Daisy's POV
I look at my new sparkly pink earrings in the mirror.
"They're so pretty." I whisper to myself and reach up to touch them only to have my hand gently swatted away.
"No touching. You only touch them when you clean them-" he hands me a paper with instructions on how to clean them, "you can change them out after they heal in six to eight weeks."
I nod showing him I understand.
Lauren and I pay for the work he's done.
"Lauren, can we...maybe go into that store?" I ask pointing to a store full of stuffed animals.
"Of course, after that we can eat some lunch." She smiles.
I speed walk into the store and look at all the stuffies.
This is heaven. This is where I want to be for forever.
After looking I examine the three stuffies I have in my hands.
Hmmm, it's between a pink teddy bear, a green froggy, and a small brown kitty.
"I think you should get the cat." Lauren suggests seeing that I'm having a hard time choosing.
Yes! I'm going to get the kitty.
After paying for my new friend, we go to the escalator to go to the food court.
I look between her and the moving stairs.
I slowly grab her hand and she let me hold it while we go up.
Thank you for helping me.
We wait in line for a slice of pizza. Eventually Lauren got a sausage and pineapple pizza, and I got a plain pepperoni.
Who puts pineapple on a pizza? It doesn't sound very good.
We sit at a small table away from the crowd of other people eating and chattering.
"How have you been Daisy?" She asks taking a bite of pizza.
"I've been good, how've you been." I smile kicking my feet.
"I've been okay, I've been spending a lot of time helping Bria." She sighs.
I forgot they were also friends...
I nod, I don't want to be rude, but I don't want to talk about Bria.
"She's changed. She's having a hard time and her mom...her mom is doing worse than she is." She continues.
Mom?
My eyes burn with sadness. I wish things didn't happen how they happened; I wish they never happened at all.
"It's terrible how nobody has paid for it. He was a good man." She sighs.
A good man? Fuck that. He wasn't a good man. He tortured me, starved me, shaved my head, beat me...he wasn't nice. I huff.
But she doesn't know that. Should I tell her?
"What is it?" She looks into my eyes.
"What?" I ask.
"You huffed when I said he was a good man." Her eyebrows furrowed.
Oh... Well dang it, what do I do?
"I just...I um...I feel bad, I wish things were different." I twiddle my fingers.
"That's not the whole truth, is it?" She pushes, "Daisy what happened?"
Just tell her, what could go wrong? I'd be telling the truth... Someone other than my daddies will finally know my story.
"He ummm...he kidnapped me last year, he uhh... He hurt me a lot, he almost killed me." I admit.
She stares at me in bewilderment.
"Did...did your boyfriend kill him?" She asks wide eyed.
"What? No, no, no I... I got away. I escaped." Sweat builds up in the palms of my hands. I hate lying but, I have to.
I shouldn't have said anything. I should've kept my mouth shut.
"Why didn't you tell me? Why didn't you tell Bria?" She asks.
"Like she would believe me." I roll my eyes. Why would she believe me, she hates me.
"Daisy if your boyfriend killed him... He has to be put away. He's a murderer." She places her hand on mine.
No... No, he isn't, they aren't. They saved me.
"I want to go home." I pull my hand away from hers.
She sighs and stands up.
"Okay." She says sounding annoyed.
I follow her to her car and set all my bags at my feet.
The ride home was full of tension.
I mentally kick myself for telling her anything.
I should've kept my big mouth shut.
I fiddle with my fingers the whole ride home. The thick tension surrounding us doesn't help my anxiety.
As soon as she pulls up to the house, I run out the car with my bags and inside the house.
I quickly lock the door behind me and take a deep breath.
"Is everything okay?" Gloria asks me with her head tilted.
"Oh yes. -" I giggle trying to act natural, "I ran up here and I'm out of shape." I pat my tummy.
Once she says okay and leaves, I run up to my room.
The memories of Bria's dad flood back into my brain.
I touch the top of my head, remembering the feeling of it being botched.
I scan my body for bruises and boo-boos. Nothing.
Even though I know he's gone, it feels like he's right here. Right next to me.
A hot tear streams out of my eye.
Please go away. Go away.
I hit my head to distract myself.
Go away.
My chest rises and falls at a fast pace. I feel like my throat is closing up. My body is shaking, and I can't help but let more tears fall out like an erupting volcano.
I can't breathe. I can't...I can't...
My tummy knots up and cramps up causing pain to shoot through my body.
"How was the mall prin-" daddy James starts as he walks in the room. He hastily drops to my side and holds my shoulders, "princess what happened, what's wrong?"
Daddy James picks me up and holds me tightly.
"Princess you're home, you're okay. Daddy's here." He soothes rubbing my back.
I hold onto him tightly.
"Daddy he's gone right?" I sob.
"Who princess?"
My chest rattles with air quickly being inhaled.
"The monster." I state.
"Yes princess. He's gone. Gone forever. He can't hurt you anymore. Nobody will hurt you ever again." He kisses my head.
I snuggle my head into the crook of his neck.
"Daddy is going to protect you." He coos.
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