kai parker • villains of circumstance ✔️

CHAPTER FORTY ONE

The gun sat perfectly in her hand, as she pointed it at herself in the mirror. Breathing heavily, she felt her finger graze the trigger, a rush of adrenaline making her heart skip a beat.

"Daisy?" Her mom yells from downstairs.

Daisy quickly un-cocks the gun. She moves the slit of her dress to the side, and shoves the gun into the thigh holster she had belted onto her leg. She turns back to the dresser, grabbing a pocket knife, just in case, and shoving it in her bra.

After taking one last glance in the mirror, she spun around towards the door and went downstairs. The familiar sound of her mother's hospital shoes squeaking against the floor brought her a strange amount of comfort, and a smile tugged at her lips as she got to the bottom of the steps and saw her mom.

"So we're just sneaking off with our boyfriends on road trips whenever we want now? Without any warning?!" Susan says frustratedly, flailing her arms out to the side. Her eyes soften as she examines her daughter. "Well, don't you look pretty." She said lovingly.

Daisy smiled. "Thanks." She felt a knot grow in her throat. "I'm sorry— he—" She swallowed. "He surprised me, and you were at work so I just left a note." She lied.

Susan inhaled deeply. "Okay." She shrugged it off. "It's not like me and your dad didn't sneak off as kids." She mumbled a bit to herself, then focused her attention back to Daisy. "Where are you going?"

Daisy walked fully into the kitchen, grabbing a coat off the coat rack. "The Valentine's formal." She responded.

"With Kai?" Susan asks, as she put her reading glasses on and began to write on the bills they had received in the mail.

Daisy's heart skipped a beat at the sound of his name. "Mhm."

"Aw, that'll be fun." Susan asks. "Is he coming to pick you up?"

"Yeah, he should be here soon." Daisy shrugged a bit.

Susan looks up from writing. "Well— let me get my camera," She begins to walk to the stairway, but Daisy stops her.

"No, no, we're already late." Daisy says, she glances behind her, and out the window, to see Kai's car come to a stop in the street outside her house. Her breath hitched. "He's here." She let out, then turned to her mom.

Susan smiled softly, "Well, you look beautiful." She said, placing a gentle hand on her daughters shoulder.

Daisy felt her lips begin to tremble, and she quickly pulled her mother in for a hug. The hug could never be long enough for Daisy. In her mother's arms she was safe. As much as she tried to hold it in, tears began to spew from her eyes, and she clung her mom closer— terrified.

Susan scoffs, "What is this for?" She says surprisedly as she hugged Daisy back.

"I love you." Daisy choked on her words.

She wondered what would happen to her family when they found out what she was, what she had become. How could she have been so selfish? She had not only ruined her life— but her family's too. For a cheap thrill.

"And I'm sorry." Daisy bit her lip to try and keep from screaming crying as she buried her head in her mom's neck.

"For what?" Susan laughed a bit, shocked at Daisy's first show of affection in years. "Daze— come on you're gonna ruin your makeup." Susan says, gently pulling Daisy off of her.