Chapter 42: Chris's parents

Liam:

"Are you sure it's really her?" Chris's mom asked me. I smiled and looked at her and his dad. They were shocked.

"Daisy was born on March 28, 1999. Which is also the year Chris's daughter was born. Lily is Daisy's biological mom but Mark is not her father. Daisy was put in an orphanage by some woman. Poor and ragged. Later Mark and Lily adopted her. That woman and Lily.. It was the same person. They went to Norway for a while. Chris checked and yes, someone really adopted his daughter and took her to Norway. Daisy's age fits but today Lily herself admitted that Daisy's father is Chris," I said

"Oh my God and she knows about it?  Does she know he's her father?,,"

,,No. She doesn't. And I'm not going to tell her yet. She's been through enough in the last few months and I'm not going to add to her worries. I want to get closer to her, talk to her, win her over. But I don't intend to tell her now that I'm her father,," Chris said

,,But why? What happened to her? And how did you meet her, Liam?,," his mother asked me.

,,I met Daisy completely by accident. Maybe it was fate. She was dating my son and they broke up. Daisy was taking it pretty hard. Life was making her miserable, James and her sister Zoe too. Her parents kicked her out of the house, she was practically on the streets. She had a job and an apartment from her father. She lost her job and he took her apartment. I saw him slap her with my own eyes, I saw him take her apartment keys and she was on the streets,,"

,,Oh my God.  That's terrible," his father whispered and just shook his head

,,I couldn't leave her there. Something was pulling me towards her. I took her in. Of course, there were some planned events organized by Mark and Lily. They accused her of stealing the ring. There was a trial. Of course Mark Fly is an influential man and he got probation and payment for the ring. Zoe stole it, just to get revenge on her. Mark tried to kill her with a knife. Then she had a serious accident, she was paralyzed and to top it off, they kidnapped her and wanted to kill her. Luckily, I managed to save her. But Mark, James and Lily make her life miserable every day. Every day they think of something. They'll come here and hurt her,"

,,But something else happened. I can feel it. Tell us both! Chris. What else happened to her? I want to know. We're her grandparents.  We have the right to do that," his mother screamed and his father just nodded. I looked at Chris.

,,When she was little, they abused her, pulled her hair. They kept telling her that no one loved her and that she should die. They locked her in the basement and when she was older, they sold her to other men, just so Lily could get revenge on Chris,,"

,,Oh my God,,"

,,They raped her so many times and to such an extent that her uterus is weakened and she may never be able to get pregnant again.. Daisy has been through a lot. She is a truly amazing and strong person,,"

,,But they have to be punished for this.  Why didn't you do anything?,,"

,,It's no use. Mark Fly is a powerful man and he can buy prosecutors, police officers. We have no choice but to protect her. Daisy lives with me. There is security and I have a good security system there. Nothing will happen to her. Daisy needs to be approached very carefully and gently. She is a fragile person,,"

,,Liam is right. Daisy has been through so much. I can't just come to her and tell her: I am your father. I want to win her over gradually and only then tell her that I am her father,,"

,,And where is she now?,," his mother asked

,,She is in her room. She has had spinal surgery. She was paralyzed from the waist down but she is fine.. Physically she is fine but I think after what she has been through, she is not mentally fine,,"

,,Liam,," Chris shouted at me

,,Look. Daisy is not crazy, I am not saying that.  She's an amazing and wonderful woman. She's perceptive and sensitive. That's why everything has hit her and she has to get over it. What she's been through is not easy and anyone would have gone crazy from it but she didn't,"

"How could Lily do this?" his father muttered under his breath.

Someone knocked. It was Amanda. She looked at Chris.

"Here are the test results, Liam," she said and handed me the results.

"So? What does it say? Is she my daughter or did she lie again?" Chris asked me

"You are 99.9% her father. There's no doubt about it. You have the same blood type, Chris. Rh-Null. If anything happens to her, you can donate blood to her.  So I wasn't wrong, the resemblance is not wrong,"

"Oh my God. After 25 years you found her. I didn't even hope or believe it anymore," his mom whispered. Someone knocked. It was Daisy. She was on crutches and she was looking at me.

"Am I disturbing Liam?" she asked me and smiled at me.

"Daisy. You're coming. No. Of course not.. These are Chris's parents. They came here for a few days," I said and turned to them. His mom almost cried.

"This is Daisy,"

"I'm glad," she said and smiled at them.

"Ay.. We're glad too," his mom said and smiled. Daisy had no idea who she had met.

"Daisy. Why aren't you in bed? You're not in a condition to walk around yet. You've had a serious operation,"

"Liam. I'm bored.. You don't know how much. There's nothing to do there. I want to go home," she whispered and looked me in the eyes.

"Tomorrow morning. I haven't had all the tests done yet. I'll come see you but I really have a very important meeting and I have to be there. Chris will show you to your room. Chris, right?" I asked him and he looked at me

"Yes. Sure,"

"You're awful Liam. I really don't want to be in that bed anymore. I feel really good.  I'm walking slowly,"

"Daisy. I'm not going to discuss this with you. You go to bed and that's it. I'm your doctor and I decide when you go home. So please listen to me,"

"Okay," she said. Chris walked away with her. I looked at his parents. They were completely out of it.