Marigold and Daisies (H.S.)

Thirty One

Marigold's POV

It's back to work and business as usual for me today.

I could hardly stay focused as I put together an order for Julian, a recurring customer that always adds an I'm sorry note with his flowers. Men.

"Good morning, Mari!" Mya chirped, bursting into the back work studio. "I brought breakfast burritos." She dropped the brown bag onto the work table, pulling a stool next to me. I smiled, dropping my hands from the vase and washing it in the sink against the wall.

"Thank you." I pulled open the bag. "How is it out there? Haley doing alright?" I asked in between bites. She nodded her head, eating her own burrito.

"Starting to pick up a bit, we might need to help her." She shrugged. "How are you? How was your weekend? Coachella looked amazing." She gushed. I sighed and shrugged.

"Coachella was amazing." I agreed. "It was a great weekend, until Jacob blew up my phone threatening to file for custody for Daisy." I grumbled. Mya looked shocked at my words, her chewing stopped and she tilted her head to the side.

"What? Is that even possible?" She raised an eyebrow.

"I don't even know, Mya." I slouched. "I mean he could file for custody, sure. I don't know what the outcome would be though. It almost seems stupid for him to do that, surely the court wouldn't even give him visitation rights if they knew about his anger issues."

"I managed to talk him down. Took some negotiating. He requested non-supervised visits with her. As much as I hated the idea, I agreed."

Mya listened to me carefully, nodding her head along.

"Just so bizarre, I still don't understand his sudden desire to be in Daisy's life." Mya shook her head.

"That's another thing. I don't know, he seemed so genuine when he said that he truly wants to be a good father. That's part of the reason I agreed to let him have unsupervised visits. But Harry's convinced that Jacob wants something bigger than that. You know how Jacob right after the pictures of us and Harry got released?"

Mya nodded her head again.

"Harry thinks Jacob saw that as an opportunity. I don't know, maybe for money? I don't know it honestly sounds ridiculous, but Jacob has this obsession with Harry. Or maybe the thought of me and Harry? He gets all tense and angry at the mention of his name. It's even worse when they're face to face." I shook my head, rolling my eyes.

"And I want to be civil with Jacob, for Daisy's sake. Jacob just makes it so difficult. Now he knows that I get scared when he threatens for custody and he just keeps holding it over my head. Like if I do something he doesn't like he'll threaten it again." I groaned. "Things are settled down for now, Jacob isn't going to explode at any moment hopefully." 

"It's all stupid and ridiculous. Seems my life has been stupid and ridiculous for the past few months." I pinched the bridge of my nose.

"You mean since Harry came back into your life?" Mya asked, raising her eyebrow once again.

I froze in my spot. I shook my head, not liking how she made it sound like Harry is the reason I've been so stressed lately. But if I was being honest with myself, Harry has caused a lot of stress. Mostly with the whole fame and no privacy thing, but that isn't his fault. He never wanted to lose his own privacy, let alone mine and Daisy's.

"Harry might have made our life a little more complicated, sure. But he also made it so much better." I said. "I might be stressed and overwhelmed at times but I've also never been so happy. Harry makes me feel like everything will be alright. So even with the constant public gaze and the drama of Jacob, Harry makes me feel like we'll be able to get through anything."