Chapter 8
Melinda stares at the letter in her hands and feels the rage and sadness not fading but determination being added. Coulson left her one more mission and she will be damned if she fails him again. She gets up and grabs her go bag that even after years of not being in the field she can’t bring her self not to be prepared. She leaves her room and walks down to the kitchen where her parents are sitting drinking tea. She looks at their joined hands and thinks about her and Phil how they will never know what it is like to grow old together. She hands the letter to her Mama and Baba after they read it. Her Baba asks, “What are you going to do?” Melinda looks him in the eyes with a fierce look. “I am going to find her and look after her. I have to for Phil and because I have to for myself as well. She needs me and I need her.” Her Mama says while cupping her cheek, “Well that settles that. Go look for her. I will get in touch with my contacts if need be. We will always be here for you and your little one.”
Melinda pulls out her keys and drives to the location on the map. She is thinking about what she is doing and how it is a little reckless. “What am I getting myself into?” She asks herself as she parks the car. Knowing that she won’t back out, but she isn’t prepared to look after a teenager. She unlocks the door and calls out for Daisy. No response is met and she thinks about Stark’s word, “You know that social lady worker will never find her. Daisy is good like that. The world made her be like that.” Melinda knows how cruel the world can be especially after Bahrain. She wonders for a moment what the world has done to Daisy. She looks around the house she opens a door and she knows this was Phil’s room with all his Captain America and vintage collectibles. She lingers in this room touching his valuable treasures. She is now back in her thoughts and memories. She remember Phil wrapping his arms around her and kissing her on the shoulder saying, “You know out of all my treasures. My wedding ring will be the one I cherish the most because of what it symbolizes and who gave it to me. I love you darling.” She also thinks about how Daisy is the one that holds her ring and Phil’s. “Close to the heart huh?”
She leaves her bag in this room and walks down the hall to a door decorate saying Daisy’s Room- Enter at your own risk with purple skulls around the sign. She decides to risk it and she looks around to see a vast music and book collection as well as desk filled with different tech items. She has a Captain America post that she thinks of seeing Phil’s smile as it was hung up. She closes the door and walks downstairs. She pulls out her phone and dials the first number she can think of Natasha Romanoff. She hears the phone being answered. “ Romanoff speaking.” Melinda doesn’t miss a beat before saying, “I’m looking for Daisy.”