Hidden Motives

Questions in Room 20

Adyline was back in my room holding a thick folder filled with work by evening. She dropped the folder on my bad and said "Um this is all due next week. The extension period is over since you missed so much school. A lot of the teachers recommended that you take this year off and try again next year with everything going on. I won't let you do that though. We have to graduate together."

I shook my head. "That's too much work. I give up. There's no way I'm doing that!"

Adyline looked at me "Obviously you're not doing it alone. I'm not sure if you remember Kailyn and Rene, but their willing to help you with your work. So am I. I'm also pretty sure Maddox and Dylan would be more than happy to help. You don't need to worry about this. I would suggest you review everything over the summer though. You need to know the information." she laughed.

I smiled and said "Thank you so much!"

Then I struggled to get out of bed and changed into some decently formal clothing. I covered the bruises and burns on my face and body with some foundation. Then I walked out to Adyline who asked "Ready?"

I nodded and we headed to her car.

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After some time we reached this large building in the woods. The building seemed disguised. It seemed.....familiar.

"I think I've been to this place before" I mumbled to Adyline.

She looked surprised. "You actually have been here. Maybe that's a sign you're getting some of your memory back?"

"Possibly" I whispered before entering through the glass doors.

It was very busy inside. People were everywhere and the amount of natural light inside was incredible. It was well disguised as an office building.

Adyline took me to the front desk where a kind lady with white hair greeted us. "Hello agent Walsh and Ms. Morgan"

"Hi Daisy" Adyline said sweetly. "I told Agent Simmons about the incident with Sierra that we have been following. He knows about her memory loss and he wants to see if he can ask some memory triggering questions or maybe even get some information about the fire from her. Do you know which room he's in by any chance?"

Daisy looked at me concerned. "Oh Sweetie I am so sorry about all that. I feel terribly bad for you. I know you were already going through a lot and this..well it makes it even harder."

I nodded and looked down quickly. It felt weird to have somebody show sympathy for things I didn't even remember.

"Anyways Agent Simmons is on floor 2 in room 20." Daisy said after searching her computer screen for a while.

"Thank you so much!" Adyline said while directing me to follow her up a flight of stairs.

Soon enough we were standing before room 20 on the second floor.

"Agent Simmons is really nice" Adyline said smiling. "Go ahead and go in there and when you're done I will be waiting for you right here" She then pointed to a small chair outside the room.

"Sounds good" I said while grabbing the handle to room 20.

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As soon as I walked in a man sitting at a desk looked up. He was analyzing a file, but upon seeing me he closed it and shoved it underneath his coat which was laying across a small side table.

"Well hello Ms. Morgan! Nice to see you here. I was starting to think you weren't going to come" he laughed.

I smiled before saying "Hello."

The man then readjusted himself on his chair before saying "Well let me introduce myself. I am Agent Simmons. I know all about your case and I want to see if I can help in your memory recovery process. I also wanted to ask some questions about the fire if you remember anything. I am not going to overload you with too much new information about yourself though since that would be a bit overwhelming for our first encounter."
"Ok that sounds great" I said while beginning to sit down in the chair in front of his desk.

"Ok let's get started." Agent Simmons then cleared his throat which made me giggle.

He looked up at me a bit embarrassed but then proceeded to his question. "Ms. Morgan do you remember anything about the events of the night of the fire? Or anything about the fire itself?"

I thought about his question for a moment and then said "Not really. I just remember being in the hospital. I was very....confused and I felt lost."

Agent Simmons quickly jotted down some notes before proceeding. "Ok now I am going to tell you a bit of information about yourself and your situation. Then I want you to tell me if the answer to the question I just asked is any different."

I nodded.

"Ok, so I heard that your memory has only been lost documenting the past couple of months. That tells me that you know about living in Los Angeles, and you know the situation with your mother and father. Correct?"

"Yes sir. I do. My mother is basically missing and my dad, well, he is never really home. It's just Betsy, Jace, and I."

Agent Simmon sighed. "Turns out I might have to spill the beans on your life a little bit. Ms. Morgan your father is a bad man who forced your mother into hiding. You found this out from letters you received from your mother via your FBI agent aunt. Your mother left you an extremely large sum of money and your father has been after it for years. It unlocks for you on your 18th birthday. Your father has gone mad and even has somehow managed to use his financial grasp of power to secure the position of president of the United States. His influence is corrupt and it's only a matter of time before he gets to you. Everything he has done has been to reach you. This is since you found out the truth about him. He knows you know about his wrongs and that you would never give him your mother's final gift to you. That's why he killed your mother, held you captive, and made one of his men show you it through video. Your father is dangerous. The best prediction I can make is that the fire had something to do with your father." Agent Simmons then paused before saying.. "Anything sound familiar?"

I sat there lost in thought. It sounded like a story or the plot of a movie. It didn't sound real to me. It didn't even sound familiar. "No sorry it doesn't ring a bell" I said quietly.

The agent then looked me up and down before sighing. "Well that's fine I guess. I will come to visit your home next week to see if I can find any clues about what you might have been doing the night of the fire since you don't remember. I will also probably be asking more questions to see if your progress on memory recovery has changed by then."

"Ok" I nodded. I then got up to leave and before exiting I said "I'm so sorry I couldn't give you any useful information. I really wish I could remember."

Agent Simmons looked at me and then glanced down "Don't worry kid. It's not your fault. Your memory will come back. We..we just need to find your trigger. Something or someone that can hep you remember."