There was no need to run away. She wouldn't run off to Vegas in a rash attempt at sudden fame and stardom. All this time she had thought she needed to escape to become the person she wanted to be, but in actuality, all she needed was to take a good look at herself, exactly where she was.
She had come full circle.
She had started at the beginning of the staircase and climbed all the way to the top, where she discovered something beautiful, something unexpected. Just beyond that tiny, cramped, back-alley staircase that reminded her of Greece, she found a beautiful, open space with a view of the HOLLYWOOD sign.
The inspiring view was more than just a metaphor for Daisy.
She had climbed from the bottom, the very first step, all the way to the top of the staircase, and discovered that she had been thinking about this all wrong.
In the beginning, she was scattered, clumsy.
In the beginning, she was lost.
In the beginning, she was no one.
Now, she had a plan.
Now, she knew exactly where she was.
Now, she was someone.
She would stay in Los Angeles, CA. It was exactly where she needed to be. After all she was still young. She had plenty of time and ideas to create her life.
It was a new beginning. It was the top of the staircase.
She took a deep breath, and leaped.
