Ally quickly realises that there is only one way to ensure Benson’sgood mood. She tires her best to look excited whenever she sees him.He seems to calm down whenever he sees that she wants to be close tohim. Whenever she shows the slightest interest in anyone or anythingelse, he seems to grow agitated and then retract from her completely.The longest he went without talking to her have been three days.Ally wonders why it is that he is acting this way. Is it because shedoes not remember marrying him? It is not as if she does not try to bea good wife to him anyway. Maybe she is just not the way she wasbefore she lost her memory. Maybe he got to know someone she turnedinto in the last eight years, and all she knows how to be is the wayshe was before she lost her memory.Ally has always been very adaptable. She knows that she still isbecause she is trying to adapt to a man she barely knows. If it wasnot for all the wedding pictures in their room and the vast amount ofcouple p
Ally feels quite accomplished with herself for being able to figure out how to control Benson’s mood. She finds that he says yes to a lot more things when he is in a good mood. She used the two weeks after the last encounter with Ronald to test this theory. It works. Well.Today feels like the day that Ally would be able to ask Benson again if he can bring her in contact with Megan. When she woke the morning, Benson was not in the room anymore. She got dressed and walked out of the room. She finds it a lot easier to move about these days, even though there are moments that a tiredness hits her that she has not known before.Ally took some time to explore the house in moments that Benson was too busy to pay attention to her. She found his office and had a great time getting to know what he does while snooping around through his things. He does live an interesting life. He travels a lot and he is really smart. Most of the things on his table has a legal aspect to it. Some of it was so d
Ally gets up from Benson’s lap. She takes a seat at the other side of his desk. Benson looks worriedly at Ally. He is afraid to tell her whatever he is about to tell her.Ally takes a deep breath and crosses her arms over her chest. She sits back and looks at Benson with interest. She waits until he starts speaking.Benson sits forward in his seat, resting his elbows on the desk and rubbing his hands over his face while sitting in this position.“It was the night of our engagement party. Everyone was there. You looked beautiful as always. Megan was roaming the crowd, looking for someone to latch onto. She came to me and told me that you were looking for me. You told her to tell me that you will be waiting for me in our room. I thought it was strange. You never did that. You would never leave a function and let your guests be unattended.” Benson looks at Ally and waits to see if she has a reaction. None.“I went up to our room. It was very late and everyone had quite a lot to drink. I
Ally leaves the room. She heads to her bedroom. As she passes the front door, the bell rings. Ally pauses in front of the door and looks at it. She takes the few steps towards the door and opens it.There is a man standing in front of her. The look of pure shock on his face as he looks at Ally surprises her.“Hello.” Ally says. The man stutters, trying to speak to her. Ally stares at the man as he tries to find himself in his own chaos. He is a little overweight. He wears glasses with a very narrow steel frame. He stands with his suitcase in his hand, still stuttering. Ally looks at his clothes. He seems to be nicely dressed. He is wearing suit pants and a white long-sleeved shirt. The red tie around his neck is neatly tied. His shoes are shiny and his overall appearance is neat and clean.Ally is just about to ask him if he needs anything when she feels a hand rest on her shoulder. Ally turns around to look at Benson. Benson smiles at her and then looks at the man standing in the ope
Ally walks out of the room and heads straight to where Benson is sitting in his office. He is behind his desk, going through documents on his table. Aly stands in the doorway with her arms crossed over her chest. She stares at him until he notices that she is there. It takes Benson a while before he realises that Ally is standing in the doorway.Benson gives Ally a questioning look and then raises his eyebrows when he sees that there is no other reaction coming from her.“Do you need anything?” Benson asks Ally, dismissing her slightly and attending back to the documents in his hands.“I would like a cell phone.” Ally tells Benson. The defiance is notable in her voice.“No.” Benson answers bluntly. “Whoever you need to call, you can call from the house phone.” He answers her in a short tone.“I want to call Ronald. I want to speak to him.” Ally answers in the same short tone that Benson is using on her.“No” Benson answers again. “Your therapy is finished and you do not need to speak
Ally realises exactly what is wrong the moment she stares into the empty room.The door was unlocked. Whatever was hidden in this room has been removed. There is no sign of anyone ever staying in the room. Ally turns around and looks at Benson. He is staring at her with a worried look in his eyes.“There was a woman staying in this room.” Ally tells Benson. Benson shakes his head slightly.“Where is the woman that was staying in this room?!” Ally yells at Benson. Benson looks at Ally. The sadness is back in his eyes.“I can’t do this again Ally.” Benson tells her. Ally hears a tiredness in his voice that she has not heard before. She stares at Benson and tries to think what he is talking about. What is it that he is too tired to do?“What are you talking about?” Ally asks Benson.“Everything Ally. The voices you hear. The people you see. It is just too much to deal with. I thought we went through this before. Everything seemed better. You went through extensive therapy before and you
“It is good to see you again, Ally. How have you been?” Doctor White says in her sing-song voice. Ally looks at her with a deep frown on her forehead.“I do not remember seeing you before. I cannot update you on anything because I do not know how I was when I saw you last.” Ally tells her. She does not put any effort into smiling or trying to sound friendly.“I detect anger in your voice, Ally. Would you like to tell me why you are angry?” Doctor White says in her sing along voice. Ally blinks slowly and stares at the woman in front of her. She shakes her head slowly and then looks away from her.“I do not wish to tell you anything. I do not know you and I thought I was coming here to talk to my husband.” Ally tells Doctor White. Doctor White looks at Ally for a long while. The smile fades from her mouth and her white teeth are finally behind her red lips. Ally waits for the woman to talk. If she does not start talking soon, Ally will just get up and leave the room.“Well, I can tell
Ally stares at the Doctor. There is a worried look in her eyes. Ally has definitely touched a nerve.Ally looks at each of the buttons on her blouse. She cannot see any sign of a listening device like the one that Ronald was wearing. Ally is immediately terrified for this woman’s sake. Another flash of memory comes to Ally. Ally feels the anxiety of wearing a bracelet like the one Doctor White is wearing right now. She looks at the bracelet again. This is a dangerous bracelet.The doctor quickly takes her seat and opens her file. She scribbles something on a piece of paper and hands it to Ally.DO NOT SAY ANYTHING TO ANYONEAlly takes her seat again and takes the pen from Doctor White. She writes on the back of the piece of paper and hands it back to the doctor. Ally then leaves the room and heads up to her bedroom.Doctor White turns the piece of paper over in her hand.FIND RONALD AT THE FACILITYDoctor white slips the piece of paper into her pocket and puts her things away in her b