Sanji got into his car and left Zoro's apartment. He needed to talk to Zeff. How could Zeff not tell him about Megumi? He knew Zeff was fishy when he was with Megumi during their first meeting. Zeff treats all kids the same, like an adult. He's not unnecessarily nice to kids, he tells them what he feels even if it makes them cry. Sanji only lasted with him because he wanted to, he felt he needed to pay the man back and he was a lot nicer than his biological father. At that point anything was better than that hell hole he called home.

Sanji parks his car and jumps out locking it behind him. He dashes into the restaurant through the back door. He sees everyone is getting ready to open. They all look at Sanji confused. He shouldn't be here. He left early, everyone else understood it was for something important and when he leaves for that he comes in much later to open. Sanji runs around till he finds Zeff, in his office looking at papers. Zeff looks up at Sanji, who is breathing heavily, at first curiosity hits his face, what could Sanji want now especially this early in the morning?

"Did you know?" Zeff stares at Sanji bewildered about what he's talking about. "Megumi! you knew I was her dad." Sanji raises his volume, answering Zeff's unasked question. Mad that Zeff knew but decided to keep it hidden.

"So you finally figured it out. Took you long enough." Zeff looks down at his papers. So he did know.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Sanji sounds desperate but also mad with a hit of sadness.

"If you want to know more close the door and sit down." Zeff instructs. Sanji follows, closing the door before he sits on a chair in front of the desk, kind of feeling like he's in the principal's office for some unknown reason.

"Why did you keep quiet about it?" Sanji asks, Zeff can hear the hurt in his voice.

"It wasn't something I should be telling others, plus after talking to him it was his decision. A decision I respected."

"How long have you known?"

"A little less than five years."

"You knew the whole time!"

"Yes."

"How? When?"

"When you were learning under Ivankov. Since he had you living with him and his friends," Sanji gets a shiver down his spine, he doesn't want to think about the hell. "I don't know how far along the pregnancy the brat was but he was showing so he was far. He was walking around this area by himself at night, he was getting hit on by some drunks. I remembered him and how strong he was. I wasn't worried at first but he just wasn't fighting. He looked a little pale then threw up in the ally. That's when I saw the baby bump. I helped him out and got him inside. He saw me staring at his stomach and said 'yes I'm pregnant not fat.' I started to interrogate him and he spilled everything. The only question he seemed hesitate to tell was who the father was and if I knew them. He nodded saying I do, when ask who he froze. He looked worried, it didn't help that he looked pale from throwing up. Then he said 'Sanji' and I froze. I didn't believe him and he could tell from my face. He shrugs and says 'it doesn't matter if you believe me or not' then he explains how he knew and it made sense, he stands up thanks me for helping and starts to leave as I was processing it. I stop him, if he was lying he would have tried his hardest to convince me, I asked him what he was doing so late at night. 'Cravings' he said. He was out late because he got a craving. I made him something to eat and he happily ate it and asked for more."

"Was he not eating?" Sanji asked.

"He said he was, but not as much as he wanted. He was having money trouble, couldn't eat more than he had to otherwise he couldn't pay rent and wouldn't have enough money for food after. As he ate almost thirty plates of food, I asked him more questions. I asked if you knew. He said no. When I asked why, he told me it was because you were trying to forget that you both even slept together in the first place. I asked if he will ever tell you, he just shrugged in response. I asked him if he wanted me to tell you and he said no, when asked why, he didn't want to disturb you and your dream. He even cried when we talked. Turned into a sobbing mess." Zeff stops talking and takes out his wallet, he skims through it before taking out a picture and hands it to Sanji. He takes it in his trembling hands. He brings it close and looks down at it. His eyes widen in shock.

There Megumi lay in Zoro's arms. Wrapped in a white blanket and wearing a blue onesies. One hand holding on to a small stuffed animal, the other hand grabbing onto Zoro's oversized shirt. Her hair a lighter shade of green, pulled up into a small messy bun. In her mouth is a pacifier as she stare straight into the camera with her bright blue eyes. Her skin seems to have gotten lighter because she looks almost as tan as Zoro, making her eyes brighter. Zoro sat or stood there with her in his arms smiling. It is a beautiful picture. "Where did you get this?" Sanji asks honestly just wondering.

"I took that picture." Zeff says putting his wallet back. Sanji's head looks up at him. "You can keep it I have others."

"You took it?"

"I saw him on the street months after she was born. I didn't see him with a big belly anymore so I got curious as to what might have happened so I called out to him. We talked. At first I thought something bad happened, maybe he lost her because he looked like hell but he was just tired. He even showed me a picture of her on his phone. I told him to come over one day with her and he did. I took that picture when he was here. I also feed him. He ate a lot."

"Still not eating?"

"To busy buying baby things and not enough left over for food. He eats but not enough, just enough so that the nutrience got past through his breast-milk."

"Zoro breastfed her?" Sanji asks, he could not to imagine it.

"From what he told me. She was a biter." Sanji looks down at the picture. Zoro did look exhausted. The smile though says he doesn't regret it. "His job," Zeff starts

"So you know?"

"That he sells his body. The night I talked to him about Megumi, after she was born, he was out with a customer." Zeff sighs. "Can't believe he's doing that." Zeff looks at Sanji as he put the picture away in his wallet. "What are you going to do now that you know?" Zeff asks.

What is he going to do now that he knows? He got a little bit of the answers he was wondering. Weather he likes it or not she is his daughter. Sanji does want to be apart of her life.