Daisy spun around as her heart was pounding, and made a move to dart back into the house but Jasmine was faster.
"Help me this once. I know you have the money," her mother muttered under her breath, and then clicked the door shut in Daisy's face.
Locked.
"Mom!" Daisy banged on the door, disbelief and fury rising in her chest. "Open the door! Jasmine!"
Silence.
"We won't take much of your time," one of the men said from behind her, calm and annoyingly polite. "It's just… your mom said you'd be covering for her loan."
Daisy slowly turned to face them.
She didn't speak. She just stared.
The man stepped closer, his boots crunching lightly on the gravel. "You know…" he said, voice casual, almost friendly, "she didn't take out that much. I'm sure you can pay it back."
He smiled. Of course not a kind one.
"Did she also promise you cookies and tea?" Daisy asked, dryly. "Because if you believed that, I've got a mansion in the sky to sell you."
The smirk faltered, just slightly.
