176: You Were Never There!

Daniella was done talking with her mother. She said hi to Vin who was accompanied by Lady Bo it was not like she felt jealous that Vin treats Lady Bo better than the way he used to treat her, she was happy that most of the time he is not on her neck, breathing down every second and reminding her of where she is supposed to be as a Clank.

They later excused themselves, Amanda wanted to prepare early for a trip that she was taking tomorrow morning while Vin was just excusing himself to spend some quality time with Lady Bo. 

Walking back to greet Davids parents, she accidentally knocked on a lady who was walking towards the door. 

"Sorry," she mumbled as she picked her purse that was on the ground. 

The lady pulled her scarf that was almost falling from her neck and pulled it back to her neck. 

"No biggie," said the lady. 

"Daniella wanted to walk but the lady touched her hands, you were Eve on the play," said the lady as she adjusted the scarf on her head.

"Yes, I am Daniella," said Daniella with a sweet smile. 

The lady looked at her hand and shook it smiling back at Daniella. Daniella could feel some familiarity with the lady standing in front of her. She felt it is strange but the grip that was on her hands felt like they were strong to be that of a woman, more of a man, even her hands had more muscles than a lady's but she threw that at the back of her mind and shook her hand. Knowing that Davids also has more veins protruding from her hands and she is a lady.

"I am new here, I live on the island, but a friend of mine invited me saying it was going to be an amazing show since drama and I are like a thing I couldn't dare miss and for sure I can say it's the best I have ever seen," said the lady and Daniella nodded her head. 

She then remembered Ashley from the island, they haven't talked for some time, maybe she will ask Davids if can call and talk to her again.

"How is the island?" Asked Daniella trying to create a conversation with this woman, "wait you haven't even told me your name."

"Oh, forgive my manners, my name is Brown," she shouted and Daniella's gave her a shocked expression.

"Brown? Isn't that like a man's name?" 

The lady on realising what she had done, cleared her throats she adjusted her dress, "I am Melinda Brown, my husband is Brown I miss him every day that's why when I am asked I always Say his name, you are not the first person to show that look."

Daniella recovered from the shock and smiled at her, "no, it's okay, I understand you, you know sometimes we have these people in our lives who even though they never showed any compassion towards you, did some bad things you still just miss them, their presence meant a lot to us."

The lady noticed the sad voice in Daniella's voice and moved closer to her. She tried to stand far but she found herself moving to her. 

Vicky threw her eyes at the two, she knew Brown was so attached to Daniella that he will do everything to make sure that he talks to her. She hoped Daniella won't recognize him. Dressing him as a lady took her almost one hour, making sure that his chest was protruding with fake breast and his face was more feminine, Brown had begged her to do her magic and she couldn't believe the results. 

Watching as Daniella was talking to him without recognizing his father brought pain into her, 'how distant were they from each other to make her not feel his presence around?' Thought Vicky to herself. She knew it was difficult for Brian though it was for the best.

"I am sorry about that, I didn't mean to trigger any emotions, I also cry sometimes when I think of him. Though we were married and had a different interest in life, he tried to make things comfortable for me, I didn't realize that till I found a diary he had written just for me, the problems that he went through, the type of life that he wanted me to have in despite him not showing me," Brown was trying all he could to tell Daniella how he loved her. 

The diary that he was talking about was in the secret box he knew it will be hard for him to give her because it held all the things he wished for Daniella to have. 

Daniella felt a strange attraction towards this lady, looking around, he saw the whole group were host talking with their parents, taking pictures, Davids was busy hugging her mum and Daniella and Damien had their moments with their parents. 

"Can we go upstairs, I am waiting for that cutie over there," she said pointing at Davids, "when she is done we will head out, I won't mind hearing about your Mr Brown," Daniella told me him and they quickly climbed up the second floor.

Brown knew it will be hard for him to compose a story and tell her, when they reached the second floor, he was the first to talk, he asked her to tell him about the person she was referring to previously.

Dee was hesitant to his suggestion but he decided to tell her though she didn't know her well.

"My dad was Brown, actually to me, I was the only child growing up was boring, I needed my parents every time because the only day I got to spend time with them was on Sunday but for few hours before they say they were going for a meeting, I was lonely, I thought that learning how to play the piano, guitar modelling will make them happy but imagine when I couldn't even get their attention to attend my recitals or my modelling, I got assaulted with my uncle whom after the incident I have never seen my parents thought I was lying, I mean what type of a child was I to have my dad burn my who body with cigarettes like this, I just wanted to be loved just one time but nothing. After he died everyone in the house was excited, my mother felt like it was freedom at last. No one was sad during the burial, when I asked my mother, she said he inflicted the scars on my body, my dad had never loved me not once in his life," 

"Nooo," shouted Brown earning a look from Daniella.

"What do you mean No? You were never there to know what went wrong or right there?" Shouted Daniella and stood up with tears hanging on her eyes, " Youn think I am lying about what they did to me? I am not, people rarely look at me because of that, at least Davids has been on my side to make sure that I am loved no matter what I went through here you are saying no, the same way they said no and slapped me after calling me a lying bitch!"

Brown quickly stood up and tried to calm her but she was moving away, "why am I even telling you about this? I don't know you, sorry for doing, I will be going, my girlfriend is waiting for me."

Daniel jumped out of the place and run towards Davids who was also escaping from her parents with Brian.

Brown was left standing between the seats lost, Daniella's word running through her head.

"Amanda, what did you do?" He mumbled as he paced around the place.

He knew very well that whatever Amanda wanted was going to be achieved. She had turned Daniella against him, telling her that he burnt her with the cigarette, worst is he never wanted her to be born? 

'How could you Amanda? Wait till she realizes that you are not her mother and you've been doing that,' he said angrily as he knocked his feet on the seat beside him.

Black was the one who saw him first, he dialled his phone and quickly called his bodyguards to come to help him out of the place as agreed. Black knew that Brown might throw tantrums though he didn't do it often he was afraid he might start now and Daniella whim they were talking with will see her so they had to be discrete with their plan.

Calling Brown, Mike had to remind him to be calm because a time will come when everything will be back to normal.

"I don't see that coming to be, do you know how Amanda had turned Daniella against me? She told her that I never wanted her, that I burnt her with cigarette's something I think she did, I just want to kill that butch Mike, I will," he shouted over the phone but luckily no one heard because he was dragged to the vehicle.