-risk files.
"It's gone." Hank called out from behind him.
Charles turned his wheelchair and turned into the room, "I put it in here myself!"
"It's the only file that was missing. It was locked. Only you and I can open this room and this cabinet." Hank growled as he slammed the filing cabinet shut.
Charles went to the computer in the corner of the room, "The logs show that no one has been in here since I put the file back. Nothing on the surveillance. Its just like the file… Where is Kitty?"
Hank was cleaning his glasses with a small white cloth from his suit pocket, "She had to go back home, family emergency. Psylocke confirmed that she's going to be out for bereavement for at least 2 weeks."
Charles scowled and slammed his fist on the arm of his chair, "Find her."
Mina was tired from the long week that she had. She didn't do anything productive per se, but she was just all around worn out. Ulysses was still in his office with the door closed and he could be heard pacing back and forth and barking orders every now and then. Mina was waiting for him to get finished so she could say goodnight and make sure that he got a decent night's rest as well.
She was sitting on the couch with her feet propped up on the coffee table, she almost nodded off twice while watching Law and Order. Pulling out her phone she sent a text message to Ulysses.
'When are you off the clock?' she could hear his phone ding through his office door.
'Never. Are you alright? What do you need?' he replied immediately.
Mina let out a frustrated huff and threw the remote towards Frank who was already snoring on the other end of the couch. She stood up and stepped over Frank's legs that were propped up on the coffee table. Before leaving him, she threw the small throw blanket over him and walked right into Ulysses' office without knocking.
He was sitting at his desk and talking to someone with his Bluetooth headset about times and locations. He looked up at her suddenly, surprised to see her. "Hold on. Hold on. I said hold on!" he yelled into the headset before putting them on hold.
He spun in his chair to greet her, "Bokkie, what's wrong?"
"I'm tired and it's bed time." She pouted.
He smirked at her and leaned back in his chair, "Come in for a goodnight kiss then?"
She walked forward and stepped between his legs, "I came for you. It's bed time, Lee."
Ulysses sighed and put his hands on her waist, looking up at her. "I want to love, but I've gotta finish this call. I've been waiting for this contact in Sydney all day, they're seven hours ahead. Go on to bed, I'll be there in a bit."
Mina scowled at him and snatched the earpiece off his head and hit the button, "Hey, call back at 4pm. Office hours are closed." Then she hung up and threw it on his desk and smiled sweetly at him.
"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT FOR?!" he yelled at her and tried to reach for the phone again.
She grabbed him by both of his ears and tugged his head to look up at her, "Because you will never stop. You will keep drinking and maybe get an hour on that shitty couch."
"Do you have any idea who that was?! It was Frank Oliver- THE Kangaroo!" he argued.
"I don't give a shit if it was Crocodile Dundee. It's bed time and I want to fall asleep in your arms. I want you to get a decent night's sleep more than once in a while." She said as a matter of fact and let go of his ears.
He opened his mouth to argue again, "But I'm not tired."
Mina grabbed him by his real hand and pulled him with her out of the room, "I wasn't asking."
Ulysses finally gave in and let her lead him to her bedroom while laughing, "You're a bossy little thing, ain't ya?"
"You said that I could have anything that I want, and I want you to come to bed." She said as a matter of fact as she walked into her closet to change into her pajamas.
Ulysses clapped his hands together in a mock prayer as he looked to the ceiling and mouthed, 'Thank you!'
When Mina came out in just her tank top and small shorts he couldn't get his clothes off fast enough. He stripped down to his boxers and V-neck shirt that he wore under his regular suit. Mina was already burying herself under the comforter when she looked at him.
"You don't have any pajamas?"
"If I don't sleep on the couch in the office then I'm naked in a bed. Is that what you want love?" he winked at her as he climbed in bed next to her.
As soon as he laid his head on the pillow she was wrapped around him with her arms and leg. Burying her face in his chest and sighing softly.
"I knew you couldn't keep your hands off me." He chuckled and kissed her forehead.
She rubbed her eyes, "I'm too tired to put up with your smartass right now."
"Goodnight love, I'll stay at least until you fall asleep." He murmured before a yawn.
He fell asleep before Mina who was smirking as his soft snores, "Not tired huh?"
The next morning Mina made breakfast for herself and Ulysses since everyone else seemed to be missing. After breakfast he kissed her and went back into his office to finish the call she had hung up for him the night before. While she cleaned the kitchen, Domino walked out of her room and greeted her.
"Good morning, Mina. How are you this morning?" she asked cheerfully.
Mina turned around and smiled, "Good morning, Domino. Thanks for not sneaking up on me and scaring the shit out of me. You've already got a head up on the last guy."
