Lavender

Chapter 18 - Reverie

LAVENDER'S POV

One month and a half had already passed and I must say, Daisy was doing great. She was really doing great. Always lively, but bitchy whenever her brother, Damon, and Larry are around, the reason why I adore Daisy so much.

Just like what she said the day that we ate together, she was always forgetful but lucky her, I like managing my things to the point I never forget where I have put even the smallest item that I own in my room. That's why, whenever Daisy forgets her things, I was always there to remember where she has put her belongings or even bring her things to me so that I can easily hand them over to Daisy instantly when she needs them.

I never thought that my job here as a caregiver was this easy because Daisy was still youthful and just like what she has said, the effects of her condition will hit her once her age hits forty. Daisy is now twenty-eight that made me shocked because we have the same age, no wonder we get along so much. It's like we became instant best friends though from time to time, I still feel shy, letting my friendly side out too much because I'm afraid that I might offend her.

But Daisy having the same age as mine, she was happy too and she wants me to be myself. Well, I'm myself though I still put restrictions on myself so that I can prevent anything wrong from happening. I don't want Daisy getting bad impressions because I'm being myself. I'm still a caregiver that Damon's hired and I'm still going to be that way. Only that I'm enjoying my job because Daisy is fun to be with.

One week already passed, but now, I know quite a few things about Daisy and Damon, such as how the past years erased their connection as a brother and sister.

After their parents died, Daisy said that Damon was sent to a school by their Uncle Earl that helped Damon be in the position of Chief Executive Officer in Ellington Enterprises. Daisy didn't like the idea of Damon being far and her being alone so Daisy rebelled just to get his brother back.

But her rebellion only put her life in danger as she had an accident. Driving while she's drunk leads her to have a head injury and to be in a state of coma for months. And many months passed but Damon wasn't able to visit her because their Uncle Earl did not help Damon to get out of the college school he was in.

Daisy knows that it was supposed to be their Uncle Earl she must to be angry with but Daisy said that when Damon came back, Daisy felt different. Damon changed and I really agree. It's like the Damon I have met back then that is full of charisma and friendly is now gone. As I said, I was kind of intimidated when I first saw Damon again. I was having mixed feelings while I was on the interview with the man I have humiliated back then that's why I kind of got Daisy's point when she also said that it's like Damon is not her brother anymore.

She showed me pictures of their childhood and the moments they got with their Mom and Dad. I must say, I was kind of amazed by how beautiful and gorgeous Mrs. Ellington is while Mr. Ellington is absolutely tall with a Canadian face just like Eric Johnson, the actor. Damon and Daisy indeed came from a family of gorgeous and gifted people.

But after everything that happened, it was like Damon and Daisy were stripped off of the happiness they deserve. And when Daisy is awake from her coma state and finds out that Damon never visited her for almost one year, it only makes her numb, at least that's what she said to describe the feeling she had after discovering that Damon never visited her.

She became angry towards Damon and wouldn't want to talk to him until Damon became the CEO of their Father's company, Daisy's anger did not even subside. Daisy hated Damon even if it's their Uncle Earl she's supposed to be angry with but after meeting the version of Damon who is changed, Daisy just gave up.

She gave up doing silly things to get her brother's attention. She stayed silent until her condition suddenly came. Damon instantly decided for her and that's when she started to hate Damon more. Damon locked her inside their mansion and Damon never let her go out.

Although in the end, Daisy accepted her brother's decision as she also notices how she's becoming more forgetful. She stayed in their mansion and even if she's just in their mansion, Daisy said that Damon is becoming more overprotective to decide and hire caregivers like me. She dislikes Damon's decision but because she just can't do anything about Damon's decision, Daisy stayed kind to the caregivers that in the end, those caregivers are not even doing their job properly.

I sigh as I watch Daisy in front of her long-length canvas that she's going to paint on. We are currently in a room design for Daisy just to do her hobbies and right now, Daisy has decided to paint. The first time I entered this room for Daisy, I can't help but feel amazed as the room was filled with anything connected with arts. From the paintings that are hung on the walls to the sculptures depicting animal hybrids which I find cute, the whole room was decorated with Daisy's art so right now, I can help but feel attracted to Daisy.

