Chapter 20

I hurry from the hotel room with the sitter and Daisy in tow, the hospital is just Three buildings away from where we’re staying so we made a quick run for it. We approach her room and shouting becomes much clearer and louder, as well as crashing sounds.

My daughter!

What have you done with her, where is my baby?!

Bring me my daughter now!

-Please calm down or we will be forced to sedate you, your daughter will be here soon, I’ve told you so already miss

Cut the shit and get me my Daisy!

... Mama, Mama!

*clank*

Daisy! My baby! Are you okay? Let mommy look at you!

I’m frozen, I stand just outside the door and listen to the whole commotion, if I push that door open and walk in, there would be Myra or someone who looks like Myra standing in that room no doubt coddling and fawning over Daisy, the sitter is standing next to me now and looks up at me.

Sir, a-aren’t you going in? You’ve been waiting for this moment for so long, stop hesitating and go on.

Her words snap me out of my frozen state, I take a deep breath and push the door open and walk into the room, she is hugging Daisy and crying but as soon as she sees me she sets Daisy gently down on the bed and runs over to me throwing herself into my arms.

Dassy! I finally found you again!

Dassy, that nickname only Myra called me, I look down at her and she looks up at me with tears in her eyes, I can’t believe it’s really you Dassy! I missed you so much!

I hug her as tight as I could manage and she does not complain at all, I then hold her at arms length and take her in.

I-I thought you died Myra, I mean, you died Myra, I buried you! I’ve mourned you for years, what is the meaning of this?

Aren’t you happy to see me Dassy, to know that I am not dead

Of course I’m happy to see you but I do believe I deserve an explanation

Of course you do, but first, have you spoken to my parents? Where are they? Do they know that I’m alive as well?

No, no one but me and my people know you’re alive as yet, why do you ask?

Okay, I’d rather keep it quiet for as long and as much as possible, I escaped and I don’t want those people to ever find me again and I could never put you in danger so please, help me to hide and then forget you saw me again, Daisy and I will be okay.

H-Hang on, escaped from where? And what does that have to do with your parents?

She walks away from me and sits on the bed and kisses Daisy on the head.

Baby go with your nice baby sitter for a walk, let mommy speak with her friend for a bit.

Okay mama

-Please don’t go too far okay? She looks at the sitter with pleading eyes I won’t I promise.

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I did some traveling for a bit and had an accident where I plunged into a river and because they didn’t find my body they presumed I had died, I suppose my parents held a funeral for the sake of closure but in reality I had been found washed up on a river bank much further down stream.

I had amnesia for quite a long time, not remembering who I am, what happened to me or anything else but that place and those people who found me, I will never speak about it, i-it’s too painful for me, I ended up with Daisy Four years ago and even with the circumstances, she is still the light of my life and what kept me going.

By chance I saw on the television, news about you and it all came back to me, seeing your picture and hearing your name helped me to remember who I was, who I am and that knowledge along with keeping Daisy safe is what gave the strength I never knew I had to escape and come back to you.

Come back to me, she fought to come back to me, I lift her and hug her again and cradle her as she cries softly in my arms.

I will keep you safe Myra, don’t worry, I’ll find a nice and secure villa so you and Daisy can live there.

She looks up at me why can’t we stay with you at the mansion?

Because my fiancé is living there with me, so I can not carry you there

Y-You have a fiancé ? b-but what about me?

You’ve been gone for almost Ten years Myra, I’ve been with my fiancé for Six years, there is no way I could bring another woman home where she is to live I’m sorry.

B-But that mansion is like my home away from home, I want to go back there please Dassy, you can get the new mansion for her

How could I move out of my home Myra?

What do you mean? Why would you need to move out?

It is only natural I will live with my fiancé, so if I make her leave I will go with her

She cries loudly and hits my chest how could you do this to me Dassy, you’re supposed to be mine and mine alone, that mansion is supposed to be my home, our home.

Don’t you think you’re being a bit too much right now Myra?