When she closed the fridge door Frank was leaning against the cabinet with his arms crossed, "Nothing goes over my head."
Mina jumped and dropped the bottle of water she got, "JESUS CHRIST!"
"You can call me Frank." He smirked and sipped his coffee.
Mina flipped him off "This is why I have trust issues, ass! See that? Don't do that and we're cool."
Domino was giggling loudly, "I'll try not to. So… Miss Mina… what's the plan for today?"
Mina shrugged and picked up the bottle of water she dropped, "Nothing really. Maybe watch T.V. or surf the internet. I haven't seen Disciple yet, I was gonna ask him- "
"Ask me what?" Disciple said from behind her, he had just walked in from the other side of the kitchen.
"MOTHER FUCKER!" Mina jumped again, and the now open bottle of water flew out of her hands towards Domino.
She caught it with one hand without spilling anything and took a chug from it, "Thanks, I was thirsty."
"I hate you both so much…" Mina said through grit teeth as she tried to calm down.
"Well?" Disciple asked as he grabbed a bottle of water of his own. Making it obvious that he was ignoring Domino's existence.
"I wanted to ask if you could get us the NFL package. Football season starts this weekend and I don't want to miss the kickoff."
Disciple pursed his lips and looked down at her for a moment and said, "I could…"
Frank perked up and stood up straight, "Yeah?"
"But no." he smirked and started to walk away.
"Oh, come on!" Mina and Frank shouted.
"I thought you were a man who could get anything!" Mina argued.
Disciple stopped and turned back to look at her from the other end of the kitchen, "I can."
Frank stepped forward and pushed Mina out of the way, "Name your price."
Disciple smirked and crossed his arms, "Didn't think you were a football fan, Frank. Thought you would be into Shuffle board and chess or whatever else it is geriatrics do."
Mina ignored his comment and looked up at Frank, "I didn't know you watched football. Who's your team?"
"Patriots." He said proudly.
Mina clicked her tongue and shook her head, "It's alright, Frank. No one's perfect."
"Better than the fucking Cowgirls. Romo ain't shit compared to Brady."
"Brady is a fucking cheater with that deflategate bullshit." Mina countered.
"The league made their call and said- "
"Tom Brady gets away with a lot of shit!" Mina yelled angrily.
Domino took their distraction as an opportunity to speak to Disciple, "Hey, can we talk? Just for a bit in private."
He ignored her and didn't bother acknowledging her at all, instead he turned away from everyone and started to walk out of the kitchen.
"Come back here! You didn't tell us what you wanted!" Mina called out to him.
"I'll think on it." He said over his shoulder.
"But kickoff is in two days!" Mina cried but Disciple had already walked into the office and closed the door behind him.
Ulysses turned around in his chair and looked at Disciple, "What's all that noise about?"
"Mina wants the NFL package." He said as he sat down.
"You're going to get it for her." Ulysses said firmly. "Whatever she wants you will get it for her."
"I already did, I'm just not telling her that yet." Disciple smirked.
Back in the kitchen. Domino was standing looking more hurt than anything.
"That, was fucking cold," Mina said looking at Domino.
"I don't blame him after yesterday's reunion," Frank added.
"Fuck off, Dad! She obviously wants to apologize and hash it out." Mina flipped him off.
Frank rolled his eyes and turned away. "I need to go to the Dallas and use the Cowboys."
Mina and Domino were sitting on the couch watching tv and getting to know each other. "So why do they call you Domino?"
She sat thoughtful for a moment and nodded when she decided just how much to divulge. "My husband gave me the nickname because of my skin and this," she answered pointing at the patch over her left eye."
"You're married?" Mina asked curiously.
Domino sighed and looked at the floor. "I was. He worked for a government laboratory in another country. He was killed in a raid by a Private Military similar to SHIELD but with no morals."
Mina didn't know how to respond to that, so she moved on, "So you know Frank? You guys go back?"
Domino leaned back against the couch and propped her feet up on the coffee table, crossing an ankle over the other. "Yeah, you can say that. We worked a few merc jobs together a long time ago and ran into each other here and there. Like at the warehouse last month."
Mina's head shot to look at Domino, "You were there?! You were the one who hurt Lee?"
Domino shook her head, "Nah, that was Logan but Klaue started it. You should have seen it, it was adorable how he stormed in there in your honor. Frank and I stopped the fight when we figured out the whole thing was a set up."
Mina looked at her long and hard, taking in all the words she was saying. Ulysses willing went into a fight with a man he had no chance of beating for her. He almost died because he THOUGHT that man was the one who hurt Marius and was coming for her. That was love, through and through.
