Aiden turns to look back at the presumably dumb girl who just spoke. She was smiling at Penny and showing off her dress.
Aiden walks to Daisy and watches him come close, Daisy tried to walk away and hide behind Penny but Aiden held her arm in a tight grip and asks "you can talk?"
"Leave her, you are scaring her," says Penny trying to push Aiden away from Daisy.
"Answer me," asks Aiden ignoring Penny's cry for letting Daisy go.

Aiden drags Daisy out of the room, towards the main door.
"What's happening here?" Asks Genelia looking at the scene in front of her. She looks at Penny who was running behind Aiden and crying out loud.
"Penny" calls Genelia and holds Penny.
"I knew you were sketchy since the day I saw you. You have been lying and acting like a victim. Get out, bitch" says Aiden and pushes her out of the gates, on the road.
Daisy falls on her fours, scraping her palms and knees. She looks behind and sees Aiden fuming with anger.

"If I see you anywhere close to that innocent girl and use Mr. Magnus for god knows what, I swear I'll kill you. Get out of my sight you lying whore. GO" screams Aiden.
Daisy stands up from the ground and looks behind Aiden. She could see Penny calling for her. She tries to walk to the entrance but stops when Aiden removes his gun and points it at her.
"Leave" warns Aiden one last time and Daisy turns away from the house. She starts limping away and occasionally looks back at Aiden who was watching her like a hawk.

Penny struggles to get out of Genelia's hold and runs back to her room. She picks her phone and calls Magnus.

Magnus was in his office working when he receives Penny's call.
"Aiden... Aiden... I hate him... Daddy" cries, Penny.
"What happened?" Asks Magnus.
"I want Daisy. She is sad" cries, Penny.
"Stop crying. I am on my way home" says Magnus and hangs up the call. He calls Aiden and Aiden says "bitch could talk. She was lying. She had an alternate motive to be here"
"Do you know what it was?" Asks Magnus.
"No," says Aiden.
"And you threw her out without confronting her?" Asks Magnus and Aiden doesn't answer.

Magnus was returning to his house and spots Daisy walking on the road. Magnus stops the car and gets out. He calls her name and she gets scared seeing him and tries to walk away. Magnus holds her arm and says "Come with me. We have a lot to discuss" and pulls her into his car.

Magnus looks beside him and sees her palms and knees scraped and bleeding. He offers her his handkerchief and she looks at him confused. With shaky hands, she takes the handkerchief and wipes her tears.

Magnus didn't want to believe she was in his house with bad intentions. Magnus had an eye for people and every time he saw daisy, he could only see a girl beaten up by time.

Magnus and Daisy return to the house and Penny rushes to Daisy and hugs her.
"I am sorry. I didn't protect you" cries, Penny.
Daisy shakes her head no and hugs her back.
"Genelia, take Penny to her room," says Magnus.
"No daddy. I want Daisy" cries, Penny.
"I have something to talk to her," says Magnus.
"No, she is hurt. Come Daisy" says Penny and pulls Daisy with her to her room.

"I have seen that girl before and I am sure it was in a strip club. I don't trust her" says Aiden.
"So you would have trusted her if you had seen her in a church?" Asks Magnus.
"You are taking this lightly just cause you to get to fuck a fresh pussy" says Aiden.
Magnus glares at him and Aiden continues "I know your late nights with that girl. Do you realize you are putting your child in danger just to get some"

Aiden would have said more but he was stoped with a hard punch on his face, leaving him on the floor.
"You think I would let anyone close to my child if I was not sure they are no threat. And do you think if I even get a glimpse of threat from her towards Penny, she would be alive?" Asks Magnus.
"You are making a mistake. But don't worry, you will soon see the truth when you use your brain to think instead of your dick" says Aiden and walks away.

Penny was in hiccups while applying antiseptic cream on Daisy's wounds.
"He is very bad. I'll tell daddy to shoot him" says Penny and Daisy shake her head no.
"I am sorry I couldn't save you," says Penny and hugs Daisy. Penny was crying uncontrollably and ultimately fell asleep in Daisy's arms.

