Chapter 15: Destiny
Tony's mouth dropped. "What?"
In all the years that he had known Tanaka he had never once been aware that she had a sibling. Let alone that he had in fact had a fling with said sibling. It was almost as shocking as finding out he supposedly had a daughter. A daughter Tanaka never once deemed to inform him existed. Now that truly pissed him off. He narrowed his eyes at Tanaka before saying snarkily, " So you never once thought to inform me during our nineteen years of acquaintance that I had a daughter? A daughter that just so happened to be your niece? Really, Tanaka I would think this is the sort of thing you would bring up in our yearly meetings."
He didn't even try to hide the bitterness in his voice. Neither did Tanaka when she responded.
"How was I supposed to inject that into the conversation exactly, Mr. Stark? Maybe I should have told you during your lunch break perhaps? I'm sure that would have gone over quite well."
The woman rolled her dark eyes. Eyes very similar to Noriko's if only a shade darker. Tony winced knowing she was right. Reaching into her pocket Tanaka removed a neatly folded sheet of paper.
"Here Noriko asked me to give this to you."
Tony released a shuddering breath before taking the paper. He could feel the weight of fate weighing down heavily upon him. He knew that in this moment his world would change irrevocably. None of their lives would ever be the same again. With that thought in mind he unfolded the paper.