I saw Zoe's look, smiling under her breath. I saw my father's look, angry at me. I saw hatred in his eyes and my mother? She pretended not to care. I smiled and looked my father straight in the eye.
"I don't care that it's all over the internet dad.. Do you want to hit me again? Go ahead. For years I've heard nothing but how amazing Zoe is and that I should be like her.. Have you ever wondered how I feel dad? Have you ever wondered how I feel? You didn't care," I screamed out loud. I was full of hatred and anger.
"If I were you, I'd be quiet Daisy! Don't test my patience," he shouted at me. I never had the right to even raise my voice. But tonight I'm going to tell them everything. Everything on my heart. Everything that has bothered me for years.
"For years I didn't have the right. For years I didn't have the right to anything. I had to ask permission for everything but today I'm going to tell you everything. Everything that was on my mind. Everything that bothered me. For years you bullied me. For years I didn't have the right to anything. You kept telling me how incapable I was. For years! Did you even think about how I might feel? Of course not. You didn't think about it. I don't regret what I did. I don't regret what I did," I screamed out loud. He slapped me hard again but this time I felt it harder. He hated it when someone shouted at him and I shouted at him.
"I'm telling you to shut up Daisy! Or you're going to sleep outside tonight," he screamed at me. There was hatred in his eyes. He didn't feel any love for me. He never came to me. He never told me he loved me. Only Zoe was amazed in his eyes.
"Hit me as much as you want, dad. You know what I'll tell you? It doesn't hurt me anymore. You and mom have been ignoring me for years and now you're waiting for what?"
"You're getting out of my house and that's it. Do you understand? You don't deserve the last name FLY! You're getting out but first you're giving me everything you have. Do you understand me? You're giving me your cell phone and all the things we bought you," he shouted at me. I smiled and put my cell phone on the table but before I could leave, I came to Zoe and slapped her hard. Dad caught me.
"I said get out and leave Zoe alone! What right did you have to hit her? What right? If you were as smart as she is. If only you were as smart as her," he screamed at me with anger, with hatred. Zoe threw a glass at me. It stuck in my shoulder. I tried to be strong but inside I felt how broken I was.
"Dad is right. You shouldn't have humiliated our family like that. You don't belong in our family," said Mom. It was the first time she had said anything. Despite the pain in my shoulder, I smiled and looked into her eyes.
"Did I humiliate you? By telling the truth? Well.. I never belonged in your family and I never will. I always felt like a stranger here. You never made me feel that you loved me. When did Dad come to me and tell me that you loved me? Never.. Zoe took away the man I loved from me but that's perfectly fine too, right?," I screamed out loud. I couldn't let myself be broken. I couldn't..
,,I don't care where you go. For me, you go wherever you want.. But you won't come back here and one day you'll regret everything.. You're not our daughter.. You don't deserve the name Fly,," my father shouted at me. I felt blood flowing from my shoulder. I took off the glass and threw it on the ground. Abby, our maid, burst into the hallway and looked at me sadly.
,,Excuse me.. Mr. Fly.. You have a visitor.. James Schmidt and his father,,"
,,Let them go inside,," he said and immediately turned towards me. He grabbed me roughly and punched me in the shoulder. I closed my eyes. I felt a huge, unbearable pain.
"You're going to get out. I don't even want to see you here. Do you understand me? I'm very curious where you're going. You have no money and no place to live. We won't take you home. You died for us. And one more thing. Don't expect a cent from us. You humiliated us but we'll get out of this but you won't,"
"You know what, Dad? I'd be much better off on the streets than here with you. I never belonged here. Never. You always bullied me for everything. You were never good to me. Always just Zoe and Zoe. Have you thought about how I might feel? Keep all the money. I don't need it," I screamed out loud. I didn't even notice someone standing behind us. James and his father. My father turned pale and let go of me.
Liam. James' father looked at me. His gaze wandered to my shoulder. I was bleeding. I smiled and looked at my father.
,,I'll leave you alone.. You don't have to be afraid father. You'll never see me again. I'll finally disappear from this hell. From the hell that I've been going through for years and otherwise Zoe.. Congratulations. You and James are perfect for each other. With permission," I said and walked away.
I noticed Liam's gaze. He scanned my every move, listened to my every word. I took a breath of fresh air. It was snowing outside. It was only a few weeks until Christmas. I didn't know where I was going. I didn't even have money but I knew I wouldn't go back to them. What I went through there for years was hell. Nothing ever mattered but their well-being name, their status, and their money. I never felt love there. I looked at my shoulder. There was a wound there and blood was flowing. I took one last look at their luxurious house and walked away. I didn't know where to go. I had no direction.