Chapter 65 - Home Again

• Daisy POV -
• The drive back to Twin lakes is as silent as the drive to Roval River had been. I was going over everything that happened in Cassie’s office. I knew Cassie was going to forgive her, I knew she would give her blessing on their mating, I just knew it, I knew Cassie. But I wondered how much of what Maddie said had been true, I knew Cassie had believed every word, I had seen it in her eyes, but I was proud of her for her comments at the end, saying they would never be family. I think even Maddie believed most of what she had said. I didn’t know why, but I just couldn’t fully trust her, even now. How could someone treat another being the way she had all because she was told to? Maybe I am wrong, I have never been in either of their shoes, but I just can’t see myself ever behaving the way Maddie did, and I certainly couldn’t see myself being that way to only one person. I would like to think that seeing Cassie now, hearing from her own lips what it had been like, that Maddie would appreciate the gift that Cassie granted her by offering her forgiveness. But only time will tell I suppose. Maybe I was being too hard on Maddie, Cassie may be a forgiving person, but she isn’t stupid, maybe I am wrong, maybe I should just get over myself. Giving myself a mental shake I wonder if my hesitation is in part due to me not being the main female in my brother’s life anymore? Could it be that I am jealous? I mean, not jealous of her taking his love, nothing weird or gross, but for our whole lives we were a pair and now we aren’t. But that isn’t her fault, just as it isn’t mine, Dave’s or Joe’s fault. It is life and I need to pull up my big girl panties, suck it up, get over it and just be happy for my brother. He has been nothing but supportive of Joe and I, and he knew as much about Joe and I knew about Maddie.
• Realisation that I am right smacks me in the face, hard. I cringe and push the jealousy away, I refuse to be that type of person. Resolved, I come back into the present and realise that I have been driving on autopilot the whole time, we are home.