Because Daisy had called her from the nurse’s office complaining of a stomachache.

She had heard Gabriel and Bianca arguing the night before.

She knew there was a court hearing.

She became frightened.

Gabriel’s mother, unaware of the details, drove Daisy downtown believing Gabriel could calm her before his hearing.

Instead, Daisy refused to go near him.

She slipped away from her grandmother near the courthouse vending machines.

A court clerk found her crying.