Perhaps it's because the hospital was covered in Daisy's blood that day, logically speaking, the two-week observation period was over, and Edward Stephens should have been discharged, yet his attending physician waved his hand and kept him for another two weeks.
Though he repeatedly stressed that the blood wasn't his, when Lady Stephens gazed at him with tearful eyes, Edward could only curse Daisy as a nuisance in his heart and continue his hospital stay with a black cloud over his head.
Emily Ginger didn't dare to confront Daisy head-on, so she spent her days sneaking into the hospital to bring Edward chicken soup. She, a rightful fiancée, had to act shadier than a mistress under Daisy's domineering presence.
Daisy didn't mind as long as she didn't see Emily when she went to the hospital.
After work that day, Daisy went to a nearby florist to buy a bouquet of sunflowers and visit Edward, who had been hospitalized for almost a month.
She thought that after being in the hospital for so long, he must be bored out of his mind, and perhaps it was time for her to add some joy to his life. As she reached the door, Lady Stephens's voice suddenly pierced through from inside the ward:
"Do I really have to kneel for you to listen to your mother?!"
Daisy's steps slightly paused at the doorway, hearing Lady Stephens speak with a sob: "Mom doesn't want you to die, Mom doesn't want to watch you die with eyes wide open, can't you just listen to Mom this once?"
"...It's been so hard to have this chance, so hard to have hope, Edward, Mom is begging you, don't let Mom's heart ache like this! Seeing you in the hospital, seeing you bleed, Mom really can't take it, do you want Mom to die with you?"
Suppressing cries came from the ward, Daisy lowered her eyes, looking at the sunflowers cradled in her arms.
Sunflowers were Edward's favorite flower, he had said he liked their vibrant life force, yet now to avoid being with her, he seemed to not even want his own life...
Suddenly, Edward's hoarse, tense voice was heard from the room: "Mom! What are you doing?! Get up!"
"Edward, please promise Mom!"
...
Daisy took a slow breath, planning to turn away, and as she looked up, she saw Emily Ginger standing across from her.
She stood there, meeting Daisy's gaze with slightly widened eyes, the delicate face of a little princess showing clear disarray.
She held a thermos, likely there to bring something for Edward, yet had unexpectedly heard such a conversation.
Daisy smiled at her, calmly and indifferently, but Emily's face grew paler and paler, she slightly bit her lip, as if afraid to look at Daisy any longer, lifted her skirt, and hurriedly turned to run away.
This situation no longer suited her immediate entry, Daisy returned downstairs, sat in her car, and lit a cigarette.
She leaned on her hand, watching the inpatient department's entrance, until she smoked a third cigarette, and finally saw Lady Stephens' figure emerge from the inpatient department.
Lady Stephens appeared absent-minded, and as she passed Daisy's car, she didn't notice her, until Daisy spoke up, softly calling her: "Auntie."
"Daisy?" Lady Stephens seemed startled, seeing her, she patted her chest and gently asked, "You're here to see Edward? He's fine now, he can be discharged in a few days, he's sleeping right now."
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