She is an amazing woman who has been through enough and while I'm here as her caregiver, I want to adore her. I want to take care of Daisy and just like what I did back then, I will keep to myself about my s****l orientation as I don't want her to know that I'm bisexual. It's enough that only my Dad and my best friend, Jada know about my secret. Even if it means not being myself, I just want peace around me because that's what I have experienced in the past years that I'm secretly admiring people who got closer to me not too long.

I'm going to hide my secret from Daisy as long as I can because I also don't want her to get uncomfortable around me once she finds out that I am bisexual. I'm just going to admire and adore her silently and I'm going to take care of her, from cooking for her breakfast to getting her clothes washed up.

I will also do my best to help Damon and Daisy get back the bond they have lost because of everything that happened but I wish that once we started our plan, I hope it will work out well as I really want these Ellington siblings to be happy again. Especially the fact that they are the only ones left together, they must help each other to be happy and strong. Even if hardships have damaged and made them apart, they must stay together as the only ones left. They must come strongly together to get past everything that happened to them and together move on.

Because even if Daisy has caused herself the condition, she didn't expect to have, she still needs Damon as her brother and Damon needs her sister as someone who can help him to express his feelings again.

Daisy looks so young to have a condition like dementia but having early-onset dementia is not something she had wished to have. She had a head injury that increased the risk of her having early-onset dementia and that's what happened. It was unexpected but the only thing that she could do was cope up and endure her brother's overflowing protectiveness.

Though I hope that I can lessen the sadness she's been feeling before having me as her newfound friend because even if I'm just someone that Damon hired to attend for Daisy, I want to be a friend. In spite of someone who humiliated her brother, I really do want to connect myself with Daisy aside from Jada who has been my best friend for many years.

"A penny for your thoughts?" Daisy suddenly said that made me out of my reverie.

Dang it. I'm spacing out again? I shook my head before standing up from the chair that I'm sitting on. "Nah... I'm just like this sometimes," I said as I move myself to a round sofa near Daisy who is not taking her eyes off the canvas in front of her.

"But you are thinking deep there," Daisy said as she glanced at me for a second before returning her eyes to her canvas. "Do you have a problem that you want to share? You know you can share anything with me. It's not like I have someone to share your problems too and besides, I'm not talkative," she said that only made me smile.

"Well..." I'm not sure if I should share with her my thoughts as it was her and Damon that I'm thinking about. It's going to be embarrassing to say out loud to her that they are the ones I'm thinking about as also, I'm still just a caregiver for Daisy and an employee to Damon.

"Well, what?" Daisy said as she added paint color into her brush. "What are you thinking about? I'm all ears."

"Well-uh... I'm just really spacing out. I don't have any problems with Dad so---"

"So it's Damon and me you're thinking about?" she said that made my eyes widen, feeling quite surprised with her guess.

She glances at me again, half-smiling before taking a portion of paint color using her brush. "Your silence means yes," she said which instantly made me shake my head, to deny what she thinks even if I know Daisy already outsmarted me.

"Uh-no..." I said, my forehead knotted. "Why did you think of that?" I asked, curious about how she came up with that thought.

Daisy shrugs her shoulder, both the palette and brush in her hands. "Because you just said that you don't have a problem with your Dad and..." Daisy did a stroke on her canvas before speaking. "... and because you said that you don't have any relationships. It makes me think you were single and happy until you got a job. Only left my brother and me to be the source of your problem so..." Daisy trailed off, making me let out a nervous chuckle.

Damn, this girl.

"So what?" I asked, scratching a side of my forehead.

"So what is it? What are you thinking?" Daisy asked, still facing her canvas.

"Well-uh... Damon is my boss while you are his sister," I said before sighing as I could not think of anything to say.

And maybe, opening up my thoughts with Daisy is going to make her trust me too. With that thought in my mind, I smiled.

"Fine. I am thinking about you and your brother," I said, fixing my sitting position to the sofa I'm now sitting on.

Daisy sighed before lowering the palette and brushing away from the canvas that is now half-filled and turning her body to face me. "What about my brother and me?" She said, looking at me scrutinizingly.

"Well-uh... It's just..." It's hard to come up with words to describe what I'm thinking.

Should I say that what I'm thinking is how to help them bond again? I think saying that will only make Daisy angry or a wee bit piss to me as I'm only a caregiver still and I'm getting myself involved. It's hard, to be honest with Daisy as I also don't want her to be angry at Damon because if I said that Damon needed my help to help him have a bond with his sister, Daisy would end up thinking that I'm just a fake friend.

And I don't want her to think that way.