Chapter 16: Mom

She was sleeping. I was sitting on the bed next to her. She still hadn't woken up. Chris came into the room and smiled.

"Go home Liam. Do you want to spend the whole night here?"

"I'll stay here. With her. I'm not going anywhere Chris. I want to be there when she wakes up,"

"Liam. It'll be a miracle when she wakes up and if she does, she'll be paralyzed. Do you think she wants that kind of life? Go home,"

"If anything happens, please call me," I said and kissed her hair. I hope you wake me up tomorrow Daisy.

Morning

I woke up. Everything around me was white. I had tubes in my hand. I sat up but I couldn't move at all. I couldn't move my legs. What is it? I had a brace on my leg. The door opened.

"I'm glad you're awake. Liam was worried about you. He should be here any minute," Chris said

"Why can't I walk? What happened? I was fine," I screamed loudly

"You had a very serious accident Daisy. I'm sorry but you're paralyzed from the waist down. You also had a brain hemorrhage,"

"I want to go away. I want to leave. Everyone leave me alone. I want to go away," I screamed loudly and Chris grabbed my hand. A nurse ran in and looked at me.

"Is the director here?"

"Yes. He's here now,"

"Call him right away!" Let him come to this room immediately,"

"I want to leave. You can't keep me here. Why did you save me then? Why? You should have let me die," she screamed and Liam came into the room

"Leave us alone, please," Liam said. I looked at him and threw the vase at him. He dodged.

"Why did you save me? Why? I can't walk. Kindly let me go! I want to leave. Do you hear Liam? And go away with that injection. Is that clear?", I screamed loudly

"Calm down. You had an accident. A serious accident. You left. They brought you to the hospital. I tried to save you,"

"I didn't ask you to. I want to leave. Either you let me or you'll see," I screamed loudly

"Fine. Enough. Will you finally calm down?,," he shouted at me

,,I want to leave Liam. What are you deaf about? Get out.. Leave me alone,," I shouted loudly. Liam came to me and kissed me on the lips. Only not that. He pulled away from me.

"For every curse, a kiss,"

I picked up the mirror and looked at my face. I had a scar on my face. I felt horrible. I had a scar on both sides. Tears were running down my face.

"Daisy,"

"I'm ugly and lame too.. You should have let me die," I muttered. Liam sat down next to me and took my hand.

"This condition is temporary. It's not permanent Daisy, like other people's,"

"What do you mean?,"

"When you get over the worst, I'm going to operate on your spinal cord. That's why you can't walk Daisy. It'll be in a month, maybe two. But you'll walk, so calm down,"

"I'm sorry," I whispered softly. Liam sat down next to me and hugged me.

"I was worried about you. Very," he whispered and smiled.

,,I'm even uglier than before Liam,"

,,Daisy. I know you're ashamed of what you have, and what she did to you. You're a beautiful woman Daisy. You're a very beautiful and gentle woman. Don't be ashamed of what you have," he said and stroked the wound Sophia gave me. I've bandaged it.

,,Someday, someone will love you, want you and love you even with those scars on your face. Remember that,"

,,Will you stay with me?,,"

,,Don't worry.. I'm here," he said and smiled at me.

,,When can I leave Liam?,,"

,,That'll take a while Daisy. But don't worry. You'll be fine. And when I let you go, I'll keep an eye on you. This condition is temporary and you'll be able to walk soon. You'll see,"

,,Promise?,,"

,,On my word," he said and smiled at me. The door flew open and my mom stood in the doorway.

,,Mom,"

,,Liam. I need to write this down. Lily?,," Chris said and looked at my mom. She turned completely pale.

,,Hi Chris. Long time no see,"

,,What are you doing here? In this hospital?, he said, not exactly enthusiastic.

,,That's Daisy's mom,,,

,,You're Daisy's mom?,,, he asked, raising an eyebrow.

,,Yes. I am. Do you have a problem with that?,,,

,,I want to speak to the attending physician who's treating this one right now,,,, she said. I looked away from her. She's disgusting as always.

,,I'm her attending physician and I don't see any reason why I should talk to you,,"

Liam

"Come on, talk to me. What do you need from me?" I said and looked at Daisy.

"I know she's paralyzed. She needs our help. She needs her family's help," she said. I raised my eyebrows and looked at Chris.

"That's interesting. Why didn't you help her when she was on the street? Why didn't you help her when your husband, her father, was raping her? All of a sudden you're here? Why?"

"That's not true. She was lying. Nothing like that happened here,"

"She had an examination done, which showed that she really was. There are traces of violence there. What do you think? That I'm an idiot?"

"I've changed," she said. I looked at Daisy. She was looking at me with tears in her eyes. She shook her head.

"What do you want from me?" I asked.

"Well.. To release her. To let her go home, where she belongs."

"No way. Daisy was in a very serious car accident. She was in pretty bad shape. She's paralyzed and you want me to let her go. Are you kidding me?"

"You wanted to send her to prison. 15 years behind bars and you have the nerve to come here?" Chris said. She kicked him in the stomach.

"Don't worry about it! It's none of your business Chris."

"Yes. I'm done with it, Lily. You wanted to put her behind bars. She left home. You didn't leave her alone. What else do you want? We can easily report you. Especially your husband for raping her several times," Chris said. Her mother was completely fuming. She looked at Daisy, who was sitting motionless on the bed.

"So you know what? Do whatever you want. Just so you know, you're not our daughter. You were adopted. You were a poor, poor thing in an orphanage. I just felt sorry for you. You're not our daughter and you never will be," she shouted at her.