"Logan? He's gotta be the same one who attacked my friend Pio- never mind." Mina shut her mouth immediately. She wasn't supposed to tell anyone about him and she nearly fucked up.
"I didn't know he was attacked, is he alright?" Domino asked with a concerned tone.
Mina bit her lip and shook her head.
"Oh, I know about Colossus. He's sweet on you, trust me I already know. Who do you think picked him up from your apartment that day?" Domino winked at her.
Mina's jaw dropped, and she sat up straight and put her feet down. "You're a fucking X-Men too!"
Domino shook her head and stayed calm, "I was running with them for a while, but I didn't like the way they ran things there. So, I bounced and came here to hang with the cool kids. You didn't answer my question, is he alright?"
Mina looked down sadly and didn't say anything at first. Her eyes darted to the office door where Ulysses was and shook her head and whispered, "I don't know… I'm not allowed to…"
Domino reached her hand across the couch and put it on Mina's arm, "Hey Mina, he's a big boy. He's fine. You'll see."
A loud cheer could be heard from the office, "YEAH BABY!"
Mina sniffled but didn't dare cry about it. She was worried about her dear friend Piotr but at the same time he disappeared and left her without saying goodbye. She couldn't be caught thinking about him, especially with Ulysses around today.
"So, you were an X-Men… that means you got powers too?" Mina changed the topic to something safer.
Domino pulled her hand away and crossed her arms, giving Mina a knowing smirk, "You could say that."
"Spill it."
"I'm lucky. Things always go my way." Domino paused and looked at the office door for a second before adding, "Almost always."
Mina shook her head, "I'm calling bullshit."
Domino gave her a huge smile, "Name it and I'll prove it."
Mina jumped up off the couch and ran to her room, "Hang on I got the perfect thing!"
When she came back she had a quarter and a game called Jenga. "Call it in the air." She said as she flipped the quarter.
"Heads."
"That was lucky- go again." Mina scowled when she called it correct.
"Heads."
"Bullshit."
"Heads."
"What the fuck?"
"Heads."
"This is fucking insane."
"Heads."
Domino laughed when Mina got frustrated and threw the quarter across the room. "Alright next test. Jenga! Everyone eventually loses."
Mina set up the blocks and they each took turns pulling one and setting it on top. Domino was tugging on them hard, knowing the tower wouldn't fall on her. Mina on the other hand was getting anxiety the closer they got to a wobbly stack.
It was Domino's turn and she gave Mina a smug look and went for the last block on the bottom that was supporting the whole thing.
"NOOOOO!" Mina yelled as she pulled it, expecting the whole tower to crash loudly on the coffee table.
The stack dropped to the next tier perfectly and Domino put the block on the top, "Your turn."
Mina's jaw dropped, and she looked from the tower to Domino and back, "Son of a bitch…"
She reached for a block, wanting to poke it to see if it was loose. She barely touched it and it collapsed loudly on the glass top. Mina yelled at the top of her lungs and swiped them off the coffee table, "I BARELY FUCKING LOOKED AT IT!"
Ulysses came running out of the office, "What happened? You alright, Bokkie?"
Domino looked up to Ulysses and shrugged, "She's a sore loser, what can I say?"
Mina crossed her arms and pouted up at Ulysses. "Am not."
He looked around at the mess in the living room and chuckled, he held a hand out to Mina. He helped her to her feet from her spot on the floor next to the coffee table. "Come here, Bokkie."
She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him, "I'm sorry I was too loud."
He licked his lips and winked, "Normally, I want you to be loud. But I just had a huge account come in that I must deal with. Why don't you and Domino go out for lunch, eh? On me. Have a girl's day out."
Mina's eyes went wide, and she shook her head quickly, "I don't want to- "
He put a finger to her lips, "Uh uh. Don't say things that you think I want to hear. You said you wanted more freedom, this is it. Go out and get a nice lunch, maybe get your nails done- whatever it is you girls do. Go shopping, spoil yourself."
He reached in his pocket and grabbed his money clip, "Take this, and my card- whatever you want, Love."
"But I don't need anything- "
Domino stood up and interrupted, "Of course she wants to go out! I'll hold on to that for safe keeping." Domino plucked the wad of cash and green American Express card out of his hand, "No limit, right?"
Ulysses nodded his head, "You take care of my girl, she eyes something then you get it for her. If you gotta, call one of the men to come pick it up."
"Sure thing, boss." Domino stuffed both the cash and the card down the front of her leather suit.
Mina knew she wasn't going to win, as usual. "I'll be back before dinner. I promise."
"I'll probably have to work through dinner, love. Just be back by bedtime, yeah?" he teased and bent down to kiss her goodbye.