He had done it. Jiaying had confirmed he'd done it. He'd done what she'd asked! Finally, he had succeeded! He'd done exactly what she wanted. Now, she was bound to come back to him. He'd done what she asked so she'd come back. His beautiful flower, the light and peace of his life.

Jiaying had always been everything he could ever want- the one woman he desired above all else. She would love him now that he'd brought their daughter back. She'd promised! She'd promised that she'd bring him to Afterlife with him once he'd found their daughter and killed Whitehall. That had been the deal. Kill the man who had tried to kill her to make sure their secret didn't escape and then she'd bring him here to live with her. He could have her again in his arms. That had been what she'd promised.

The shambled ruins of the room suddenly registered to him. No, this wouldn't do. She could arrive any minute for him! He needed the room to be in order. Though she'd likely forgive him if it wasn't, he didn't feel she needed to see this part of him. She didn't like the monster inside him- she'd said so. Said he needed to keep the monster caged, otherwise Daisy would be in danger. Jiaying would protect their daughter as much as she could, of course, but there was no way to guarantee her safety if the Council didn't want her safe.

It wouldn't be a problem though- she'd come get him when it was safe to and then they could be a family again! They could be a family and he could be happy again. It had been so long since he'd been happy. When Jiaying had found him in that backwater village after she died, he'd been in a gutter at the bottom of a bottle and wondering where he could find a gun to kill himself with. Then she'd come and given him two jobs- kill the man who threatened them and find Daisy. Find their daughter. She'd promised that he could come to Afterlife if he got their daughter and killed that evil man, Whitehall. And now here he was. But he was too angry to walk around- they couldn't risk he'd hurt someone.

No, for now he needed to be locked up. But soon, soon he'd be allowed out. Soon they'd let him walk around with everyone else and he could hug his daughter and Jiaying and they could be the family they were always supposed to be. Yes, they'd be a happy family and they'd stay in Afterlife for the rest of their lives.

They'd be safe from the world. No one would come to take his family away again. No one would try to take his happiness away. He could be happy again and have everything he wanted. Jiaying and Daisy were all that mattered to him. And he could have them again. Jiaying promised. She'd promised they'd be together again once he did what she asked. And he'd brought Daisy back, so even though he hadn't managed to kill Whitehall, he'd recovered their daughter and Whitehall was dead. Even if it was Coulson who'd killed Whitehall, he'd been about to kill the man. That had to count. Jiaying would accept that. The Council would accept that. He'd proven he could do what he was told. They had to accept it.

They had to. He couldn't lose everything, not again. No, they'd accept it and he'd be allowed out. They'd be a family again. They'd be happy. They had to be.

He'd make them be happy together, no matter what it took.