Imagines

Scandal - Secret Daughter 1

Olivia Pope sat in her office looking through some files of the client she had just finished working with. Outside to her company office opened and the sound of heels clacked. Harrison, Quinn, Huck and Abbie all turned there attention and came out of their own offices to see what was going on. The woman that had entered Pope and Associates knocked on the door of Olivia Pope herself. Olivia looked up and the woman stepped in, both took a moment to assess each other.

The woman stood in a mall bought dress with flower print on it and black kitten heels and a beige coat holding a plain large black bag. She was nervous in temperament and kept adjusting her bag.

"Can I help you?" Olivia asked and the woman nodded

"I hope so. I've seen you on TV, in the background, I read up on you and your time working in the White House. That and your firm, lawyers but not lawyers for the rich and powerful. I know that just by looking at me you can tell I'm neither but I ask you for 10 minutes, just 10 minutes of non judgment and listening ears. Please." Olivia nodded and the woman sat down.

"Can I at least get a name of who I'm not judging?"

"Alexandra, Alexandra O'Brein." Olivia nodded and Alexandra pulled out a folder from her bag. But she didn't hand it over.

"I want to make something clear. What you will think of me when you read this is so far from the truth and I still have eight minutes." Olivia nodded and Alexandra handed over the file. Olivia scanned through it. There were pictures and documents and those pictures and documents made her heart drop. She looked back up at Alexandra."

"Is this..."

"True, yes." Alexandra nodded "My mother works as a nurse a year ago for some reason that I don't understand she stole a blood sample  and a hair sample from when he donated. Then had it tested against mine. It was a match. Then she handed that information to me said I could now get what I was deserved." Alexandra explained

"You want money?" Olivia sat back

"No." Alexandra denied "I don't want anything from him. I may not have had a Dad growing up and I admit when I was growing up it sucked, majorly. But I'm happy now. I worked through my issues, it took me a while but the gaping hole of not having him in my life may still be there and it always will be but it doesn't control me anymore and I'm happy."

"Then why are you here?" Olivia asked making Alexandra pull out another file and hand it to Olivia.

"When my Mom told me what she did, I went ballistic, I was pissed. She opened a can of worms that I went through therapy to seal and tuck away nicely on a shelf so to speak. I refused to talk to her because I felt like she was putting all the hard work i did at risk. Well if you met my mother she doesn't let go of things lightly. She remained bitter when he left her, but gave it up when she had me. I will never understand what brought it back but its' back with a vengeance.

She contacted a reporter and put him on my trail. He got a hold of everything in that first file and worst of all he want to release it. Create a huge scandal. I need your help." Olivia thought about it, then looked at her helpless look.

"Okay, your ten minutes is up." Alexandra looked down defeated and stood up going to leave "I will take you on as my client pro bono." Alexandra stopped and turned surprised

"What?"

"I trust my gut and my gut is telling me your a nice girl, who is telling the truth." Olivia stood and walked around her desk and over to the young woman. "I have one rule. Don't lie, lie and all bets are off." Alexandra nodded. Olivia guided her to sit down on the sofa.

"I ask all of my clients to give me everything, from this moment on I'm I'm your best friend, sister, confidant, secret keeper, go to girl I am the most important woman in your life till your problem is fixed. Do you understand?"

"Yes." she spoke softly then cleared her throat "Yes."

"Now I want you to tell me out loud clear as day what you want then I'm going to ask another question, both of which myself and my colleges will fulfil." Alexandra went silent and thought of how to word it. She knew Olivia Pope was like a genie and with a genie you have to be specific.

"I want you to stop the information that I am President's illegitimate /secret  daughter from ever seeing the light of day unless I ever choose too." Olivia nodded with a reassuring smile

"Okay, important question. Do you want him to know? There are ways I can do it with keeping him in the dark." Alexandra didn't answer, she hadn't really thought about it.

"I never got that far. I just wanted to be left alone." she admitted

"That's a start. I'm going to get you some water, we're taking your case." Alexandra didn't say anything. Olivia stood, grabbed the file and walked out of her office closing the door behind her.

"Okay, we have a new client."

"Who is she?" Huck asked. Olivia walked around the desk and took out a picture of Alexandra.

"This is Alexandra O'Brein she is the Presidents secret daughter." she stated and everyone looked at each other as Olivia laid out the contents of the file "24 Years ago her mother Maria O'Brein 25 year old from County Cork, Ireland travelled to Argintina as a Au Pair. There she met, fell in love and had a relationship with who we now call President. Fitzgerald Grant, who was there on a gap year. I don't need to spell what happened during the relationship but the President eventually returned home, according to Alexandra that made her mother bitter, 9 months later she was born."

"How does she know her mother was bitter?" Harrison asked

"Diary extracts from her mothers pregnancy included in the file. Anyway. Maria raises her daughter as a single mother, returning to Ireland before the birth.  Now six years ago, Alexandra, applies to study at Yale and got accepted. She liked it so much that she moves here gained citizenship 2 years ago. Now lives in New York loft working  as a forensics investigator for the NYPD."

"So she wants money. Why are we doing this if she wants money?" Abbie assumed

"She's not our client because she wants money. She's our client because her mother contacted this reporter Davis Carter a low level reporter working at Metro, she wants to force her daughters hand into being apart of a scandal. Maria lied, bought and sold her soul to gain numerous DNA from the president and have it compared to Alexandra. When she told her daughter Alexandra wanted no part of it and cut ties. Now her mother is sourcing out every sordid detail of what happened. Alexandra wants the article squashed and to never be forced into that position unless she wants to which I believe she doesn't" Olivia informed them

"So she doesn't want was every gold..." Abbie started

"She is not a gold digger. She is a normal working woman who happen's to be the secret daughter of the sitting President. And right now everything thing that she grew up with and worked for is in danger because of the one person that supposed to help her protect it. There is no vote, we're helping her. Huck, find Maria then Harrison go talk to her try and find out her reason for all of this. Abbie, this Carter guy. Quinn I want you to follow up of everything in this file I want it quadruple checked."

"Doesn't that mean we need a DNA test?"

"I does but we'll reach that bridge once she's made up her mind whether she wants him to know or not."

"He can know." everyone turned to Alexandra who had revamped her coat and was messing with her hands

"I mean if you want to get ahead of this and make sure my mothers not lying just for the sake of it, he kind of has to. But I want it made clear I want nothing from him. Nothing. I just want this to be cleared up and gone."

"Are you sure?"

"Do what you need to do, to stop my mother from taking a sledgehammer to my life."

"Okay. I will handle that." Olivia agreed "Let's go."