He lets out a breath he didn't realize he was holding. She didn't kill Erik. Good. Still, he wishes she'd come to him about it. Valdis's words enter his mind, then. They were protecting Max in their own ways. Not telling him might have seemed like the kinder thing. He doesn't think Daisy wanted to upset him.

"He doesn't like when people know too much about him. He doesn't like when people have leverage over him." He knows he's probably not telling her anything she hasn't figured out for herself.

"What did he say to you? He actually attacked you?" Self defense, she said. What happened between them? Max has so rarely seen him lose his cool.