Daisy looks at the innocent child in her arms and thinks back to the night they first met.

Flashback...

"I'll come back and free you forever," says Raffaele.
Daisy was done with life. She had made multiple failed attempts to kill herself and now Raffaele would end her and release her from the constant pain he kept her in.

Daisy watches him leave and just as he opens the main door, his phone rings. He picks it up and says "damn I forgot. I'll bring them," he says and looks at Daisy and says "you slut always distract me with your hot body and desperation for wanting sex" and rushes up the stairs to get something.
Daisy sees the door open and stands up from her place with shaky legs. She again sees Raffaele rush out of the main door and enter the car, cursing at someone.

Daisy slowly walks to the main door and sees he had not locked it. She walks out and peeks out to see anyone but Raffaele's two men who stood outside left with him. Daisy thought for a minute and walked back inside. Where was she to go? She had no family. Raffaele saw to it that she had no more friends. And no will to live.

Daisy walks into the room she shared with Raffaele where she slept on the floor. She decided to take a nap till he returned. She walks into the room and sees a bag filled with money on the bed. Daisy didn't care about the money as it bought nothing she wanted. But then a thought passes her mind. She walks close to the money and removes 100$. She was hungry and before she died, she didn't mind a stomach full of food.

Daisy walks out of the house and felt a chill. She went back and picked one of Raffaele's hoodies. But Raffaele was a huge muscular man and his hoodie swallowed her whole. She found her old flip-flops and wore them too and with a little bit of courage walk out of Raffaele's prison. She walks close to the gates and pushes one gate open.

Daisy walks for a while and sees a bus at a bus stand. She gets in and takes a seat. Daisy didn't have change for a hundred and the exhausted driver tells her to get off after a few stops, which she did. Daisy wanders around some more and was esthetic when she finds a diner. Daisy points at all that she wanted to eat from the menu to the waitress and eats to her heart's content.

After a good meal, it was time for her to return to Raffaele's house. She had an appointment with death she didn't want to skip. She was walking around trying to figure out how to get back when she saw a man being attacked. It was a dark alley and many men were beating up one man. Daisy simply stood in her place watching the fight but then hears a small cry in the corner. Daisy walks to the source and sees a small life scared of the chaos.

Daisy bends down close to the little girl and the girl says "I am scared"
Daisy tilts her head and looks at the innocent child. Does she expect me to save her? Daisy asked herself.
The little girl looks back at the fight and screams when a bullet goes off. She moves close to Daisy and hugs her. Daisy felt something in her heart. It was warm and peaceful.
Daisy lifts her hoodie and hides the girl inside it.
"Please don't leave me," says the little girl and hugs Daisy.

Flashback ends...

"I am sorry I didn't save you," says Penny and closes her eyes, and falls asleep in Penny's arms.
'you saved me in more ways than you know, Penny' says Daisy.

Daisy still had Penny in her lap when she notices Magnus in the room. He lifts Penny from Daisy's lap and places her on the bed.
"Come," says Magnus, and Daisy looks at Penny once and follows Magnus out of the room.

They both walk into the living room where Aiden, Genelia, and Asher, Magnus's father were seated.
Magnus takes a seat on a single couch and calls Daisy close to him.
Daisy looks at everyone and walks close to Magnus. She had scraped knees but still chose to kneel in front of him withstanding the pain.
Magnus found her pain tolerance fascinating and was turned on by it but he had to concentrate on what he and all the others were here for.

"Daisy, can you speak?" Asks Magnus and Daisy nods. Aiden growls and Daisy gets nervous and looks down at her lap, shaking like a wet kitten.
"Is your name Daisy?" Asks Magnus and Daisy nods again.
"Fucking talk" screams Aiden and Daisy cover her ears and starts breathing heavily. She starts shaking vigorously and falls to the floor.
"She is having a panic attack," says Asher and holds her.
"I'll call the doctor," says Genelia and dials a call.

Aiden stood in his place and looks at Magnus.
"She is acting," says Aiden, and Magnus stood in his place looking down at Daisy.

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