Daphne could hardly breathe as she stared at them... at him. And he, in turn, stared back at her. Even though no words were spoken, the things that were left unsaid spoke volumes.
And finally the dreadful silence was broken.
"Daphne..."
"Daphne, what do you think you're doing?" Lillith yelled. "Get out of here!"
Daphne swallowed hard, fighting the hot tears that filled her eyes. Lillith glared at her, demanding an answer, but Daphne's throat was so tight she could hardly speak. As the seconds passed, the tears grew dangerously close to the surface, but she'd be damned if she'd let Dr. Lillith Sternin see her cry. The woman was just waiting for Daphne to break down. So instead she forced herself to speak. But to her dismay, the words were barely a whisper from her trembling mouth.
"I just came to..."
Dressed in a short purple satin robe and looking quite beautiful, Lillith moved to where Daphne stood in the doorway; her eyes filled with an anger that Daphne never fathomed could exist.
She should have known that going along with Frasier's plan to get revenge on his ex wife was a mistake. But he promised her that afterwards he'd drive her to Niles' apartment.
Never in a million years did she fathom that he wouldn't have been home because he was here... with her ...
"You came to what? I swear Daphne; if you don't get out of here I'll..."
Daphne blinked, suddenly aware that Lillith was talking to her.
"I-I didn't mean to-."
"Leave Daphne! NOW!"
At Lilith's outburst, Daphne flinched and a sob escaped. She felt Niles' eyes on her but she couldn't bring herself to meet his gaze. For if she did..."
"Don't yell at her like that!" Niles yelled. "She didn't know... She... couldn't have..."
Just the sound of his voice brought her tears closer until he and Lillith blurred from her view.
"Get out!" Lillith yelled once more. And then she turned to Niles. "You stay out of this! Daphne, I don't give a damn why you came here, but-."
"I-I just... Dr. Crane is on his way up. H-he'll be here in five minutes." Daphne managed to say.
When her eyes met Niles', she found that she could no longer keep the tears at bay and she rushed out of the room, slamming the door behind her.
When she was a safe distance from room 1457 she slumped against the wall and sank to her knees. Within seconds the sobs began, one right after the other, racking her entire body. She sobbed into her hands, crying an ocean of tears that she feared would never stop.
