Chapter 29
At the Caine house, Natalia and Damien were curled up on the sofa watching the last bit of the film. There was a knock on the door. They both looked up towards the door then at each other.
"Are you expecting anyone?" Natalia quizzed.
"No, and I don't think Horatio and Cal are either."
"Just wait here, I'll go see who it is," Natalia gingerly stood up and walked towards the front door. She looked through the peep hole in the door and smiled. Damien noticed this smile.
"Who is it Nat?" Damien wasn't as worried.
Natalia just opened the door.
"Hey Natalia, dad told me that Dammo had got out of hospital and was wandering if he was up to receiving visitors."
"Yeah sure, Kyle. Come on in," Natalia opened the door for Kyle to come in, "I'll just go and get dressed. We've got to go to the lab to see your dad soon."
Natalia went to go and get herself ready as Kyle went into the dining room to see Damien.
"Hey Kyle, how are you doing?" Damien was glad to see a different face.
"I'm good. More to the point, how are you and Natalia doing?"
"Well we're getting there. It will take a while but we'll get there eventually."
"That's great, you gave us all a scare there."
"You know what us Caine's are like. We like to keep everyone on their toes."
Kyle grinned and nodded in agreement, "don't I know it. First you get yourself shot at the wedding then you get beaten up in New York just because you look like dad."
"Yeah, I already told him that I'm going to dye my hair so I don't look like him."
Kyle laughed, "I'm not surprised."
"I love your hair just the way it is."
Damien and Kyle looked at the doorway to see Natalia stood in a t-shirt and jeans, ready to go.
Damien smiled, "I know you do, but if this happens every time I want to go back to New York then I may not have a choice," he couldn't resist trying to wind her up.
Natalia, who knew what he was up to, ignored the comment, "we need to get you ready to go to the lab to see Horatio."
"Spoilsport!" Damien huffed.
Natalia just rolled her eyes and went to fetch some clothes for Damien to wear and came back into the dining room.
"I'll leave you to it," Kyle stood up to leave.
"You only just got here. Natalia's just going to help me get dressed, it won't take long."
"I'll wait in the kitchen then. Did you two want a drink while I'm in there?"
"Sure, a cup of coffee will be fine for me, Natalia?" Damien watched as Natalia closed the curtains.
"A cup of camomile tea will be fine for me."
Kyle went into the kitchen to make drinks as Natalia helped Damien.
When he was dressed and they'd had their drinks, Natalia looked at the clock on the wall.
"We need to get going Damien."
Damien agreed, "Horatio won't like us being late."
Kyle took the cups into the kitchen and came back through to the lounge, "do you want a lift to the lab?"
"Are you sure? We don't want to put you out," Natalia grabbed a jacket for herself and Damien.
"Yeah, I'm going past the lab on my way to the mall."
So they all got ready and left for the lab.
