Chapter 40: That's why I hate you

Daisy:

My mom was there. Chris was there and so was Liam, listening to our argument. An argument that had no boundaries. I shouted at her everything I had been holding back for years.

"But he's my dad and I had a right to know who he was," I shouted at her.

"Daisy. Stop. Calm down," Liam said. I looked at him and shook my head.

"No, Liam. I don't want to calm down. I just want to know why everyone hates me so much. Why they hate me so much that they wanted to kill me.  Why?,"

,,I hated your father. I hated him. I was with him because my mother wanted me to. Yes. He was a budding doctor. He was getting rich and that's the kind of man you imagined. You know what? When I found out I was pregnant, I also took birth control pills so you wouldn't be born. Unfortunately, you were born. I didn't love him. I hate you too. Just like him. I honestly fell in love with Mark. Do you want the truth? I'll tell you. I convinced him to marry you, but not out of love. I convinced him to hurt you. I knew that if I hurt you, I would hurt your father too. I succeeded,"

,,That would be enough Lily. I think that's enough.  You should leave and you are banned from this hospital," Chris said

"Let her go. Let her continue. Go ahead," I said and looked at her.

"You should never have been born. You were the fruit of something that should never have been born. It happened and you are here. Unfortunately. He may have loved me but I didn't love him. I hated him and so I hate you too,"

"You didn't love me! You just beat me for everything. Even for breathing,"

"I hate you. I hate you from the bottom of my heart.  I wish you would fall to the bottom," she screamed at me

,,You kept me in the basement. I had nothing to eat or drink. You pulled my hair. You beat me. You didn't care how I felt, how I was. You kept telling me that I didn't deserve to live. That I was nothing. Do you know how I felt?," I screamed, crying.

,,You're still nothing. Look at yourself. You're crying, and crying is for weaklings. You're in a pretty bad mental state. You're unstable. You're incredibly unstable,"

,,Okay. That's enough. I'm the director of this hospital. You're banned from here. I forbid you from contacting her or speaking to her at all. Forget that you have a daughter," Liam said firmly

,,And who do you think you are? No one will order me around, especially not YOU! I don't have a daughter. For me, it's like she died. See you later.  Daisy, we'll meet again. I won't let it go, "

"You won't let it go? Who beat me? Who hurt me and abused me? Who sold me out? You, "

"You bitch, " she screamed loudly and ran towards me. Chris grabbed her and dragged her away. I looked at Liam.

"Daisy.. How.. How do you feel? " he whispered and sat down next to me.

"Do you think how I feel? I found out that she hates me and that she always hated me. I've gotten used to those words, but not the pain over the years. I had a right to my father. I had a right to know that he was somewhere and that he was looking for me. I had a right to that, " I said and Liam hugged me.

"We'll find him. Together. I promise you, "

"They hate me. Everyone Liam.  Zoe, James, Mark and also my own mother. She almost always punished me for everything. For the right thing but also for the wrong thing,"

,,You'll see that one day. One beautiful day everything will turn out for the better. I want to see a beautiful and sincere smile on your face. That's what I want, Daisy,"

"I can't help but smile, I can't help but be happy when I know they'll come back and get their revenge on me. I know them all too well. Liam, when it comes to their reputation, they're capable of anything, and I mean absolutely anything,"

"Wait. You think they'd be capable of killing you for telling me?,"

"I'm going to tell you something, but you have to keep it to yourself, Liam. Do you agree?"

"I agree. I won't tell anyone. It'll be our little secret,"

"I was ten years old. We lived in Norway. It was a beautiful country. A man came to visit us. At first I thought it was a visitor, but it wasn't. I remember it like it was today. The man threatened to tell the journalists and everyone around them what they really were.  Mom and Mark were supposed to give him money but they didn't,"

,,And.. What happened then?,,"

,,Liam killed him. Mom pulled out a gun and killed him. I can still hear the gunshots. I hear the man's body falling to the ground. I saw his dead body. I saw it.. Then they went away somewhere. Probably to bury the body. They're going to come for me and kill me. I know it. I can feel it,"

,,No Daisy. That's not going to happen. I promise you it won't. That's not going to happen. I'll protect you. I won't take my eyes off you for a minute. Nothing's going to happen," he said and hugged me.

,,Liam abused me for years. I know what they're capable of. Everyone thinks they're amazing. They're not. They locked me in a basement, abused me, raped me, and the authorities did nothing.  I told them and they didn't believe me. They called them. They came to get me and I got a terrible beating at home. They beat me all over,"

"It's over, Daisy. It's over. They won't touch you. I promise you that. The time when Mark Fly and his wife had a lot of power is over. They're not the only ones with money and can buy cops, prosecutors and the like. One day they'll bitterly regret what they've done. They'll go to jail. They'll go,"

"I don't want to leave this world yet, Liam.  Not yet," I whispered and hugged him.

,,I'll prepare a discharge report for Daisy. You'll stay here today and tomorrow we'll go home. You'll work out your legs there and I'll take care of you. After everything that's happened, I won't let anyone hurt you. I won't let them. I swear that one day, they'll pay for everything they've done,"

,,And if one day, I had to blame James for all of this. What would you do?,"

,,I think it's time for him to accept responsibility for all of his actions. And when that day comes, I'll be sorry, but everyone has to pay for their actions, their sins, and James is no exception,"