Chapter 38. Birthday

DAISY

I heard him apologise but somewhere inside of him he must have thought it and believed it. An hour after I stormed to my room and locked myself in someone knocked saying breakfast was ready.

The day passes and I ignore them, refusing to leave my room, I need to keep my distance. Refuse to let Demitri or Marcello get close to me. Calix clearly will never agree, and I don't want him to believe it's because I'm crazy.

The day passes quickly as I hide away refusing to talk to them. My mind considering ways forward as I fall asleep.

Waking it is still too early, I look around me wondering how I got here. How another year of my life has washed by and I’m no further to knowing where I will be or where I belong. Somewhere inside of me I had hoped things would work here, and I would stay but it’s clear Calix doesn’t want me here. A few hours pass as I consider the ways forward.

My head drops slightly. I plan to keep things strictly business. No longer will