"Happy Birthday, my angel!" Johnson pushes his daughter a big kiss on the cheek, and laughing happily Maya allows it. Today she is nine, and for a day she's able to forget even her seizures, which have become more frequent in recent weeks. She unwraps her gift and squealing with happiness she falls her father around his neck as she holds the doll in her hands, which she wanted so much. Giulia doesn't understand the fuss. Why Johnson is so happy with his daughter, even though she'll never become an agent? Maya is weak, and he still loves her. It's ridiculous, but it puts Giulia a little down as she sees Maya hugging her father with her short arms. Right now, Giulia's father would have punched her far away from him.
"Go and play outside girls, it's a beautiful day." Reluctantly Ma...ya releases her hug, but then she grabs Giulia's hand and pulls her with her. Excited, she is babbling to herself, but Giulia doesn't even listen to it. What's wrong with Johnson? Why he's coddling his daughter? Warm sun rays are shining on her face as she steps outside with Maya.
"I have the best daddy in the world!" Maya shouts, stretching her arms out as she would embrace the whole world. That's enough for Giulia.
"You haven't." She sounds so cold that even Mayas merry laughter disappears. "You don't understand anything, do you, you stupid goat? He's coddling you and he'll turn you into a weakling. You are weak, Maya!" The girl's face is pale, she can't understand what her friend says there.
"Giulia, I know that your daddy wasn't here for a long time, but ..."
"My father doesn't want that I'm weak!" Giulia yells, "Don't you know what happens to weak people?" Although she knows that any excitement for Maya is poison and she can see how the girl falls into a rigid, Giulia can't stop yelling.
"Your mother was weak too, or what do you think why she died at your birth? And my mother was, but I want to be strong and make my father proud. You are a disappointment to your family, but you are to stupid to even notice it." The eyes in Mayas head are twisting, and without further warning, she collapses on the floor. With a rumble she rushes down the few stairs to the front door. She is twitching wild while blood shooting out of her head. Behind her, Giulia hears Johnson races through the entrance to his daughter. "What happened? Giulia, what have you done?" But Giulia doesn't answer. Fascinated, she stared at Maya's tiny body which has suddenly stopped twitching. Tears are running down Johnson's face as he pushes his daughter's body close to him.
"What have you done to my daughter?"