In truth, Maya Hansen had been panicking beyond measure, but she still acted before Aldrich Killian as though she did not care at all about the death of her biological father.
All she wanted was to protect her mother from suffering the same fate.
However, Maya Hansen had ultimately overestimated Aldrich Killian's bottom line. He had no intention of sparing Maya Hansen's mother's family.
When Aldrich Killian brought Maya Hansen's mother's family before her, Maya Hansen did not hesitate for even a moment. She directly agreed to his previous proposal for cooperation, on the condition that he could not harm a single hair on her mother's family's heads. Otherwise, even if it killed her, Maya Hansen would not let Aldrich Killian get what he wanted.
In the end, Aldrich Killian was persuaded by Maya Hansen's threat to die. As long as she sincerely helped him research Extremis, he would not only refrain from harming her mother's family, but would also feed and house them well.
"After all, I'm not some kind of demon."
Those were the exact words Aldrich Killian had said to Maya Hansen back then.
He had indeed kept his word, but the price was that Maya Hansen and her mother's family both lost their freedom. It was not until the human adaptation experiments for Extremis achieved broad success that Maya Hansen regained a little personal freedom, though her mother's family remained under Aldrich Killian's watch as hostages.
As long as he kept those people firmly in his grasp, Aldrich Killian had no need to worry that Maya Hansen would take the opportunity to escape.
This continued until Aldrich Killian, in preparation for making a move against Tony, deliberately sent Maya Hansen, who had a past with Tony, to his home. After a series of rekindled-romance theatrics, she