Chapter 7

• "Don't you think you were so hard on him?" Amanda asked Daisy after Ethan left the house.
• "What!" Daisy rounded on her with a murderous glare. "Hard on him? That bastard made me suffer and you say im--" She paused when she noticed how Amanda's lover was gawking at her from Amanda's arm. "What is she still doing here? Shouldn't she be with him or what?"
• Having had enough of her bitter outburst towards her, the lady came to Daisy's face to end their beef once and for all. " I don't care if you hate me or not, okay? But stop being a bitch! I was also hurt. Do you know that? It wasn't my fault that he did what he did to you. He lied to me, are you satisfied? He lied that you cheated on him with another man in your matrimonial bed just to secure you modeling contract which was why he divorced you! So fucken give me a breathing space, I'm also hurting!"
• Daisy's mouth fell open at her statement, shocked that Ethan would say such a thing. How could he accuse her of sleeping for a contract? Even while they dated, never would she have contemplated doing that.
• "I'm sorry for saying that, maybe I shouldn't have," The lady corrected, feeling bad that she was adding salt to injury in the former lover's situation.
• "No, it's good you said it. Now I know what that idiot said behind my back!" Daisy said and stumbled backward. "Can you imagine that, Amanda? After everything I did for him! Men!"
• "I would have you know all men are not like that," Amanda quickly corrected.
• "You know what?" Daisy was losing her mind. "I think I will need a rest. Please help me keep an eye on Daniel, please..." She implored her friend who nodded.
• "Please take your time, okay?" Amanda patted her shoulders and she nodded and left them there.
• When she was out of their sight, she let the tears she was holding back to cascade down her face in tides. All these years she had fought to forget Ethan, even went as far as sending her son to study abroad and now out of the blues he has resurfaced in her life without any notice.
• Amanda was right, she can't keep running like this. She would have to face him and fight. He denied their son and pushed her away and went on to lie to people about her! she will never allow him to take her son from her. Never!
• She slid down the door of her room and cried her eyes out. She placed her napkin in her mouth to muffle the sound and even when her son came pounding on her door later, she refused to open it for him.
• She couldn't allow her son to see her crying. She has never allowed that. She was bringing him to be a strong lad, and to her, that means not letting him see her at her weakest point.
• The day she left her husband's house and went to her parents with her belongings and told them what happened with the hope that they would speak to him, unknown to her, he had already called them and told them another version of the story. They didn't care to find out from her what truly happened and kicked her out, calling her a whore.
• That day she sat under the rain, her car the only possession of significance she had, and cried so hard. She thought her life would come to an end and she might lose her baby because she had nothing or anywhere to go. Because of Ethan's insecurity she stopped her modeling job, just to make him happy, and even though her manager kept pestering her, she became enemies with him for the sake of saving her marriage.
• A marriage the useless lout didn't waste time throwing in the trash. it all occurred at once. One minute, she was thrown out by her husband, then her parents, and then she charged her phone and called Mandy who was abroad in a fashion, for help. She woke up one day to the blasting from the press calling her a whore.
• Even if she had any chance after the marriage, there was her pregnancy and then her ruined image. She had a snowball chance in hell to revamp such a ruined image when it comes to the high demand for chaste imagery on the runway. And that was confirmed when she called her manager to beg for his audience.
• He told her he had nothing against her but he couldn't help her because the news her ex-husband confirmed was flying faster than the hurricane breeze and no company of sane repute would want to do anything with her again. That day was the second worst day of her life and a day she knew her child was a miracle child. She fell from the top of the stairs of Amanda's house to the floor, just to die at once. But, Amanda saved her, and her baby.
• Amanda has been there all along and Daisy didn't know what she would have done without her. She might not tell her all the time, but she was her saving grace. This is why even though she hated that creature downstairs for reasons she can't tell, as far as Amanda liked her, she can endure her presence.
• Her fall from the stairs, brought with it good news though, as an insane modeling company that hyped on people's disdain for progress decided to give Daisy a chance( based on her past reputation) and it paid off. She appeared on the Vogue list that year, and got enough money that bought her her present freedom and launched her back, if not fully, then to a large extent into her old reputation.
• Today, she had one of the highest sorted-after designs in the world and her son is doing well, and many years from now, she had agreed maybe it was a natural blessing for her ex to deal with her so she can be saved from his myopic bondage of their marriage.
• Now, he is back!
• "Daisy?" Amanda's knock sounded on the door breaking through Daisy's train of thought.
• She sniffed and stood from the door and walked towards the bed, ignoring her bestie.
• "Daisy I know you can hear me, please open the door. We have to talk about this."
• "I am not talking about it, just go away."
• "Daniel is asking me if the man that came is his father," Daisy's heart skipped. "I don't know what to tell him. I swear I'm as lost as you in this so we have to talk. You know he is my son as much as he is to you, so if he doesn't get the answers he seeks from you, his next place of investigation would be from me."
• "I know," Daisy mewled. "I just don't want to talk about Ethan because... Because as much as I tell myself I hate him... Today when I saw him, Mandy, when I saw that bastard, my heart skipped again. I was broken when I saw the tears in his eyes and I hate myself so much for caring!"
• "I know, I understand... He is the father of your son, so I can comprehend the level of the bond. Just open up, okay?"
• "I don't want you to tell me it's okay, Mandy. I don't want you sweet talking me into forgiving him because I will never do that."
• "I'm not going to tell you to, I promise."
• Daisy thought about it, then made up her mind to open up. When the door swung open quietly, Amanda stood from the ground she had reclined and took her best friend into her arms.
• "I hate him so much!" Daisy cried. "He ruined my life and he is here to do it again!"
• "We are never going to let him!" Amanda strokes her back gently. "I won't let him, I swear."
• "What if I let him?" Daisy croaked.
• "Then I will have to make you not to, even though I have to tie you down." Daisy nodded on her shoulders and sniffed her tears away.
• "I fear... I fear that I might kill him if I see him again," She peeled away and started trodding back into the room, and Amanda strode after her.
• "Then, for now let's calm down and decide what to do? Daniel is asking questions."
• "I will send him back to the states!"
• "No, you can't do that!" Amanda refused, "You can't push him away. Sooner or later he would find out and he might hate you for it."
• "I can't let that devil take him away from me. Did you see how he looked at him today?"
• "He would never take him, Daisy. He denied the kid before he was even born. He is remorseful. The best retribution would be to let him look at the boy he so freely pushed away without being able to own him."
• Daisy was bobbing her head, her mind telling her this plan might backfire.
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