Ally stands by the window and watches as Alexa pulls out of the underground parking and into the traffic. She drives away and Ally suddenly starts to feel nervous about the situation she finds herself in.“He is going to be so angry when he finds me.” Ally mutters.“We will have to make sure that he does not find you.” Ronald says.Ally turns around and looks at Ronald. He is sitting on the sofa. He looks tired as hell. Ally feels guilty for what he took on when he decided to save her.“Do you mind telling me what you know?” Ally asks Ronald.“Tell me what you have figured out so far.” Ronald tells her.“I have gathered that he hates that I am pregnant. He refuses to look at me and whenever the babies are mentioned, he gets really angry.” Ally tells him.“That is because he is not the father of those babies.” Ronald says. He looks at Ally and she walks over to where he is sitting. She takes a seat in one of the single chairs that form part of the little sitting area.“I have gathered
“Eric knows about Megan having surgery to look like me?” Ally asks.“Well, no.” Ronald tells her. “I have also developed trust issues and I do not know who to talk to about what. I only told Eric where to find you and he will come to get you tomorrow morning. That will be the safest place for you. Benson will not search for you publicly. He will not be able to put your face and name onto any media. The world knows who you are. The world knows who Eric is and also that the two of you are married. If he puts out posters or have an interview on television, someone is sure to confront him on the misinformation. You are not Mrs Ash. You have never been Mrs Ash.” Ronald tells her. He looks really tired. He takes a few more sips of his drink and Ally takes a moment to process the information.Eric is coming to get her tomorrow. How is she going to tell the man she is married to that she was unfaithful to him while she had memory loss. Will he be able to forgive her. Maybe it is best if she j
“I have lived my whole life in anonymity. If I come out now and tell them who I am, I will lose that forever. I will suddenly be burdened with running places and being forced to make executive decisions. I will lose the life I have now where I have the freedom to go about my day like any other normal person.” Ronald tells her.“I understand.” Ally tells him. “You look tired.” She ads when she sees his eyes falling closed and fluttering open.“I am exhausted.” He tells her. “I think it is time we call it a night. I am in the room next door. You are welcome to knock at any time. Please do not worry about anything. I am here for you.” Ronald says as he gets up and takes a few steps towards the door. “And try to get some sleep, will you?”“I will. Thank you for all that you have done to get me out of that house. Thank you for caring so much that you are willing to help a complete stranger.” Ally tells him honestly.“You would have done the same.” Ronald says. “It’s a pleasure.” Ronald tur
Ally waits patiently. Ronald should come back any moment to tell her that Eric is here. She never locked the door again when she closed it. Hopefully Ronald will just come in and see Benson and he will be able to do something about this situation.Ally closes her eyes and listens for any sounds coming from the hallway. Nothing.“Do you know what is going to happen now?” Benson asks her.“How could I?” Ally opens her eyes and looks at Benson. If any of the hatred she feels towards him is visible in her eyes, he should see it without effort. “It is not like I am in control of my own life. You have been making decisions on my behalf for quite some time now.”Benson glares at Ally.“That attitude will get you nowhere.” He tells her.“I don’t think any kind of attitude will get me anywhere. I will forever be your prisoner. Kept against my will in a place that is not my home. That is what you want. What I want does not matter.” Ally says, the hatred evident in her tone.“If that is how you
The key did in fact open the other box.Ally could not quite figure out what the contents of that box meant. It was mostly recipes. What made Ally sure that whatever these recipes represented, was most surely very important. If it was not, it made no sense that Eunice would have kept the key between such valuable items as all the other things that was stored in the smaller wooden box.Ally closed both boxes and got up from the floor. She followed Max to the door and he made sure that she was able to take the two wooden boxes with her when they left. At first the security guard was not happy with them removing anything from the premises but Max somehow convinced him that it was necessary. Max took Ally home and she took her time packing out the large box and finding out what the contents meant to Eunice.She eventually found that Eunice had registered a restaurant in Ally’s name when she was still a child. The recipes in the box were exquisite formulations of dishes Eunice invented. Al
“Well, whatever I did, it was with pure intentions. I didn’t have to lie or steal to get to where I am. I worked hard, I had help, but I did all the hard work.” Ally tells him. She finds the more she says, the angrier Benson becomes with her. She could not care less. At this point it feels like Ally is goading Benson. She is trying to make him so angry that he would leave the room. Ally rolls her eyes and looks out of the window again. She turned back just in time to see Eric turning into the underground parking area.“If you will excuse me. The husband I am legally married to just arrived.” Ally tells Benson and heads to the door. Ally can hear how Benson’s breathing just got more laboured. She cannot help thinking that he is about to have a heart attack. She walks to the door but before she is even half way, she is pulled to a stop by Benson grabbing onto her elbow again. Ally turns and glares at him.“Do not touch me. If there is one thing I remember about the Symons family, it is
Ally stares at the two embracing in front of her. Even though Ronald told her about Megan undergoing surgery to look exactly like her Alex is dumb struck when looking at this woman. never in her life, would she have thought that it was possible for a plastic surgeon to replicate someone else's features so perfectly.Ally wants to scream at Eric to let go of the woman. She wants to scream that it is not her and that he is being lied to. Benson said the room is sound proof. It would not help for her to scream at all.Ally turns around and looks at Benson. He is pretending to read the menu still, but Ally can see his shoulders shaking as he laughs silently.Ally rushes to the door and tries to open it. She pushes and pulls at the know. Ally hammers on the door with her fist.“Please let me out!” she yells while hitting the door with both her fists. Ally turns around and rushes to the window. She slams with her fist against the window pane. She can hear the window shudder in its frame
Eric opens the car door for Megan. He takes her hand and helps her out of the car. Eric never thought he would go back to the mansion but since Ally went missing, he has been working with his father to find her. He never thought that his father would help him with anything. He despised the man, but he had to give him credit for the support he gave while his wife was missing.Eric takes Megan’s hand and walks with her to the front door. The house staff, waiting for them, smile at the sight of Ally. Megan looks at them and smiles back. It is a bit of a stab in the heart to her that the staff is smiling to see her. When she looked like Megan, they never smiled at her. Megan forces herself to keep the smile on her face. She looks at them each, individually, as she knows Ally would have done.Ally is a people’s person. She likes to make everyone around her feel special. She likes to ask questions about their lives and to hear what their worries are. Megan couldn’t care less. She has no int